portativeadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈpɔːtətɪv/, U.S.

/ˈpɔrdədɪv/

Forms: Middle English portatief, Middle English portatiff, Middle English portetife (in a late copy), Middle English–1500s portatif, Middle English–1500s portatyf, Middle English–1500s portatyve, Middle English– portative, 1500s portatyff, 1500s portatyffe, 1500s portatyue, 1500s portetyve, 1500s–1600s portatiue.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French portatif.

Etymology: < Middle French, French portatif that can be carried or transported easily, portable (1328), (noun) that which can be carried or transported (1465) < porter port v.² + -atif -ative suffix, perhaps as alteration of post-classical Latin portatilis portatile adj. Compare post-classical Latin portativus capable of carrying (c1360 in a British source), portitivus portable (1432 in a British source).In portative organ n. at Compounds after Middle French, French orgue portatif , also orgue portative (14th cent.). With sense A. 1b compare Middle French evesque portatif (1465), post-classical Latin episcopus portatilis (1449: see portatile adj.). It is uncertain whether the following (in sense B. 3) represents the English word or a parallel use in French:1449 in J. Stuart & G. Burnett Exchequer Rolls Scotl. (1882) V. 337 Pro uno pari de portatyvez domino regi..empto a Simone Wricht, x li.

A. adj.

a. Suitable for carrying; portable. Now rare except in portative organ n. at Compounds.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > transference > [adjective] > relating to conveying or transporting > carrying > able to be carried

portativec1400

portable1454

carryable1563

carriageable1594

tursablec1650

portatile1657

carry-along1939

society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > keyboard instrument > types of organ > [adjective] > small organ

portativec1400

c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. i. 155 Portatyf and persant as þe poynt of a nedle.

a1450 ( G. Chaucer Treat. Astrolabe Introd. 85 As ferforth and as narwe as may be shewed in so small an instrument portatif.

?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1874) V. 133 Syngenge masse in secrete places on awters portative [a1387 J. Trevisa tr. i-bore aboute; L. portabile].

1536 in State Papers Henry VIII (1836) V. 43 Þa ma be portative be wattyr for carying of þar veveres and uthyres necyssares.

1569 R. Grafton Chron. I. 8 Portatiue tents or lodgings,..vsed by the Sepeheards.

1656 French Pastry Cook 22 Others have portative Ovens.

1675 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 10 272 A New Invention..of very exact and portative Watches.

1750 J. Russel Lett. Young Painter Abroad II. lxix. 304 Altars for victims, others for libations, portative altars in form of a tripod.

1797 Monthly Mag. 3 507 There is also a little portative lamp.

1849 J. Whiteside Italy (1860) xlii. 439 The Pope is carried in his portative throne to the front window.

1935 E. W. Anthony Hist. Mosaics ii. 35 It [sc. mosaic] cannot well exist without its architectural setting; small portative mosaic panels or pictures are an off-shoot of the major art.

2001 Econ. News (Nexis) 7 Sept. The Apple IMC company..brought down prices on the PowerBook G4 Titanium portative computer.

†b. As postmodifier. Of a bishop: not having a fixed diocese. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > bishop > kinds of bishop > [adjective] > without fixed diocese

portative1550

titular1591

utopian1613

1550 J. Coke Deb. Heraldes Eng. & Fraunce sig. Kviij The bysshop of Rome maketh bysshoppes portatyues.

†2. Having the function of carrying or supporting something. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > memory > [adjective] > as support

portativea1500

the world > space > relative position > support > [adjective] > supporting

bearingOE

portativea1500

supporting1591

shoring1622

stutted1638

supportive1665

firmamental1696

sustinent1704

support1778

sustaining1814

self-supporting1832

a1500 Let. Alexander l. 69 in Mediaeval Stud. (1979) 41 119 Shynyng vessels portatief [L. potatoria, perh. read portatoria]..and many other thynges gold ther we fond.

1838 Times 10 Nov. 2/3 Supposing the above method of estimating the portative power of a coach to be adopted, [etc.].

1881 J. G. Fitch Lect. Teaching v. 124 Some study..of the wise and practical distinction..between what he calls respectively the ‘portative’, the ‘analytical’, the ‘assimilative’, and the ‘index’ memory would be of great value.

1892 Amer. Ann. Deaf Apr. 86 It is far from my purpose to lend encouragement..to any practice of making the memory a portative faculty.

