单词 | nem con |
释义 | nem. con.adv.adj. Esp. with reference to a motion carried: (with) no one speaking (or voting) against. Also as adj. Cf. nemine contradicente adv. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > assent > [adverb] > in uncontradicted manner > with no-one contradicting nem. con.1588 nemine contradicente1662 nem. diss.1795 nemine dissentiente1798 1588 R. Hovenden in C. R. L. Fletcher Collectanea (1885) I. 232 The Coll. flatly denied to grant the Lease (nem. con.). 1733 E. Phillips Stage-mutineers i. 22 That's resolv'd Nem. Con.—now we'll resume the Consideration Of the Actors. 1772 G. A. Stevens Songs Comic & Satyrical 200 Your breeding just parrs your good-nature, But ask the Gods round, and, Nem. Con. 'tis allow'd, To all I'm superior in Feature. 1772 Town & Country Mag. 19 Preparations were ordered, nem. con., for the decisive day. 1822 Ld. Byron Let. 1 Mar. (1979) IX. 117 I thought that you had always been allowed to be a poet..—a bad one, to be sure.., but still always a poet, nem. con. 1866 Routledge's Young Gentleman's Mag. July 394 A resolution was now passed, nem. con., not to land on Monk's Island. 1895 Times 11 Mar. 9/5 The House of Commons, nem. con. has declared that Mr. Provand is in the right. 1953 R. Knox Off Record xvi. 66 When the bishops of the world meet in council, ideally they ought to pass a nem. con. vote which represents unfailingly the tradition as they received it. 1971 D. Robinson Goshawk Squadron 115 ‘Female company is vastly over-rated.’ ‘Passed nem con,’ Blunt said. 1990 Physiotherapy 76 783/3 The motion was carried nem con. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.adj.1588 |
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