α. pre-1700 repreme.
β. 1800s reprime.
单词 | reprime |
释义 | † reprimev.1α. pre-1700 repreme. β. 1800s reprime. Scottish. Obsolete. rare. transitive. To restrain, curb. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restrain [verb (transitive)] pindeOE steerc950 hold971 forbidc1000 withstewc1175 withholdc1200 stewa1225 crempa1250 bistintc1300 i-stillc1315 withdraw1340 entemperc1380 rebukec1380 forfenda1382 refraina1382 refrainc1390 restraina1393 restayc1400 retainc1415 to hold abackc1440 overholda1450 reclaim?c1450 revokec1450 bedwynge1480 sniba1500 repressa1525 rein1531 inhibit1535 to keep back1535 cohibit1544 reprimec1550 lithe1552 to rein up1574 check1581 embridle1583 to rein in1593 retrench1594 refrenate1599 to hold back1600 snip1601 becheck1605 sneap1611 trasha1616 supersede1645 reprimand1689 snape1691 to clap a guy on1814 to pull up1861 to pull in1893 withstrain1904 α. β. 1827 W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd 8 But hoolie, Muse! reprime your haste, Descrybe mair gently a' the matter.c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) xvii. 122 To repreme and distroye the arrogant consait of them that glorifeis & pridis them. a1586 Aganis Sklandrous Toungis in W. A. Craigie Maitland Folio MS (1919) i. 285 Sa gude Renoun quhilk raillaris rage repremis [MS reprevis] Advansis moir þe more Invyaris wexit. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2020). reprimev.2 1. transitive. To prime again (in various senses of prime v.2); esp. to prepare (a firearm) for firing a second or further time (cf. prime v.2 3a). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > fire (a gun) [verb (transitive)] > load or prime (a gun) charge1541 mors1552 proine1591 prime1598 load1626 lade1633 powder1643 shot1681 reload1727 reprime1759 slug1831 cap1856 1759 J. Lindsay Voy. Coast Afr. v. 45 Before the rest of the squadron could get their guns reprim'd, M. St. Jean..was oblig'd to drop the regimental colours over the walls. 1785 J. Capper Observ. Passage to India (ed. 3) 139 The other [pistol] had flashed at the serpent and had not been reprimed. 1830 F. Marryat King's Own III. xii. 211 The guns were primed and reprimed, without the fire communicating to the powder. 1836 F. Marryat Pirate xvi, in Pirate & Three Cutters 191 Hawkhurst had reprimed his musket. 1898 J. S. Corbett Drake & Tudor Navy I. viii. 251 Drake himself seized the gunner's caliver, reprimed it and shot the leader of the natives. 1939 H. W. Thompson Body, Boots & Britches iii. 53 The Indian reprimed his gun, and they went on. 1966 S. Diamond in S. Diamond & F. G. Burke Transformation East Afr. i. 17 The civil process, grinding to a halt, had to be reprimed. 1992 M. Balfour Germany vi. 98 The problem of repriming the German economic pump could not be indefinitely deferred. 2. intransitive. To prime a person or thing again. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > discharge firearms [verb (intransitive)] > load, etc. reload1761 reprime1775 to fill powder1797 cap1856 1775 T. Walker Answer Mr. Fitzgerald's Appeal 17 While he was repriming, he again offered to refer the difference to arbitration. 1819 Times 16 Aug. 2/4 The villain, however, immediately reprimed,..and the gentleman felt the ball go close past his head. 1871 Coshocton (Ohio) Democrat 17 Oct. 1/5 Ere the Indian could reprime, he was in the tiger grasp of Walter. 1947 W. D. Edmonds In Hands of Senecas 209 He picked out the priming of his rifle for the second time and reprimed. 1964 Manitowoc (Wisconsin) Herald Times 11 Apr. 3/4 A water system that ends two common water supply problems—elimination of air and ability to reprime. 2005 J. Bortles How to paint your Motorcycle 64 Once the sanding and rework are complete on the rest of the parts, it's time to reprime. Derivatives reˈprimer n. a device or instrument for repriming something; esp. an instrument for repriming spent firearm cartridges. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > equipment for use with firearms > [noun] > recapper or reprimer recapper1865 recapping machine1867 reprimer1878 1878 Spirit of Times 19 Jan. 676 (advt.) Combined loader and re-primer, complete (all necessary tools for taking off old and putting in new primers and seating wads). 1964 Pop. Mech. Nov. 214/2 A shot pellet—or any other small, hard object—in the reprimer could fire a live primer. 1994 Hewlett-Packard Jrnl. (Nexis) Feb. 55 Also included is a manually selectable and manually activated reprimer that is used to clear nonfunctioning nozzles. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1c1550v.21759 |
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