单词 | respell |
释义 | respellv. transitive. To spell again; to give another spelling of (a word), esp. as a means of indicating pronunciation. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > spelling > spell [verb (transitive)] > spell again, esp. phonetically respell1806 1806 W. Taylor in Ann. Rev. 4 613 Yuhidthiton might be respelt into the familiar English phrase ‘You hit the tone’. 1819 Analectic Mag. July 20 If the word former be re-spelt faur-mur, the combination au must be admitted as an archetype into the key. 1865 Philol. Soc. Trans. 254 Each word is respelt in such a manner as to represent what the author supposes to be the correct pronunciation. 1910 Sewanee Rev. 18 196 All our Greek proper names appear re-spelled as Latin and pronounced as English. 1983 P. Gzowski Unbroken Line ii. 91 When Tiger Tasker..would ask me to spell and respell my name, I would bite my tongue. 2006 S. Fitzgerald in D. Gibbs & K.-L. Krause Cyberlines 2.0 ii. 43 In print dictionaries pronunciation is often represented by..a systematic method of respelling the headwords. Derivatives reˈspelling n. the action of respelling; an instance of this; a word which has been respelt. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > spelling > [noun] > spelling again, according to pronunciation respelling1816 1816 Edinb. Rev. Dec. 417 The only alteration we make is..the re-spelling of such words as are common at this day. 1859 J. E. Worcester Dict. Eng. Lang. Pref. p. xxiii/2 In giving the authorities for pronunciation.., neither the respelling nor the notation of the orthoepists cited has generally been exhibited. 1935 Amer. Speech 10 205/1 This name [sc. Crestone] is probably a respelling of the Spanish Crestón. 1998 Eng. Today July 8/2 A phonemic respelling of English would abandon final silent e altogether, and mark the long value of vowels by other means. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1806 |
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