单词 | posthabit |
释义 | † posthabitv. Obsolete. rare. transitive. To think of or make as secondary to; to subordinate. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > [verb (transitive)] > place after in order of estimation or importance postponea1522 postpose1598 subordinate1620 posthabit1646 postposit1661 1646 J. Hall Horæ Vacivæ 128 So deare ought truth to be to us that we ought to post-habite our lives to the smallest principle of it. 1856 F. E. Paget Owlet of Owlstone Edge 37 Where his comfort can be increased, even in the merest trifle, she will never posthabit it to her own. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < v.1646 |
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