单词 | recray |
释义 | † recrayv. Obsolete. 1. transitive. To tire or wear out. Chiefly in past participle. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defeat > be defeated [verb (intransitive)] > surrender to cry (or say) creanta1250 to yield oneself creanta1250 to do (also put) oneself in (also to) a person's mercya1325 yieldc1330 recray1340 summisec1450 render1523 amain1540 surrender1560 to throw down one's arms (also weapons, etc.)1593 articulate1595 to yield (also bow oneself) to (also upon) mercy1595 to give grass1597 capitulate1601 to cry cravena1634 to lower or strike one's flag1644 bail1840 hands-up1879 kamerad1914 the mind > emotion > fear > cowardice or pusillanimity > be cowardly or show signs of cowardice [verb (intransitive)] > yield in a cowardly manner recray1340 truckle1827 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 33 (MED) Werihede..makeþ þane man weri and worsi..al-huet he is al recreyd and defayled. ?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) ii. 219 (MED) He asayed þam [sc. the horses] bi & bi, & retreied [read recreied] þam ilkone. a1500 ( J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. (Rawl.) (1898) 165 A man a-foote, hungry, thursti, and for trauaille recreiet. 2. intransitive. To yield in battle, esp. in a cowardly manner. Also used reflexively with same meaning. ΚΠ ?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) (1996) i. l. 13319 Loke þat none of ȝow recreie. a1540 (c1460) G. Hay tr. Bk. King Alexander 3285 The duke was woundit sare, and him recryit. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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