单词 | proxime |
释义 | † proximeadj.1 Obsolete. 1. Next or nearest in position, quality, etc.; immediately adjacent; = proximate adj. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > space > distance > nearness > [adjective] > very near nigh adjoinant1429 prestc1450 near-bordering1604 close1625 near adjoining1625 next door (to)1633 proxime1646 contiguous1779 proximate1836 juxta1860 1646 G. Gillespie Aaron's Rod III. iii. 480 There is againe a proxime right, or a right in actu secundo, which rendereth a person actually and presently capable of that thing which he is entituled unto. 1661 J. Glanvill Vanity of Dogmatizing xx. 200 The agitated parts of the Brain begetting a motion in the proxime Æther. 1693 J. Ray Three Disc. (1713) i. iv. 51 Considering that the Weight of Copper to the Weight of Water of the same Bulk , is proximè at 9 to 1. 2. Next in a chain of causation, agency, reasoning, etc.; = proximate adj. 1a. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > [adjective] > of or relating to types of cause nigh1551 next1581 procatarctical1601 procatarctic1603 objective1620 defective1624 univocala1640 proximate1641 propinque1649 proxime1649 proegumene1650 proegumenal1656 con-causal1660 proegumenical1663 propinquate1665 proegumenous1676 synectical1697 proegumenic1711 proximous1724 proximal1828 synectic1869 monocausal1937 the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > [adjective] > immediate or direct (of relations) proxime1649 direct1828 1649 W. Charleton in tr. J. B. van Helmont Ternary of Paradoxes Prolegomena sig. e Nature..the prime and proxime Causatrix of all Sanation. 1693 J. Beaumont Considerations Theory of Earth i. 46 We must not look after proxim Causes in Nature for it. 1725 I. Watts Logick iii. i. § 1 The three terms are called the remote matter of a syllogism; and the three propositions the proxime or immediate matter of it. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020). proximeadj.2n. colloquial. = proxime accessit adj. (and n.) ΘΚΠ society > education > learning > learner > college or university student > [noun] > prizewinning student stigmatic1597 prizeman1796 proxime accessit1852 proxime1889 the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > [noun] > one who or that which is successful > one who > one who wins > one who comes next to winner proxime accessit1852 runner-up1859 proxime1889 second1892 1889 Times 21 Mar. 5/6 Singing.—Scholars—Margaret Purvis, Cardiff; Jeannie Rankin, Manchester; Charlotte Russell, Limerick. Proxime—Eleanor Jenkins, Llanelly. 1896 J. S. Cotton in Academy 13 June 488/3 He won the Ireland in his second year, though for the Hertford and the Craven he came out only as proxime. 1909 N. G. Royde Smith (title) The second problems book: prizes and proximes from the Westminster Gazette, 1908–1909. 1926 J. Buchan Dancing Floor ii. 38 He..had got a Craven and been proxime for the Hertford. 1986 Times (Nexis) 19 May Art Award: Katharine Morris. Proxime: Claire Bennie. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.11646adj.2n.1889 |
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