单词 | infer |
释义 | inferv. a. transitive. To bring on, bring about, induce, occasion, cause, procure; to bring upon (a person, etc.), to inflict; to wage (war) upon. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > [verb (transitive)] wieldeOE timberc897 letc900 rearOE doOE i-wendeOE workOE makeOE bringc1175 raisec1175 shapec1315 to owe (also have) a wold (also on wield)a1325 procurec1330 purchasec1330 causec1340 conform1377 performa1382 excite1398 induce1413 occasionate?c1450 occasionc1454 to bring about1480 gara1500 to bring to passc1513 encause1527 to work out1534 inferc1540 excitate?1549 import1550 ycause1563 frame1576 effect1581 to bring in1584 effectuatea1586 apport?1591 introduce1605 create1607 generate1607 cast1633 efficiate1639 conciliate1646 impetrate1647 state1654 accompass1668 to bring to bear1668 to bring on1671 effectivate1717 makee1719 superinduce1837 birth1913 c1540 A. Borde Bk. for to Lerne C iv a Immoderat slepe..doth induce and infarre [1542 —— Dyetary viii. (1870) 245 infer] breuyte of lyfe. 1543–4 Act 35 Hen. VIII c. 12 The same frenche kyng..hathe inferred and done vnto his maiestie..intollerable displeasures. 1566 W. Painter Palace of Pleasure I. i. f. 1 The Albanes..summoned warres to bee inferred vpon them [sc. the Romans]. 1576 A. Fleming tr. Isocrates in Panoplie Epist. 160 If any wound be inferred with force of forreigne weapon. ?1589 T. Nashe Almond for Parrat sig. 11v A wicked mind..eyther meditates the iniuries which he is about to inferre, or feares some reproch to be inferred by others. 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene vi. viii. sig. Ff7v Faire Serena, who..Fled fast away, afeard Of villany to be to her inferd . View more context for this quotation 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III iv. iv. 273 Infer faire Englands peace by this alliance. View more context for this quotation 1640 E. Reynolds Treat. Passions iii. 16. 1697 J. Potter Archæologiæ Græcæ I. i. xxvi. 167 He, who out of design infers Dammage, shall suffer twice as much as an unwilling Offender. 1754 J. Edwards Careful Enq. Freedom of Will ii. xii. 123 If absolute Decrees are inconsistent with Man's Liberty as a moral Agent..it is not on Account of any Necessity which absolute Decrees infer. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > giving > give [verb (transitive)] > confer giveOE doOE confer1542 feoff1571 infer1589 collate1591 instate1647 accede1818 1589 T. Nashe Anat. Absurditie Epist. ⁋iij What ever content felicitie or Fortune may enferre. 1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. ii. viii. §2. 363 That this Honour might bee inferred on some one of the bloud and race of their ancient Kings. 1633 Campion's Hist. Ireland i. xiv. 45 That the Metropolitanes See, was inferred upon meere lay persons of the blood royall. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > [verb (transitive)] > cause to be or become seta1000 workOE makeOE puta1382 turna1393 yieldc1430 breedc1460 rendera1522 devolve1533 cause1576 infer1667 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vii. 116 To glorifie the Maker, and inferr Thee also happier. View more context for this quotation ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > speak, say, or utter [verb (transitive)] > introduce premit?c1425 premisec1450 infera1529 preamble1628 usher1635 to usher in1662 the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > attest, bear witness [verb (transitive)] > bring forward as evidence to draw forthc1175 showa1325 drawc1330 allaya1387 to avouch a thing upon (a person)1393 allegea1398 adduce?a1425 induce1433 recite1509 infera1529 vouch1531 cite1550 avouch1573 relate1604 instance1608 rejourn1624 quote1663 abduce1720 invoke1879 a1529 J. Skelton Magnyfycence (?1530) sig. Aii Somwhat I coulde enferre your consayte to debarre. 1584 R. Scot Discouerie Witchcraft xiii. vii. 300 The Jasper stone, touching which..I haue inferred Marbodeus his verses. 