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单词 tertiate
释义

tertiatev.

/ˈtəːʃɪeɪt/
Etymology: < participial stem of late Latin tertiāre, < tertius third.
Obsolete.
1. transitive. To do (anything) for the third time: in quot. 1628, to introduce for the third time or support as third spokesman.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > support > support or backing > support, side with, or back [verb (transitive)] > for a third time
tertiate1623
third1656
1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Tertiate, to doe a thing three times.
1628 H. Wotton Let. 13 Nov. in Reliquiæ Wottonianæ (1672) 559 The Personage that should first, or second or tertiate your business with the King.
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Tertiate..to Till ground, or do any thing the third time [1674 adds to tri-fallow].
2. Military. To poise (a lance or pike): cf. tertiar v.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > cut of sharp weapon > cut or penetrate (of weapon) [verb (transitive)] > thrust a spear > poise spear
tertiatea1691
a1691 R. Boyle Gen. Hist. Air (1692) xix. 183 They tertiate their Lance,..that is, they poise it in their Hand.
3. Military. To ascertain the strength of a cannon by measuring its thickness by means of caliper compasses, in three places: see quot. 1704.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > production and development of arms > produce or develop arms [verb (transitive)] > processes in gun-making > measure gun
tertiate1637
1637 J. Roberts Compl. Cannoniere 24 (heading) To tertiate a Peece of Ordnance.
1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I. (at cited word) To Tertiate a Great Gun, is to know the thickness of the Metal at the Touch-hole, the Trunnions, and at the Muzzle.
1828 J. M. Spearman Brit. Gunner 393 To tertiate a piece of ordnance, is to examine whether it has the due thickness of metal at the vent, &c.

Derivatives

tertiˈation n. Obsolete
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the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > three > division into three > [noun]
tripartition1652
tertiation1658
trithing1879
tri-vision1896
the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > three > that which is third > [noun] > doing for the third time
tertiation1658
1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words Tertiation,..a dividing into three, also a doing anything the third time.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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