单词 | angariate |
释义 | angariatev. Now rare. transitive. To compel (a person); to force (someone) to do something; spec. to press into service. Cf. angariation n.Now only as a consciously grandiose or archaic word. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > obedience > compulsion > compel [verb (transitive)] > to perform or adhere to > to perform work angariate1609 1609 Bp. W. Barlow Answer Catholike English-man 369 If a man will angariate thee a mile, goe with him twaine. 1684 J. Strype tr. J. Lightfoot Horæ Hebraicæ in Wks. II. 152 If he were angariated, that is, if they take him for some work of the King. 1891 Irish Monthly 19 610 A proficient in the art of saying nothing..is angariated to say ditto to Mr. Burke. 1980 Furrow 31 209 Could not the author have angariated some literate menial? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < v.1609 |
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