†3. Scottish. Navigable. Cf. portable adj. 3. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > [adjective] > navigable

shippable1483

sailable1555

portative1570

portable1580

navigerous1656

voyageable1819

1570 in A. I. Cameron Warrender Papers (1931) I. 84 And at thair setting fuit on dry land thay ar in the hert of the cuntrie upoun ane portative ryver commodious for sending bak to France or resaving help.

1594 A. Hume Treat. Felicitie 26 At the foot of the devalling bank, there is plaine, greene, and fertill haughs, and a faire portatiue River running by, replenished with divers kindes of fishes.

1630 W. Alexander Mapp & Descr. New-England 18 Diuers Riuers and Brookes doe fall within this large bosome on euery side, of which the chiefe is one that doth come from the South, being discouered to be aboue fortie miles portatiue.

1666 in J. D. Marwick & R. Renwick Charters rel. Glasgow (1906) II. 72 The river not being portative to Glasgow.

B. n.

†1. Perhaps: a tray or other kind of portable container. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance by carrying > [noun] > tray or other carrying utensil

portative1440

1440 in P. E. Jones Cal. Plea & Mem. Rolls London Guildhall (1954) V. 32 (MED) [One pair of] portatifs, [2 s. 4 d.].

c1475 in Coll. Ordinances Royal Househ. (Harl. 642) (1790) 75 Ewers, lavours..hangers, ferrers, and portatives.

c1475 in Coll. Ordinances Royal Househ. (Harl. 642) (1790) 76 (MED) One page..to helpe to wasshe barrelles, portatives, tubbes.

†2. A portable breviary; = porteous n. 1a. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > artefacts > book (general) > breviary or office book > [noun] > portable

porteousc1390

portiforium1447

portativec1454

portifolium1546

portal1660

portuarya1867

c1454 in J. Raine Testamenta Eboracensia (1855) II. 175 My Portatyve..and my rede Salter.

1458 in J. Raine Testamenta Eboracensia (1855) II. 213 (MED) Lego..j librum secundarium vocatum unum Portatyve.

3. = portative organ n. at Compounds. Now chiefly historical.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > keyboard instrument > types of organ > [noun] > small organ

regalc1475

portativea1525

chamber organ1673

positive1728

positive organ1728

house organ1758

apollonicon1834

organette1849

organetto1876

a1525 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 765 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 119 Claryonis lowde knellis Portatiuis and bellis.

1526–7 in H. Littlehales Medieval Rec. London City Church (1905) 341 Rec' of the Orgon Maker for þe olde portatyffis in þe quere xxvj s viij d.

c1550 Clariodus (1830) ii. l. 1651 The dulcat playit also with portative Sad hevie myndis to make exultative.

1552 in W. Page Inventories Church Goods York, Durham & Northumberland (1897) 97 One peyre of portatyves.

1633 J. Clarke tr. Two-fold Praxis 25 in Dux Grammaticus Harpers, luters,..such as goe with..portatives, bagpipes, recorders.

1797 J. Pinkerton Hist. Scotl. II. xvi. 426 The instruments are shalms, clarions, portatives, monycords, organ, tympane or drum, cymbal.

1885 A. J. Hipkins in G. Grove Dict. Music IV. 303/2 The organ and portative end at g″ instead of d‴.

1924 C. G. Hamilton Outl. Music Hist. (rev. ed.) iii. 66 Early organs were of three kinds:—the portatives, so small as to be easily carried about or held in the lap; the positives, [etc.].

1978 Early Music 6 403/3 The portative is almost wholly, perhaps wholly, restored.

1991 J. Caldwell Oxf. Hist. Eng. Music I. viii. 462 The chamber organ was a descendant of the older ‘portative’ or regal.

Compounds

portative organ n. now chiefly historical a small pipe or (less commonly) reed organ which can be played while being carried.

ΚΠ

1519 Will of Thomas Issley (P.R.O.: PROB. 11/19) f. 134^v To the said church my portatyf organes.

a1655 N. L'Estrange in W. J. Thoms Anecd. & Trad. (1839) 56 [He] had a portative organ for his pleasure in one of his chambers.

1696 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Cabinet Organ, a Portative Organ.

