单词 | forensal |
释义 | forensaladj. rare after 17th cent. Of, relating to, or characteristic of proceedings in a court of law, or the kind of persuasive oratory or rhetoric used in advocating in a court of law; = forensic adj. 1. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > judicial body, assembly, or court > [adjective] tribunala1555 forensical1566 aulic1596 aulical1602 forensala1638 forensic1647 forensivea1670 a1638 R. Brownlow & J. Gouldsborough Rep. Diverse Cases (1651) To Rdr. Such matters as..may acquaint his Genius with the manner of Forensall Disputation. 1660 H. More Explan. Grand Myst. Godliness v. xii. 164 All which, as Grotius interprets the place in a Forensal sense, is of a very large extension. 1896 Glasgow Herald 30 Oct. 7/4 Much more lively than the debates at these forensal societies are the weekly discussions in one or two of the Fleet Street taverns. 1930 West Austral. (Perth) 27 Dec. 6/4 The Society of Lincoln's Inn strove..to check the innovation of fining their fellows for appearing in public unshaven and unshorn but fashion..proved too strong for their efforts, however bolstered up by forensal rhetoric. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021). < adj.a1638 |
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