单词 | adhibit |
释义 | † adhibitadj. Obsolete. That is or has been adhibited (in various senses of adhibit v.). Also as past participle. ΚΠ 1528 S. Gardiner in N. Pocock Rec. Reformation (1870) I. xl. 78 The maintenance of this town..requireth your grace's help and comfort to be adhibite in time. 1543 R. Grafton Contin. in Chron. J. Hardyng f. lv To whiche counsail there were adhibite very fewe, and they verie secrete. ?1550 J. Goodale tr. P. Melanchthon Ciuile Nosgay sig. C.v He knewe an epiceye to be adhibite and gyuen to ceremonies. 1671 R. McWard True Non-conformist 118 Anointing..the accustomed Symbole, adhibite in the exercise of the Gift of healing. 1678 in Fountainhall's Decisions (1759) I. 15 Their confessions made many intelligent sober persons stumble much what faith was to be adhibite to them. 1681 J. Dalrymple Inst. Law Scotl. i. iii. 27 The acceptance be not adhibit presently, or within the time exprest in the offer. 1761 J. Lauder Decisions Lords of Council & Session 1678–1712 II. 434 The tacksman, his subscribing witness, does nowise import his knowledge of the contents of the writ to which he is adhibit as a witness. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2021). adhibitv. 1. a. transitive. To make use of; to use, apply, deploy. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > cause to operate [verb (transitive)] > put in effective operation yieldc1315 underbear1382 to put forthc1390 showa1398 apply?c1400 to put outc1400 exercisec1405 to put toc1410 employ?1473 enforce1490 exerce1535 adhibit?1538 addict1562 endeavour?1575 work1591 address1598 to give stream to?1611 to lay out1651 exsert1665 exert1682 the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > use or make use of [verb (transitive)] > use for specific purpose > specifically an immaterial thing beteec1175 spenec1200 beseta1240 dispenda1400 spenda1400 expendc1440 incline?a1475 expone1527 adhibit?1538 depend1607 dispense?1624 lend1697 ?1538 Inst. Lawes Eng. sig. D.v There be a certayne ceremonye of lawe adhibited and solempnised in the presence and syght of neyghbours or others. 1540 R. Taverner Princ. Lawes Customes & Estatutes Eng. f. 32v An atturnement is adhibited to none other purpose than to haue the consent and agremente of the particular tenaunte. 1605 W. Camden Remaines i. 233 Wherevnto ought to be adhibited, first fervent prayers, then a lowely mind. 1671 R. McWard Case of Accomm. 127 He and his associats, do manifestly intend and prosecut it with all the might and craft that they can adhibit. 1754 J. Erskine Princ. Law Scotl. II. iii. i. 271 Each contracter is bound to adhibit a middle sort of diligence, such as a man of ordinary prudence uses in his affairs. 1774 Ld. Kames Sketches Hist. Man II. 279 Tho' mischief ensue, an action is not culpable or faulty if all reasonable precaution have been adhibited. 1816 T. L. Peacock Headlong Hall v. 64 The Romans were in the practice of adhibiting skulls at their banquets..as a silent admonition to the guests to enjoy life while it lasted. 1919 Magazin f. Homiletik Sept. 429 The greatest care should be adhibited in the use of those elements of speech which tend to a reduction of the number of nouns. 1976 Vetus Testamentum 26 100 The deleting of such a well-attested passage is to be considered as the ultima ratio philologorum, to be adhibited only when all other explanations have failed. 1994 L. Uba Asian Amer. v. 96 Consciousness of ethnicity..does not necessarily mean that a person will find his or her ethnic identity relevant to a given situation and will automatically adhibit that identity. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > [verb (transitive)] > administer (treatment) administer?a1425 apply?a1425 ministera1475 adhibit1543 administrate1595 exhibit1601 1543 G. Joye tr. U. Zwingli Rekening & Declar. Faith vii. sig. bb. viij v If we shuld any other wyse thinke and beleue of the sacramentis: that is to weit, that thei vtwardly adhibited and admoued [L. adhibita], shulde pourge vs with in, then [etc.]. 1562 A. Golding tr. Briefe Treat. Burnynge Bucer & Phagius sig. A.v Euen as when a fyre is spredde into a towne onles spedie remedie were adhibited out of hand. 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 111 A certane secreit and sure maner of medicine to be applyed to this Ill, quhilke we hope he sal adhibite. 1616 P. Simson Short Compend Hist. First Ten Persecutions III. viii. 95 Euen as a Physition, who adhibiteth a plaster vnto a wound. 1654 T. Whitaker Blood of Grape (rev. ed.) 33 Wyne also that is dilute may safely and profitably be adhibited in an Apozemicall forme in fevers. 1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Stinking Breath Let this Bolus be adhibited Morning, Noon and Night. 1744 W. Ellis Timber-tree Improved V. ii. iv. 69 But 'tis said, that their blooming Seeds make Bees obnoxious to the Lask [sc. a disease of bees], at their first going abroad in the Spring, which indangers whole Stocks, if a Remedy be not timely adhibited. 1864 R. F. Burton Mission to Gelele I. 123 Nothing but the strongest drink, constantly adhibited, carried him through his trials. