单词 | eviscerate |
释义 | eviscerateadj. Drawn from the bowels (of the earth). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > mining > [adjective] > mined eviscerate1830 mined1903 1830 W. Phillips Mt. Sinai iv. 352 Lay blocks of sapphire shapeless, out of earth As fresh eviscerate. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online September 2018). evisceratev. 1. a. transitive. To take out the internal organs or entrails of; to disembowel; to gut. Also absol. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > maiming or mutilation > maim or mutilate [verb (transitive)] > disembowel bowel1330 disbowelc1440 debowel1487 unpauncha1500 garbage1542 unbowel1552 disentrail1596 untripe1611 disembowel1613 exenterate1613 hulk1622 eviscerate1623 eventerate1656 garble1661 viscerate1727 degut1933 1623 in H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. 1651 R. Wittie tr. J. Primrose Pop. Errours iv. xxxvi. 353 They are taken out of creatures that are slain and eviscerated. 1846 W. S. Landor Citation & Exam. Shakespere in Wks. II. 280 The Pope offered a hundred marks in Latin to whoever should eviscerate and evirate him [Doctor Glaston]. 1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. II. xii. 127 He was first harpooned, then eviscerated. 1862 Macmillan's Mag. Oct. 511 The weird-like gutters eviscerate in desperation, as basketful after basketful is poured into the gutting-trough. 1862 R. Alcock Capital of Tycoon II. 6 Declaring that if he did not obtain full justice on the spot, he would eviscerate himself in the Prince's presence. 1882 T. J. Parker in Nature 9 Feb. 352/2 The fish is eviscerated, the gills removed and placed in strong spirit. b. reflexive of the spider. Also figurative. †to eviscerate one's brains. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Arachnida > [verb (reflexive)] > disembowel eviscerate1621 1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy i. ii. iii. xiv. 165 If he be a Scholler so commended for his much reading,..hee will eviscerate himselfe like a spider, study himselfe to death. 1623 W. Drummond Cypresse Groue in Flowres of Sion 52 The Spider..for the weauing of a scornfull web eviscerateth it selfe many dayes. 1633 T. Adams Comm. 2 Peter (ii. 5) 591 A spider eviscerates herselfe, spends her owne bowels in making a webbe to catch a flie. 1654 J. Trapp Comm. Job xxxii. 11 Your..most elaborate demonstrations, for the which you had eviscerated your brains. c. transferred. To clear out the contents of; to empty, gut. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > absence > fact of being unoccupied > leave unoccupied [verb (transitive)] > empty emptyOE emptOE avoida1382 to shake out1382 devoida1400 evacuec1400 void1506 toom?a1513 unburden1538 disgarboil1567 inanitea1598 unbowel1597 unfill1607 to turn out?1609 unteemc1635 evacuatea1652 vacuate1651 unempt1798 disglut1800 eviscerate1834 1834 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 35 656 In vain did I, as it were, eviscerate..every pocket. 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. iv. iii. 184 A Paper-Warehouse eviscerated by axe and fire. 2. In various figurative applications. a. To draw out what is vital or essential in (any thing); to elicit the ‘pith’ or essence of. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > essence or intrinsic nature > inform or give a thing its essence [verb (transitive)] > deprive of essence or quintessence quintessence1584 quintessentiate1606 dispirit1642 unsoul1652 eviscerate1664 spirit1677 1664 J. Evelyn Sylva Pref. to Rdr. They..as it were eviscerating Nature..have collected innumerable Experiments, etc. 1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. III. 205 To prevent fraud and chicane, and eviscerate the very truth of the title. 1872 O. W. Holmes Poet at Breakfast-table ix Some single point I could..eviscerate and leave..settled. b. To empty of vital contents; to deprive (an argument, institution, enactment, etc.) of all that gives it value or importance. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > inability > render unable [verb (transitive)] > destroy physical or mental capability > destroy capacity of a thing eviscerate1834 evertebrate1880 1834 Blackwood's Mag. 36 329 France was eviscerated of all the nobler organs which once gave it a European existence. 1845 W. Sewell Hawkstone I. 79 The hymn..was..one of Watts' which Mr. Priestley had previously eviscerated of all peculiar doctrines. 1881 Daily News 15 Feb. 2/1 Amendments intended to eviscerate the clause were moved by Dr. Commins..and others. ΘΚΠ society > communication > manifestation > disclosure or revelation > disclose or reveal [verb (transitive)] > secrets discovera1375 labc1400 bewray1578 blab1582 discabinet1605 eviscerate1607 eliminate1608 to give upa1640 vent1678 betray1734 confide1735 leak1859 to shell out1862 clatfart1913 spill1917 unzip1939 1607 Bp. J. King Serm. Nov. 32 Yet was..the deep and vnsearchable hell of their harts..eviscerated, ransacked, etc. 1645 J. Howell Epistolæ Ho-elianæ vi. xxxii. 50 Now that I have thus eviscerated my self, and dealt so clearly with you, I desire by way of correspondence, that you would tell me, [etc.]. Draft additions 1993 d. Surgery. To remove the contents of (the eyeball). ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > surgery > operations on specific parts or conditions > perform operation on specific part or condition [verb (transitive)] > operations on eye couch1601 enucleate1867 iridectomize1879 eviscerate1887 1887 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 4 June 1213/1 I am unwilling to delay in making generally known a means of relief from pain and undue reaction after eviscerating the contents of the globe. 1978 S. J. H. Miller Parsons' Dis. Eye (ed. 16) xviii. 257 As soon as it is evident that the eye cannot be saved it should be excised or, if there is any danger of the escape of pus during the operation, eviscerated. Draft additions 1993 3. intransitive. Surgery. Of the viscera: to protrude through a surgical incision, esp. one made in the abdomen. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > surgery > incision > make an incision [verb (intransitive)] > of viscera: protrude through incision eviscerate1934 1934 Ann. Surg. 99 24 There was an actual prolapse of omentum, intestine, or both in more than half of the ruptured drained wounds, while only a third of those cases closed without drainage, actually eviscerated. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adj.1830v.1607 |
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