单词 | ostension |
释义 | ostensionn. 1. a. The action of showing, exhibiting, or making manifest; exhibition, display, manifestation; an instance of this. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > communication > manifestation > [noun] uppingc950 showingOE propositiona1382 evidencec1384 musterc1400 manifestation?a1425 demonstrationc1450 ostension1474 demonstrance1509 ostentationa1513 forthsetting1528 apparition1533 manifesting1536 outshow1547 objection1554 displaying1556 proclamation1567 discovery1576 remonstrance1583 appearance1587 explicature1592 ostent1600 object1609 showing forth1615 innotescencea1631 presentment1637 deplication1648 display1661 exertion1668 extraversion1675 exhibitiona1677 exertment1696 show-off1776 unfoldment1850 outcrop1854 outplay1859 eclosion1889 1474 W. Caxton tr. Game & Playe of Chesse (1883) iv. iii. 170 For the solace of hym, and ostencion of loue. 1489 Acts Parl. Scotl. (1814) II. 222/1 The saidis personis..has bene ofttymes Callit for þe ostensioune and schewing of þare Richtis. a1500 (?c1425) Speculum Sacerdotale (1936) 167 (MED) The childe John..was in deserte vnto the day of his ostension and shewynge. 1542 Acts Parl. Scotl. (1814) II. 411/2 All vþeris lordis..hes maid faith and sworne..be þe ostentioune of þeir rycht handis. a1625 J. Boys Wks. (1630) 678 Ostension,..1. in respect of the solemn inauguration of their Apostleship, on the Feast of Pentecost..2. Ostention in regard of the execution of their office. 1650 W. Sclater, Jr. in W. Sclater Expos. 4th Chapter Rom. Ep. Ded. Not to make use of for ostension and ostentation. 1734 W. Crawford Short Man. against Infidelity viii. 98 Divine Punishments..are for the Ostension of his Justice. 1789 T. Taylor tr. Proclus Philos. & Math. Comm. II. 24 The former [sc. Q.E.F.] announcing the production of something, but this [sc. Q.E.D.] the ostension and invention of a thing required. 1936 Jrnl. Philos. 33 706 The phrase ‘having the same meaning’, which I should interpret, ‘defined ultimately by ostension of the same characters’. 1998 Fortean Times July 17/2 But as we have seen, this bogeyman has apparently come to horrible life in a process known to folklorists as ostension. b. Philosophy. = ostensive definition n. at ostensive adj. Compounds. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > philosophy of language > meaning > [noun] > definition nominal definition1697 genetic definitiona1856 ostensive definition1921 ostension1939 stipulative definition1950 1939 Amer. Sociol. Rev. 4 30 Communication involves..a reciprocal and corresponding experience. There must be a corresponding ostension and a corresponding and reciprocal behaviour. 1950 Jrnl. Philos. 47 629 The ostensions which introduce a general term differ from those which introduce a singular term. 1960 W. V. Quine Word & Object 115 Our explorer learns each of the names by ostension on the part of the natives. 1963 J. Lyons Struct. Semantics iv. 54 I accept that ostension plays a necessary part in the normal process of learning a language. 1986 W. H. Newton-Smith in R. Flood & M. Lockwood Nature of Time iii. 25 Suppose I was asked what a cuttlefish is. Given a handy aquarium one natural way to proceed is to use ostension; that is, to provide an example of a cuttlefish. 2. Christian Church. The showing of the consecrated elements to the congregation at the Eucharist; (also) a similar display of some other object of veneration. Now rare (historical). ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > parts of service > canon > [noun] > showing forth ostension1607 exposition1834 1607 R. Parker Scholasticall Disc. against Antichrist i. i. 31 Some Churches retaine the eleuation still, not for adoration like the Papists, but for ostension to the people. 1692 S. Patrick Answer to Touchstone of Reformed Gospel 34 At the ostension of the Bread of the Eucharist, and the Cup of Blessing. 1867 C. Walker Ritual Reason Why 127 The rite was called the ‘elevation’ or lifting up, viewed under the first aspect; the ‘ostension,’ or showing, viewed under the second. 1955 W. Telfer Cyril of Jerusalem v. 104 (note) An annual commemoration of the invention [i.e. the discovery of the true cross] had been established, with an ostension of the relic in the presence of the bishop. DerivativesΚΠ 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Ostensional, a Souldier attending the Prince in publique Shews. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1474 |
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