emissaryn.¹adj.

/ˈɛmɪsəri/

Etymology: < Latin ēmissārius adjective, that is sent, also absol. an emissary, spy, < ēmiss- participial stem of ēmittĕre to send out (see emit v.) + -ārius , -ary suffix¹.

A. n.¹

a. A person sent on a mission to gain information, or to gain adherents to, or promote the interests of a cause. (Until the 19th century used almost exclusively in bad sense, implying something odious in the object of the mission, or something underhand in its manner.) Also figurative. Now frequently used without implication of odiousness or underhandedness. In B. Jonson's Staple of News (see quot. 1631) the word is used apparently as a novelty, and recurs constantly through the play as the official title of the agents employed by the imaginary ‘office for the collection of news.’

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > delegated authority > one having delegated or derived authority > [noun] > person sent on a mission

emissary1631

missioner1654

missionaire1687

missionary1693

envoy1696

1631 B. Jonson Staple of Newes i. ii. 48 in Wks. II P.iu.: Emissaries? stay, there's a fine new word..what are Emissaries? Tho.: Men imploy'd outward, that are sent abroad To fetch in the commodity [sc. news].

1650 J. Row & J. Row Hist. Kirk Scotl. (1842) 465 The Bishops purseivants, and others their emissaries.

1661 J. Glanvill Vanity of Dogmatizing iii. 24 The meatus, or passages, through which those subtill emissaries [sc. the ‘Spirits’] are conveyed to the respective members.

1668 J. Denham Poems 179 Lucifer's..faithful Emissary, rose from Hell To possess Peter's Chair.

?1710 Squire Bickerstaff Detected 7 (advt.) Culprit, aforesaid, is a Popish Emissary.

1759 E. Burke Philos. Enq. Sublime & Beautiful (ed. 2) i. §7. 60 Pain..is..an emissary of this king of terrors.

1810 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1837) VII. 2 I am endeavouring to get this information by emissaries.

1841 I. D'Israeli Amenities Lit. II. 237 Burghley..had..emissaries to inform him of the ballads sung in the streets.

1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People vii. §6. 400 She viewed the Douay priests simply as political emissaries of the Papacy.

1968 J. A. W. Bennett Chaucer's Bk. of Fame ii. 67 As Jove's emissary the bird speaks as though he has divined these limitations.

b. = spy n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > secret observation, spying > [noun] > a secret observer, spy > a spy or scout

spy13..

espierc1384

espialc1386

especiala1500

espya1500

watchmanc1515

escout1560

espioun1636

emissary1663

telegraph1825

1663 Bullokar's Eng. Expositor (rev. ed.) Emissary, a busie Fellow sent out or a Spy, or Scout, a Messenger alway at hand.

1721–1800 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict.

†c. attributive quasi-adj. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

a1637 B. Jonson Under-woods ii. viii. 17, in Wks. (1640) III Nor forth your window peepe, With your emissarie eye.

B. adj. That is sent forth.

†1.

a. Emitted as an emanation. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > [adjective] > emitting > emitted

emissive16..

emiss1647

emissary1659

emitteda1711

1659 H. More Immortality of Soul ii. xv. 266 Emissary Atomes.

b. Sent forth on a mission (cf. branch A.). Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > delegated authority > [adjective] > sent on a mission

missivea1450

emissary1685

missionary1691

missioned1796

1685 H. More Paralipomena Prophetica 399 Emissary Agents from the Roman See.

1685 H. More Illustr. Daniel & Revelation 311 The Rivers must be Emissary Powers of the said Kingdom.

c. In transl. Latin emissarius caper, Levit. xvi. 8. = scapegoat n. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1833 D. Rock Hierurgia I. i. 80 The High-Priest..offered the emissary goat.

2. Physiology. Of small vessels: Sent forth, branching out from a main trunk.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > vascular system > [adjective] > vessel

deferent1626

adductory1695

vascular1728

vasculous1728

vasculated1745

extravascular1804

emissary1828

vasiform1835

efferential1836

intervascular1849

efferent1856

perivascular1868

intravascular1876

vasoformative1876

deferential1877

vasifactive1882

intratubal1887

neurovascular1888

vasal1891

1828 R. Knox tr. H. Cloquet Syst. Human Anat. 737 The veins..communicate..by a multitude of emissary twigs [Fr. ramuscules émissaires].

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

emissaryn.²

/ˈɛmɪsəri/

Etymology: < Latin ēmissārium an outlet, < ēmiss- (see emiss adj.) + -ārium : see -ary suffix¹.

a. An outlet, channel, duct: chiefly of a lake or reservoir. Also figurative. Obsolete except in Roman History.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > [noun] > means of exit > specific for things

emissary1601

outcast1601

vent1602

fontanelle1649

pass-port1682

vomitory1822

emissory1858

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 530 Without any emissaries, tunnels, or holes.

1727 J. Swift Let. to very Young Lady in Misc. II. 327 44 To be the common Emissary of Scandal.

1786 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 76 368 The famous Emissary of the Emperor Claudius remains nearly entire.

1859 Ld. Broughton Italy II. xvii. 121 The great emissaries of the Alban lake.

†b. Physiology. A canal by which any fluid passes out. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > [noun]

chimney1398

emuncture?1541

emunctuary1572

fontanelle1598

emunctory1601

emissary1657

excretory1715

excreter1849

1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Physical Inst. v, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. Z3 The emissaryes of the palate from the brain.

1732 J. Arbuthnot Pract. Rules of Diet iii. 355 The Obstruction of the Emissaries of the Saliva.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2020).

