单词 | redonation |
释义 | redonationn. Now rare. The action or process of giving something back; an instance of this. ΚΠ 1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Redonation, a giuing backe of a thing. 1684 J. Strype tr. J. Lightfoot Horæ Hebraicæ in Wks. II. 561 We have indeed heard of the Holy Ghosts departure..but of his return and redonation of him, we have not yet heard. 1707 Glossographia Anglicana Nova Redonation, a restoring or giving back that which was taken away. 1712 R. Steele Let. 24 June in Spectator (1788) 6 77 When these little parcels of wealth are, as it were, thus thrown back again into the redonation of providence. 1994 St. Petersburg (Florida) Times (Nexis) 2 Nov. (Off/beat section) 1 His family..are soliciting ‘re-donation’ of items that have been bought from the lodge over the years and are still in some antique stores and collections. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1623 |
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