† emperishv.

Forms:

α. 1500s emperish, 1500s emperissh, 1500s emperyshe, 1500s emperysshe.

β. 1500s imperissh, 1500s–1600s imperish.

Origin: Perhaps of multiple origins. Perhaps partly a borrowing from French, combined with an English element. Perhaps partly formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: French empirer , -ish suffix²; em- prefix, perish v.

Etymology: Perhaps partly (i) irregularly < Middle French empirer to make worse, to worsen (see impair v.) + -ish suffix², by association with e.g. embellish v., and partly (ii) < em- prefix + perish v.With the β. forms compare im- prefix¹.

Obsolete.

transitive. To make worse; to impair, injure. Also intransitive: to worsen.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > worse > [verb (transitive)]

worsec1175

worsena1250

appair1297

impair1297

pairc1330

aggregea1382

appalea1500

emperish1509

empyre1566

worser1590

worst1602

improve1609

pejorate1653

vilioratea1722

misimprove1847

nastify1873

α.

1509 A. Barclay Brant's Shyp of Folys (Pynson) sig. a.i.^v But suche Unthriftes..Shal the dysprayse: emperisshinge thy name.

1513 Lydgate's Troye Bk. (Pynson) i. vi. sig. D.i^v/1 And hir fader, she hath of his rychesse So emperysshed, that pyte is to here.

1545 T. Raynald & R. Jonas in tr. E. Roesslin Byrth of Mankynde iv. sig. Y.v^v The weedes..wyll defourme and emperysshe the good grace of them [sc. the good herbs].

1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. Feb. f. 4 I deeme, thy braine emperished bee Through rusty elde.

β. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. lxiiii^v By reason of great plente of Rayne, Whiche in that season fyll..y^e bokes were greatly Imperisshed.1587 J. Hooker tr. Giraldus Cambrensis Vaticinall Hist. Conquest Ireland ii. xx. 44/1 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) II His vertues..verie much imperished and blemished.1603 T. Dekker et al. Patient Grissill sig. E4 I thought (by the Syntheresis of my soule) I had not been imperished.

Derivatives

emperishing adj.

ΚΠ

1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares f. 33^v Rather..then inward emperishing Famine shoulde too vntimely inage thee.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	emperish
释义	† emperishv. Forms: α. 1500s emperish, 1500s emperissh, 1500s emperyshe, 1500s emperysshe. β. 1500s imperissh, 1500s–1600s imperish. Origin: Perhaps of multiple origins. Perhaps partly a borrowing from French, combined with an English element. Perhaps partly formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: French empirer , -ish suffix²; em- prefix, perish v. Etymology: Perhaps partly (i) irregularly < Middle French empirer to make worse, to worsen (see impair v.) + -ish suffix², by association with e.g. embellish v., and partly (ii) < em- prefix + perish v.With the β. forms compare im- prefix¹. Obsolete. transitive. To make worse; to impair, injure. Also intransitive: to worsen. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > worse > [verb (transitive)] worsec1175 worsena1250 appair1297 impair1297 pairc1330 aggregea1382 appalea1500 emperish1509 empyre1566 worser1590 worst1602 improve1609 pejorate1653 vilioratea1722 misimprove1847 nastify1873 α. 1509 A. Barclay Brant's Shyp of Folys (Pynson) sig. a.i.^v But suche Unthriftes..Shal the dysprayse: emperisshinge thy name. 1513 Lydgate's Troye Bk. (Pynson) i. vi. sig. D.i^v/1 And hir fader, she hath of his rychesse So emperysshed, that pyte is to here. 1545 T. Raynald & R. Jonas in tr. E. Roesslin Byrth of Mankynde iv. sig. Y.v^v The weedes..wyll defourme and emperysshe the good grace of them [sc. the good herbs]. 1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. Feb. f. 4 I deeme, thy braine emperished bee Through rusty elde. β. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. lxiiii^v By reason of great plente of Rayne, Whiche in that season fyll..y^e bokes were greatly Imperisshed.1587 J. Hooker tr. Giraldus Cambrensis Vaticinall Hist. Conquest Ireland ii. xx. 44/1 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) II His vertues..verie much imperished and blemished.1603 T. Dekker et al. Patient Grissill sig. E4 I thought (by the Syntheresis of my soule) I had not been imperished. Derivatives emperishing adj. ΚΠ 1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares f. 33^v Rather..then inward emperishing Famine shoulde too vntimely inage thee. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < v.1509
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