单词 | recontent |
释义 | † recontentv. Obsolete. transitive. To repay in full. Cf. content v. 5. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > payment > pay money or things [verb (transitive)] > pay (a claim, dues, or charge) doOE bearOE payc1300 content1433 answer1471 recontenta1525 sustain1530 even1619 settle1688 foot1819 a1525 ( Coventry Leet Bk. 147 Ffirst, where the wardes of þis Citie were cessed þe laste ȝer in the tyme of Master Onley beyng Maire to recontent & paye them that made chevisshanss. c1541 Tenours Indentures 6 The saide Thomas all suche mony..shall recontent and repay. 1625 S. Purchas Pilgrimes I. iii. 202 Their debt vnto the Generall East India Company, amounted vnto aboue twentie thousand Rials of eight, without intention to recontent the same. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < v.a1525 |
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