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单词 antembletic
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antembleticadj.

Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Or (ii) a borrowing from Greek, combined with another borrowing from Greek. Etymons: Greek ἀντεμ- , metabletic adj.; Greek ἀντεμ-, Greek -βλητικός.
Etymology: < ancient Greek ἀντεμ- (in ἀντεμβάλλειν to put in instead: see below) + either -bletic (in metabletic adj.) or its etymon ancient Greek -βλητικός, after ancient Greek ἀντεμβάλλειν to put in instead ( < ἀντι- anti- prefix + ἐμ- , variant (before a labial) of ἐν- en- prefix2 + βάλλειν to throw: see ballista n.).
Obsolete. rare.
Making provision against or reparation for loss.
ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > financial dealings > insurance > [adjective]
antembletic1780
assuring1891
pluvius1911
1780 J. Bentham Introd. Princ. Morals & Legisl. (1789) xvi. p. cclxxxvi (note) Offences against antembletic trust.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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