单词 | obstance |
释义 | obstancen. rare. Opposition, resistance. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > materiality > [noun] > matter or corporeal substance > resistance to force or penetration obstancea1402 antitypy1640 the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > [noun] > opposition or resistance > to constraint or compulsion obstancea1402 renitency1626 renitence1640 a1402 J. Trevisa tr. R. Fitzralph Defensio Curatorum (Harl.) (1925) 75 (MED) It semeþ þat hit was his entent to relesche onlich þe obstaunce of mannes lawes. 1967 Mind 76 287 It is unfortunate perhaps that the word ‘obstance’ has not achieved a wider currency. But I think Campbell Garnett would agree that a substance, or at any rate a macroscopic physical substance, is essentially an obstant entity. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1402 |
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