单词 | repudiative |
释义 | repudiativeadj. Of or relating to repudiation; characterized by repudiation or rejection (of something). ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > refusal > [adjective] > rejecting rejective1656 non-acceptant1718 repudiative1802 dismissive1930 repudiant1930 1802 J. Sibbald Chron. Sc. Poetry IV. Gloss. Repudy, quasi, repudiative, for the purpose of divorcing. 1860 J. White Hist. France (ed. 2) 3 An island..generally unapproachable, and at all times utterly repudiative of a permanent bridge. 1870 J. H. Burton Hist. Scotl. to 1688 VII. lxxi. 36 There were Lowland families..repudiative of any other leader but the great marquess. 1913 Trans. & Proc. Amer. Philol. Assoc. 44 51 The enclitic -ne often occurs in repudiative questions. 1995 Polity 27 530 The President rebounded from defeat, stiffened his repudiative posture, and lent his authority to other arrangements he had theretofore resisted. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1802 |
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