单词 | exampled |
释义 | exampledadj. 1. Of which there is evidence or of which other instances can be found; that is supported or illustrated by an example or examples; = exemplified adj. 2. Later also (now chiefly): cited or supplied as an example. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > [adjective] > supported by evidence authorizeda1500 corroborate1532 openfounded1571 justifieda1586 witnessedc1595 exampled1600 attested1611 exemplified1613 voucheda1616 1600 R. Kittowe Loues Load-starre Fv Iacomin reading Katherinas exampled propositions, admiring at her feruent loue, and famous learning..breathed forth these speeches. 1658 T. Meriton Wandring Lover v. v. 29 This truly noble Gentleman, rare exampled patern of a friend. 1832 Oliad p. xviii Besides, the ‘ad’ is an exampled ending. For instance, ‘Dunciad’, ‘Rosciad’, &c. 1876 C. C. Robinson Gloss. Words Dial. Mid-Yorks. p. vi Where, in this Glossary, the exampled use of a word is restricted to one part of speech..it seemed the simplest and most convenient plan to indicate this complete usage merely by adding ‘v. a.’. 1983 Jrnl. Aesthetic Educ. 17 42 I argue that the exampled film is compromised as art by the single aberrant episode. 2003 G. Albrechtson Nat. Harmony v. 56 I had to learn not to correct, but rather to model a new word by offering it in an exampled phrase. a. Held up as being worthy of imitation. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > an individual case or instance > [adjective] > of or relating to exemplification > that is made an example exampleda1637 a1637 B. Jonson Under-woods lxxv. 80 in Wks. (1640) III Search, Sun, and thou wilt find They are th' exampled Paire, and mirrour of their kind. 1714 E. Settle Thalia Lacrimans: Earl of Gainsborough 8 Had such exampled Virtues rul'd the Day, Nature her bright Original might boast. 1762 T. Delamayne Oliviad ii. 38 Arms and the man the exampled Hero form'd! b. Serving or intended to serve as a deterrent or warning to others against a particular act, course of action, etc. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1716 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad II. vi. 75 A dreadful Lesson of exampled Fate. 1868 M. C. Johnson Let. 16 May in P. H. Bergeron Papers A. Johnson (1997) XIV. 83 The manly firmness with which you have endured an exampled prosecution commands our highest respect. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1600 |
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