单词 | outgone |
释义 | outgoneadj. a. Of a period of time, etc.: finished, gone past; (of an animal) more than (a certain age). Obsolete. ΚΠ 1424 Acts Parl. Scotl. (1814) II. 7/2 Quhill at the leist thai [sc. horses] be thre ȝere of elde oute gane. c1480 (a1400) St. Agatha 302 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 366 & eftir, be a ȝere wes ovtgane þat agatha þe ded had tane. a1575 Hamilton & Campsie Test. (1898) I. 31 Thre beistis ane ȝeir auld outgayne. b. Extinguished, finished; no longer in existence. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > extinguishing fire > [adjective] dead1340 slockenc1400 extinct?a1475 extinguished1552 outgone1647 1647 H. More Philos. Poems ii. i. iii. xxii Sols spright, hid form, fair light and out-gone rayes. 1673 in C. M. Armet Kirkcudbright Sheriff Court Deeds (1953) II. 475 [3-three-year-old stots] outgaine at May last. 2. That has relinquished office; retired. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > withdrawing from or vacating office > [adjective] > having vacated office quondam1547 emerited1664 ret.1767 resigned1777 ret'd1826 outgone1841 retired1881 society > occupation and work > lack of work > [adjective] > vacating a position > having vacated a position outgone1841 1841 E. Miall in Nonconf. 1 376 [This] will give it a vast advantage over the outgone administration. 1984 J. Lehrer in MacNeil-Lehrer Newshour (WNET/Thirteen Transcript No. 2416) 31 Dec. 1 There's a newsmaker interview with..the outgone chairman of the outgone Civil Aeronautics Board. 1990 Observer 30 Dec. 33/1 The editor,..now of course a CBE courtesy of the outgone PM, was dismayed to find no mention of the poll tax. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1424 |
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