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > acceptance, reception, or admission > accept, receive, or admit [verb (transitive)] yknowOE knowc1175 takec1175 undergoc1315 receive1318 takea1333 allowc1350 accept1439 admitc1449 recognize1509 concedea1513 adhibit1542 allow1548 yieldc1571 acquiescatea1586 yield1590 gratify1662 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming in > go or come into [verb (transitive)] > let in inletc1330 to take inc1330 admit1434 adhibit1542 take1555 to let in1558 to let into1596 intromitc1600 intermit1658 let1706 to sign in1934 1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes ii. f. 329 He should haue no publique office of a patrone or oratour, nor bee adhibited to any suche vse. 1565 J. Jewel Replie Hardinges Answeare 179 The conference betwixt Sylla..and Bocchus King of Numidia, had by meane of Interpreters adhibited of both parts. 1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. xviii. 702/1 To which counsel..there were adhibited very few. 1699 in Fountainhall's Decisions (1761) II. 44 The lords use to adhibit the advice of such as be most versant and seen therein. 1747 Philos. Trans. Abridged 1732–44 (Royal Soc.) 9 436 Sometimes a private Person or Friend to the Parties might..be an Evidence, upon Occasion, to the Facts: To which End also they used to adhibit another Witness. 1854 Knickerbocker Mar. 225 The company again fell to smoking without a word, in order to repel the invasion of respirable air which the ‘view’ [sc. open window] had so unduly adhibited. 1880 J. Muirhead tr. Gaius Institutes ii. 113 It avails nothing that the testator's familia has been sold, the witnesses adhibited. 3. transitive. To give (something) to (also †unto) a person or thing; to assign or ascribe (trust, credit, etc.); to devote (space or attention). Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > giving > give [verb (transitive)] > dedicate or devote to give1390 vow1526 adhibit1548 dedicate1553 devotea1616 devove1619 devow1626 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VII f. xxxv The greatest lordes and prynces of the country, adhibited such faith and credite to his woordes. 1567 W. Painter Palace of Pleasure II. xxv. f. 218v They whiche measure the greatenesse of Gods works, according to the capacitie of their rude & simple vnderstanding, wyll not lightly adhibite credite vnto this historie. 1656 Earl of Monmouth tr. T. Boccalini Ragguagli di Parnasso 264 The pernitious disease of polititians..not to adhibit faith to such actions as have a certain affected appearance of extraordinary goodness. 1788 Æ. Morison Trial W. Brodie & G. Smith 229 It is for you, Gentlemen, to consider, under all the circumstances of the case, to which of those contradictory proofs you will adhibit your belief. 1926 Jrnl. N.Y. Entomol. Soc. 34 217 Chapters are devoted to insects and related creatures,..the major portion of the book being adhibited to discussions of the various orders of insects. 4. transitive. Chiefly Scottish. To add, append; to affix, attach. Frequently with to. rare and archaic in later use. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > attachment > attach or affix [verb (transitive)] fastenOE fasta1225 tachec1315 to-seta1340 catcha1350 affichea1382 to put ona1382 tacka1387 to put to1396 adjoina1400 attach?a1400 bend1399 spyndec1400 to-tachc1400 affixc1448 complexc1470 setc1480 attouch1483 found?1541 obligate1547 patch1549 alligate1563 dight1572 inyoke1595 infixa1616 wreathe1643 adlige1650 adhibit1651 oblige1656 adent1658 to bring to1681 engage1766 superfix1766 to lap on1867 accrete1870 1651 tr. P. Ramus Dialectica ii. xix, in Compend. Art of Logick & Rhetorick in Eng. Tongue 128 The second transition is adhibited [L. adhibetur] to the third part, but more imperfect and without an Epilogue. 1683 J. Dalrymple Decisions Lords of Council & Session I. 37 The Servant of any Writer to the Signet, shall Adhibite his Masters Subscription to a Bill of Suspension. 1768 J. Boswell Acct. Corsica iii. 239 We impose taxes and contributions, we adhibit our seals. 1785 Scots Mag. June 269/1 Some young boys, who had adhibited their names, without the consent of their parents or guardians. 1849 A. Alison Hist. Europe from French Revol. (new ed.) I. iv. 488 Will he adhibit to subsequent decrees a sanction? 1851 Rep. Supreme Courts Scotl. 23 66/1 The pursuer did not admit that the defender's signature was adhibited during the lifetime of the husband. 1862 J. Lorimer Hand-bk. Law Scotl. (ed. 2) i. iii. 98 Their duty is simply to say, after he has brought the deed before them, whether or not they will adhibit their consent to it. 1932 Times 16 Mar. 4/2 He was sincerely glad that their Lordships saw their way to adhibit their imprimatur to the very sensible form of declaration which the Attorney-General had said he would be content with. 1964 Bank of Scotl. Travellers’ Cheque in Sc. National Dict. (1976) X. 328/3 The second signature is to be adhibited at the time of encashment. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1528v.?1538 |
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