单词 | roboration |
释义 | roborationn. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > strengthening or confirmation of immaterial things > [noun] strenghinga1400 strengthc1400 affirmance1442 roboration1473 confirmation1520 corroboration1529 fortification1530 strengthening1535 hardening1544 establishment1561 re-enforcement1577 comforting1605 reinforcement1605 consolidation1611 establishing1846 undergirding1868 entrenchment1877 entrenching1950 1473 in W. Hamilton Descr. Lanark & Renfrew (1831) 194 In strenthnin and roboration of this present obligation. ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1871) III. 193 This Pictagoras was of suche auctorite..that hit hade be sufficiaunte to the roboracion of a sentence if hit hade be seide ‘Pictagoras seide so’. 1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1901) I. i. xii. 70 To þe strenth & Roboracioun of all religioun and ordoure afore divisit. 1536 Exhort. to North in F. J. Furnivall Ballads from MSS (1868) I. 306 The machabies beyng fewe in the comparason of ther enmys,..Zit, trustyng in gode, thai haid Roboracyone. 1573 Edinb. Test. II. f. 322v, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Roboratio(u)n For the mair roboratioun of this my testament..maid day ȝeir & place foirsaidis [etc.]. 1661 S. Ward Against Resistance Lawful Powers 26 The roboration of Canons (as to making them Laws of the Empire) in the General, and Provincial Councils. 2. Medicine. Strengthening of the body or constitution; invigoration. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > restoratives, tonics, or stimulants > [noun] > strengthening power of medicine roboration1657 1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Medicinal Materials ii, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. H3v This Lotion is..commended, as of sufficient roboration to ballance the weakness of the Liver [L. a quibusdam commendatur ad hepatis atoniam & imbecillitatem]. 1682 J. Partridge tr. A. von Mynsicht Thesaurus & armamentarium medico-chymicum vii. 133 They conserve Nature by roboration, and help to recover pristine strength. 1809 New Ann. Reg. 1808 Lit. Select. & Retrospect 352/2 The few cases of spontaneous cure..were generally ascribed to a progressive roboration of the weakened vessel. 1903 A. Jacobi Therapeutics of Infancy & Childhood (ed. 3) ix. iv. 436 [Emphysema] is overcome by gymnastic exercise of the respiratory muscles and general roboration. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1473 |
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