请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 obviscate
释义

obviscatev.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin obviscat-, obviscare.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin obviscat-, past participial stem (compare -ate suffix3) of obviscare (1682 in the passage translated in quot. 1684) < classical Latin ob- ob- prefix + viscāre to catch and hold fast in a sticky substance (see viscate adj.).
Obsolete. rare.
transitive. To mollify; to lessen the harshness or intensity of.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > manner of action > lack of violence, severity, or intensity > make less violent or severe [verb (transitive)]
temperc1000
keelc1175
slakea1300
abate?c1335
settle1338
swagea1340
modifyc1385
rebatea1398
bate1398
moder1414
releasea1425
remiss?a1425
moderate1435
alethe?1440
delaya1450
appal1470
addulce1477
mollify1496
mean?a1513
relent1535
qualify1536
temperatea1540
aplake1578
slack1589
relaxate1598
milden1603
mitigate1611
relax1612
alleniate1615
allay1628
alloy1634
castigate1653
smoothen1655
tendera1656
mitify1656
meeken1662
remitigate1671
obviscate1684
slacken1685
chastise1704
dulcify1744
absorb1791
demulceate1817
chasten1856
modulate1974
mediate1987
the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > treatment by topical applications > treat by topical applications [verb (transitive)] > salve or anoint
salvea800
smearc950
anointa1375
supplea1425
epithem1543
assalve1570
baste1570
taint1578
scarify1596
obviscate1684
1684 tr. T. Bonet Guide Pract. Physician xix. 833 Sweet things..obviscate and blunt its saline Acrimony.
1710 T. Fuller Pharmacopœia Extemporanea 35 It..obviscates, mollifies and restrains their [sc. fermenting particles of the blood] impetuous Torrent in the small Canals.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
<
v.1684
随便看

 

英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2024/12/24 11:09:43