单词 | unedge |
释义 | unedgev. transitive. To take the edge off; to blunt. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > bluntness > make blunt [verb (transitive)] blunta1398 dullc1440 rebate1468 obtusec1487 bate1535 abate1548 turn1560 unedgea1625 retund1691 dead1719 the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > make emotionally unfeeling [verb (transitive)] > deaden or dull the emotions stupefy?a1425 dullc1440 benumbc1485 slumber?1533 extinguish1540 extinct1542 numb1561 damp1570 hebetate1574 daunt1581 frostbite1593 hebete1597 blunt1600 unedgea1625 engross1626 astonish1635 consopite1647 bate1649 opiate1650 blura1653 hebescate1657 torpefy1808 dozena1810 dullify1838 hebetize1845 chloroform1849 narcotize1852 sodden1863 vastate1892 a1625 J. Fletcher Valentinian i. iii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Aaaaaaa3/1 Here our weapons And bodyes..Are both unedg'd and old with ease, and women. 1663 J. Mayne tr. Lucian Part of Lucian sig. K4 Least despaire should lessen their flame, or unedge their desires. 1721 T. D'Urfey Grecian Heroine v. i, in New Opera's 143 About good Kings, I grant there is a..sacred Virtue That would unedge the Sword of Treachery. 1893 F. Thompson Poems 37 It seemed corrival of the world's great prime, Made to un-edge the scythe of Time. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < v.a1625 |
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