单词 | nuncupate |
释义 | † nuncupateadj. Obsolete. rare. Called, designated; that has been declared orally.Originally as past participle. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > naming > [adjective] > named or called ycleptc950 nominatec1450 by the name of1472 named1532 called1538 nuncupate1548 nuncupative1548 christened1564 denominate1579 styleda1625 of the name of1728 onymous1775 appellatived1828 1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward IV f. ccxlviijv We beyng called reasonable creatures,..bee more worthy to be numcupate, and demed persones vnresonable. 1683 R. Dixon Canidia iii. xvi. 147 Wills Nuncupate, at second hand, By no means can convey Land. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online December 2020). nuncupatev.ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > the arts in general > [verb (transitive)] > dedicate to nuncupate1550 ascribea1555 impatronagea1628 inscribea1650 1550 J. Veron tr. Zwinglius Short Pathw. Ded. Which small worke I doo moste humblye dedicate, offer, and nuncupate vnto your ryghte worshipfull maistershippe. 1637 J. Bastwick Letany i. 1 [It] was one of the principall causes of this nuncupating my Letany to your Ladiship. 1656 J. Evelyn Mem. (1857) III. 82 You should on my advice have nuncupated this handsome monument of your skill and dexterity to some great one. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > agreement > promise > promise or vow [verb (transitive)] > announce or declare (a promise) vouchc1400 nuncupate1606 1606 P. Holland tr. Suetonius Hist. Twelve Caesars 83 The vowes..he commanded his colleague Tiberivs to nuncupate and pronounce. 1635 T. Jackson Humiliation Sonne of God 253 They nuncupate this their solemn vow unto..the Lord our God. 1788 E. Burke Speech against W. Hastings in Wks. XV. 32 They do here..make this solemn declaration, and nuncupate this deliberate vow. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > naming > give a name to [verb (transitive)] > call or give as name to nemneOE clepec1000 hightOE sayOE nameOE yclepec1175 callc1300 nevena1400 deemc1400 christena1470 nominate1545 term1545 titulea1550 behight1579 benamea1586 inquire1590 nuncupate1609 indigitate1623 font1652 vocitate1653 express1659 appellate1768 nomenclature1824 1609 P. Holland tr. Ammianus Marcellinus Rom. Hist. xxii. ii. 189 By the last words he spake he nuncupated him successor in his imperiall throne. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Nuncupate, to name, to call by some name; also to pronounce, tell by name or rehearse. 4. transitive and intransitive. Law. To declare (a will or testament) orally as opposed to in writing. ΘΚΠ society > law > transfer of property > testamentary disposition > bequeath by will [verb (transitive)] > declare will orally nuncupatea1677 a1677 I. Barrow Treat. Pope's Supremacy (1680) 144 But how doth that Will appear?..in what Registers is it extant? in whose presence did he nuncupate it? 1849 Pennsylvania State Rep. 10 260 The statute obviously meant that the intent to nuncupate should exist. 1880 J. Muirhead tr. Gaius Institutes ii. 110 Although they may neither have provided the number of witnesses.., nor nuncupated their will, they do not the less test validly. 1929 Rep. Supreme Court Georgia 169 491 It must be shown that there was present..the intent and mind to nuncupate. DerivativesΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > agreement > promise > [noun] > vow or oath > vowing or administering an oath swearinga1400 vowinga1400 devouation1428 avowingc1450 avowry1587 objuration1623 administration1625 nuncupation1625 nuncupating1679 swearinga1708 attestation1812 thumb-kissing1833 1679 T. Puller Moderation Church of Eng. (1843) 152 Our Church..nowhere..alloweth nuncupating of vows, or offering sacrifices to Saints. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1548v.1550 |
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