单词 | stouten |
释义 | stoutenv. 1. transitive. To make stout. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > bodily constitution > bodily strength > strengthening > make strong [verb (transitive)] > make robust harden?1532 induratec1575 toughen1582 endure1596 stouten1834 the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > strengthening or confirmation of immaterial things > strengthen or confirm immaterial things [verb (transitive)] strengha1175 strengthc1200 astrengthc1250 strength1340 confirmc1386 affirma1393 forcec1430 renforce?1473 corrobore1485 re-enforcec1485 reinforcec1485 stronga1500 consolidate?a1547 strengthen1546 sinewize1600 sinew1625 confortate1651 nervate1682 scaffolda1693 corroborate1698 substantiate1792 nerve1856 stouten1887 affirm1899 toughen1901 to put stuffing into1938 1834 Leigh Hunt's London Jrnl. Suppl. p. iv/2 Men may surely learn how to stouten their legs, as well as to improve their stockings. 1887 D. C. Murray & H. Herman One Traveller Returns xiv. 213 But however she stoutened her heart. 1910 Q. Rev. Jan. 217 Sympathy should be stoutened by a certain detachment. 2. intransitive. To grow stout. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > broad shape or physique > [verb (intransitive)] > fat or plump forwaxc897 fatc1000 burnish1398 battle1575 pinguefy1598 bellya1642 fatten1676 (to be) in flesh1677 thrive1711 feed1727 bloat1735 plumpen1795 to fill out1851 stouten1863 1863 ‘Holme Lee’ Annis Warleigh I. 113 John stoutening fast into rectorial dignity. 1865 A. D. Whitney Gayworthys xv He did not stouten much as summer came on. 1890 Pictorial World 7 Aug. 186/3 He felt her perceptibly stiffening, and stoutening, and bonyfying in his clasp. Derivatives ˈstoutening n. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > broad shape or physique > [noun] > fat or plump shape or physique > becoming fatting1597 fattening1614 impinguation1640 pinguefying1655 pinguescence1829 stoutening1853 1853 J. Ruskin Stones of Venice I. App. xv. 385 Much hardening of hands and gross stoutening of bodies in all this. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < |
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