单词 | addressed |
释义 | addressedadj. That is or has been addressed; (in later use esp.) (of an envelope) that bears the address of the intended recipient. Cf. self-addressed adj. 1In quots. 1477 and 1595: well-ordered. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > [adjective] > having acquired skill or accomplished besee1393 accomplisheda1460 addressed1477 qualified1592 well-accomplished1598 complementala1635 society > communication > correspondence > sending items > [adjective] > addressed superscribed1580 addressed1750 1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 14 Iason, the most adressid [Fr. adroit] knight that euer was in Mirmidone. 1595 S. Daniel First Fowre Bks. Ciuile Warres i. xxvii. sig. Cv Neuer this Iland better peopled stood, Neuer more men of might, and mindes addrest. 1699 T. Forrester Rev. & Exam. Scripture-grounds i. 11 in Hierarchical Bishops Claim Episcopalians..must acknowledge this to be one end of these addressed Instructions, that Pastors or Presbyters may have a clear Vidimus of their Ministerial Office. 1750 M. Butler Case & Conduct M. Butler 59 As I had delivered my Book..according to the Purport of the foregoing Letter to the Board..I had great Reason to expect that the above addressed Letter would induce that worthy Gentleman to put me upon Business. 1858 Times 26 July 3/5 (advt.) Forwarded, post free, on application on enclosing an addressed envelope. 1861 S. Kerl Comprehensive Gram. Eng. Lang. (1867) ii. 155 Politeness usually requires that the speaker shall mention the addressed person first, and himself last. 1873 Young Englishwoman Apr. 208/1 We..will return your edging if you will send a stamped addressed envelope. 1959 M. Barth Broken Wall i. i. 32 There are Pauline epistles, in which the apostle seems to be on the defensive, because..the addressed church, or his person, is under serious attack. 1966 IBM Syst. Jrnl. 5 79 The virtual addressing of the word in external storage triggers a procedure that automatically brings the addressed word into memory. 1992 B. Gill Death of Love vi. 89 On the desk was an addressed envelope and a partially written letter to a daughter in Washington, D.C. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1477 |
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