单词 | season |
释义 | seasonn. I. A period of the year. 1. a. Any one of the periods, longer or shorter, into which the year is naturally divided by the earth's changing position in regard to the sun, and which are marked by varying length of day and night, by particular conditions of weather, temperature, etc. More specifically, each of the four equal periods—Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter—into which the year is divided by the passage of the sun from equinox to solstice and from solstice to equinox; also, each of the two periods—the rainy and the dry—into which the year is divided in tropical climates.Often with defining word prefixed, as summer, winter, May, Lent season (see the different words). ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > year > season > [noun] tidea900 timeOE yearOE season1340 1340–70 Alex. & Dind. 929 But whan þe daies dimme ben hit doþ hem to mourne, For siht of þe sesoun þat semus vnbliþe. a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 29 Þe sauor of þe swete sesoun & song of þe briddes. c1400 tr. Secreta Secret., Gov. Lordsh. 72 Off þe ffoure seysouns of þe ȝere. c1405 (c1387–95) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 349 After the sondry sesons of the yeer So chaunged he his mete and his Soper. 1548 H. Latimer Notable Serm. sig. A.iiiiv Fyrst for theyr labour of all ceasons of the yere. For there is no tyme of the yere, in whiche the ploughman hath not some speciall worke to do. 1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd ii. 72 In such a season born when scarce a Shed Could be obtain'd to shelter him or me From the bleak air. View more context for this quotation 1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 122 The rainy Season, and the dry Season, began now to appear regular to me. 1726 J. Swift Gulliver II. iii. iv. 58 All the Fruits of the Earth shall come to Maturity at whatever Season we think fit to chuse. 1822 in Trans. Hort. Soc. London (1826) 6 115 Directions for forcing Onions to produce bulbs in clusters, at an early season. 1845–7 H. W. Longfellow Evangeline i. ii. 1 Now had the season returned, when the nights grow colder and longer. 1864 Ld. Tennyson Enoch Arden in Enoch Arden, etc. 34 The sunny and rainy seasons came and went Year after year. a1865 E. C. Gaskell Wives & Daughters (1866) II. xlii. 129 The autumn drifted away through all its seasons. b. In personification and art-representation. ΚΠ c1660 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1644 (1955) II. 185 In white marble the 4 seasons. 1821 P. B. Shelley Adonais xviii. 13 Fresh leaves and flowers deck the dead Seasons' bier. c. A day or period of the year marked by some special festivity, as Christmas and New Year. ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > year > [noun] > period or day of the year marked by festival season1791 society > leisure > social event > festive occasion > [noun] > day or season of high tideOE high dayOE feast dayc1300 ferie1377 festival day1389 feastful day1440 festivala1500 gaudy-day1567 carnival1598 utas1600 saturnal1605 Saturnalia1639 terminals1656 days of gala1716 fête dayc1759 mirth-day1778 season1791 festa1800 jour de fête1806 fiesta1844 fest1846 Winterval1982 1791 R. Burns Let. 23 Jan. (2003) II. 68 Many happy returns of the season to you, my dear friend! 1821 C. Lamb in London Mag. Apr. 361/1 The compliments of the season to my worthy masters, and a merry first of April to us all! d. In reckoning time or age: A year, twelve-month. (Cf. summer n.1 4.) ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > year > [noun] wintereOE yeareOE yearOE yearOE yearOE twelvemonthc1275 a time and times and half a timec1384 foil1481 zodiacc1560 twelve moons1609 suns1743 outfit1791 snow1825 season1827 yr1880 1827 O. W. Roberts Narr. Voy. Central Amer. 43 A child of about five years or ‘seasons’ old. 1842 Ld. Tennyson Two Voices in Poems (new ed.) II. 121 Will thirty seasons render plain Those lonely lights that still remain, Just breaking over land and main? 2. A period or time of year mentioned with reference to the conditions of weather, etc. that characterize it in a particular year. ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > year > season > [noun] > with reference to weather conditions seasonc1400 c1400 (?c1380) Pearl l. 39 I entred in þat erber grene, In augoste in a hyȝ seysoun, Quen corne is coruen wyth crokez kene. a1525 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 7 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 95 So soft was ye sessoun our souerane dovne sent.., That all was amyable owr ye aire & ye erd. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Acts xiv. 17 Gevynge vs rayne from heven and frutfull ceasons. 1676 Lady Chaworth in 12th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1890) App. v. 34 The season continues so seveere I cannot get away my ill cold nor goe out of the house. a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1663 (1955) III. 358 A most extraordinary wet & cold season. 1812 G. Chalmers Hist. View Domest. Econ. Great Brit. & Ireland 298 The corn act..appeared..to have completely failed..owing to..the unfavourable seasons. 1855 Ld. Tennyson Maud xxv. viii, in Maud & Other Poems 94 The lily and rose That blow by night, when the season is good. 1871 M. S. De Vere Americanisms 540 Season is, in the South, often misused for ‘weather’. ‘This is a good season for planting’ does not mean, this is the proper time, but, this is favorable weather for planting tobacco. 3. a. The time of year assigned to some particular operation of agriculture. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > [noun] > time of year season1393 the world > food and drink > farming > [noun] > time of year > season for specific agricultural operation seedOE seed timeOE season1393 barley-selec1440 seednessc1450 seeding timea1594 turf-time1594 tid1799 1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. vii. 112 (MS. F.) In cesoun of heruest-tyme. a1400 K. Alis. (Bodl.) 61 By ham [sc. the planets] men han þe seysyne To londe, to watre to corne to wyne. c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 523 Se-sounez schal yow neuer sese of sede ne of heruest. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 178 And alse sede in þe season sowe it on þe erthe. 1664 J. Evelyn Kalendarium Hortense 60 in Sylva Now is your Season for Circumposition by Tubs or Baskets of Earth. 1796 C. Marshall Introd. Knowl. & Pract. Gardening v. 79 Proper seeds being provided, the season for committing them to the ground, is that of as early a time as the nature of the plant to be cultivated will bear. b. local. (See quots.) ΚΠ 1778 W. Marshall Minutes Agric. 20 Oct. 1775 (note) Season..signifies (here, at least) the state of the soil at seed-time. Thus, if at seed-time the soil be clean, in high tilth, and neither too wet nor too dry, the Farmer is said to have got a good season—or a fine season. If it be cloddy, a rough season. 1875 W. D. Parish Dict. Sussex Dial. 101 Season, ground in good condition. 1876 G. L. Gower Surrey Provincialisms (at cited word) ‘To make a good season’ is to get the land in good condition for sowing. 4. The time of year when a plant flourishes, when it blooms or bears fruit, etc. (See also Phrases 1b.) ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by growth or development > [noun] > season of growth, flourishing, or fruiting seasona1300 shake-time1668 fructescence1793 a1300 Cursor Mundi 22881 Ilkin frut in his sesun. c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (1839) v. 49 Also in that Contree..Men fynden longe Apples to selle, in hire cesoun. c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Franklin's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 326 Appollo, god and gouernour Of euery plaunte, herbe, tree and flour That yeuest after thy declinacioun To ech of hem his tyme and his sesoun. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms i. 3 Like a tre..yt bringeth forth his frute in due season. 