单词 | requisitive |
释义 | requisitiveadj.n. A. adj. That expresses a request, spec. designating the grammatical mood that expresses a request or demand (cf. imperative adj. 1). ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > mood > [adjective] > other spec. conditional1530 subcontinuative1530 precatory1610 consuetudinal1728 conjunctive1736 precative1751 requisitive1751 adhortative1815 potential1837 jussive1846 obligative1877 hypothetical1892 permissive1892 1751 J. Harris Hermes i. viii. 143 If we interrogate, 'tis the Interrogative Mode; if we require, 'tis the Requisitive. 1830 A. Crombie Etymol. & Syntax Eng. Lang. (ed. 3) i. vi. 172 Only let him be consistent, and call ‘Dost thou love?’ an interrogative mood, adopting also the precative, the requisitive, the optative, the hortative, &c. together with the various cases in nouns, and tenses in verbs. 1876 Times 1 Jan. 9/1 It is ardent, requisitive, and hopeful. 1971 A. Powell Bks. do furnish Room i. i. 15 Short employed a level requisitive tone. 1995 J. J. E. Gracia Theory of Textuality iii. 88 The types of functions involved in prayers and questions may be classified as requisitive, because they both involve requests. B. n. Chiefly with the: the grammatical mood that expresses a request or demand. Also: †a request or demand (obsolete). rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > request > [noun] > demand demandc1290 postulate1588 postulatum1639 requisitive1751 the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > mood > [noun] > other specific moods conditional1591 potential1706 requisitive1751 conjunctive1795 consuetudinal1808 permissivea1831 obligative1877 jussive1900 1751 J. Harris Hermes i. viii. 154 The Requisitive or Imperative has no first Person of the singular. 1867 Brit. Jrnl. Photogr. 15 Feb. 76/1 We see nothing in the Act of Parliament which points to any such requisitive or any such necessity. 2002 A. Leclerc in D. Vanderveken & S. Kubo Ess. Speech Act Theory iii. 77 Imperative and precative are also called ‘requisitive’, that is, the mood of demand. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1751 |
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