obsessv.

Brit.

/əbˈsɛs/, U.S.

/əbˈsɛs/,

/ɑbˈsɛs/

Forms: late Middle English obcessid (past participle), late Middle English–1500s obcessed (past participle), 1500s– obsess, 1600s obsest (past participle).

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin obsess-, obsidēre.

Etymology: < classical Latin obsess-, past participial stem of obsidēre obside v. Compare Middle French obsesser to assail with temptations (1530).The word perhaps became obsolete in the early 18th cent. and was revived in the 19th cent. (compare obsession n.).

1. transitive. Of an evil spirit: to control (a person) from without; to haunt, harass, torment. Now rare.Normally denotes external visitation, in contrast with possess (possess v. 4) which is used to denote the control or tormenting of a person from within, although the distinction is not always preserved (see e.g. quot. 1541).

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > evil spirit or demon > [verb (transitive)] > possess or assail (a person)

rideeOE

possede1392

obsess1440

possessa1513

indevil1604

inspirit1675

endiableea1734

bedevil1834

bespirit1862

1440 J. Capgrave Life St. Norbert (1977) l. 2115 Þe deuele..wold make an ende Of þat same man, whech he had obcessed.

a1500 (a1425) Metrical Life St. Robert of Knaresborough (1953) 979 Men of menbirs þat war mayned Was saued full sound when þai were saynd, Obcessed off fend, he gart þaim flytte.

1541 T. Elyot Image of Gouernance xxv. f. 54^v I omyt to speake of the confession of dyuels, which..were cast out of people, which were obsessed.

1616 J. Bullokar Eng. Expositor (at cited word) A man is said to be obsest, when an euill spirit followeth him, troubling him at diuers times and seeking opportunity to enter into him.

1718 F. Hutchinson Hist. Ess. conc. Witchcraft iii. 51 The Spirits obsess, Haunt and Dog them.

1827–45 H. Taylor Isaac Comnenus ii. iv Which saint is most powerful for freeing the demoniacs? Exorcist. That is..according as they are obsessed or possessed.

1854 O. A. Brownson Spirit-rapper 261 That..would be very satisfactory,..if physicians could never mistake, and treat as insane one who is only possessed or obsessed by the devil.

1864 Continental Monthly Mar. 320/1 I was suffered..to see..the awful psychodynamical methods used by spirits to obsess and gradually craze human brains.

1908 Catholic Encycl. at Egypt Some were caused by evil spirits who obsessed the patients.

†2. transitive. = besiege v. 1. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > attack > action or state of siege or blockade > besiege or blockade [verb (transitive)]

belieOE

besita1100

beset?c1225

assiege1297

besiege1297

belayc1320

umsiegea1325

ensiegec1380

environa1382

to set before1382

siege1390

forset?a1400

foldc1400

setc1400

to lay siege to, unto, about, against, beforec1449

oppugn?a1475

pursue1488

obsess1503

ferma1522

gird1548

begird1589

beleaguer1590

block1591

invest1591

intermure1606

blockade1684

to lay blockade to1713

leaguer1720

to form the siege1776

cerne1857

1503 in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1824) 1st Ser. I. 53 Parties so to be besegied, troubled, or obsessed by the said Turke.

1534 R. Whittington tr. Cicero Thre Bks. Tullyes Offyces ii. sig. N.3 These that be besyeged or obcessed [L. obsidentur] of their enemyes.

1647 G. Wharton Ireland's War in Wks. (1683) 254 The People of that Country shall be obsessed, or besieged, they shall not dare to go out of their Towns.

a. transitive. Originally: to beset or harass (a person, the mind) in the manner of a besieging army or evil spirit; (now) spec. to fill the mind of (a person) continually; to preoccupy; to haunt, trouble, or interest as an obsession. Frequently in passive with by, with, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being upset or perturbed > worry > worry about [verb (transitive)]

obsess1531

to bite one's nails1577

to doubt of1577

worry1959

the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being harassed > harass [verb (transitive)] > as by an evil sprit

obsess1531

hag-ride1648

nightmare1660

the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of ideation > idea, notion, or concept > occur to [verb (transitive)] > obsess

obsess1531

the world > action or operation > adversity > suffer (adversity or affliction) [verb (transitive)] > afflict > oppress or afflict

heavyc897

narroweOE

overlayOE

overseamOE

twingea1300

to weigh downa1340

grieve1340

besit1377

oppressc1384

foila1400

thringa1400

empressc1400

enpressc1400

aska1425

press?a1425

peisea1450

straita1464

constraina1500

overhale1531

to grate on or upon1532

wrack1562

surcharge1592

to lie heavy uponc1595

to weigh back, on one side, to the earth1595

to sit on ——1607

to sit upon ——1607

gall1614

bear1645

weight1647

obsess1648

aggrieve1670

swinge1681

lean1736

gravitate1754

weigh1794

1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour ii. iv. sig. Oiv Where maiestie approcheth to excesse, & the mynde is obsessed with inordinat glorie.