1638 J. Milton Lycidas in Obsequies 20 in Justa Edouardo King I come to pluck your berries harsh and crude,.. Bitter constraint, and sad occasion deare Compells me to disturb your season due. 1747 H. Glasse Art of Cookery vi. 65 Half a Pint of Green Peas, when it is the Season for them. 1883 R. W. Dixon Mano ii. vi. 85 Grass and leaves may flourish all the year, But corn and fruit one season only own. 5. The time of year when an animal is in heat, pairs, breeds, migrates, is killed for food or hunted, etc. (Also pairing, breeding, close, etc. season.) †of (the) season = in season (see Phrases 1b). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > hunting time > [noun] seasona1425 grease-season?a1562 grease-time?a1562 game season1783 open season1846 cover-day1902 the world > time > period > year > season > [noun] > when an animal behaves a specific way or is hunted seasona1425 pairing season1836 song period1884 breeding-season- the world > animals > animal body > general parts > sexual organs and reproduction > [noun] > mating > season seasona1425 riding seasonc1425 belling1553 breeding-time1711 the world > food and drink > hunting > hunting time > [adverb] in the time (also season) of greasec1330 in season1473 of (the) seasonc1613 a1425 Edward, Duke of York Master of Game (Digby) iii Þere [sc. the bucks'] seson dureth fro þe moneth of May into þe mydle of Septembre. 1486 Bk. St. Albans e v The seson of the fox [is] fro the Natiuyte Tyll the annunciacion of owre lady fre. 1575 G. Gascoigne Noble Arte Venerie lxxix. 238 The seasons of all Chaces. c1613 (c1490) in T. Stapleton Plumpton Corr. (1839) 86 I..desire and pray you to caus a bucke of season to be taken. a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) iii. iii. 152 I warrant you Bucke, And of the season too. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) ii. ii. 87 Euen for our kitchins We kill the fowle of season . View more context for this quotation 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 99 Six Seasons use; but then release the Cow, Unfit for Love, and for the lab'ring Plough. View more context for this quotation 1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 78. ⁋5 The Day was fix'd for the Entertainment, which was in Venison Season. 1740 H. Bracken Farriery Improv'd (ed. 2) II. Index 14 Not to leap many Mares in a Season. 1769 H. Brooke Fool of Quality IV. xvii. 184 My neighbours were not as birds of the season; they neither despised nor forsook me because of my poverty. 1842 Ld. Tennyson Audley Court in Poems (new ed.) II. 43 Then touch'd upon the game, how scarce it was This season. 1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm III. 1112 Its effect upon the skin may also interfere with the coming of the season upon the ewe. 1857 T. Hughes Tom Brown's School Days i. iii. 72 Others went after butterflies and birds'-eggs in their seasons. 6. figurative. Time of ripeness or maturity. Cf. Phrases 1c. ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > age > prime > [noun] flowering agec1400 pridec1475 blooming-time1495 flower?1507 season?1507 day1546 flourishing years?1555 golden years1559 vigour1563 consistent age1574 prime1574 May moon1576 acme1579 Maya1586 flourish1597 May month1600 consistencea1613 May morna1616 constant age1620 high daya1625 blouth1643 flourishing age1737 heyday1751 floruit1843 bloom-hour1850 blossom-time1860 ?1507 W. Dunbar Tua Mariit Wemen (Rouen) in Poems (1998) I. 48 Bot leit the sueit ay the sour to gud sesone bring. 1640 T. Carew Poems 6 Oh, then be wise, and whilst your season Affords you dayes for sport, doe reason. 1649 Εἰκων Βασιλικη iv. 18 Whose..impatience was such, that they would not staie the ripening and season of Counsels, or fair production of Acts, in the order, gravitie, and deliberateness befitting a Parliament; but [etc.]. ΘΚΠ society > education > educational administration > [noun] > session or term half-yearc907 season?a1400 Michael term?1406 term1429 Michaelmas term1439 Easter term1530 Hilary1577 summer term1659 session1714 half1820 semester1826 by-term1883 Trinity term1899 winterim1964 society > education > educational administration > [verb (intransitive)] > have a term to keep or hold season?a1400 society > law > administration of justice > judicial body, assembly, or court > a or the session of a court > have session [verb (intransitive)] to keep or hold season?a1400 society > law > administration of justice > judicial body, assembly, or court > a or the session of a court > [noun] > period when courts sit season?a1400 term1429 term time1429 ?a1400 Arthur 137 Arthour wolde of honour Hold a fest at Eestour..; And sende Messanger To kynges ferre & neer..To come to þis Dyner... They come þyder in gode aray, And kept þeire Ceson At the Castell Carlyon. a1500 (?a1400) Sir Torrent of Portyngale (1887) l. 2157 Sir Torent dwellid thare Fourty days in moche care, Season for to hold. a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1669 (1955) III. 534 I advis'd that an hedge of holly, should be planted..which the V: Chancelor promisd to see don the next season. 1825 Wardrop in M. Baillie's Wks. I. Life 9 He there attended the Greek and Latin classes during the first two seasons; in the third season he became a diligent mathematician. 8. A period of time astronomically fixed or recurring. †Also, a period or phase of an eclipse. ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > cycle of time > [noun] > astronomical cycle revolutionc1400 season1535 the world > the universe > heavenly body > [noun] > state of being visible > eclipse > period or phase of season1666 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Gen. i. B That they maye be vnto tokens, seasons, dayes, and yeares [tokēs in text]. 1666 Rook in Philos. Trans. 1665–6 (Royal Soc.) 1 389 Those Seasons of the Eclipse, when there is the suddenest Alteration in the Apparences. 1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd iii. 187 He in whose hand all times and seasons roul. View more context for this quotation 1820 J. Keats Hyperion: a Fragm. i, in Lamia & Other Poems 162 The sacred seasons might not be disturb'd. Therefore the operations of the dawn Stay'd in their birth. 1871 R. Ellis tr. Catullus Poems lxvi. 4 How in seasons due vanishes orb upon orb. 9. The portion of a year regularly devoted to a particular business, sport, or amusement, or when the greatest activity prevails therein. Often with defining word, as the fishing, hunting, publishing, racing, theatrical, holiday season. The period when such pursuits are inactive is called the dead, dull, or off season; see also silly adj., n., and adv. season. ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > year > [noun] > time of year > devoted to a specific activity season1687 working year1798 1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant i. 100 When I was at Chio, I could not have that Diversion, for then it was not the Season. 1718 Free-thinker No. 68. 1 Publick Business, and Publick Diversions have the same Season. 1740 C. Cibber Apol. Life C. Cibber vi. 115 He bound himself to give them two Plays every Season. 1798 C. Forester Let. in Paget Papers (1896) I. 115 We have this day had the best run of the Season. 1820 W. Scoresby Acct. Arctic Regions I. 248 In the season of 1684, fourteen of their ships were wrecked. 1856 ‘The Druid’ Post & Paddock 303 That gentleman bought Hermit and rode him for nine seasons. 1878 Athletic World 5 Apr. 7/2 Pickwick Bicycle Club. The season will be commenced by a run to..Edmonton on Saturday. 1891 E. Kinglake Austral. at Home 87 The ‘season’ in Australia—by which is indicated the dance-giving period—is winter and early spring. 10. The period of the year during which a particular place is most frequented for business, fashion, or amusement; esp. the time (now May to July) when the fashionable world is assembled in London. dead season, the period when ‘society’ has departed from a place of resort. