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单词 regestion
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regestionn.

Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from Latin. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin regestion- , regestio ; Latin regest- , regerere , -ion suffix1.
Etymology: Either < post-classical Latin regestion-, regestio action of replying (1562 in the passage translated in quot. 1577), or independently < classical Latin regest-, past participial stem of regerere regest v. + -ion suffix1. Compare later regest v. 2.
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).
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