† opeceadv.

Forms: late Middle English apes, late Middle English opece, late Middle English opese, late Middle English o pese, late Middle English opeese, late Middle English opoce (transmission error), 1500s a peace; Scottish pre-1700 off pees.

Origin: Probably formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: on prep., peace n.; a prep.¹, peace n.

Etymology: Probably partly < on prep. (see forms s.v.) + peace n., and partly < a prep.¹ + peace n., although sometimes apprehended as < of prep. + piece n.

Obsolete.

1. still opece: continuously, constantly, without interruption.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > continuing > continually (in action) [phrase]

night and dayeOE

day and nightOE

without(en) blina1300

morning, noon, and nightc1325

but stintc1330

by and byc1330

early and latec1330

without ceasec1330

without ceasinga1340

withouten hoc1374

without releasec1400

still opece1422

in a ranec1480

never ceasable?1518

without remorse1555

every foot (and anon)1561

round1652

year in and year out1819

twenty-four hours a day1914

1422 in R. W. Chambers & M. Daunt Bk. London Eng. (1931) 127 (MED) A grete defaute of dong and water and other diuerse filth..cometh doun be Trinite lane..and moche encombreth þe way still apes.

a1500 (a1450) Generides (Trin. Cambr.) 3755 (MED) Bothe day and nyght he laboryth still opece ffrom hense to haue away Clarionas.

a1500 (a1450) Generides (Trin. Cambr.) 4618 (MED) Ther is..no levyng creature So dere to hir as is Generides, Whiche in long tyme hath dured still opese [rhyme Generides, processe].

1555 W. Waterman tr. J. Boemus Fardle of Facions ii. xii. 294 How she from thre yeres of age..remained ther [sc. in the temple] seruing God stil a peace.

2. Peacefully; without disturbance, quietly. Also still opece (cf. sense 1).

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > peace > [adverb]

peaceablya1382

peaceable1391

peacefullya1400

opecec1475

pacifically1761

c1425 (?a1400) Arthur (Longleat 55) 16 Þe walsch man..seyþ, ‘taw or Peyd Sayson brount’: Þat ys..‘Stynkyng Saxone, be on pees.’]

c1475 (a1400) Sir Amadace (Taylor) in J. Robson Three Early Eng. Metrical Romances (1842) 46 (MED) And say that he is welcum hethir And he be comun o pese.

1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) viii. l. 933 Ȝeit still off pees the ost lugyt all nycht.

a1500 (a1450) Generides (Trin. Cambr.) 3920 In his harnes slepyng still opece.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	opece
释义	† opeceadv. Forms: late Middle English apes, late Middle English opece, late Middle English opese, late Middle English o pese, late Middle English opeese, late Middle English opoce (transmission error), 1500s a peace; Scottish pre-1700 off pees. Origin: Probably formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: on prep., peace n.; a prep.¹, peace n. Etymology: Probably partly < on prep. (see forms s.v.) + peace n., and partly < a prep.¹ + peace n., although sometimes apprehended as < of prep. + piece n. Obsolete. 1. still opece: continuously, constantly, without interruption. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > continuing > continually (in action) [phrase] night and dayeOE day and nightOE without(en) blina1300 morning, noon, and nightc1325 but stintc1330 by and byc1330 early and latec1330 without ceasec1330 without ceasinga1340 withouten hoc1374 without releasec1400 still opece1422 in a ranec1480 never ceasable?1518 without remorse1555 every foot (and anon)1561 round1652 year in and year out1819 twenty-four hours a day1914 1422 in R. W. Chambers & M. Daunt Bk. London Eng. (1931) 127 (MED) A grete defaute of dong and water and other diuerse filth..cometh doun be Trinite lane..and moche encombreth þe way still apes. a1500 (a1450) Generides (Trin. Cambr.) 3755 (MED) Bothe day and nyght he laboryth still opece ffrom hense to haue away Clarionas. a1500 (a1450) Generides (Trin. Cambr.) 4618 (MED) Ther is..no levyng creature So dere to hir as is Generides, Whiche in long tyme hath dured still opese [rhyme Generides, processe]. 1555 W. Waterman tr. J. Boemus Fardle of Facions ii. xii. 294 How she from thre yeres of age..remained ther [sc. in the temple] seruing God stil a peace. 2. Peacefully; without disturbance, quietly. Also still opece (cf. sense 1). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > peace > [adverb] peaceablya1382 peaceable1391 peacefullya1400 opecec1475 pacifically1761 c1425 (?a1400) Arthur (Longleat 55) 16 Þe walsch man..seyþ, ‘taw or Peyd Sayson brount’: Þat ys..‘Stynkyng Saxone, be on pees.’] c1475 (a1400) Sir Amadace (Taylor) in J. Robson Three Early Eng. Metrical Romances (1842) 46 (MED) And say that he is welcum hethir And he be comun o pese. 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) viii. l. 933 Ȝeit still off pees the ost lugyt all nycht. a1500 (a1450) Generides (Trin. Cambr.) 3920 In his harnes slepyng still opece. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adv.1422
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