单词 | self-raised |
释义 | self-raisedadj. Raised without external agency, intervention, or aid (in various senses of raise v.1). Sometimes: spec. †(of a plant) wild, uncultivated (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > [adjective] > having made progress or advanced > by one's own power self-raised1647 the world > plants > wild and cultivated plants > [adjective] > wild or not cultivated wildc725 untameda1340 unsownc1374 unplanteda1382 savagea1500 natural1526 self-sowed1597 self-sown1608 maiden1616 voluntary1620 spontaneous1665 uncultivated1697 wilding1697 volunteer1794 uncultured1804 agrarian1851 self-raised1852 1647 J. Sparrow tr. J. Böhme Clavis 7 in tr. XL. Questions conc. Soule The most Inward ground, wherein, the selfe raised [margin Or owne arisen] will [Ger. der eigene entstandene Wille] bringeth it selfe, by a reception, into somethingnesse. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost i. 634 That all these puissant Legions..shall faile to re-ascend Self-rais'd . View more context for this quotation 1732 P. Delany Revelation examined with Candour II. Ep. Ded. pxi You rose in the world..without mortal aids and advantages...Self-raised, self-recommended! 1788 J. Love New Waymouth Guide 15 The beach, or ridge of pebbles, on your right, I would recommend to every visitant of the Isle to ascend, or he will not judge of the consequence of this self-raised barrier. 1844 Glasgow Herald 28 June 1/4 The army..was self-raised, self-organized, and in no small degree self-supported. 1852 G. W. Johnson Cottage Gardeners' Dict. at Rosemary When the plants are self-raised on an old wall. 1872 J. Morley Voltaire i. 6 The self-raised spontaneous products of some miraculous soil. 1933 Times 10 Oct. 15/5 You have to get up to consult the volume of poetry, needing to satisfy your own self-raised expectation. 2002 Irish Times (Nexis) 24 Jan. 23 Numerous clubs throughout Dublin are investing considerable self-raised funds in schools coaching initiatives. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1647 |
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