单词 | indignify |
释义 | † indignifyv. Obsolete. To treat with indignity; to dishonour; to represent as unworthy. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrespect > [verb (transitive)] unworthc1200 unworshipc1380 to hold no state ofa1400 dishonour1411 wrongc1449 disglorify1584 baffle1592 indignify1595 deglory1610 disrespect1614 violate1692 undertreat1721 deconsider1881 1595 E. Spenser Colin Clouts come Home Againe sig. C4v I deeme it best to hold eternally, Their bounteous deeds..Then by discourse them to indignifie. 1611 Tarlton's Jests (1866) 203 The gallant, scorning that a player should take the wall, or so much indignifie him..presently drew his rapier. a1626 L. Andrewes XCVI. Serm. (1661) 482 The Elders of the Jews dignified him [the Centurion, Luke vii. 4] highly: but he indignified himself as fast. a1684 R. Leighton Pract. Comm. 1st Epist. Peter (1693) I. 205 Do children delight to indignifie, and dishonour their Fathers Name? 1743 E. Poston Pratler (1747) 149 The very Idea..is greatly indignified, even by our aiming or pretending to understand it. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < v.1595 |
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