单词 | astrologize |
释义 | astrologizev. 1. intransitive. With on, upon. To reflect on or deliberate about in astrological terms. Now rare. ΚΠ 1612 Mr. King tr. Benvenuto Passenger ii. ii. 525 The other companion Astrologized [It. astrologaua] vpon the Sunne. 1673 A. Marvell Rehearsall Transpros'd, 2nd Pt. 379 It was, when you..wander'd up and down Moor-fields Astrologizing upon the duration of his Majesties Government. 1828 T. Keightley Fairy Mythol. II. 255 The astrologers were called by her father to astrologize on this event. 1905 Proc. Mass. Hist. Soc. 18 217 Langdon had been computing and astrologizing on the meaning of the Vials and Horns and Beasts in the Apocalypse for half a century when he published this book. 2. intransitive. To practise or study astrology. rare before 19th cent. ΚΠ 1675 E. Sherburne in tr. M. Manilius Sphere App. 1 Thales is said first among the Greeks ἀςρολογησαι, to Astrologize, who never treated of the Iudiciary Art. 1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. To Astrologize, to practise astrology. 1883 ‘L. Scott’ Renaissance of Art in Italy i. iii. 65 There is a quite a telling mysticism in the wise men of the east, who are astrologising—studying the heavens—on their mountain, and first behold the wondrous star. 1910 A. H. Lewis Spiritual Sabbathism i. 21 There are plenty of persons who still astrologize. 1982 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 14 May c29/1 The American philosopher will astrologize, and when everybody grows paws we know for sure we are dipping our tongue in myth, but this book is really a romance with language. 2010 Mobile Reg. (Alabama) (Nexis) 27 June c5 Ophiucius [sic] is very large, and its lower regions dip into the zodiac between Scorpius and Sagittarius. Since it's only partially in the zodiac, it isn't considered a 'sign' for those who astrologize. 3. transitive. To examine or work out by means of astrology; to consider in astrological terms. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > astrology > [verb] > calculate castc1374 calk1401 set1570 planet1596 calculatea1616 astrologizea1734 a1734 R. North Examen (1740) ii. iv. ⁋136. 301 I have elsewhere astrologised this Case of the Faction prevailing at Oxford. 1892 Atlantic Monthly Oct. 478/2 Oh, why did I not get it astrologized by zia Caterina, that I might have cut off my forefinger in time! 1909 ‘O. Henry’ Roads of Destiny vii. 111 Ever since I was astrologized, bad luck has followed me like my shadow. 1979 D. Gray Robert Henryson vi. 181 The ancient gods had gradually come to be astrologized, and the planets had developed personalities. 2002 J. R. Christianson et al. Tycho Brahe & Prague 57 Clearly Tycho has fully astrologized comets here. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < v.1612 |
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