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > [noun] > social season season1709 little season1901 the world > time > period > year > [noun] > time of year > during which a particular place is frequented season1709 1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 50. ⁋7 Until the Company was gone, and Season over. ?c1710 J. Taylor Journey Edenborough (1903) 68 Most of the Gentry of the North of England and Scotland resort hither [to Scarborough] in the Season of the year, but we hapned to be something of the latest. 1760 H. Walpole Let. to H. Mann 20 Jan. You cannot figure a duller season: the weather bitter, no party, little money [etc.]. 1766 C. Anstey New Bath Guide x. i. 65 What Numbers one sees, who for that very Reason Come to make such a Figure at Bath ev'ry Season! 1789 Triumphs Fortitude I. 10 Be happy in all the enjoyments this dead season can afford. 1836 F. Marryat Japhet I. xxiv. 295 The season was now over, and every body of consequence quitted the metropolis. 1870 H. Smart Race for Wife ii. 29 She gave up her season in London. 11. transferred (from 2). ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > [noun] > spell of weather season1608 slatcha1625 set1633 fit1690 series1723 spell1728 1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear xi. 29 How shall your house-lesse heads..defend you From seasons such as these. View more context for this quotation 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost x. 1063 And teach us further by what means to shun Th' inclement Seasons, Rain, Ice, Hail and Snow, Which now the Skie with various Face begins To shew us in this Mountain. View more context for this quotation b. spec. The ‘rains’ or spells of wet weather in tropical countries. In the southern U.S., ‘a shower of rain or period of damp weather suitable for setting out tobacco and other plants’. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wet weather > [noun] > rainy season (tropical) rains1615 rainy season1655 long rains1670 season1707 monsoon1747 high season1759 plum rains1894 wet1897 bai-u1910 kharif1920 1707 H. Sloane Voy. Islands I. Introd. 15 After Seasons, i.e. three or four or more days rain, all manner of provisions, Maize, Guinea-corn, Pease, Potatos &c. are planted. 1766 W. Stork Acct. E.-Florida 63 It often happens in the West-Indies, as it did last year, that when the ground is prepared, and the cane planted, the rains, or seasons as they are called, fail. 1873 Routledge's Young Gentleman's Mag. July 478/2 The seasons were only just over, and all tropical nature was fresh. II. gen. A time, period, occasion. 12. a. A particular time or period during which something happens, or which is defined by some characteristic feature or circumstance. See also night-season n., mean season (mean adj.2 2). ΘΚΠ the world > time > particular time > [noun] > time of occurrence sitheOE seasona1400 turna1400 datec1400 when1616 nick1645 whenabouts1898 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 5419 Quils þam lasted þat sesun dere. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 3509 God was þe werld in þat sesun And mikel it bar o benisun. ?c1450 in G. J. Aungier Hist. & Antiq. Syon Monastery (1840) 268 Euery persone that..hath there the rewle of the religion atte leste for that ceson. 1497 in M. Oppenheim Naval Accts. & Inventories Henry VII (1896) 234 Duryng the season that the seid ship lay in the Dokke. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 1442 A Sesyn of sorow þat þere suet after. 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 650 During this season the Queene was greatly encouraged with the victory, obteyned late at Wakefielde. 1665 R. Boyle Disc. iv. iv, in Occas. Refl. sig. F5 When we greedily pursue after Honour, and Pleasure, of which this Life is not the proper Season. 1777 E. Burke Let. to Sheriffs Bristol 47 Calamity is unhappily the usual season of reflexion. 1833 T. B. Macaulay War Succession in Spain in Ess. ⁋5 His annual revenue..in the season of his greatest power. 1871 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (1876) IV. xviii. 278 They may have been well pleased to accept a season of peace even at the hands of the stranger. b. for a season: for an indefinite period, for some time, for a while. Similarly, for a long, short, etc. season. Also adverbially, without for. ΘΚΠ the world > time > duration > [adverb] > for a time (for) a spacec1405 for a long, short, etc. season1465 a whilst1595 for a spell1745 1465 Pol. Rel. & L. Poems (1903) 1/17 Than stode y stille a litile Sesone. c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) lxxxv. 267 Than Oberon stode styll a season. a1525 ( Coventry Leet Bk. (1908) II. 500 There hath long season depended variance & contrauersie betwixt you. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Luke iv. f. lxxix He departed from hym for a season. 1668 N. Culpeper & A. Cole tr. T. Bartholin Anat. (new ed.) i. ix. 21 That it might further the Stomachs Concoction, and make the meats abide therein, a convenient season. 1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. xix. 169 Or if it please thee, though impatient, wait, Short season. 1851 T. Carlyle Life J. Sterling i. i. 8 This most..beautiful human soul; who walked with me for a season in this world. 1871 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (1876) IV. xvii. 70 He was constrained for a season to leave the successors of Leofric and Siward in possession of [etc.]. 13. a. (Without the idea of duration.) A time at which, or occasion when, something happens. at, †in this (or that) season, at this time; on this occasion; also adverbially without in. at, †in, on a season, at a certain time. at all seasons, at all times, always. at seasons, on different or recurring occasions, from time to time. Also, fit, due, proper, just season: cf. sense 14. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > time > particular time > [adverb] > at a particular or certain time at, in, on a season13.. therea1400 this, that bout1660 this (or that) trip1746 at this (also that) point in time1957 the world > time > frequency > [adverb] > always or in every case alwayeOE aldayOE everOE by night and (by) daylOE ayc1175 algatea1200 alwaysc1225 everylikec1225 stillc1297 evermorea1300 algatesa1325 alikec1330 early and latec1330 at all assaysc1360 universallya1398 likec1400 continuallyc1460 tidely1482 ay-whenc1485 from time to (formerly unto) timea1500 at all seasons1526 at once1563 at every turn1565 throughout1567 still still1592 still1594 still and anona1616 still an enda1616 every stitch-while1620 everlastingly1628 constantly1651 everywhen1655 eternally1670 allus1739 any day (of the week)1759 everly1808 allers1833 every time1854 toujours1902 all (the way) down the line1975 the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > [adverb] > at the proper time or in due course timelya1225 in good timec1325 by revolutionc1425 dulya1513 accordingly1555 due-timely1606 fitly1611 fit, due, proper, just season1686 the world > time > frequency > infrequency > [adverb] > intermittently by (formerly also at) startsc1422 startmeal?c1422 off and on1535 every otherwhile1542 by, or in, snatches1577 by fits and turns1583 by halves and fits1583 one time with another1591 fit-meal1593 by fits and spurts1605 planetarily?1609 scatteredly1612 startinglya1616 by snaps1631 intermittingly1654 from space to space1658 on and off1668 at (by) intervals1744 cessantly1746 by spells1788 fitfully1792 by fits and spasms1797 everylikea1800 intermittently1800 intermittedly1829 interjectionally1837 jerkily1839 at seasons1850 sporadically1852 parenthetically1860 spasmodically1877 snatchily1880 variously1892 13.. Seuyn Sages 3939 He says soth in this sesowne. 1340–70 Alisaunder 339 On a season isett assembled they boþe. a1400–50 Alexander 881 Sone eftir in a seson,..Come driuand fra Darius..Heraudis on heȝe hors. c1400 Ywaine & Gaw. 903 Thus was syr Ywayne sted that sesowne. a1440 York Myst. xxvi. 42 We seke for youre socoure þis sesoune. 1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur xxi. xii. 858 So at a seson of the nyght they al wente to theyr beddes. 