单词 | sent |
释义 | † sentn. Obsolete. = assent n. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > assent > [noun] ensent1297 senta1375 accorda1393 assent?c1550 belief1566 subscription1580 accessiona1617 condescent1633 condescension1648 accessariness1654 homologation1656 assention1660 unity1760 assentment1818 a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 1983 Þat þemperour ne schuld souche þa ȝhe at sent were. 1389 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith Eng. Gilds (1870) 58 Be ye sent of alle ye breyeren and systers of yis gilde. a1450 Le Morte Arth. 2278 Through the sente of All by-dene Ganne the kynge A lettre make. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online December 2021). sentadj. a. In senses of the verb. Also in combination as heaven-sent adj. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > transference > sending > [adjective] sent1483 missive1628 society > travel > transport > [adjective] > sent sent1483 1483 Cath. Angl. 330/1 Sent, missus, destinatus. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iv. 852 The Sender not the sent . View more context for this quotation 1825 H. C. Robinson Diary Dec. (1967) 86 Irving. He is a highly gifted man; he is a sent man, but they who are sent sometimes go further than they ought. b. slang. (See quot. 1940.) ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > physical insensibility > dullness of sense perception > [adjective] > physically stupefied amazedOE astoundc1315 stonieda1340 dareda1400 dazedc1400 stupefact?a1425 adasedc1450 dolda1500 dazinga1533 dazzling1571 stupid1571 fordulled1591 entranced1594 torpid1656 damp1667 stuporous1712 rammista1838 stuporose1879 dazy1880 sent1940 like a stunned mullet1953 1940 Amer. Speech Oct. 337/1 To be sent, to be completely satisfied and in a stupor from the drug. 1951 Manch. Guardian 21 June 5/1 The slang of jazz addicts, which is full of phrases like ‘hepsters’, getting ‘high’, being ‘sent’ and other euphemisms for the delirium induced by improvised solos on the cornet and slide trombone. 1958 Spectator 25 July 133/3 The girls wore thick eye-makeup and ‘sent’ expressions. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † sentv. Obsolete. intransitive. = assent v. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > assent > [verb (intransitive)] ensentc1290 accordc1300 to say yesa1400 senta1400 to say yeac1425 condescend1477 subscribe1531 accede1534 to take a person at his (also her) word1535 homologatea1649 to close with1654 to set one's seal1659 yes1820 yea-say1876 a1400 Gosp. Nicod. (Add. MS.) 512 To þaire consayle..We will noȝt sent. ?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 5336 Þai prayde þair horse moght þar a byde; Þe gude wyf sent þar to. c1650 (a1500) Eger & Grime (Percy) (1933) 182 They Ladye granted her good will, her father sented there soone till. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.a1375adj.1483v.a1400 |
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