单词 | founce |
释义 | † founcen. Obsolete. The bottom of anything. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > low position > [noun] > lowest position > bottom or lowest part bottomeOE foota1200 lowestc1225 roota1382 tailc1390 founcea1400 basement1610 sole1615 fund1636 foot piece1657 footing1659 underneath1676 bottom side1683 ass1700 doup1710 keel1726 a1400–50 Alexander 4130 Þai flee as fast in-to flode & to þe founce plangid. c1400 (?c1380) Pearl l. 113 In þe founce þer stonden stonez stepe. c1500 Melusine (1895) xxiv. 172 The founs of the valey. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online December 2021). † founcev. Obsolete. a. In passive: ? To have one's attention fixed upon. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > attention > earnest attention, concentration > be absorbed in [verb (intransitive)] buryc1380 porec1387 sinka1400 withgoa1400 founce1430 resta1500 intend?1504 to busy one's brains?1532 lose1604 immerse1667 to give into ——1692 to make a study of1884 1430 J. Lydgate tr. Hist. Troy v. xxxvi By the power of this sorceresse I was so founced upon her fayrenesse; That [etc.]. b. intransitive. To come down with force upon. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > move downwards [verb (intransitive)] > with force founce1530 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 557/2 I fownce (Lyd[gate]), I dent a thing. Je fonce. This terme is nat yet in comen use. 1565 J. Jewel Def. Apol. Churche Eng. (1611) 645 Yet is his soule..crushed with the beetle of the whole earth, that founceth downe vpon it. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2020). < n.a1400v.1430 |
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