单词 | reductory |
释义 | † reductoryn. Obsolete. rare. A condensed version of a text.Only attested in references to the Bersuire's work (see etymology). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > non-fiction > summary or epitome > [noun] > compendium or abridgment abridgementa1500 epitome1529 compendie1574 compendiary1589 compendium1589 compend1596 reductory1699 compost1837 condensation1867 redaction1948 1699 W. Wotton tr. L. E. Du Pin New Eccl. Hist. XII. v. 72 His Moral Reductory of the Bible [Fr. le reductoire moral de la Bible], in which he rehearses all the Histories in a Moral Sense. 1797 S. Dobson tr. J. F. P. A. de Sade Life of Petrarch (ed. 3) II. 282 He also composed another work called a Moral Reductory [Fr. Réductoire Moral]..where..every thing is allegorically represented. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online September 2020). † reductoryadj. Anatomy. Obsolete. Carrying a fluid back to a point of origin, as blood back to the heart. Cf. reducent adj. 1. ΚΠ 1740 C. Wintringham Exper. Inq. Animal Struct. Index Use of the Valves in the Reductory Veins of the Secretory Organs ascertained. 1757 C. N. Jenty Course Anatomico-physiol. Lect. II. p. x We see no lacteal or lymphatic Vessel ever reaches to its Insertion, without first distributing its Branches thro' one of these Glands, and receiving reductory Branches thence. 1887 R. L. Tafel tr. E. Swedenborg Brain II. xxvi. 331 I am inclined to think that, unless a speedier reductory passage were found out, very great mischief would frequently happen to the spinal marrow itself. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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