单词 | accinge |
释义 | accingev. rare. transitive (reflexive). To put (oneself) in a state of preparedness; to prepare or apply (oneself). Chiefly with to. Also (occasionally) intransitive. Cf. gird v.1 ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > prepare [verb (reflexive)] > for effort girdc1450 bracea1500 buckle1570 accinge1657 screw1785 to work up1820 nerve1821 poise1831 to screw up1841 1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Medicinal Materials i, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. Gg Æschylus never accinged himself to write Tragedies, unless he had first imbibed himself with Wine. 1673 Answer to Two Lett. of T. B. sig. A3 We that are the Wits and Rationalists of our time, who can make better books of our own then any he hath read, chuse rather to accinge our selves to writing. 1779 T. Twining Let. 12 Mar. (1991) I. 164 The more tardy, the more need to accinge at once to business. 1829 T. L. Peacock Misfortunes Elphin xiv. 194 This task, to which I have accinged myself, is arduous. 1888 ‘Q’ Astonishing Hist. Troy Town xiv. 166 Peter, instead of adjuring Miss Limpenny to fear no more the heat o' the sun, accinged himself to the practical difficulty. 1908 Cornhill Mag. Apr. 454 He resolved to print it, and accinged himself to a task needing an alliance of the endowments of Hercules and Job. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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