单词 | proclaiming |
释义 | proclaimingn. The action of proclaim v. (in various senses). ΚΠ c1454 R. Pecock Folewer to Donet 34 (MED) We mowe not loke aftir þat no þing be trewe but if it be witnessid in writyng, for..many worþi treuþis shulde lacke of her dew fame þe knowlechyng and þe proclamyng. 1550 in A. I. Cameron Sc. Corr. Mary of Lorraine (1927) 321 Bot to send ane baysit fallow and proclamyng letters with in the nycht to caus ane cuntre to cum fordwart..it can nocht be fullfyllit. 1588–9 Act 31 Eliz. c. 2 Scarclye one daye in euerie Terme can be spared for the proclaymynge of Fynes. 1633 W. Prynne Histrio-mastix iii. iii. 95 The proclaiming of the vices of Pagan Idols on the Stage, did much increase the sinnes of men. 1660 E. Burrough Visitation & Presentation of Love 4 As for the Proclaiming of Charles Stuart King, to Reign in England, it was not improbable unto our Faith. a1716 R. South 12 Serm. (1717) VI. 430 Is not the Piety and Obedience of our Lives a proclaiming of God to be our King? 1778 R. Lowth Isaiah (ed. 12) 384 (notes) The proclaiming of perfect liberty to the bounden. 1827 R. Whately Elem. Logic (1850) 202 Preaching the Gospel is accordingly often used to include not only the proclaiming of the good tidings, but the teaching of what is to be believed. 1874 A. C. Swinburne Bothwell i. v. 86 By proclaiming of my share with them In this their new-born justice. 1908 M. J. Cawein Poems II. xiii. 144 I leave to the proclaiming Of that within my heart. 1990 Current Hist. Feb. 49/2 Two acts internal to the Soviet Union—the proclaiming of glasnost (openness) and perestroika (economic restructuring)—were having some impact. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). proclaimingadj. That proclaims; that serves to declare something publicly. ΚΠ 1629 W. Mure True Crucifixe 32 A captiue making of captivitie, To His proclaiming peace, and libertie, The swelling pride of proude insulters laid. 1745 L. Howard Newest Man. Private Devotions iii. 395 That blessed and adorable Person..at whose Transfiguration the Heavens sent out the proclaiming Voice of his high Dignity and Divinity. 1812 W. Combe Tour Dr. Syntax xxii. 198 To the gate, Where, in a gorgeous cap of fur, Stood the proclaiming trumpeter. 1876 C. Wells Joseph & His Brethren i. vi. 80 The story I must tell is all too sad, And you have cursèd the proclaiming tongue. 1994 Appl. Linguistics 15 64 Proclaiming tones project the speaker's assumption that the information is newsworthy for the listener. Derivatives proˈclaimingly adv. rare in a way that proclaims or announces. ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > announcing or proclaiming > [adverb] proclaimingly1880 1880 G. Meredith Tragic Comedians I. iv. 71 Not the less were they proclaimingly alight and in full blaze. 2000 Antioch Rev. 58 158 But, the two lips rounded proclaimingly, he must have the same rights as non-Jews. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1454adj.1629 |
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