1595 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 ii. ii. 44 Full wel hath Clifford plaid the Orator, Inferring arguments of mighty force. 1607 Drewill's Arraignm. in Harl. Misc. (Malh.) III. 60 This oath..hauing beene..read..he was required to alleadge or inferre against any part thereof what he colde. a1668 W. Davenant Play-house to be Let in Wks. (1673) 103 Towards the conclusion, it infers the Voyages of the English thither, and the amity of the Nations towards them. 1710 H. Prideaux Orig. & Right Tithes iii. 152 (note) The Canon of the Council of Friuli..is too long to be here at full inferred. 3. a. To bring in or ‘draw’ as a conclusion; spec. in Logic, To derive by a process of reasoning, whether inductive or deductive, from something known or assumed; to accept from evidence or premisses; to deduce, conclude. (With simple object or object clause.) ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > process of reasoning, ratiocination > process of inferring, inference > infer, conclude [verb (transitive)] concludec1374 takec1400 to drive outc1443 drive1447 derive1509 reasona1527 deduce1529 include1529 infer1529 gather1535 deduct?1551 induce1563 pick1565 fetch1567 collect1581 decide1584 bring1605 to take up1662 the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical syllogism > deduce by syllogism [verb (transitive)] > infer infer1529 draw1573 the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical syllogism > logical argument > [verb (transitive)] > infer infer1529 1529 T. More Dialogue Heresyes i, in Wks. 147/1 Wherupon is inferred eftsone al that the messenger wold haue fled fro by force. 1568 Duke of Norfolk et al. Let. 11 Oct. in H. Campbell Love Lett. Mary Queen of Scots (1824) App. 18 They inferred upon a letter of her own hand that there was another meane..devised to kill the king. 1587 D. Fenner Def. Godlie Ministers sig. Bii Because the strength of a consequence doeth hange..vppon..the necessitie of the illation, let vs marke what hee inferreth. 1628 R. Sanderson Two Serm. Paules-Crosse i. 43 We should from the premises inferre something for our farther vse. 1717 M. Prior Alma iii. 312 What I never meant Don't you infer. 1741 W. Warburton Divine Legation Moses II. iv. 225 From this State of Antiquity I would inferr these two Things. 1843 J. S. Mill Syst. Logic I. Introd. §4 6 The truths known by intuition are the original premisses from which all others are inferred. 1867 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest I. vi. 466 In the morning Cnut missed the English portion of his army, and hastily inferred that they had deserted. 1871 B. Stewart Heat (ed. 2) §13 It will be inferred from what we have said that [etc.]. b. absol. To draw a conclusion or inference; to reason from one thing to another. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > process of reasoning, ratiocination > process of inferring, inference > draw conclusions [verb (intransitive)] infer1577 consequence1645 generalize1771 induct1832 1577 T. Vautrollier tr. M. Luther Comm. Epist. to Galathians (new ed.) f. 155 Reason hearing this, by and by doth thus inferre: Then God gaue the lawe in vaine. 1637 J. Milton Comus 14 I doe not brother Inferre, as if I thought my sisters state Secure. 1769 E. Burke Observ. Late State Nation 76 Those reasonings, which infer from the many restraints under which we have already laid America, to our right to lay it under still more..are conclusive..as to right; but the very reverse as to policy and practice. 1828 R. Whately Rhetoric in Encycl. Metrop. 242/1 To infer is to be regarded as the proper office of the Philosopher;—to prove, of the Advocate. 1876 W. S. Jevons Logic 12 When we thus learn one fact from other facts, we infer or reason, and we do this in the mind. 4. To lead to (something) as a conclusion; to involve as a consequence; to imply. (Said of a fact or statement; sometimes, of the person who makes the statement.) This use is widely considered to be incorrect, esp. with a person as the subject. