单词 | remercy |
释义 | † remercyn.int. Obsolete. In singular and plural. An expression of thanks. Also as int., expressing thanks. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > gratitude > [noun] > thanks thankc888 thank1340 gracesc1350 regratiatory1443 gratesc1485 merciesc1500 remercy1542 regratulation1579 regracesc1613 thankfulness1647 remerciments1654 1542 N. Udall in tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes ii. f. 163v Persones by hym conquered and subdued, who did..not rendre thankes ne saie remercies for that thei had been leat..to escape. 1606 G. Chapman Sir Gyles Goosecappe iii. i. sig. E4 Remercy my more then English pages. 1616 B. Jonson Cynthias Revels (rev. ed.) v. iv, in Wks. I. 244 Remercie, Madame, and these honourable Censors. 1759 Invasion i. 16 No more of your cringes or remercies, but be gone immediately. 1857 Richland County (Wisconsin) Observer 22 Dec. The girl manifested much gratitude, and went away with a profusion of remercies. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021). remercyv. Now rare. transitive. To thank (a person); to express gratitude to. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > gratitude > thank [verb (transitive)] thankc1200 grace?c1225 mercyc1390 yieldc1440 remercy1477 regracy1483 gratulatea1592 bethank1593 gratify1601 aggrate1633 to give thanks (thank, to do thank(s)1765 1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 35 Thenne Iason remercyed and thanked the noble Quene Myrro. 1484 W. Caxton tr. Subtyl Historyes & Fables Esope xii I remercye and thanke yow gretely. a1513 J. Irland Meroure of Wyssdome (1926) I. 27 We suld remercy and thank oure lord and maister Jhesus. 1568 in W. Maskell Monumenta Ritualia Ecclesiae Anglicanae (1846) II. 264 Wyth al my hert I remercye and thanke thee. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. xi. sig. Zv She him remercied as the Patrone of her life. a1645 W. Browne tr. M. Le Roy Hist. Polexander (1647) i. iv. 92 My deare Master was constant in his resolution to be gone, and remercying Montezuma for his proffers, desired..to depart. 1693 S. Johnson Ess. conc. Parl. 43 The Kings themselves being upon the Matter only Titular; whose Custom it was..upon the Kalends of May to Preside in an Assembly of the whole Nation, and there to be Addressed..and to Remercie them, and so to retire to the same Life again till another May came. a1802 J. Strutt Queenhoo-hall (1808) xxi. 102/1 Sickerly, my friend, we have to remercy you for a fair entertainment: this is the rarest cast of jugglery I ever beheld. 1829 J. Dunlop Glance at London, Brussels, & Paris 273 I went forward for about a mile in a melancholy petted mood, refusing and remercying about a dozen boors, who successively proposed..the chief points of interest. 1959 J. Berryman 77 Dream Songs ii. 46 I have of blast & counter to remercy you for hurling me downtown. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.int.1542v.1477 |
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