单词 | occasionate |
释义 | † occasionateadj. Obsolete. 1. As postmodifier: occasioned or brought about incidentally; incidental. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > effect, result, or consequence > [adjective] > caused or induced occasionate1440 occasioned1576 induced1611 causate1652 inductive1827 caused1875 1440 J. Capgrave Life St. Norbert (1977) l. 2820 He þoutȝ it was but a matere occasionate Whech broute þis Norbert to his grete astate. 2. Alchemy. As postmodifier. Of heat: artificial, indirect. ΚΠ a1550 ( G. Ripley Compend of Alchemy (Bodl. e Mus.) f. 49 Fire occasionate we call unnaturall, As heat of ashes & balmes [read balnes] for putrefying. a1550 ( G. Ripley Compend of Alchemy (Bodl. e Mus.) f. 49v By helpe of fier occasionate. 3. = occasional adj. 5. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > [adjective] > causing > occasioning contributary1567 contributive1583 contributory1594 occasional1646 occasionative1655 occasionate1658 occasioning1817 1658 G. Starkey Natures Explic. 73 Its efficient and continent causes, the material and occasionate. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online September 2019). occasionatev. Now rare. transitive. = occasion v. 1, 2. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > [verb (transitive)] wieldeOE timberc897 letc900 rearOE doOE i-wendeOE workOE makeOE bringc1175 raisec1175 shapec1315 to owe (also have) a wold (also on wield)a1325 procurec1330 purchasec1330 causec1340 conform1377 performa1382 excite1398 induce1413 occasionate?c1450 occasionc1454 to bring about1480 gara1500 to bring to passc1513 encause1527 to work out1534 inferc1540 excitate?1549 import1550 ycause1563 frame1576 effect1581 to bring in1584 effectuatea1586 apport?1591 introduce1605 create1607 generate1607 cast1633 efficiate1639 conciliate1646 impetrate1647 state1654 accompass1668 to bring to bear1668 to bring on1671 effectivate1717 makee1719 superinduce1837 birth1913 ?c1450 in W. A. Pantin Eng. Black Monks (1937) III. 112 (MED) That neither we nor oure counseil be occasionat to be vexed. 1545 T. Raynald in tr. E. Roesslin Byrth of Mankynde Prol. sig. B.i It doth occationat any man to be the moore prompt, redy, and wyllyng to take payne, when he is assuryd..of the proffet, pourpoose, and fruict therof commynge. 1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Div/1 To Occasionate, occasionare. 1596 H. Clapham Briefe of Bible ii. 234 Who desires not onely to do good my selfe, but also to occasionate your good by others. 1640 F. Quarles Enchyridion (1641) ii. xl If therefore thou doe evill, thereby to occasionate a Good, thou laist a bad foundation for a good building. 1647 H. More Philos. Poems ii. iii. i. xxxiv The lowest may occasionate much ill. 1650 J. Reynolds Flower of Fidelitie ii. 48 My birth is such, as if you throughly knew, peradventure might occasionate you to render the accomplishment of my Breasts expectation. 1994 Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 122 643 It is our aim in this note to identify this condition; some other aspects occasionated by these developments are also discussed. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1440v.?c1450 |
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