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单词 notionate
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notionateadj.

Brit. /ˈnəʊʃənət/, U.S. /ˈnoʊʃənət/, Scottish English /ˈnoʃənət/, Irish English /ˈnoʊʃənət/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: notion n., -ate suffix2.
Etymology: < notion n. + -ate suffix2. Compare earlier notional adj., notionary adj.
Chiefly U.S. regional (chiefly southern and south Midland), Irish English (northern), and Scottish.
= notional adj. 7.
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1850 in W. K. Northall Life & Recoll. Yankee Hill 127 Samuel Winston..was considered a ‘notionate critter’.
1871 W. Alexander Johnny Gibb xxxv. 245 He was a ‘notionate’ old fellow the elder Mains of Yawal, and would be obeyed.
1896 W. D. Howells Idyls in Drab 119 That young woman has made you blame yourself for nothin'. You're perfectly notionate about it.
1945 B. A. Botkin Lay my Burden Down 40 A old man named Josh, he pretty old and notionate.
1987 Washington Post (Nexis) 8 June b3 Alysheba turned rank, or sour, refusing to run in a straight line, his head twisted in the manner of notionate colts.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

notionatev.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: notion n., -ate suffix3.
Etymology: < notion n. + -ate suffix3.
Obsolete. rare.
transitive. To form a notion of; to devise or originate by process of thought.
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the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > inventive or creative faculty > contrive, devise, or invent [verb (transitive)]
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conceive1340
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brewc1386
divine1393
to find outc1405
to search outc1425
to find up?c1430
forgec1430
upfindc1440
commentc1450
to dream out1533
inventa1538
father1548
spina1575
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conceit1591
mint1593
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infantize1619
fabulize1633
notionate1645
to make upc1650
to spin outa1651
to cook up1655
to strike out1735
mother1788
to think up1855
to noodle out1950
gin1980
1645 C. Culpeper Let. 2 Nov. in 17th-cent. Polit. & Financial Papers (1996) 252 I pray remember my seruice to Mr Dury & the Ladies, & remembringe him of notionatinge his essay vpon Mr Webbe.
1660 R. Burney Κέρδιστον Δῶρον 5 I take in all things, Heavenly and earthly within my breast; I form them with essence, and stamp them with exsistence, I notionate their seed and kernell, their Quintessence and effluxes.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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