单词 | repastinate |
释义 | repastinatev. rare (now archaic). transitive. To dig or cultivate again in preparation for planting. In quot. 1988 in figurative context. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > breaking up land > break up land [verb (transitive)] > dig delvec888 to dig up1377 diga1425 pastine?1440 updelvec1440 upstockc1440 hack1620 pastinate1623 repastinate1623 spit1648 spittle1727 spud1828 1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Repastinate, to digge againe about a thing. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia (following Cooper) Repastinate, to dig again about Vines, to alter grounds with often digging and laboring. 1745 tr. L. J. M. Columella Of Husbandry ii. xv Then in the summer months the whole dunghil must be thoroughly mixed and shuffled with spades, in the same manner as if you repastinated it. 1988 B. Selya in Scribes Jrnl. Legal Writing (1991) 2 154/2 We see no need to repastinate that familiar soil. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1623 |
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