单词 | octroy |
释义 | † octroyv. Obsolete. 1. transitive. Of a government or appointed authority: to concede, grant, accord (a privilege, etc.). ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > giving > give [verb (transitive)] > grant or allow to have lenda900 unneeOE titheeOE i-unneeOE reachOE aleneOE yatea1122 yielda1225 grant1297 vouchsafe1303 agrauntea1400 octroy1480 vouchsafe1587 beteem1600 stretch1711 accordc1820 society > law > legal right > right of specific class, person, or place > [verb (transitive)] > invest with franchise or privilege franchisea1325 privilegea1325 libertyc1425 charter1542 privilegiatea1575 endow1601 octroy1845 1480 W. Caxton tr. Ovid Metamorphoses xi. ii Bacchus octroyed [Fr. ottroia] and graunted hym this yfte. 1601 R. Verstegan Odes 44 To octroy this towne, with all-surpassing fame, the buylder here himself, a Citizen became. 1845 Ld. Campbell Lives Chancellors III. lxxxiv. 277 The Chief Justice..thought that all our liberties were octroyed or granted by the Crown. 2. transitive. To impose by authority, to dictate. rare. ΘΚΠ society > authority > command > command or bidding > command [verb (transitive)] > impose setc888 layOE to lay on11.. enjoin?c1225 join1303 adjoina1325 cark1330 taxa1375 puta1382 impose1581 aggravate1583 fasten1585 clap1609 levy1863 octroy1865 society > authority > subjection > obedience > compulsion > compel [verb (transitive)] > force or impose something upon to lay on11.. join1303 taxa1375 intruse?a1500 oversetc1500 beforcec1555 impose1581 threap1582 fasten1585 intrude1592 thrust1597 enforcea1616 forcea1616 entail1670 top1682 trump1694 push1723 coerce1790 press1797 inflict1809 levy1863 octroy1865 wish1915 1865 Fortn. Rev. 1 505 The doctrine of State rights, though severely stricken, has sufficient vitality to prevent the President from octroying State constitutions. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < |
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