1905 Church Times 30 June 842/3 The portative organ, which could be carried in procession and played by the same person.

1989 ‘E. Peters’ Heretic's Apprentice (1990) x. 170 He was busy mending the bellows of his little portative organ.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	portative
释义	portativeadj.n. Brit. /ˈpɔːtətɪv/, U.S. /ˈpɔrdədɪv/ Forms: Middle English portatief, Middle English portatiff, Middle English portetife (in a late copy), Middle English–1500s portatif, Middle English–1500s portatyf, Middle English–1500s portatyve, Middle English– portative, 1500s portatyff, 1500s portatyffe, 1500s portatyue, 1500s portetyve, 1500s–1600s portatiue. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French portatif. Etymology: < Middle French, French portatif that can be carried or transported easily, portable (1328), (noun) that which can be carried or transported (1465) < porter port v.² + -atif -ative suffix, perhaps as alteration of post-classical Latin portatilis portatile adj. Compare post-classical Latin portativus capable of carrying (c1360 in a British source), portitivus portable (1432 in a British source).In portative organ n. at Compounds after Middle French, French orgue portatif , also orgue portative (14th cent.). With sense A. 1b compare Middle French evesque portatif (1465), post-classical Latin episcopus portatilis (1449: see portatile adj.). It is uncertain whether the following (in sense B. 3) represents the English word or a parallel use in French:1449 in J. Stuart & G. Burnett Exchequer Rolls Scotl. (1882) V. 337 Pro uno pari de portatyvez domino regi..empto a Simone Wricht, x li. A. adj. 1. a. Suitable for carrying; portable. Now rare except in portative organ n. at Compounds. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > transference > [adjective] > relating to conveying or transporting > carrying > able to be carried portativec1400 portable1454 carryable1563 carriageable1594 tursablec1650 portatile1657 carry-along1939 society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > keyboard instrument > types of organ > [adjective] > small organ portativec1400 c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. i. 155 Portatyf and persant as þe poynt of a nedle. a1450 ( G. Chaucer Treat. Astrolabe Introd. 85 As ferforth and as narwe as may be shewed in so small an instrument portatif. ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1874) V. 133 Syngenge masse in secrete places on awters portative [a1387 J. Trevisa tr. i-bore aboute; L. portabile]. 1536 in State Papers Henry VIII (1836) V. 43 Þa ma be portative be wattyr for carying of þar veveres and uthyres necyssares. 1569 R. Grafton Chron. I. 8 Portatiue tents or lodgings,..vsed by the Sepeheards. 1656 French Pastry Cook 22 Others have portative Ovens. 1675 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 10 272 A New Invention..of very exact and portative Watches. 1750 J. Russel Lett. Young Painter Abroad II. lxix. 304 Altars for victims, others for libations, portative altars in form of a tripod. 1797 Monthly Mag. 3 507 There is also a little portative lamp. 1849 J. Whiteside Italy (1860) xlii. 439 The Pope is carried in his portative throne to the front window. 1935 E. W. Anthony Hist. Mosaics ii. 35 It [sc. mosaic] cannot well exist without its architectural setting; small portative mosaic panels or pictures are an off-shoot of the major art. 2001 Econ. News (Nexis) 7 Sept. The Apple IMC company..brought down prices on the PowerBook G4 Titanium portative computer. †b. As postmodifier. Of a bishop: not having a fixed diocese. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > bishop > kinds of bishop > [adjective] > without fixed diocese portative1550 titular1591 utopian1613 1550 J. Coke Deb. Heraldes Eng. & Fraunce sig. Kviij The bysshop of Rome maketh bysshoppes portatyues. †2. Having the function of carrying or supporting something. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > memory > [adjective] > as support portativea1500 the world > space > relative position > support > [adjective] > supporting bearingOE portativea1500 supporting1591 shoring1622 stutted1638 supportive1665 firmamental1696 sustinent1704 support1778 sustaining1814 self-supporting1832 a1500 Let. Alexander l. 69 in Mediaeval Stud. (1979) 41 119 Shynyng vessels portatief [L. potatoria, perh. read portatoria]..and many other thynges gold ther we fond. 1838 Times 10 Nov. 2/3 Supposing the above method of estimating the portative power of a coach to be adopted, [etc.]. 