单词 | accouple |
释义 | accouplev. Now rare. 1. transitive. To join (one person) to another, esp. in matrimony; to couple. Also: to unite (two people), esp. in matrimony. Chiefly with to, with. Also intransitive. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > join (together) [verb (transitive)] > couple or yoke together couplec1330 twinc1394 yokea1400 accouple1548 conjugate1570 ingeminate1609 incouple1611 jugate1623 adjugate1730 wive1886 society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > action or fact of marrying > marry [verb (transitive)] > join in marriage wedOE join1297 spousec1325 bind1330 couplea1340 to put togethera1387 conjoin1447 accouple1548 matea1593 solemnize1592 espouse1599 faggot1607 noose1664 to give (also conjoin, join, take) in (also to, into) marriage1700 rivet1700 to tie the knot1718 buckle1724 unite1728 tack1732 wedlock1737 marry1749 splice1751 to turn off1759 to tie up1894 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. lxv The Englishmen accoupled them selues with the Frenchmen, louingly together, & so roade to London. 1596 in T. Stretton Marital Litigation Court of Requests (2008) 124 The sayd defendants and everye of them doe saye that the complaynante is a femme coverte and accoupled in lawfull matrymony to Martyn Spragyn. c1613 ( in T. Stapleton Plumpton Corr. (1839) 50 I have regestered your name with both my Ladis names, as the pauper expresses, and ye be acopled as brether and sisters. a1625 H. Finch Law (1627) 364 They were never accoupled in lawfull matrimonie. 1700 Baron & Feme (1738) vii. 47 The Woman at such a Place in certain was accoupled in loyal Matrimony to the said Husband mentioned in the Writ. 1776 Trial of Elizabeth Duchess Dowager of Kingston 57 The Tenants pleaded, that she was not accoupled to Robins in lawful Matrimony. 1826 E. Jacob Roper's Treat. Law Prop. (ed. 2) II. 455 The bishop would certify that persons not married according to the forms of the church of England as by law established, were not accoupled in lawful matrimony. 1840 Times 15 Oct. 5/5 These rewards consist in unchaining the slave for a while, in accoupling him with lighter irons, &c. 1864 Pennsylvania State Rep. 43 146 The said Martha Royer never was accoupled to the said Samuel Royer, deceased, in lawful matrimony. 1909 A. Allinson tr. A. France Well of St. Clare 31 Under the reign of Jupiter the Nymphs began to inhabit fountains and forests and mountains; while the Fauns, accoupling with the Nymphs, formed light-footed bands that roamed the woods together. 2. transitive. To join (one thing) to another. Also: to unite (two things). Chiefly with to, with. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > join (together) [verb (transitive)] gatherc725 fayOE samc1000 join1297 conjoinc1374 enjoinc1384 assemble1393 compound1393 sociea1398 annex?c1400 ferec1400 marrowc1400 combinec1440 annectc1450 piece?c1475 combind1477 conjunge1547 associate1578 knit1578 sinew1592 splinter1597 patch1604 accouple1605 interjoina1616 withjoina1627 league1645 contignate1651 to bring on1691 splice1803 pan1884 suture1886 1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. sig. Dd2v That application, which hee accoupleth it withal. View more context for this quotation 1622 F. Bacon Hist. Raigne Henry VII 81 Accoupling it with an Article in the nature of a Request. 1635 D. Person Varieties ii. 83 [Fire] being accoupled to a matter contrary to its owne nature,..this terrestriall matter..draweth the fire perforce with it. 1646 T. Blount tr. H. Estienne Art of making Devises viii. 17 Formes and figures of divers Animals, severall Instruments, Flowers, Hearbes, Trees, and such like things accoupled and composed together. a1737 N. Pigott Treat. Common Recoveries (1739) v. 111 By his Entry getting the Possession, that accoupled with the Right, remits him. 1824 Trial Brit. Soldiers 29th Reg. Foot 90 But accouple these words with the succeeding actions,—‘You dastard,—You coward!’ 1971 S. Lens Forging of Amer. Empire vi. 108 He never flagged in his intention to accouple the New Estramadura to the United States. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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