单词 | regestion |
释义 | † regestionn. Obsolete. A retort; a reply. Also: the action of replying. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > answer > [noun] > a sharp answer, retort regestion1565 snaphance1598 regest1609 retortion1609 retort1610 retractation1637 riposte1877 comeback1908 answer-back1921 the short answer to (something) is1955 1565 J. Calfhill Aunswere Treat. Crosse f. 23 But bycause..we are onley burdened with the name of fathers: giue vs leaue sometime to vse a Regestion. 1577 J. Ludham tr. A. Hyperius Pract. Preaching i. xiii. f.35 The Preacher..shall franckely vse negation, eleuation,..excusation, digression, regestion [L. regestionem]..after the maner of Logicke. 1620 T. Granger Syntagma Logicum 125 Our Sauiour Christ answereth to the Pharisees question by regestion. a1640 T. Jackson Exact Coll. Wks. (1654) 3075 The manner of the Regestion seems to imply, that they had now begun to be sorry that they had so far Believed on him. 1664 J. Howell tr. J. Nadányi Florus Hungaricus iv. 204 Not a word..in any unseemly regestion or Complaint. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online September 2020). < n.1565 |
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