1497 J. Alcock Mons Perfeccionis (de Worde) D iij And many seasons of ye daye sore wept in remembraunce of ye same. ?1520 J. Rastell Nature .iiii. Element sig. Cijv Other thynges mo I haue in store That I coude tel therof but now no more Tyll a nother season. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Acts xx. 18 After what maner I have bene wyth you at all ceasons. 1611 R. Johnson tr. G. Botero Relations Famous Kingdoms World (new ed.) 119 He may come to her house,..Court her in all places, and at all seasons. 1628 T. Hobbes tr. Thucydides Peloponnesian War (1822) 23 These things were done for you in a season when men going to fight against their enemies neglect all respects but of victory. 1686 tr. J. Chardin Coronation Solyman 122 in Trav. Persia He knew the proper season to shew the violence of his Revenge. 1692 R. L'Estrange Fables ccxv. 187 There are Many Cases, and Many Seasons, wherein Men must either Bend or Break. 1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 78. ⁋5 You well know it is of great Consequence to clear Titles, and it is of Importance that it be done in the proper Season. 1827 W. Scott Highland Widow in Chron. Canongate 1st Ser. I. ix. 177 When Hamish..absented himself from her cottage at such season, and for such length of time as he chose. 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. iv. iv. 192 Pike and helm lie provided for thee, in due season. 1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam cix. 171 The churl in spirit..Will let his coltish nature break At seasons thro' the gilded pale. View more context for this quotation ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > antecedence or being earlier > [adverb] erea900 beforeeOE forec1000 toforec1175 therebeforec1200 toforehand1258 forne toc1275 orc1275 andersitha1300 alreadyc1300 rather?1316 beforehandc1330 erstc1330 aforec1350 theretoforea1375 aforehanda1387 forthwitha1400 forwitha1400 or?a1400 ereward14.. toforetimec1400 aforetimes1429 aforetime1433 afore seasons1463 heretoforetime1481 forouth1487 aforrow?a1513 beforrow1568 paravant1590 antecedently1593 formerly1596 precedently1611 preveniently1633 preallably1652 previously1655 precedaneously1657 somewhiles1657 antecedaneously1661 aft1674 prior1675 anteriorly1681 antecedent1690 previous1712 priorly1742 the world > time > relative time > the past > [adverb] > long ago yorec900 for longOE langer1303 long agoc1350 far1362 for yorea1375 of yore ago(ne)a1375 long time1376 of olda1393 anciently1502 langsyne?a1513 oldlya1513 in old season1582 old1609 antiquely1652 then-a-days1688 (the) year one1754 way back1870 in yore1876 way back when1921 1463 in Eng. Hist. Rev. Apr. (1905) 301 He as yit stondeth destitute of cxj li. which he afore seisons hath..receyued yerely at þe fest of Estre. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 143 Avtemps jadis, afore-season. 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis i. 1 I That in old season..whistled My rural sonnet. c. (a man, etc.) for all seasons: (one) ready for any situation or contingency, adaptable to any circumstance. Originally used with reference to Sir Thomas More (1478–1535); cf. Erasmus Encomium Moriae (1509) Pref., omnium horarum hominem. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > adaptability to circumstances > [noun] > person (a man, etc.) for all seasons1520 1520 R. Whittington Uulgaria sig. D.iiijv And as tyme requyreth, [Thomas More is] a man of merueylous myrthe & pastymes, & somtyme of as sad grauite as who say. a man for al seasons. 1960 R. Bolt (title) A man for all seasons. 1968 Listener 26 Dec. 842/3 If there can really be no simple account of Mr Powell's general political position save that he is a man for all seasons, the same is true of his position on immigration. 1972 A. Price Col. Butler's Wolf xii. 131 She's a nice sort of girl... A girl for all seasons. 1973 Listener 29 Nov. 745/1 He [sc . John Kennedy] was a man for all seasons, a man for all people. 1976 M. Birmingham Heat of Sun viii. 114 The vulture..a bird for all seasons, I decided, ready to match one's every mood. 1981 M. Warner Joan of Arc xiii. 263 Joan, a heroine for all seasons. 14. The right, proper, due or appointed time; a fit or favourable occasion, an opportunity. (Cf. Phrases 1a) Const. †to, for, to with infinitive. ΘΚΠ the world > time > particular time > [noun] sitheeOE tidec897 timeeOE mealeOE whilec950 throwOE charec1000 stevenOE timeOE seasona1300 tempest1382 world1389 occasionc1425 tidement1575 period1602 minute1607 hinta1670 epoch1728 the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > [noun] tidec888 timeeOE whilec950 seleOE seasona1300 tidefulnessa1340 spacea1382 placec1384 pudding time1546 a1300 Cursor Mundi 29366 Als suith as he mai sesun se, And wend to rome at soilled be. a1400 K. Alis. 5251 The kyng of-sent erles and barouns, For to sopere it was seysouns. a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Eccles. viii. 6 Tyme and cesoun is to ech werk. c1440 Generydes 271 So went she fourth hyr seosynne to endure. 1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur xix. vi. 781 Thenne whan season was, they wente vnto their chambres. 1484 W. Caxton tr. Subtyl Historyes & Fables Esope vi. vii Alle thynges which ben done & made in theyr tyme & season ben wel made. a1513 H. Bradshaw Lyfe St. Werburge (1521) i. xxvi. sig. i.vv A sensuall prynce..Taryed the season, to fynde her solytary. 1642 D. Rogers Naaman 29 Telling him..it was no season for him to take upon him imperiously. 1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd iv. 146 When my season comes to sit On David's Throne. View more context for this quotation 1790 J. Bruce Trav. Source Nile I. 78 I had sat up a great part of the night waiting a season for observation, but it was very cloudy. 1851 Ld. Tennyson To Queen 30 And statesmen at her council met Who knew the seasons when to take Occasion by the hand. 15. [ < season v.] Seasoning, relish, flavour. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > additive > [noun] > seasoning or flavouring powder1381 condimentc1420 season?a1505 seasoning1580 seasoner1620 haut-goût1645 farciment1657 conditementa1670 furnitures1693 seasonagea1716 flavour1785 flavouring1845 Japanese pepper1861 flavourer1884 ve-tsin1927 zaatar1963 a1505 R. Henryson Test. Cresseid 421 in Poems (1981) 124 With saipheron sals of ane gude sessoun. 1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing iv. i. 143 The wide sea Hath..salt too little, which may season giue To her foule tainted flesh. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) iii. iv. 140 You lacke the season of all Natures, sleepe. View more context for this quotation 1616 B. Jonson Cynthias Revels (rev. ed.) v. i, in Wks. I. 235 Bearing no season, much lesse salt of goodnesse. 1641 Naunton's Fragmenta Regalia sig. D4v Hee had a large proportion of guifts and endowments, but too much of the season of envy. 1664 in G. Miege Relation of Three Embassies (1669) 171 Those his Friends who formerly made his adversity more tolerable, and do now give the truest season and sweetness to his better fortune. IV. A season ticket. 16. Short for season ticket n. at Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > permission > [noun] > document which permits or authorizes > ticket > season-ticket season ticket1820 season1896 abonnement1970 1896 Daily News 29 Dec. 7/4 Asked for his ticket, he replied that he had left his season at home. 1901 Westm. Gaz. 2 Apr. 9/1 The company..is about to issue third-class seasons. Phrases P1. in season. a. At the right and proper time, opportunely. Also (? chiefly U.S.), at the proper time or in good time for or to do something. to be in season, to be seasonable or opportune. ΘΚΠ the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > [adverb] in timea1325 in good timec1325 in seasonc1330 tidefullya1340 tidily1340 betimesc1380 betimec1385 opportunelyc1425 at one's leisure1481 maturely1531 seasonably1532 timeously1538 timefully1614 tempestively1628 patly1632 opportune1667 c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. Wace (Rolls) 2542 Þre ȝer after was he kyng, In ful sesyne made hys endyng. 