单词 | relinquished |
释义 | relinquishedadj. Given up, let go, abandoned. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > relinquishing > casting or laying aside > [adjective] > forsaken forsakenc1305 abandoned1477 desert1480 forlorn1535 waived1577 forlorn1579 deserted1629 relinquished1635 derelict1649 desolated1803 1635 R. Brathwait tr. M. Silesio Arcadian Princesse iii. 132 The Citizens re-inhabited their relinquished Mansions. a1642 R. Callis Reading of Statute of Sewers (1647) i. 9 The Lease expired, C. enters, the Prince ejects him, and the King seizeth this Relinquished ground. 1783 J. Brown Rep. High Court Parl. 7 125 None of the co-adventurers seeming inclined to increase their respective concerns in the mine, by taking up such relinquished share. 1844 U.S. Mag. & Democratic Rev. June 609/2 At the time of his old master's visit, Owen was on the point of taking up the relinquished task. 1889 Publ. Amer. Econ. Assoc. 4 311 The risk premiums equal the sum total of all relinquished debts. 1924 Los Angeles Times 5 Oct. iii. 15/6 A relinquished ticket from some guest who was compelled to leave before the festival was over. 1969 Amer. Polit. Sci. Rev. 63 794/1 Appointments to new positions as good as or better than a relinquished chairmanship were undoubtedly negotiated. 2005 V. A. Zelizer Purchase of Intimacy ii. 60 That distinction allowed Michelle Marvin compensation for a relinquished career. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1635 |
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