1648 N. Ward To Parl. at Westm. 28 You are..Army-piniond and obsessed with Sectaries.

1885 F. W. H. Myers in Fortn. Rev. 38 643 The subject..felt the hypnotiser's will obsessing him.

1894 Speaker 28 Apr. 480/2 The extent to which political problems are obsessing men's minds.

1899 W. D. Howells in Literature 3 June 578 The spirit of war seems to have obsessed our periodical literature.

1930 L. W. Meynell Camouflage xiii. 236 The one idea that obsessed him with overpowering force was to go in and finish his man.

1954 A. Seton Katherine I. iii. 44 He was obsessed by Katherine, and dismally confused by this new sensation.

2000 Oxf. Times 4 Aug. 17 I have never been obsessed with the Queen Mother.

b. intransitive. Originally U.S. To be excessively preoccupied; to worry obsessively. Usually with about, on, over.

ΚΠ

1977 N.Y. Times Mag. 4 Dec. 136/2 Alpert had been obsessing on the pointlessness of his life.

1979 ‘W. Allen’ in N.Y. Times Mag. 22 Apr. 104/4 Possibly you work more productively, too, because you don't obsess over self-destructive things.

1984 M. Piercy Fly away Home iv. 49 The conversation was studded with silences..when she would begin to obsess about Nina.