单词	emissary
释义	emissaryn.¹adj. /ˈɛmɪsəri/ Etymology: < Latin ēmissārius adjective, that is sent, also absol. an emissary, spy, < ēmiss- participial stem of ēmittĕre to send out (see emit v.) + -ārius , -ary suffix¹. A. n.¹ a. A person sent on a mission to gain information, or to gain adherents to, or promote the interests of a cause. (Until the 19th century used almost exclusively in bad sense, implying something odious in the object of the mission, or something underhand in its manner.) Also figurative. Now frequently used without implication of odiousness or underhandedness. In B. Jonson's Staple of News (see quot. 1631) the word is used apparently as a novelty, and recurs constantly through the play as the official title of the agents employed by the imaginary ‘office for the collection of news.’ ΘΚΠ society > authority > delegated authority > one having delegated or derived authority > [noun] > person sent on a mission emissary1631 missioner1654 missionaire1687 missionary1693 envoy1696 1631 B. Jonson Staple of Newes i. ii. 48 in Wks. II P.iu.: Emissaries? stay, there's a fine new word..what are Emissaries? Tho.: Men imploy'd outward, that are sent abroad To fetch in the commodity [sc. news]. 1650 J. Row & J. Row Hist. Kirk Scotl. (1842) 465 The Bishops purseivants, and others their emissaries. 1661 J. Glanvill Vanity of Dogmatizing iii. 24 The meatus, or passages, through which those subtill emissaries [sc. the ‘Spirits’] are conveyed to the respective members. 1668 J. Denham Poems 179 Lucifer's..faithful Emissary, rose from Hell To possess Peter's Chair. ?1710 Squire Bickerstaff Detected 7 (advt.) Culprit, aforesaid, is a Popish Emissary. 1759 E. Burke Philos. Enq. Sublime & Beautiful (ed. 2) i. §7. 60 Pain..is..an emissary of this king of terrors. 1810 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1837) VII. 2 I am endeavouring to get this information by emissaries. 1841 I. D'Israeli Amenities Lit. II. 237 Burghley..had..emissaries to inform him of the ballads sung in the streets. 1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People vii. §6. 400 She viewed the Douay priests simply as political emissaries of the Papacy. 1968 J. A. W. Bennett Chaucer's Bk. of Fame ii. 67 As Jove's emissary the bird speaks as though he has divined these limitations. b. = spy n. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > secret observation, spying > [noun] > a secret observer, spy > a spy or scout spy13.. espierc1384 espialc1386 especiala1500 espya1500 watchmanc1515 escout1560 espioun1636 emissary1663 telegraph1825 1663 Bullokar's Eng. Expositor (rev. ed.) Emissary, a busie Fellow sent out or a Spy, or Scout, a Messenger alway at hand. 1721–1800 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. †c. attributive quasi-adj. Obsolete. ΚΠ a1637 B. Jonson Under-woods ii. viii. 17, in Wks. (1640) III Nor forth your window peepe, With your emissarie eye. B. adj. That is sent forth. †1. a. Emitted as an emanation. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > [adjective] > emitting > emitted emissive16.. emiss1647 emissary1659 emitteda1711 1659 H. More Immortality of Soul ii. xv. 266 Emissary Atomes. b. Sent forth on a mission (cf. branch A.). Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > authority > delegated authority > [adjective] > sent on a mission missivea1450 emissary1685 missionary1691 missioned1796 1685 H. More Paralipomena Prophetica 399 Emissary Agents from the Roman See. 1685 H. More Illustr. Daniel & Revelation 311 The Rivers must be Emissary Powers of the said Kingdom. c. In transl. Latin emissarius caper, Levit. xvi. 8. = scapegoat n. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1833 D. Rock Hierurgia I. i. 80 The High-Priest..offered the emissary goat. 2. Physiology. Of small vessels: Sent forth, branching out from a main trunk. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > vascular system > [adjective] > vessel deferent1626 adductory1695 vascular1728 vasculous1728 vasculated1745 extravascular1804 emissary1828 vasiform1835 efferential1836 intervascular1849 efferent1856 perivascular1868 intravascular1876 vasoformative1876 deferential1877 vasifactive1882 intratubal1887 neurovascular1888 vasal1891 1828 R. Knox tr. H. Cloquet Syst. Human Anat. 737 The veins..communicate..by a multitude of emissary twigs [Fr. ramuscules émissaires]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online September 2021). emissaryn.² /ˈɛmɪsəri/ Etymology: < Latin ēmissārium an outlet, < ēmiss- (see emiss adj.) + -ārium : see -ary suffix¹. a. An outlet, channel, duct: chiefly of a lake or reservoir. Also figurative. Obsolete except in Roman History. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > [noun] > means of exit > specific for things emissary1601 outcast1601 vent1602 fontanelle1649 pass-port1682 vomitory1822 emissory1858 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 530 Without any emissaries, tunnels, or holes. 1727 J. Swift Let. to very Young Lady in Misc. II. 327 44 To be the common Emissary of Scandal. 1786 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 76 368 The famous Emissary of the Emperor Claudius remains nearly entire. 1859 Ld. Broughton Italy II. xvii. 121 The great emissaries of the Alban lake. †b. Physiology. A canal by which any fluid passes out. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > [noun] chimney1398 emuncture?1541 emunctuary1572 fontanelle1598 emunctory1601 emissary1657 excretory1715 excreter1849 1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Physical Inst. v, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. Z3 The emissaryes of the palate from the brain. 1732 J. Arbuthnot Pract. Rules of Diet iii. 355 The Obstruction of the Emissaries of the Saliva. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2020). < n.¹adj.1631n.²1601
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