单词 | extirpate |
释义 | † extirpateadj. Obsolete. As past participle: rooted out, destroyed utterly, rendered extinct. ΚΠ 1541 T. Elyot Image of Gouernance xxx. f. 69v It is profytable..to haue all occasions of sedition..to be extirpate. a1649 W. Drummond Hist. James V in Wks. (1711) 107 When a Vice cannot be extirpate and taken away. 1706 D. Defoe Jure Divino vii. 12 The Race of Sinners was extirpate. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2022). extirpatev.ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > improvement > [verb (transitive)] > purify or refine slick1340 filec1400 polishc1400 burnish1526 polite1535 extirpate1548 purify1548 soften1579 purgea1582 refine1592 mellow1593 civilize1596 rarefy1600 incivilize1603 sublimate1624 alembicate1627 chastise1627 sublime1631 calcine1635 gentilize1635 ennoble1636 subtilize1638 deconcoct1655 sublimizea1729 smooth1762 absterge1817 decrassify1855 sandpaper1890 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VII f. iiii He might wede, extirpate, and purdge the myndes of men. 2. a. To pull or pluck up by the roots; to root up, destroy, or remove root and branch (a tree, plant). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > reclamation > reclaim [verb (transitive)] > clear land > remove roots stockc1440 stock1458 extirp1490 displanta1492 supplant1549 stub1555 grub1558 to stump up1599 averruncate1623 extirpate1651 stump1791 1651 W. G. tr. J. Cowell Inst. Lawes Eng. 278 All such Offenders should have..their Woods extirpated and grub'd up. 1691 J. Ray Wisdom of God 114 Extirpate noxious and unprofitable Herbs. 1699 J. Evelyn Kalendarium Hortense (ed. 9) 99 Pluck up Strawberry Runners, extirpate the tall Stalks. 1776 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall I. xxv. 746 The vines and fruit-trees..were extirpated. 1798 C. Marshall Introd. Knowl. & Pract. Gardening (ed. 2) iii. 31 The better way..is..to extirpate the intermediate trees. 1848 J. S. Mill Princ. Polit. Econ. i. xi. §2 The wood seems to have been..extirpated. ΚΠ c1666 in Murray Lincolnshire (1890) 24 The old Church..having been ‘extirpated by a hurricane’ in 1666. c. esp. in Surgery. To root out, remove (anything spoken of as having roots). ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > surgery > removal by surgical means > remove by surgical means [verb (transitive)] extirp?1541 ablate1639 extirpate1650 shell1876 1650 J. Bulwer Anthropometamorphosis 131 For men..to labour to extirpate..the Beard..is a practical blasphemy. 1767 B. Gooch Pract. Treat. Wounds I. 167 Extirpating several breasts, and large tumors. 1774 T. Pennant Tour Scotl. 1772 74 Small pincers for the purpose of extirpating hairs. 1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 242/1 When a nævus is extirpated, it seems to consist of a mass of cellular tissue. 3. a. To root out, exterminate, or totally destroy (a class, sect, or nation); to kill off, and render extinct (a species of animals or plants). Const. out of, from. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)] > annihilate or blot out of existence > a person, family, or race extermine1539 extinct1545 extirp1547 extirpate1587 extinguish1593 exterminate1649 1587 J. Hooker tr. Giraldus Cambrensis Vaticinall Hist. Conquest Ireland ii. xvi. 41/1 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) II Yet was their nobilitie so honorable and great; that by no meanes..was the same to be extirpated or rooted out. 1649 tr. Alcoran 41 God..forgiveth sins to those that believe, and extirpate Infidels. 1692 J. Locke Some Considerations Lowering Interest 117 The breed ought to be extirpated out of the Island. 1798 J. Ferriar Illustr. Sterne 206 The Pygmies were extirpated by their wars. 1882 E. R. Pitman Mission Life in Greece 310 The founder of Islam..believing in the mission of the sword to extirpate all Christians and Jews. b. In weaker sense: To do away with, render extinct as such (a specified class of persons); to root out utterly, break up (a gang of thieves). Formerly also, †to drive out, clear away (persons) from a locality, etc. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting temporarily > exile or state of > exile [verb (transitive)] flemeOE forbana1250 exilec1330 forbanishc1450 banish1485 expel1490 exulate1535 vanquishc1540 relegate1561 extirpate1566 exul1568 seclude1572 confine1577 bandon1592 dispossess1600 vent1609 expose1632 deporta1641 disterr1645 transport1666 releage1691 expatriate1817 1566 W. Painter Palace of Pleasure I. ii. f. 6v I wil driue and extirpate out of this Citie, both L. Tarquinius Superbus, and his wicked wife, with all the race of his children and progenie. a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) i. ii. 125 He..Should presently extirpate me and mine Out of the Dukedome. View more context for this quotation 1713 R. Steele Englishman No. 4. 23 The Comedies, you see, have extirpated the whole Species of Beaux. 1737 Common Sense (1738) I. 186 The Honour of extirpating such a notorious Robber from the Society. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. 205 It is..one of the first duties of every government to extirpate gangs of thieves. 4. To root out, eradicate (an immaterial thing, e.g. heresy, vice, etc.) Const. †out of, from. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)] > eradicate or extirpate > sin, fear, etc. updrawc1290 fordo1340 extirp1483 roota1500 dissipate1532 extirpate1538 profligate1542 rout1559 disperse1563 rescind1579 resolve1580 overplough1596 1538 J. Husee Let. 18 Oct. in Lisle Papers (P.R.O.: SP 3/5/75) f. 104 It shall pleze yor lordship to extyrpate this sodayn desperrat sorows..owt of the bottom of yor stomack. 1548 H. Latimer Notable Serm. sig. D.v He destroyed all Idolatrie, and clerely dyd extirpate all supersticion. 1660 R. Coke Justice Vindicated Pref. 19 Until monarchy or regal power should be extirpated in all the world. 1789 J. Bentham Introd. Princ. Morals & Legisl. xix. §15 With what chance of success..would a legislator go about to extirpate drunkenness..by dint of legal punishment? 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth ii, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. III. 25 The holy Church is awakened..to extirpate heresy by fire and steel. 1838 R. W. Emerson Oration before Lit. Societies 3 Neither years nor books have yet availed to extirpate a prejudice then rooted in me. Derivatives ˈextirpated adj. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [adjective] > eradicating > eradicated or eradicable uprooteda1593 out-razed1638 extirpated1827 eradicable1847 1827 R. Southey Hist. Peninsular War II. 25 The Spaniards had to atone for extirpated nations. ˈextirpating n. and adj. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [noun] > eradication or extirpation excidion1490 excision1490 extirpation1526 extirping1535 eradication1548 outrooting1562 eradicatinga1660 extirpating1670 deracinationc1800 liquidation1925 the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [adjective] > eradicating eradicating1628 extirpative1733 eradicatory1801 extirpating1866 1670 J. Milton Hist. Brit. ii. 69 The final extirpating of that whole Nation. 1674 A. Cremer tr. J. Scheffer Hist. Lapland ix. 34 All possible means were used..for the extirpating of superstition. 1866 H. Bushnell Vicarious Sacrifice iii. v. 336 Sin..a desolating, extirpating power in souls. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.1541v.1538 |
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