单词 | intenerate |
释义 | intenerateadj. rare. Intenerated, softened. ΚΠ 1846 J. E. Worcester Universal Dict. Eng. Lang. (citing Richardson). This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online September 2021). inteneratev. Now rare. transitive. To make tender, soften, mollify (literal and figurative). ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > softness > soften [verb (transitive)] neshOE supplea1398 mollify?a1425 softa1425 soften?a1425 unharden1552 intenerate1595 malax1634 tender1725 untemper1758 leath1796 1595 S. Daniel Sonn. x Thou pow'r that rul'st the confines of the night..Intenerate that heart that sets so light The truest love that ever yet was seen! 1631 R. Brathwait Whimzies xii. 93 Elixate your antimonie; intenerate your Chrysocoll. 1637 Bp. J. Hall Remedy Prophanenesse ii. xiii. 171 Feare intenerates the heart, making it fit for all gracious impressions. 1668 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 3 699 M. Garenciers observes of Sugar, how it intenerates the flesh. 1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1752 I. 128 [Johnson:] I hope they intenerate my heart. 1811 J. Parkins Young Man's Best Compan. 536 To intenerate the hairs of wool. 1872 W. R. Greg Enigmas iv. 172 Prolonged abstinence from food..purifying, and intenerating the devotional part of our nature. Derivatives inˈtenerated adj. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > softness > [adjective] > softened softened?1570 mollified1581 suppled1594 intenerated1822 1822 J. M. Good Study Med. I. 25 Perhaps, in refined and intenerated society, in the larger number, there is..disease..of a..fatal character. inˈtenerating adj. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > softness > [adjective] > becoming or making soft softinga1398 softeninga1400 malaxing?a1425 mollifying?c1425 suppliant1631 malacissant1638 inteneratinga1711 a1711 T. Ken Hymnotheo in Wks. (1721) III. 42 Mov'd by no Intenerating cries. a1861 D. Gray Poet. Wks. (1874) 135 The teeming South Breathes life and warm intenerating balm. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < |
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