单词 | imburse |
释义 | imbursev. Now rare. 1. a. transitive. To put into one's (or a) purse; to stow away, store up. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > insertion or putting in > insert or put in [verb (transitive)] > into a pocket, purse, or pouch pursea1400 imbursec1530 poucha1566 pocket1588 impouch1611 budget1618 impocket1728 fob1818 trouser1865 c1530 Debate Somer & Wynter in W. C. Hazlitt Remains Early Pop. Poetry Eng. III. 37 Thou sellyst in to exyle my goodes & monè ymburssed. 1678 in W. W. Wilkins Polit. Ballads (1860) I. 208 Then Titus..oft did on Pickering call, His charity to imburse. 1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. To imburse, to put into Stock of Money. 1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. To Imburse, to stock with money. This should be emburse from embourser. 1871 M. F. Rossetti Shadow of Dante (1884) 56 Round holes, ‘purses’ in which these money-sinners are imbursed from sight. ΚΠ 1692 J. Salter Triumphs Jesus 6 Fountains and Rivers with an eager Course Wou'd to the Ocean all their Floods imburse. 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > wealth > accumulate wealth [verb (transitive)] > make rich i-wealyOE to bring (a person) in or to (his) warison1297 richc1350 increasec1380 enrich1382 enrichessec1430 make1460 enwealthy1594 divitiate?1623 munificate1623 felicitate1638 imburse1641 peculiate1656 1641 Earl of Monmouth tr. G. F. Biondi Hist. Civil Warres Eng. I. iv. v. 132 The spoiles, estimated at 1600000. Crownes..emborsed them that were the Authors or Permitters thereof. b. To pay, refund. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > payment > pay money or things [verb (transitive)] > pay (a person) payc1275 answera1387 defraya1586 imburse1721 1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Emburse, to restore or refund Money owing. 1890 Daily News 25 Nov. 2/1 The Bank naturally desires to be imbursed for the double work. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < v.c1530 |
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