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单词 shepherdize
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shepherdizev.

/ˈʃɛpədʌɪz/
Etymology: < shepherd n. + -ize suffix.
rare.
a. intransitive. To act the part of the shepherd (or shepherdess); to pretend to lead the pastoral life.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > be affected or act affectedly [verb (intransitive)] > affect pastoralism
shepherdize1654
the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > sheep-farming > rear sheep [verb (intransitive)] > herd sheep
shepherdize1654
rouseabout1897
1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot ii. vi. 60 Though this life of Shepheardizing be out of fashion.
1773 H. Walpole Let. 11 June in Corr. (1965) XXXII. 121 In the midst of this prospect must I keep up the tone of the world, go shepherdizing with Maccaronies, sit up at loo with my Lady Hertford [etc.].
1822 Examiner 233/1 Sir W——m C——rt——s, despising the citizens, retreated into the forest, to shepherdize.
1846 Blackwood's Mag. 59 313 [They] sit alone, knit, shepherdise, and stare.
b. transitive. To tend or guide as a shepherd.
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society > authority > control > [verb (transitive)] > direct > as a schoolmaster, sheepdog, or shepherd
shepherda1822
schoolmaster1839
shepherdize1899
sheep-dog1973
1899 S. L. Wilson Theol. Mod. Lit. 140 The mass of mankind are not just so many sheep which will tamely submit to be shepherdised by him, and coerced into the way chalked out for their feet.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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