单词 | abdicating |
释义 | abdicatingn. The action of abdicate v. (in various senses); abdication. Also: an instance of this. ΚΠ 1668 Bp. J. Wilkins Ess. Real Char. iv. v. following p. 442 Alienating, Abdicating, Leaving. 1689 R. Ferguson Brief Justif. Prince of Orange's Descent into Eng. 18 The Resisting and Abdicating of his late Majesty. 1719 G. Jacob Poet. Reg. 309 After the abdicating of that Prince, he wrote the Observator, in Defence of the Revolution. 1750 Minutes Proc. Trial Rear-Admiral Knowles 8 In this sort withdrawing from the Battle, he left it to be maintained by five Ships of his Majesty's Squadron..which abdicating of his Command appears more blameable. 1830 Olio 3 144 The abdicating of the crown of Portugal, by Don Pedro, Emperor of the Brazils, took place on this day. 1861 J. W. B. Money Java I. v. 218 In Japan the practice of abdicating is common. 1916 Missionary Herald (Boston) Dec. 542/2 The Jones bill was evidently felt to be premature; a too speedy abdicating of American responsibilities in the islands. 1965 T. H. Rigby in J. D. B. Miller & T. H. Rigby Disintegrating Monolith ii. 30 ‘The creative development of Marxism-Leninism’ came to mean..a loosening of its integration..and an abdicating of certain claims. 2004 K. Gregory Winning Clients in Wired World ii. 32 I'm all for delegating; but abdicating is a different story. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1668 |
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