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > hidden or indirect meaning > communicate secretively [verb (transitive)] > have hidden meaning import?a1425 imply1529 inferc1530 report1565 connotate1596 connote1664 c1530 T. More Let. Impugnynge J. Fryth in Wks. 840/2 The fyrste parte is not the proofe of the second, but rather contrary wyse, the seconde inferreth well ye fyrst. 1581 R. Mulcaster Positions xliii. 281 Socrates findes a good scholer which in naturall relation inferreth a good maister. 1631 Earl of Manchester Contemplatio Mortis 72 Solomon saying, the day of death was better then the day of birth, inferred that there was a faire way of doing well. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost viii. 91 Consider first, that Great Or Bright inferrs not Excellence. View more context for this quotation 1736 Bp. J. Butler Analogy of Relig. i. vii. 125 These Assertions..would infer nothing more than that it might have been better. 1813 J. S. Stanhope in A. M. W. Pickering Mem. (1902) II. 377 He said nothing that could in any way infer the necessity of a retreat of the allies. 1814 W. Scott Waverley II. xviii. 284 They are..more benign in demeanour than their physiognomy or aspect might infer . View more context for this quotation 1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India II. v. vi. 583 Yet, what did the proposition of the Governor-General to the Council infer? 1884 Academy 10 May 327 Socrates argued that a statue inferred the existence of a sculptor. 1946 M. Peake Titus Groan 373 That he had fulfilled his intention of inveigling his enemy to the place of his own choosing must surely infer that the initiative once again lay with him. 1969 G. M. Bennison & A. E. Wright Geol. Hist. Brit. Isles i. 5 A. Holmes deprecated the use of the term ‘Absolute’ age as inferring an accuracy which is unwarranted. 1970 Private Eye 2 Jan. 12 I can't stand fellers who infer things about good clean-living Australian sheilahs. 1973 Daily Tel. 30 June 14 I have seen references..to the watering of Ascot racecourse, inferring that the water has been taken from public mains at a time when economy is being urged on all consumers. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > burial > bury or entomb [verb (transitive)] bedelveOE begraveOE burya1000 beburyc1000 bifel-ec1000 layc1000 to fall, lull, lay (bring obs.) asleepOE tombc1275 gravec1300 inter1303 rekec1330 to lap in leadc1340 to lay to rest, abed, to bed1340 lie1387 to louk in clay (lead, etc.)?a1400 to lay lowa1425 earthc1450 sepulture1490 to put awaya1500 tyrea1500 mould1530 to graith in the grave1535 ingrave1535 intumulate1535 sepult1544 intumil?c1550 yird1562 shrinea1566 infera1575 entomb1576 sepelite1577 shroud1577 funeral1578 to load with earth1578 delve1587 to lay up1591 sepulchrize1595 pit-hole1607 infuneral1610 mool1610 inhumate1612 inurna1616 inhume1616 pit1621 tumulate1623 sepulchrea1626 turf1628 underlay1639 urna1657 to lay to sleep, asleep1701 envaulta1745 plant1785 ensepulchre1820 sheugh1839 to put under1879 to lay away1885 the world > life > death > obsequies > [verb (transitive)] > carry corpse carry1466 to carry out1526 infera1575 a1575 N. Harpsfield Treat. Divorce Henry VIII (1878) (modernized text) 200 Her dead corpse was carried to Peterborough and there inferred. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > insertion or putting in > insert or put in [verb (transitive)] to do ineOE to put ina1300 insetc1374 to throw ina1382 inducec1420 intriec1420 to set ina1425 tryc1440 enter1489 insert1529 turn1544 insere1557 infer1572 input1593 intromitc1600 introduce1695 to run in1756 1572 J. Bossewell Wks. Armorie ii. 27 Engrayled..because two colors, or any mettal or colour, be gradately inferred one into the other, that no partition, but onely the Purflue, maie be seene betwene them. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.a1529 |
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