1414 Deed is Working 79 in 26 Pol. Poems 58 To chastyse fooles is ay in seson. 1484 W. Caxton tr. Subtyl Historyes & Fables Esope vi. vii Therfore hit appiereth wel that the thynges whiche ben made in season ben wel made and done by reason. 1611 Bible (King James) Isa. l. 4 That I should know how to speake a worde in season [1535 Coverdale in due season] to him that is wearie. View more context for this quotation 1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre v. v. 236 After six moneths siege they surrendred the citie to their own honour, and shame of other Christians who sent them no succour in season. 1649 W. Davenant Love & Honour v. i. 78 Alt. Good morrow, cavaliers. Vas. 'Twill be an houre yet before that greeting Be in season. 1766 H. Brooke Fool of Quality II. x. 139 [He] had just cleared one eye, in season, to remark where his enemy entered. 1843 C. Dickens Martin Chuzzlewit (1844) xii. 156 The two young men desired to get back again in good season. 1858 E. H. Sears Athanasia ii. iii. 195 They arrive in season for the meeting. 1872 W. D. Howells Their Wedding Journey x. 280 Mr. March has to be home by a certain day; and we shall just get back in season. 1906 W. Walker John Calvin v. 108 News of this intention reached him in season to effect his escape. b. Of game, etc.: At the time for hunting, catching, etc. to be in season: (of a plant or animal) to flourish, be in its finest condition, be in the best state for eating; also, (of an animal) to be in heat. Similarly, to come in or into season. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > hunting time > [adverb] in the time (also season) of greasec1330 in season1473 of (the) seasonc1613 1473 Rolls of Parl. VI. 93/1 Oon Hert, to be taken in season..and 11 Bukkes in season. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) vii. 497 Than the deir war in sesoun. 1558 Act 1 Eliz. c. 17 §1 Any Samons or Trowtes, not being in season. 1575 G. Gascoigne Noble Arte Venerie lxxix. 238 Conies are al wayes in season, either yong or old: but their skinnes are in best season from Alhallontide vnto Shrouetide. 1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia 220 Salmon..come in season, and goe out with the Buck. 1665 R. Boyle Disc. iv. iv, in Occas. Refl. sig. F4v If the same Fruit were let alone till it were fully Ripe, and in Season. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 135/1 The Hart or Stagg..is in Season..from Midsummer until Holy-Rood Day. 1709 J. Addison Tatler No. 148. ⁋7 To eat every Thing before it comes in Season. a1777 S. Foote Nabob (1778) ii. 31 Have you any pinks or carnations in bloom? Crocus. They are not in season, your honour. 1807 P. Hawker Diary (1893) I. 6 A very fine trout..he proved..to be very well in season. 1834 T. Medwin Angler in Wales I. 176 He is in high season, as proved by the crimson of his fins. 1865 Reader No. 154. 646/3 The fish being in perfect season from October to June. 1903 F. Simpson Bk. Cat iii. 38 Cats come in season about every three weeks during the spring and summer. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > [adjective] > of health: good > thriving well-likingc1350 well-thrivena1400 in seasonc1400 flowerya1420 thriftyc1440 valent1492 wealthya1538 vegetous1610 vegete1639 thriving1647 florid1656 grush1786 c1400 Rom. Rose 4981 As longe as Youthe is in sesoun, They dwellen in oon mansioun. 1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 69 Such Men, in other mens Calamities, are, as it were, in season. d. Of a place of resort, etc.: (To be) fashionable, in a state of activity. Cf. sense 10. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > the common people > specific classes of common people > fashionable society > [adjective] > frequented by in season1718 fashionable1815 1718 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. Sept. (1965) I. 439 The fair of St. Lawrence is now in Season. 1868 Earl of Wilton Sports of Eng. 68 From the first day of grouse to the last day of pheasants, London is never in season. e. Of timber: Seasoned. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > [adjective] > seasoned seasonable1531 seasoned1545 in season1627 air-seasoned1919 1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. i. 2 The masts and yards are chained together in some great water to keepe them from rotting, and in season. P2. out of season. a. Unseasonably, inopportunely; predicatively, unseasonable, inopportune. ΘΚΠ the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > [adjective] untimec1000 untidya1225 untimesa1300 out of season1377 undue1398 out of time1483 untimeousa1500 importunate1529 inopportune1533 importunea1535 unconvenable1542 intempestive1548 unseasonable1561 untimeable1570 out-of-season1574 untimely1581 unseasoned1589 baldc1590 timeless1590 melancounterous?1602 untimelessa1607 unopportune1653 mistimelyc1680 mistimed1687 ill-timed1692 ill-seasoned1843 unchancy1860 intempestuous1885 unseasonal1935 the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > [adverb] in (earlier on) untimec897 untimelyc1200 out of timea1325 in unseasona1400 importunelyc1425 in an evil (also ill, etc.) hour1490 importunatelya1492 at ungaina1500 untimeously1513 intempestively1548 out of season1548 timeless1586 unseasonably1586 inopportunely1609 unseasonablea1634 unopportunely1651 timelessly1673 unseasonally1941 1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xiii. 351 And as wel in lente as oute of lente, alle tymes ylyche, Suche werkes with hem were neuere oute of sesoun. 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Mark i. f. 29–31 He loueth those that cal vpon him, cal they neuer so importunatly, and out of season. 1649 W. Davenant Love & Honour iv. iv. 37 Although the rack be somewhat out Of season with my old bones. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost v. 850 So spake the fervent Angel, but his zeale None seconded, as out of season judg'd. View more context for this quotation 1718 Free-thinker No. 27. 1 True Wit and Good Sense..can be spoiled only by making use of them Improperly, or out of Season. 1864 ‘Holme Lee’ Silver Age II. 239 Be consoled—you will have your joys, though they come rather out of season. 1868 Ld. Tennyson Lucretius 267 Howbeit I know thou surely must be mine Or soon or late, yet out of season, thus I woo thee roughly. b. Not in season; not at the time for hunting, catching, eating, etc. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > [adverb] > of game, fruit, fashions, etc. out of season?a1513 out1660 a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 199 Off ane vod fuill, far owt off seasoun, He wantis nocht bot a rowndit heid. 1683 T. Robinson in J. Ray Corr. (1848) 132 We..could not meet with the Macreuse [the scoter], it being now out of season. 1781 H. Newdigate Let. 15 Oct. in A. E. Newdigate-Newdegate Cheverels (1898) iii. 46 A Hamper of good things,..Pears & Pines in perfection, Rouleaux never out of season. 1847 A. Brontë Agnes Grey xviii. 282 I pretended to want to save it [sc. a hare]..as it was so glaringly out of season. 1960 Mrs. Beeton's Cookery & Househ. Managem. (rev. ed.) vii. 93 When a fruit is out of season in one part of the globe it is usually in season in another. c. Not in fashion; not in its period of fashion. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > oldness or ancientness > [adjective] > old-fashioned or antiquated moth-frettenOE antiquate?a1425 antique?1532 rusty1549 moth-eaten1551 musty1575 worm-eatenc1575 overyear1584 out of date1589 old-fashioned1592 out of date1592 worm-eat1597 old-fashion1599 ancient1601 outdated1616 out-of-fashion1623 over-aged1623 superannuateda1634 thorough-old1639 overdateda1641 trunk-hosea1643 antiquitated1645 antiquated1654 out-of-fashioned1671 unmodern1731 of the old school1749 auld-farrant1750 old-fangled1764 fossila1770 fogram1772 passé1775 unmodernized1775 oxidated1791 moss-covered1792 square-toeda1797 old-fashionable1807 pigtail1817 behind the times1826 slow1827 fossilized1828 rococo1836 antiquish1838 old-timey1850 out of season1850 moss-grown1851 old style1858 antiqued1859 pigtaily1859 prehistoric1859 backdated1862 played1864 fossiled1866 bygone1869 mossy-backed1870 old-worldly1878 past-time1889 outmoded1896 dated1900 brontosaurian1909 antiquey1926 horse-and-buggy1926 vintage1928 Neolithic1934 time-warped1938 demoded1941 steam age1941 hairy1946 old school1946 rinky-dink1946 time warp1954 Palaeolithic1957 retardataire1958 throwback1968 wally1969 antwacky1975 1850 Ld. Tennyson Princess (ed. 3) Prol. 10 The hard-grain'd Muses of the cube and square Were out of season. 