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单词 obstance
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obstancen.

Brit. /ˈɒbst(ə)ns/, U.S. /ˈɑbst(ə)ns/
Forms: late Middle English obstaunce, 1900s– obstance.
Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from French. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French obstance; Latin obstantia.
Etymology: < Middle French obstance resistance, opposition (15th cent., rare) or its etymon classical Latin obstantia resistance, obstruction, hindrance, in post-classical Latin also juridical opposition (15th cent.) < obstant- , obstāns , present participle of obstāre (see obstant adj.) + -ia -ia suffix1. In quot. 1967 apparently reflecting an independent re-formation; compare obstant adj.Compare also the following apparent use of the word in the sense ‘substance’, although this may alternatively reflect an editorial misreading or a typesetting error:c1440 (a1349) R. Rolle Eng. Prose Treat. (1866) 18 Þe obstance [1921 (new ed.) substance] of þis felynge lyes in þe lufe of Ihesu whilke es fedde and lyghtenede by swilke maner of sanges.
rare.
Opposition, resistance.
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the world > existence and causation > existence > materiality > [noun] > matter or corporeal substance > resistance to force or penetration
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the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > [noun] > opposition or resistance > to constraint or compulsion
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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).
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