1881 J. G. Fitch Lect. Teaching v. 124 Some study..of the wise and practical distinction..between what he calls respectively the ‘portative’, the ‘analytical’, the ‘assimilative’, and the ‘index’ memory would be of great value. 1892 Amer. Ann. Deaf Apr. 86 It is far from my purpose to lend encouragement..to any practice of making the memory a portative faculty. †3. Scottish. Navigable. Cf. portable adj. 3. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > [adjective] > navigable shippable1483 sailable1555 portative1570 portable1580 navigerous1656 voyageable1819 1570 in A. I. Cameron Warrender Papers (1931) I. 84 And at thair setting fuit on dry land thay ar in the hert of the cuntrie upoun ane portative ryver commodious for sending bak to France or resaving help. 1594 A. Hume Treat. Felicitie 26 At the foot of the devalling bank, there is plaine, greene, and fertill haughs, and a faire portatiue River running by, replenished with divers kindes of fishes. 1630 W. Alexander Mapp & Descr. New-England 18 Diuers Riuers and Brookes doe fall within this large bosome on euery side, of which the chiefe is one that doth come from the South, being discouered to be aboue fortie miles portatiue. 1666 in J. D. Marwick & R. Renwick Charters rel. Glasgow (1906) II. 72 The river not being portative to Glasgow. B. n. †1. Perhaps: a tray or other kind of portable container. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance by carrying > [noun] > tray or other carrying utensil portative1440 1440 in P. E. Jones Cal. Plea & Mem. Rolls London Guildhall (1954) V. 32 (MED) [One pair of] portatifs, [2 s. 4 d.]. c1475 in Coll. Ordinances Royal Househ. (Harl. 642) (1790) 75 Ewers, lavours..hangers, ferrers, and portatives. c1475 in Coll. Ordinances Royal Househ. (Harl. 642) (1790) 76 (MED) One page..to helpe to wasshe barrelles, portatives, tubbes. †2. A portable breviary; = porteous n. 1a. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > book (general) > breviary or office book > [noun] > portable porteousc1390 portiforium1447 portativec1454 portifolium1546 portal1660 portuarya1867 c1454 in J. Raine Testamenta Eboracensia (1855) II. 175 My Portatyve..and my rede Salter. 1458 in J. Raine Testamenta Eboracensia (1855) II. 213 (MED) Lego..j librum secundarium vocatum unum Portatyve. 3. = portative organ n. at Compounds. Now chiefly historical. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > keyboard instrument > types of organ > [noun] > small organ regalc1475 portativea1525 chamber organ1673 positive1728 positive organ1728 house organ1758 apollonicon1834 organette1849 organetto1876 a1525 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 765 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 119 Claryonis lowde knellis Portatiuis and bellis. 1526–7 in H. Littlehales Medieval Rec. London City Church (1905) 341 Rec' of the Orgon Maker for þe olde portatyffis in þe quere xxvj s viij d. c1550 Clariodus (1830) ii. l. 1651 The dulcat playit also with portative Sad hevie myndis to make exultative. 1552 in W. Page Inventories Church Goods York, Durham & Northumberland (1897) 97 One peyre of portatyves. 1633 J. Clarke tr. Two-fold Praxis 25 in Dux Grammaticus Harpers, luters,..such as goe with..portatives, bagpipes, recorders. 1797 J. Pinkerton Hist. Scotl. II. xvi. 426 The instruments are shalms, clarions, portatives, monycords, organ, tympane or drum, cymbal. 1885 A. J. Hipkins in G. Grove Dict. Music IV. 303/2 The organ and portative end at g″ instead of d‴. 1924 C. G. Hamilton Outl. Music Hist. (rev. ed.) iii. 66 Early organs were of three kinds:—the portatives, so small as to be easily carried about or held in the lap; the positives, [etc.]. 1978 Early Music 6 403/3 The portative is almost wholly, perhaps wholly, restored. 1991 J. Caldwell Oxf. Hist. Eng. Music I. viii. 462 The chamber organ was a descendant of the older ‘portative’ or regal. Compounds portative organ n. now chiefly historical a small pipe or (less commonly) reed organ which can be played while being carried. ΚΠ 1519 Will of Thomas Issley (P.R.O.: PROB. 11/19) f. 134^v To the said church my portatyf organes. a1655 N. L'Estrange in W. J. Thoms Anecd. & Trad. (1839) 56 [He] had a portative organ for his pleasure in one of his chambers. 1696 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Cabinet Organ, a Portative Organ. 1905 Church Times 30 June 842/3 The portative organ, which could be carried in procession and played by the same person. 1989 ‘E. Peters’ Heretic's Apprentice (1990) x. 170 He was busy mending the bellows of his little portative organ. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.c1400
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