单词 | eventilate |
释义 | † eventilatev. Obsolete. 1. transitive. Medicine. To cause (supposed) noxious vapours to escape from (the blood, body, etc.), esp. by opening a vein; (also) to aerate. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > vascular system > circulation > circulate [verb (transitive)] > oxygenate eventilate1601 ventilate1668 aerate1794 the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > make cold [verb (transitive)] > cool > by exposing to air event1559 eventilate1601 1601 S. Harward Phlebotomy 7 Therefore Platerus willeth vs..to hasten the letting of bloud, not only to vent or euentilate the bloud inflamed, but also to pluck back the same. 1655 Physical Dict. in N. Culpeper et al. tr. L. Rivière Pract. Physick sig. Llll4v/1 So Exercise is said to eventilate or fan the Body; because the motion opens the Pores, and drives many vapors out. 1667 G. Castle Chymical Galenist ii. 35 To which end, Blood-letting is in the first place most conducible; for by this means the Blood is eventilated, and the Sulphureous Particles which were got into a body..are dispersed. 1679 tr. T. Willis Pharmaceutice Rationalis ii. 22 If the Air chance to be depraved, it neither duely kindles nor eventilates the blood. 1752 P. L. Let. from Apothecary London 27 The Cutaneous Liquor being not at all eventilated, is corrupted by mere Stagnation. 2. transitive. To expose to the wind or air; to fan; spec. to winnow (grain). rare. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation of grain > [verb (transitive)] > winnow fanc1000 van1340 winnow1382 windle14.. wim1455 wimble1553 ventilate1609 dight?1611 eventilate1623 wind1786 wecht1804 1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Euentilate, To winnow, or blow winde. 1654 A. Warren New Plea for Old Law 18 Diogenes observing a foolish femall Votary cringing to a Statue so low, that her coats were much eventilated behind, took them up higher, and told her, she shewed the goddess behind, her posteriours. 3. transitive. figurative. To debate, discuss, or examine (an issue) thoroughly. Cf. ventilate v. 10. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > hold discussions about, debate [verb (transitive)] dispute1340 discuss1402 reason?c1425 mootc1475 arguea1513 canvass1530 ventilate?1530 deliberate1536 devisea1538 expostulate1573 agitate1598 imparlc1600 exagitate1610 eventilate?1625 altercate1683 litigate1740 spar1744 ?1625 W. Morgan Let. (P.R.O.: SP 16/14) f. 91 Yor Honors poore and miserable petitioner supplicateth, that yor honor would deigne, accordinge to yor Honors mature iudgement to haue his Cause eventilated. 1647 J. Trapp Comm. Evangelists & Acts (Matt. xiii. 35) 393 I will utter things... I will freely and plentifully eventilate them. 1657 J. Howell Londinopolis 377 It is nowhere so narrowly discussed and eventilated. 1669 Addr. Hopeful Young Gentry 136 This is a subject so copiously and methodically elsewhere..eventilated. 4. transitive. Law. To estimate the value of (an estate or inheritance); to appraise. Cf. ventilate v. 14. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > evaluation, estimation, appraisal > appraise, estimate [verb (transitive)] > place value on apprizea1400 counta1400 prize1487 valure1487 reckonc1515 even1571 valuate1588 value1589 rate1599 seta1616 ventilate?c1682 eventilate1706 appreciate1769 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Eventilate..in a Law-sense, to estimate, prize, or value an Estate or Inheritance. Derivatives eventilated adj. ΚΠ 1657 Physical Dict. Eventilated, fanned, cooled, or clensed by the wind. 1754 J. Kirkpatrick Anal. Inoculation viii. 180 They [sc. young Children] tend to defæcate the but very lately eventilated Blood. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < |
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