单词 | adjection |
释义 | adjectionn. Now rare. 1. Something that has been added or appended; an added statement, word, etc.; (Grammar) an affix. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > morphology > morpheme > [noun] > affix adjectiona1325 affix1600 servile1668 afformative1795 formative1816 particle1868 formant1935 a1325 Statutes of Realm in MS Rawl. B.520 f. 60v Ȝif..þe Juree segge in his veirdit þat te askare is bastard simpleliche, ore þoru suuch adiection þat he was i-bore bifore matrimonie. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 83 Verbes actives parsonals have..addynge of sillabical adjections. a1579 H. Balnaves Confession of Faith (1584) xx. 154 Where euer ye find mention made of works in the scripturs: without any adiection, ye shall vnderstand them of perfite workes. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 257 The fabulous adjections of succeeding ages, unto the veritable acts of this Martyr. View more context for this quotation 1691 J. Ray Acct. Errors in Coll. Eng. Words 163 Words formed from Verbs..by a syllabical Adjection. 1704 Earl of Cromarty in London Gaz. mmmmxxxvii/4 I may justly fear what I can say, will prove a Diminutive Adjection. 1771 W. Newton tr. Vitruvius Archit. iii. iii. 55 The stylobatæ should be wrought in such a manner, as to leave in the middle the adjection for the unequal scamilli. 1838 Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 34 343 Universals..are formed from the simple and compound relatives by certain syllabic adjections. 1888 S. P. Langley Rep. Secretary Smithsonian Inst. 1887–8 107 It will be better to express simply the distinction which really exists..by the adjections ‘governmental’ and ‘miscellaneous’. 1903 A. M. Mackenzie Mem. Delvine i. 53 Galgacus..is composed of these two Highland appellations, viz., Gald and Cachach. The first, Galdus, was his proper name, the other an adjection to it. 1968 L. de Kiriline Lawrence Lovely & Wild ix. 185 The female [Least Flycatcher] continuously conducts with herself a private conversation, muttering pit-pit every time she..does anything that she feels requires vocal adjections. 2. The action or an act of adding or appending something. Frequently with of. ΚΠ ?c1400 (c1380) G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (BL Add. 10340) (1868) v. pr. vi. l. 5123 Þe propre nature of it ne makeþ it nauȝt but þe adieccioun of þe condicioun makiþ it. 1547 C. Langton Very Brefe Treat. Phisick i. i. sig. Ai Hyppocrates..affirmeth that Medicine or Physicke, is nothyng, but the adiection of that that lacketh. 1592 R. Dallington tr. F. Colonna Hypnerotomachia f. 18v The discreet and cunning architect..may lawfullye eyther with adiection or deminution, beautifie his worke. 1601 B. Jonson Every Man in his Humor iv. i. sig. I3 Without adiection, Of your assistance. View more context for this quotation 1664 H. More Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity 309 The adjection of this last part of the Interpretation is of special consequence. 1766 Information for Sir John Sinclair 15 He qualified the substitution of Lord Woodhall's nearest lawful heir-male whatsoever, by the adjection of these words of line. 1791 Decisions Court of Session 1778–81 clxvi. 280 A legacy had been left to them singly without such adjection. a1859 J. Austin Lect. Jurispr. (1869) II. xxx. 567 Much of the positive law..is Custom turned into Law by the adjection of the legal sanction. 1905 R. C. Henderson Princ. Vesting xi. 228 The gift..is made simply and without the adjection of any conditions. 1972 Hispanic Amer. Hist. Rev. 52 457 It must have been intended that the adjection of gold offset the diminution of silver. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.a1325 |
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