单词 | effection |
释义 | † effectionn. Obsolete. 1. a. Fabrication, formation, production. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > [noun] > fashioning, shaping, or forming shapinga1350 forming1401 formationc1450 fashion1463 plasmation?a1475 framing1551 frame1558 fashioning1574 plasmating1585 fiction1607 effection1623 formature1659 efficiency1665 formativeness1849 styling1928 1623 E. Chaloner Sixe Serm. 265 Gods prouidence hath a hand in all things: wee attribute vnto it notwithstanding the ordinarie course of nature, effection, direction, cohibition: in a word, God worketh not by second causes. a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) iv. vii. 350 The primitive Effection of the Humane Nature. a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) 290 Attributing the Effection of the Soul unto the Great God. 1878 Catholic World July 482/1 If the effect existed formally in its cause its production by the cause would become a contradiction; for the effect would exist before its effection. b. Accomplishment, performance. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > carrying out > [noun] > putting into effect executionc1380 conducement1552 effecting1581 effectuating1584 effectuation1590 realization1611 effection1652 implementation1926 pragmatization1948 1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 53 To invent..their own way for the cognition, acquisition, or effection of any thing. 1656 H. Jeanes Treat. Fulnesse of Christ 151 in Mixture Scholasticall Divinity The incarnation..belongs unto all the three Persons effectivè, in regard of effection. 1780 F. Blackburne Mem. Thomas Hollis I. 263 My stock of virtú, has some how exceded the bounds that are becoming a private gentleman, who aims rather to be occupied in the effection, realizing some sort of public good, though puny, and as his turn, situation, and the times will permit. 1853 De Bow's Rev. 2 Aug. 181 The day had gone by for the effection of this by the proper influence of the pulpit, and he eagerly seized the opportunity of the Salem witchcraft as an instrument. 1875 Catholic World Apr. 110/2 The matter which is under the substantial act has no entity of its own, as we have shown to be the true and common doctrine, and therefore has no need of a special effection, but only of a formal actuation. 2. Geometry. The construction or working out of a geometrical proposition or problem. Also: a construction, a proposition. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > geometry > [noun] > action or process effectiona1652 retrogression1704 genesis1706 construction of equations1728 trace1834 tortuosity1867 quadrature1911 surgery1961 a1652 S. Foster Elliptical Horologiography (1654) 186 This shall serve for the Effection and Demonstration also of this Proposition or Probleme. 1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I Effections, is a Word used by Geometers, in the same sense with the Geometrical Constructions of Propositions. 1709 J. Ward Young Mathematician's Guide (new ed.) iv. 390 Every Diameter..hath its particular Latus Rectum and Ordinates; which, should they be distinctly handled, and the Effection of all the Lines as relate to them..would afford Matter sufficient to fill a large Volume. 1735 J. Kirkby Arithm. Inst. vi. i. 3 The three last Problems are higher than Lateral Equalities, but are reduced to such in their Effection. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < |
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