† feturen.

Forms: late Middle English–1600s feture, 1500s–1600s feature, 1600s foeture.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin fētūra.

Etymology: < classical Latin fētūra breeding, gestation, parturition, offspring < fētus fetus n. + -ūra -ure suffix¹.

Obsolete.

1. The action or process of giving birth or producing offspring.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > animal body > general parts > sexual organs and reproduction > [noun] > bringing forth young

breeding1387

whelping1398

broodc1440

feture?1440

litterc1440

littering1542

fall1593

litterage1601

cast1646

tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) iv. l. 751 Luke water best helpith their feture.

1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Medicinal Materials iii, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. Iii4 She [sc. a hen] alwayes exhibits most commodious fœture; for they daily either lay or sit on Egges, or exclude Chickens.

2. concrete.

a. The offspring or product of something.

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the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > [noun] > offspring

seedOE

offspringOE

begottena1325

birtha1325

issuea1325

burgeoninga1340

fruit of the loinsa1340

young onec1384

increasement1389

geta1400

gendera1425

procreation1461

progeniturec1487

engendera1500

propagation1536

feture1537

increase1552

breed1574

spawn1590

bowela1593

teeming1599

pullulation1641

prolifications1646

educt1677

produce1823

1537 tr. H. Latimer Serm. to Clergie sig. D.ii Some of them ingendred one, some other suche fetures.

1607 B. Jonson Volpone Ep. Ded. sig. ¶2 Because in some mens abortiue Features..it is ouer-true.

b. spec. A fetus or embryo.In quot. 1658: (probably) an egg or a nymph of a locust.

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the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > embryo or fetus > [noun]

childOE

birtha1325

fruit of the loinsa1340

conceptiona1398

fetusa1398

embryona1400

feture1540

embryo1576

womb-infant1611

Hans-in-kelder1640

geniture1672

shapeling1674

pudding1937

a bun in the oven1951

preborn1980

1540 R. Jonas tr. E. Roesslin Byrth of Mankynde i. viii. f. xli Or it [sc. the mouth of the matrice] is corrupt and infect with such vicyous & yll humours that it is so slyppery that the feture slyppeth and slydeth forth.

1658 J. Rowland tr. T. Moffett Theater of Insects in Topsell's Hist. Four-footed Beasts (rev. ed.) 984 The which feture [L. faetura] is so tender, that with the least touch it is bruised to pieces.

a1670 J. Hacket Cent. Serm. (1675) 110 He doth not only bear witness to our Saviour, though yet an imperfect feture after three months conception, as if the Child were born, but as if he were in his most able growth, in perfect strength of years.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	feture
释义	† feturen. Forms: late Middle English–1600s feture, 1500s–1600s feature, 1600s foeture. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin fētūra. Etymology: < classical Latin fētūra breeding, gestation, parturition, offspring < fētus fetus n. + -ūra -ure suffix¹. Obsolete. 1. The action or process of giving birth or producing offspring. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > sexual organs and reproduction > [noun] > bringing forth young breeding1387 whelping1398 broodc1440 feture?1440 litterc1440 littering1542 fall1593 litterage1601 cast1646 tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) iv. l. 751 Luke water best helpith their feture. 1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Medicinal Materials iii, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. Iii4 She [sc. a hen] alwayes exhibits most commodious fœture; for they daily either lay or sit on Egges, or exclude Chickens. 2. concrete. a. The offspring or product of something. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > [noun] > offspring seedOE offspringOE begottena1325 birtha1325 issuea1325 burgeoninga1340 fruit of the loinsa1340 young onec1384 increasement1389 geta1400 gendera1425 procreation1461 progeniturec1487 engendera1500 propagation1536 feture1537 increase1552 breed1574 spawn1590 bowela1593 teeming1599 pullulation1641 prolifications1646 educt1677 produce1823 1537 tr. H. Latimer Serm. to Clergie sig. D.ii Some of them ingendred one, some other suche fetures. 1607 B. Jonson Volpone Ep. Ded. sig. ¶2 Because in some mens abortiue Features..it is ouer-true. View more context for this quotation b. spec. A fetus or embryo.In quot. 1658: (probably) an egg or a nymph of a locust. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > embryo or fetus > [noun] childOE birtha1325 fruit of the loinsa1340 conceptiona1398 fetusa1398 embryona1400 feture1540 embryo1576 womb-infant1611 Hans-in-kelder1640 geniture1672 shapeling1674 pudding1937 a bun in the oven1951 preborn1980 1540 R. Jonas tr. E. Roesslin Byrth of Mankynde i. viii. f. xli Or it [sc. the mouth of the matrice] is corrupt and infect with such vicyous & yll humours that it is so slyppery that the feture slyppeth and slydeth forth. 1658 J. Rowland tr. T. Moffett Theater of Insects in Topsell's Hist. Four-footed Beasts (rev. ed.) 984 The which feture [L. faetura] is so tender, that with the least touch it is bruised to pieces. a1670 J. Hacket Cent. Serm. (1675) 110 He doth not only bear witness to our Saviour, though yet an imperfect feture after three months conception, as if the Child were born, but as if he were in his most able growth, in perfect strength of years. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.?1440
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