单词 | parturiate |
释义 | parturiatev. literary. 1. intransitive. Of a woman or animal: to give birth; to produce young. Of a plant: to bear fruit. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > birth > confinement > be confined [verb (intransitive)] > give birth kenc1000 childc1175 beara1382 labour1454 to cry out1623 parturiate1649 pup1708 to fall in two1788 accouche1819 to have one's bed1848 pip1973 to put to bed1973 1649 J. Quarles Kingly Bed of Miserie 73 They which parturiate needs must owne the birth. 1661 E. Hickeringill Jamaica 33 This Tree Parturiates every Moneth, and will have fifty or sixty Nuts at a burthen. 1667 N. Billingsley On Contention in Treasury of Divine Raptures 171 He who is in the Gall of bitterness, Cannot parturiat, no nor inherit The pleasing fruits of the peace-loving spirit. 1866 J. B. Rose tr. Ovid Fasti i. 669 The matrons vowed not to parturiate, And slew their offspring in its embryo state. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. ix. [Scylla & Charybdis] 200 I am big with child... Let me parturiate! 1944 Jrnl. Mod. Hist. 16 167/2 Reservoirs of learning often bring forth tomes of poundage while repositories of genius generally parturiate in ounces. ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > birth > confinement > confine or deliver [verb (transitive)] > give birth forthbring971 akenOE haveOE bearOE to bring into the worldOE teemOE i-bereOE to bring forthc1175 childc1175 reara1275 ofkenc1275 hatcha1350 makea1382 yielda1400 cleck1401 issue1447 engenderc1450 infant1483 deliver?a1518 whelp1581 world1596 yean1598 fall1600 to give (a person or thing) birth1615 to give birth to1633 drop1662 pup1699 born1703 to throw off1742 beteem1855 birth1855 parturiate1866 shell1890 to put to bed1973 bring- 1665 J. Crowne Pandion & Amphigenia ii. 188 That's too much wedded to Virginity..ever to be adulterated and ravished with passion, so as to parturiate amorous desires, the off-springs of love-enthralled souls. 1866 J. B. Rose tr. Ovid Metamorphoses 161 The goddess great, parturiating twins. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1649 |
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