单词 | ransomed |
释义 | ransomedadj.n. A. adj. That has been ransomed (in various senses); spec. that is freed after payment of a ransom; delivered, redeemed. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > ransom > [adjective] > ransomed ransomedc1425 society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > salvation, redemption > [adjective] > saved safec1300 chosen1382 saveda1400 ransomedc1425 redempt?a1430 pre-electc1475 elect1526 redeemed1538 elected1548 redempted1623 Israelistic1684 c1425 (c1400) Prymer (Cambr.) (1895) 12 (MED) Folkis raunsoned, reioice ȝe þe liyf ȝouun bi a maide. Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 424 Rawnsomyd [?a1475 Winch. Rawnsemyd], redemptus. 1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome v. xxiii Þe goddis..wald nocht suffir þat romanis suld leif as redemit or ransound pepil. 1604 T. Dekker Newes from Graues-end sig. D3 Houres mispent, (whose summes surmount The price of ransomd Kings). c1645 W. Atkins Relation of Journey (1994) 259 The Captain of the ship who was as the rest a ransom'd slave. 1752 E. Rowe Friendship in Death (new ed.) xxix Let the ransom'd nations for ever magnify thee! 1784 J. Murray Jerubbaal 8 The General Council of these ransomed states calls them all, with heart and voice united, to pay the tributes of this happy day! 1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam lix. 85 If..Thy ransom'd reason change replies With all the circle of the wise. View more context for this quotation 1905 C. A. Salmond Relig. Question France iii. 33 Helping to vehicle to heaven the praises of ransomed souls. 1986 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 21 Sept. iv. 24/1 Washington recently decreed that such ransomed prisoners cannot join relatives here. B. n. With the and plural agreement: ransomed people collectively; (Theology) those redeemed by Christ. Also occasionally as a count noun: a person who has been ransomed. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > sin > atonement > [noun] > one who makes > collectively redeemed1535 ransomed1611 1611 Bible (King James) Isa. xxxv. 10 The ransomed of the Lord shall returne. View more context for this quotation 1670 W. Barton Mercy in Midst of Judgment 4 That God which gave to the Sea his decree..makes a path in that mighty water for his ransomed to pass to it. 1701 W. Bates Everlasting Rest Saints in Heaven xiii. 242 Shall not the Ransomed with Joy give themselves up to their Redeemer? 1768 H. Brooke Fool of Quality (Dublin ed.) III. 217 A Man then demanded, in English, if I was one of the Ransomed? 1800 G. Bennet Olam Haneshamoth xiv. 237 The ransomed of the Lord shall come to Paradise. 1846 R. C. Trench Notes Miracles xxviii. 382 Here is..a ransomed and a ransomer. 1904 J. A. Riis Theodore Roosevelt v. 123 When the ransomed number 200,000 it will still be Roosevelt's work. 1993 J. Graham Relativity iii, in Materialism 39 Thou has made over the deep of the sea a way for the ransomed to pass over. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.c1425 |
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