1891 E. A. Freeman Sketches Fr. Trav. 180 He will prefer Clermont out of season to Clermont in the season. P3. in season and out of season: at all times, without regard to what is considered opportune. ΘΚΠ the world > time > frequency > [phrase] > always in season and out of season1526 1526 Bible (Tyndale) 2 Tim. iv. 2 Be fervent, be it in season or out of season [εὐκαίρως ἀκαίρως]. 1841 A. Helps Transact. Business in Ess. (1842) 93 He will be repeating his folly in season, and out of season, until at last it has a hearing. ΚΠ 1600 in R. Pitcairn Criminal Trials Scotl. II. 180 This deponar desyrit Maister Alexander to dischone with him, be ressoun his awin culd nocht be sasone be preparit. Compounds C1. General attributive. season-cracked adj. ΚΠ 1915 Trans. Amer. Inst. Metals VIII. 322 It was found that all those cartridge cases which had season cracked had primers on. 1938 M. K. Rawlings Yearling xxvi. 347 I got a old dug-out right above here, is mighty sorry and season-cracked, but hit'd carry you acrost the creek. season-measured adj. ΚΠ 1836 J. H. Newman in J. H. Newman et al. Lyra Apostolica xliii. 48 In childhood, when with eager eyes The season-measured year I viewed. C2. season-check n. U.S. (see quot. 1905). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > [noun] > cracks star-shake1779 rend1850 season-check1887 1887 J. Kirkland Zury 32 Ye see that season-check in the butt-end [of a black-walnut log]. 1905 Terms Forestry & Logging (Bull. U.S. Dept. Agric., Bureau Forestry, No. 61) 33 Check, a longitudinal crack in timber caused by too rapid seasoning... Syn.: season check. season crack n. and v. (intransitive) . ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > qualities of metals > [noun] > imperfections honeycomb1530 roll mark1894 hair crack1896 season crack1909 season cracking1910 snowflake1919 hairline crack1923 shrinkage cavity1923 clink1925 shatter crack1930 stretcher strain1931 pimpling1940 stringer1942 quench cracking1949 society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > qualities of metals > [verb (intransitive)] > suffer from cracking season crack1909 1909 Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Season cracks. 1957 R. A. Higgins Engin. Metall. I. v. 87 A controlled low-temperature anneal..applied to hard~drawn 70/30 brass tube will effectively reduce its tendency to ‘season-crack’..without reducing strength or hardness. 1957 R. A. Higgins Engin. Metall. II. xiv. 292 Residual..stresses in cold-worked alloys often manifest themselves during service in the form of ‘season cracks’. season cracking n. the occurrence of longitudinal cracks in cold-worked brass or bronze. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > qualities of metals > [noun] > imperfections honeycomb1530 roll mark1894 hair crack1896 season crack1909 season cracking1910 snowflake1919 hairline crack1923 shrinkage cavity1923 clink1925 shatter crack1930 stretcher strain1931 pimpling1940 stringer1942 quench cracking1949 1910 Brass World VI. 269/1 One of the most annoying things that happens to brass while in use is its season cracking. 1920 Nature 105 744/1 The phenomenon of ‘season-cracking’ in brass. 1923 R. Glazebrook Dict. Appl. Physics V. 410/2 The essential condition for ‘season cracking’ is the presence in the finished article of internal stresses of considerable magnitude. 1967 A. H. Cottrell Introd. Metall. xxiii. 467 The season cracking of α-brass in ammoniacal environments may be due to local dezincification along the grain boundaries. season ticket n. a ticket which admits the holder to travel on a boat or on a line of railway, to enter an exhibition, etc., an unlimited number of times during a season or specified period, at a reduced rate of payment; hence season-ticket holder. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > permission > [noun] > document which permits or authorizes > ticket > season-ticket season ticket1820 season1896 abonnement1970 society > authority > lack of subjection > permission > [noun] > document which permits or authorizes > ticket > ticket-holder ticket-holder1859 season-ticket holder1862 ticketer1865 ticket-man1904 1820 Columbian Centinel (Boston, Mass.) 2 Dec. 1/1 For sale, a Boston Theatre Season Ticket, at a fair price. 1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 1st Ser. II. 192 The regular passengers, who have season tickets, go below to breakfast. 1862 J. Simmonds Railway Travellers Handy Bk. 48 We may here remind season-ticket holders to renew their privilege. 1869 W. James Coll. Ess. & Rev. (1920) 1 People who are comfortably in possession of a season~ticket over the Stygian ferry. 1886 Encycl. Brit. XX. 228/2 The proportions of passengers, independent of season-ticket holders, were as follows. 1953 C. Day Lewis Ital. Visit i. 14 The season tickets that rattle us back and forth in a groove from Centre to circumference. Draft additions March 2007 Fashion. An annually recurring period for which a range of garments is designed to be worn; (in later use) spec. either of two divisions of the year (autumn and winter, spring and summer) for which designers produce their collections.In early use sometines overlapping with sense 10. ΚΠ 1824 World of Fashion June 29/1 We..[draw] the attention of the members of the fashionable world to the unrivalled excellency of the flowers made this season; they are formed of fine cambric. 1894 Daily News 30 Oct. 6/6 The ‘casaque’, or Louis XVI jacket, is another revival of this season. 1907 Eng. Gentleman Feb. 1 The Chesterfield and other over~coats will also be somewhat shorter than last season. 1956 C. Beaton Diary in Self Portrait with Friends (1979) xxi. 305 He gave into her [sc. Chanel's] every whim, even setting up a workroom for her at Eaton Hall.., rather than have her return to Paris a month earlier to make her season's collection. 1992 L. Gordon Shared Lives ii. 15 You were not really acceptable..if you wore no make-up, or last season's fashion. 2005 Bliss July 15 These skinny-leg jeans are great—the cut of the season. Draft additions March 2007 a. A series of theatrical performances or other cultural events with a common link, such as a particular theme or the use of same performers or venue. ΚΠ 1900 Times 16 Feb. 11/1 Every one wishes well to Mr. F. R. Benson's Shakespearian season. 1951 Long Beach (Calif.) Press-Telegram 26 Sept. b2/5 Gounod's ‘Romeo and Juliet’ will be the first presentation of the Euterpe Opera Reading Club's twenty-eighth season of opera in English. 1985 J. Randle & M. Watanabe Coping with Japan 69 Tokyo and other cities abound in cheap cinemas showing old films, organizing ‘seasons’ and so on. 2006 Rocky Mountain News (Denver) (Nexis) 3 Oct. 34 a Giselle, which opened Colorado Ballet's season at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House.., serves as a major test for the company. b. Broadcasting (chiefly North American). A single series of a television or radio programme. ΘΚΠ society > communication > broadcasting > a broadcast programme or item > [noun] > types of news bulletin1857 news summary1875 police message1886 newsflash1904 headline1908 play-by-play1909 feature1913 spot ad1916 magazine1921 news1923 time signal1923 outside broadcast1924 radiocast1924 amateur hour1925 bulletin1925 serial1926 commentary1927 rebroadcast1927 school broadcast1927 feature programme1928 trailer1928 hour1930 schools broadcast1930 show1930 spot advertisement1930 spot announcement1930 sustaining1931 flash1934 newscast1934 commercial1935 clambake1937 remote1937 repeat1937 snap1937 soap opera1939 sportcast1939 spot commercial1939 daytimer1940 magazine programme1941 season1942 soap1943 soaper1946 parade1947 public service announcement1948 simulcasting1949 breakfast-time television1952 call-in1952 talkathon1952 game show1953 kidvid1955 roundup1958 telenovela1961 opt-out1962 miniseries1963 simulcast1964 soapie1964 party political1966 novela1968 phone-in1968 sudser1968 schools programme1971 talk-in1971 God slot1972 roadshow1973 trail1973 drama-doc1977 informercial1980 infotainment1980 infomercial1981 kideo1983 talk-back1984 indie1988 omnibus1988 teleserye2000 kidult- 1942 N.Y. Times 22 Mar. vii. 10/3 ‘Easy Aces’ will round out an easy dozen seasons during which about 1,000 characters have appeared in about 3,000 episodes. 