单词 | negate |
释义 | negatev. 1. transitive. To render ineffective or invalid, to nullify, cancel out; to destroy. Also (esp. in early use): to deny the existence or truth of; to deny. Also occasionally intransitive. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > denial or contradiction > deny or contradict [verb (transitive)] withquethec888 withsake971 falsea1225 withsay?c1225 denyc1300 again-saya1382 naitc1390 nitec1390 naya1400 nicka1400 warna1400 denytec1420 traversea1450 repugnc1456 unsayc1460 renay1512 disavow?1532 disaffirm1548 contradict1582 fault1585 belie1587 infringe1590 dementie1594 abnegate1616 negate1623 nege1624 abrenounce1656 nay-saya1774 negative1784 dement1884 the mind > mental capacity > memory > effacement, obliteration > cancellation, revocation > annul, cancel, revoke [verb (transitive)] > make void or invalid wanea889 voida1340 avoidc1375 abolishc1475 disnull1509 disannula1513 annihilate1525 evacuate1526 aniente1528 extinct1530 disable1548 extinguish1548 solute1550 destitutea1563 exinanitea1575 cashier1596 devoid1601 shorta1616 supersede1618 vitiate1627 invalidate1649 out1653 vacate1662 exinanitiate1698 atheticize1701 squasha1777 invalid1827 negate1837 negative1837 unsanction1854 cancel- 1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. ii To Deny, negate. 1835 Fraser's Mag. 11 642 Whatever negates is something, else no negation were possible. 1837 Fraser's Mag. 15 723 Understanding..establishes its quality as a real object, by negating the board on which it is drawn. 1874 Contemp. Rev. 23 405 When the lower life asserts itself against the higher, the higher may consciously negate it. 1891 H. Jones Browning as Teacher 207 Evolution not only postulates unity.., but it also negates all differences. 1920 F. S. Fitzgerald This Side of Paradise ii. v. 297 It negates the efforts of every scientist, statesman, moralist, reformer, doctor, and philosopher that ever gave his life to humanity's service. 1936 L. Wirth & E. A. Shils tr. K. Mannheim Ideol. & Utopia i. 22 To the extent that mechanistic psychology and..the social impulsion towards all-embracing mechanization, negated these values, they destroyed an important element in the self-orientation of human beings in their everyday life. 1986 T. Clancy Red Storm Rising (1988) xxix. 484 ‘Target is negated,’ said a calmer voice. 2001 M. Blake 24 Karat Schmooze vii. 79 His latest girlfriend negated this point by promptly slumping to the floor. 2. transitive. Grammar. To make negative in form or meaning. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > other grammatical categories or concepts > use other category or concept [verb (transitive)] > render negative nullc1620 negate1880 1880 Amer. Jrnl. Math. 3 30 The modification..is the same as negating the copula and predicate, and a repetition of this will evidently give the first expression again. 1930 W. Empson Seven Types Ambiguity vii. 269 Not may negate going or weeping. That the ear expects did go may mean that all nature wept for Polonius. 1961 R. B. Long Sentence & its Parts iv. 105 Even the words that commonly negate clauses do not always do so. 1972 R. Quirk et al. Gram. Contemp. Eng. 382 Not here functions as a predeterminer in the italicized noun phrase; but it has the effect of negating the whole clause. 1994 Appl. Linguistics 15 80 The copula, modals, and auxiliaries are negated post-verbally. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1623 |
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