单词 | relevation |
释义 | † relevationn. Obsolete. The action of raising, lifting up, or supporting (literally or figuratively). Cf. later relevate v. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > cheerfulness > [noun] > action of cheering relevation?1418 heartening1534 cheering1580 enliving1602 brightening1642 enlivening1674 the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > preservation from injury or destruction > [noun] > preservation in being or maintenance sustenance1389 relevation?1418 sustentation1477 supportation?a1500 sustentmenta1500 upbearing1501 entertainment1568 maintaining1644 ?1418–19 Guildhall Let.-bk. in R. W. Chambers & M. Daunt Bk. London Eng. (1931) 97 (MED) Þe Mair and Aldermen..for amendement and releuacion of the people..haue ordeined and stablisshed..þat no maner persone..medle..with any maner of brocage with-inne þis Cite. 1433 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VI (Electronic ed.) Parl. July 1433 §38. m. 7 Wheruppon it like to youre seide mageste..yn relevation of that charge, of youre habundant grace to anulle the seide porte of Melcombe. 1450–1 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VI (Electronic ed.) Parl. Nov. 1450 §18. m. 8 In relevation of oure navie, and supportation of the grete charges of the same. c1460 (?c1400) Tale of Beryn 3687 They..þankid God..Of hir relevacioun from woo in-to gladnes. 1471 in C. Gross Gild Merchant (1890) II. 262 Payng for theire stondynge..i d. in releuacion of the kynges ferme. 1506 in Orkney & Shetland Rec. (1907) I. 247 In the quhilkis relevatione of labouris I ordene discreit men. 1543 ( Chron. J. Hardyng (1812) 48 (MED) He had..doughters..for theyr releuacion..with Troyans wer alyed. 1606 J. Carpenter Schelomonocham xxxiii. f. 136 The worde which the King here vseth..hath tediousnesse and no relevation, it hath sorrowfull despare. 1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words Relevation, a raising or lifting up again. 1675 G. Thomson Ορθο-μέθοδος ἰατρο-χυμικὴ: Direct Method curing Chymically xvii. 159 [Mercury]..doth assist Nature to disturb, Ferret, profligate, vitious, lentous, stubborn, coagulated foulness,..with Relevation. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.?1418 |
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