1996 China Post (Taipei, Taiwan) 14 June 18/5 (caption) You're obsessing! I want you to stop it right now!

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	obsess
释义	† obsessn. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: obsess v. Etymology: < obsess v. (compare sense 2 at that entry). Obsolete. rare. A siege or blockade. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > attack > action or state of siege or blockade > [noun] > a siege assiege1469 leaguer1601 setting-downa1616 obsess1694 wall-fight1850 1694 P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 5th Bk. Wks. Epist. Lymosin 250 Obsesses [Fr. obsidion], Storms and Fights Sanguinolent. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2021). obsessv. Brit. /əbˈsɛs/, U.S. /əbˈsɛs/, /ɑbˈsɛs/ Forms: late Middle English obcessid (past participle), late Middle English–1500s obcessed (past participle), 1500s– obsess, 1600s obsest (past participle). Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin obsess-, obsidēre. Etymology: < classical Latin obsess-, past participial stem of obsidēre obside v. Compare Middle French obsesser to assail with temptations (1530).The word perhaps became obsolete in the early 18th cent. and was revived in the 19th cent. (compare obsession n.). 1. transitive. Of an evil spirit: to control (a person) from without; to haunt, harass, torment. Now rare.Normally denotes external visitation, in contrast with possess (possess v. 4) which is used to denote the control or tormenting of a person from within, although the distinction is not always preserved (see e.g. quot. 1541). ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > evil spirit or demon > [verb (transitive)] > possess or assail (a person) rideeOE possede1392 obsess1440 possessa1513 indevil1604 inspirit1675 endiableea1734 bedevil1834 bespirit1862 1440 J. Capgrave Life St. Norbert (1977) l. 2115 Þe deuele..wold make an ende Of þat same man, whech he had obcessed. a1500 (a1425) Metrical Life St. Robert of Knaresborough (1953) 979 Men of menbirs þat war mayned Was saued full sound when þai were saynd, Obcessed off fend, he gart þaim flytte. 1541 T. Elyot Image of Gouernance xxv. f. 54^v I omyt to speake of the confession of dyuels, which..were cast out of people, which were obsessed. 1616 J. Bullokar Eng. Expositor (at cited word) A man is said to be obsest, when an euill spirit followeth him, troubling him at diuers times and seeking opportunity to enter into him. 1718 F. Hutchinson Hist. Ess. conc. Witchcraft iii. 51 The Spirits obsess, Haunt and Dog them. 1827–45 H. Taylor Isaac Comnenus ii. iv Which saint is most powerful for freeing the demoniacs? Exorcist. That is..according as they are obsessed or possessed. 1854 O. A. Brownson Spirit-rapper 261 That..would be very satisfactory,..if physicians could never mistake, and treat as insane one who is only possessed or obsessed by the devil. 1864 Continental Monthly Mar. 320/1 I was suffered..to see..the awful psychodynamical methods used by spirits to obsess and gradually craze human brains. 1908 Catholic Encycl. at Egypt Some were caused by evil spirits who obsessed the patients. †2. transitive. = besiege v. 1. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > attack > action or state of siege or blockade > besiege or blockade [verb (transitive)] belieOE besita1100 beset?c1225 assiege1297 besiege1297 belayc1320 umsiegea1325 ensiegec1380 environa1382 to set before1382 siege1390 forset?a1400 foldc1400 setc1400 to lay siege to, unto, about, against, beforec1449 oppugn?a1475 pursue1488 obsess1503 ferma1522 gird1548 begird1589 beleaguer1590 block1591 invest1591 intermure1606 blockade1684 to lay blockade to1713 leaguer1720 to form the siege1776 cerne1857 1503 in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1824) 1st Ser. I. 53 Parties so to be besegied, troubled, or obsessed by the said Turke. 1534 R. Whittington tr. Cicero Thre Bks. Tullyes Offyces ii. sig. N.3 These that be besyeged or obcessed [L. obsidentur] of their enemyes. 1647 G. Wharton Ireland's War in Wks. (1683) 254 The People of that Country shall be obsessed, or besieged, they shall not dare to go out of their Towns. 3. a. transitive. Originally: to beset or harass (a person, the mind) in the manner of a besieging army or evil spirit; (now) spec. to fill the mind of (a person) continually; to preoccupy; to haunt, trouble, or interest as an obsession. Frequently in passive with by, with, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being upset or perturbed > worry > worry about [verb (transitive)] obsess1531 to bite one's nails1577 to doubt of1577 worry1959 the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being harassed > harass [verb (transitive)] > as by an evil sprit obsess1531 hag-ride1648 nightmare1660 the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of ideation > idea, notion, or concept > occur to [verb (transitive)] > obsess obsess1531 the world > action or operation > adversity > suffer (adversity or affliction) [verb (transitive)] > afflict > oppress or afflict heavyc897 narroweOE overlayOE overseamOE twingea1300 to weigh downa1340 grieve1340 besit1377 oppressc1384 foila1400 thringa1400 empressc1400 enpressc1400 aska1425 press?a1425 peisea1450 straita1464 constraina1500 overhale1531 to grate on or upon1532 wrack1562 surcharge1592 to lie heavy uponc1595 to weigh back, on one side, to the earth1595 to sit on ——1607 to sit upon ——1607 gall1614 bear1645 weight1647 obsess1648 aggrieve1670 swinge1681 lean1736 gravitate1754 weigh1794 1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour ii. iv. sig. Oiv Where maiestie approcheth to excesse, & the mynde is obsessed with inordinat glorie. 1648 N. Ward To Parl. at Westm. 28 You are..Army-piniond and obsessed with Sectaries. 1885 F. W. H. Myers in Fortn. Rev. 38 643 The subject..felt the hypnotiser's will obsessing him. 1894 Speaker 28 Apr. 480/2 The extent to which political problems are obsessing men's minds. 1899 W. D. Howells in Literature 3 June 578 The spirit of war seems to have obsessed our periodical literature. 1930 L. W. Meynell Camouflage xiii. 236 The one idea that obsessed him with overpowering force was to go in and finish his man. 1954 A. Seton Katherine I. iii. 44 He was obsessed by Katherine, and dismally confused by this new sensation. 2000 Oxf. Times 4 Aug. 17 I have never been obsessed with the Queen Mother. b. intransitive. Originally U.S. To be excessively preoccupied; to worry obsessively. Usually with about, on, over. ΚΠ 1977 N.Y. Times Mag. 4 Dec. 136/2 Alpert had been obsessing on the pointlessness of his life. 1979 ‘W. Allen’ in N.Y. Times Mag. 22 Apr. 104/4 Possibly you work more productively, too, because you don't obsess over self-destructive things. 1984 M. Piercy Fly away Home iv. 49 The conversation was studded with silences..when she would begin to obsess about Nina. 1996 China Post (Taipei, Taiwan) 14 June 18/5 (caption) You're obsessing! I want you to stop it right now! This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1694v.1440
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obsessv.