1968 S. E. Whitfield in S. E. Whitfield & G. Roddenberry Making of ‘Star Trek’ iv. v. 352 One episode in the first season called for a seven-foot-tall android. 2005 Dreamwatch Feb. 81/3 Season five features such memorable episodes as the mystery-drama The Day of the Dead. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2022). seasonv. 1. a. transitive. To render (a dish) more palatable by the addition of some savoury ingredient. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation for table or cooking > seasoning > season [verb (transitive)] savourc1384 seasonc1400 condimentc1420 powder?c1425 saucea1438 pointa1450 tastea1577 palate1610 scent1655 condite1657 zest1705 kitchen1720 dress1795 flavour1830 to zing up1953 zap1979 c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 889 Seggeȝ hym serued semly in-noȝe Wyth sere sewes & sete, sesounde of þe best. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 67/1 Cesyn (P. cesun) or welle aray mete or drynke, tempero. a1475 Liber Cocorum (Sloane) (1862) 9 Seson hit with sugur. c1480 (a1400) Prol. 110 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 4 As salt sesonis all, þe hartiss at one crist will cale. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 707/2 I season meate as a coke dothe, je saysonne la viande. a1555 D. Lindsay Tragedie in Dialog Experience & Courteour (1559) sig. Svijv Ane cunnyng Cuke, quhilk best can cessone caill. 1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia Isagoge sig. C5 If seasoned with salt, and spices, it [sc. meat] is yet dryer. 1769 E. Bancroft Ess. Nat. Hist. Guiana 324 All season their food with a great quantity of spices. 1806 ‘Ignotus’ Culina (ed. 3) 68 Take three or four beef steaks cut thick, and season them with pepper, salt, and onion shred fine. 1867 F. Parkman Jesuits in N. Amer. xxv. 366 Maize, pounded and boiled, and seasoned..with morsels of smoked fish. b. figurative. To mix, intersperse, or imbue with something that imparts relish; to adapt or accommodate to a particular taste. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > excitement > pleasurable excitement > affect with pleasurable excitement [verb (transitive)] > make piquantly exciting farcea1340 seasonc1520 spice1529 sauce?1534 salt1576 savour1578 cantharidize1812 whoosh1909 zap1979 c1520 M. Nisbet New Test. in Scots (1903) II. Coloss. iv. 6 Youre word be sesonnit in salt euirmare in grace. 1596 L. Keymis Relation 2nd Voy. Guiana sig. E2v Pardon it..if..my speech, which is altogether vnsauourie, season it selfe with some of the leauen of your own discourse. 1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet ii. ii. 72 How much salt water cast away in waste, To season loue, that of loue doth not taste. View more context for this quotation 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost x. 609 Till I [sc. Sin] in Man residing through the Race, His thoughts, his looks, words, actions all infect, And season him thy [sc. Death's] last and sweetest prey. View more context for this quotation 1675 W. Okeley Eben-Ezer Pref. sig. Aj Every Narrator is under a strong Temptation to Season his Discourse to the Gusto of the time. 1700 J. Dryden To my Kinsman J. Driden in Fables 95 You season still with Sports your serious Hours. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 166. ¶6 Writers..who employ their Parts in propagating Immorality, and seasoning vicious Sentiments with Wit and Humour. a1822 P. B. Shelley tr. J. W. von Goethe Scenes from Faust in Posthumous Poems (1824) 399 To..climb those rocks..Is the true sport that seasons such a path. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > similarity > render similar to [verb (transitive)] > make alike or analogous to season with the same liquor1648 connaturalize1668 assimilate1785 homologize1811 rhyme1824 1648 E. Symmons Vindic. King Charles (new ed.) 36 Truly we do imagine that our subtile and suspected Brethren..would fain season us with the same liquor, which infecteth them. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > qualification > modify, qualify [verb (transitive)] qualify1533 temperatea1540 take1542 season1604 disbend1607 condition1629 tinge1673 temper1711 shade1817 colour1882 the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > adaptation or adjustment > adapt or adjust [verb (transitive)] > by tempering or mixing temperc1000 attemper1393 temperatea1540 attemperate1561 contemper1585 contemperate1590 mitigate1601 season1604 the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being mixed or blended > mix or blend [verb (transitive)] > add as ingredient to a mixture > qualify by admixture > to a slight degree hue1576 salt1576 season1604 taint1605 tinct1616 tincture1636 tinge1690 spike1956 1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet i. ii. 192 Season [1603 ceasen] your admiration for a while With an attent eare. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Richard III (1623) iii. vii. 143 + 6 To reproue you for this suit of yours, So season'd with your faithfull loue to me. a. transferred. To imbue with a taste or scent. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > [verb (transitive)] breathe1532 flavour1542 season1559 smellc1595 resent1602 stop1607 fling1637 tinge1690 savour1832 odorize1857 steam1861 1559 P. Morwyng tr. C. Gesner Treasure of Euonymus 270 They do al season the urin with their smel. a1591 H. Smith Serm. (1601) 538 What licour our vessels bee seasoned with at the first, they will taste of the same euer after. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > suggestion, proposal > suggest [verb (transitive)] > affect by suggestion, influence toucha1400 tinct1616 season1617 tincture1636 1617 F. Moryson Itinerary ii. 48 They who had his eare, might easily season him with good or ill opinion of his servants or strangers. 1709 R. Steele & J. Addison Tatler No. 111. ⁋3 [Shakspere] seems to have had his Mind thoroughly seasoned with Religion. 1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1754 I. 145 Garrick, who I can attest from my own knowledge, had his mind seasoned with pious reverence. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > [verb (intransitive)] > have a taste smatchc1000 brykec1315 smack1398 smake14.. savourc1405 taragec1407 taste1552 relish1566 eat1607 drink1617 seasona1625 bite1713 the world > relative properties > relationship > similarity > be similar [verb (intransitive)] > have a touch, tinge, or suggestion of soundc1340 smatchc1380 soundc1380 savourc1454 smell1526 taste1559 relish1577 smacka1616 reflect1617 seasona1625 tincture1787 twang1821 a1625 J. Fletcher Chances i. viii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Aaa2v/2 Loose not your labour and your time together, It seasons of a foole, sonne, time is pretious. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > preparation or treatment of corpse > prepare corpse [verb (transitive)] > embalm balmc1300 embalmc1385 gum1419 anointa1425 seasonc1440 spice?a1475 farce1563 condite1649 balsam1855 c1440 Alphabet of Tales 458 & on þe morn when þai wold hafe opynd hym & sesond hym with spycis at he myght hafe bene curid, he rase vpp & was whikk. a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) i. i. 29 She will..water once a day her Chamber round With eye-offending brine: all this to season A brothers dead loue, which she would keepe fresh And lasting, in her sad remembrance. View more context for this quotation 1638 F. Junius Painting of Ancients 171 He hath seene true dead bodies brought in the banquet, after they had been seasoned a good while and dried up. 4. a. To bring to maturity, ripen; to render fit for use by prolonged exposure to atmospheric influences, or by gradual subjection to conditions of the kind to be undergone in actual working; often, to dry and harden (timber) by long keeping. