单词 | annuate |
释义 | † annuatev. Obsolete. rare. 1. transitive. To nod in assent or agreement to (something); to give one's approval to. ΚΠ 1585 J. Dee Jrnl. in True & Faithful Relation Spirits (1659) i. 381 Annuate their doings, and hear their sayings. 1682 E. Hickeringill 2nd Pt. Hist. Whiggism 40 All Preferments in Church and State he [sc. Archbishop Laud] annuated, or He and Buckingham. 2. a. intransitive. To nod the head.Apparently only attested in dictionaries. ΚΠ 1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Annuate, To nod with the head. b. intransitive. To give direction by nodding the head or making a similar gesture or sign.Only recorded in the works of Edmund Hickeringill (cf. quot. 1682 at sense 1). ΚΠ 1682 E. Hickeringill 2nd Pt. Hist. Whiggism 74 We (quoth Tory-hands and Feet) have Fought and Wrought for the Head as it annuated and directed. 1705 E. Hickeringill Priest-craft 45 To Fast, and Preach, and Pray, just as the Hogen Mogen States shall annuate and direct. 1705 E. Hickeringill Priest-craft 53 He will kill and slay as the Priest annuates. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022). < v.1585 |
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