单词 | respue |
释义 | † respuev. Obsolete. transitive. To reject strongly. Also: (literal) to spit out. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > refusal > [verb (transitive)] > rebuff rebut1488 reject1529 counterbuff1579 rebuffa1586 repel1593 slighta1616 to blow off1631 squab1812 respue1818 snout1916 stiff-arm1927 to knock back1930 to brush off1941 1818 Blackwood's Mag. 4 329 These I failed not to reject and respue with indignation. 1823 G. Darley in T. L. Beddoes Poems (1851) I. 224 Teaching him to respue this effeminate style of versification. 1865 R. Druitt Rep. Cheap Wines vii. 62 If the patient voluntarily sips, and does not respue Bordeaux wine and water, it may be given ad libitum. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online September 2020). < v.1818 |
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