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > prepare [verb (transitive)] > mature perfecta1398 ripea1398 season1545 ripen?1560 digest1607 mature1626 maturate1628 enripena1631 age1675 august1855 society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > constructing or working with wood > build or construct with wood [verb (transitive)] > season or preserve beek1483 beath1496 season1545 sap1725 kyanize1843 creosote1846 Paynize1850 Burnettize1867 Powellize1913 air-season1917 pressure-treat1922 recondition1931 seal1940 the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > prepare [verb (transitive)] > for use > by subjection to working conditions season1686 1545 R. Ascham Toxophilus ii. f. 12v A stele muste be well seasoned for Castinge, and it must be made as the grayne lieth & as it groweth or els it wyl neuer flye clene. 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde i. ix. f. 43 They browght with them Cinamome and gynger: but not very good, bycause they were not there fully seasoned with the heate of the soone. 1617 F. Moryson Itinerary iii. 74 The houses very seldome keepe out raine, the timbers being not well seasoned. 1686 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Staffs. iv. 161 They also heat their furnace for a weeks time with charcoal without blowing it, which they call seasoning it. 1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World i. 77 Casks..which their Coopers assisted us to trim, season, and fit up. 1858 O. W. Holmes Autocrat of Breakfast-table vi. 154 Knowledge and timber shouldn't be much used till they are seasoned. b. intransitive for reflexive. To become seasoned. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > actions of wood [verb (intransitive)] > become seasoned season1679 1679 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. ix. 155 They generally Rough-plain their Boards..that they may set them by to season. 1881 Cassell's Family Mag. VII. 511 An artificial method..which has the effect of ageing the wood in a few hours, as well as if it had been kept seasoning for years. c. transitive. To fortify (a person) by habit against conditions that might otherwise be deleterious; to acclimatize. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > [verb (transitive)] > acclimatize season1601 acclimate1792 acclimatize1802 climatize1826 climate1849 the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > do habitually [verb (transitive)] > accustom (a person) > adapt to circumstances season1601 acclimate1792 acclimatize1802 climatize1826 acclime1834 1601 Ld. Mountjoy Let. in F. Moryson Itinerary (1617) ii. 108 They will come over well cloathed against the Winter and may have time to rest, and to be seasoned, till Christmas. 1762 O. Goldsmith Citizen of World II. 221 Many of them died, because they were not used to live in a jail; but for my part it was nothing to me, for I was seasoned. 1812 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Cantos I & II ii. lxviii. 95 In war well season'd, and with labours tann'd. 1896 A. E. Housman Shropshire Lad lxii. 94 And easy, smiling, seasoned sound, Sate the king when healths went round. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > prepare [verb (transitive)] > specifically a person dightc1275 season1604 make1605 candidate1628 ready1834 groom1887 1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet iii. iii. 84 Am I then reuendged To take him in the purging of his soule, When he is fit and seasond for his passage? View more context for this quotation 1612 J. Brinsley Ludus Lit. xxii. 253 How schollars may be seasoned and trained vp in Gods true Religion and in grace. 1644 J. Milton Of Educ. 4 And withall to season them, and win them early to the love of vertue and true labour. 1658 J. Cleveland Rustick Rampant 16 The Kentishmen, seasoned by this Priest or Prophet of the Idol, are easily tempted by the Essexians. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > make healthy [verb (transitive)] > bring into good condition season1601 brace1736 fine1835 tonify1858 tonicize1884 the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > freedom from impurities > removal of impurities > disinfecting > disinfect [verb (transitive)] disinfect1598 season1722 sanitize1836 antiseptize1878 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xxiii. i. 148 As touching grapes preserved in earthen pots, they refresh and season the mouth which was out of tast. 1722 D. Defoe Jrnl. Plague Year 281 Those people..did take particular Directions for what they called Seasoning of their Houses, and Abundance of costly Things were consum'd..which..not only seasoned those Houses..but fill'd the Air with very grateful..Smells. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with metal > work with metal [verb (transitive)] > harden, temper, or anneal temperc1381 allay1409 neal1558 harden1560 anneal1662 season1731 reanneal1850 attemper1869 1731 S. Savery Magnet. Observ. in Philos. Trans. 1729–30 (Royal Soc.) 36 307 Steel cannot be seasoned too hard for Retension. 1731 S. Savery Magnet. Observ. in Philos. Trans. 1729–30 (Royal Soc.) 36 328 With this little Bar naked I touched a small Dial-Needle made of Steel... I seasoned it very hard, and cleansed it well. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > by habits or actions > habits and actions > [verb (transitive)] > seize prey with claws strain1426 season1530 claw1557 seize1590 maul1848 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 707/2 I season upon a thynge, as a hauke dothe, je assaysonne. She saysonned upon the fesante at the first flyght. 1540 J. Palsgrave tr. G. Gnapheus Comedye of Acolastus ii. iii. sig. Iiijv This pray is worthy for our clawes .i. this is one as mete for vs to season vpon, as it is mete for any lyon..to season his pawes vpon his pray. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > preparation of land or soil > fertilizing or manuring > fertilize or manure [verb (transitive)] gooda1525 marl1528 plentify1555 fat1562 fatten1563 season1563 heart1573 manure1577 soil1593 hearten1594 remanure1598 enrich1601 teasel1610 battle1611 batten1612 bedung1649 sweeten1733 top-dress1733 top1856 side-dress1888 1563 T. Hill Arte Gardening (1593) 10 So that the same [dung] be scattered like seedes on the ground, wherby to season ground the better. 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xxv. 254 Or as the good gardiner seasons his soyle by sundrie sorts of compost. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > fecundation or impregnation > [verb (transitive)] geta1375 to beget with childa1393 impregn?c1550 season1555 enwomb1590 knock1598 with-child1605 fill1607 fertilitate1638 ingravidate1642 impregnate1646 improlificate1646 prolificate1650 pregnant1660 pregnate1686 fecundate1721 fecundify1736 to knock up1813 to put in the family way1898 inseminate1923 to get or put (someone) in the (pudding) club1936 stork1936 to put in the way1960 1511 Accts. St. John's Hosp., Canterbury (Canterbury Cathedral Archives: CCA-U13/4) Payd for sesnyng of iij sowys jd. ob. 1538 T. Elyot Dict. Admissura, the acte or tyme whan beastes doth their kinde in generation. Seasoning.] 1555 R. Eden Two Viages into Guinea in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 354v When the male hath once seasoned the female, he neuer after toucheth her. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. viii. xlv. 224 This prince..would not suffer the Buls to come unto the Kine and season them, before they were both foure yeares old. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < |
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