† unwaxv.¹

Etymology: un- prefix² 1.

Obsolete.

intransitive. To grow or become less; to decrease. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > decrease in quantity, amount, or degree [verb (intransitive)]

littleOE

setc1000

wanzec1175

lessc1225

allayc1275

wane1297

slaken1303

disincreasec1374

slakec1380

decrease1382

debatea1400

unwaxa1400

wastea1400

adminishc1400

lessenc1400

imminish14..

aslakec1405

minish?a1425

assuagec1430

shrinkc1449

to let down1486

decay1489

diminish1520

fall1523

rebate1540

batea1542

to come down1548

abate1560

stoop1572

pine1580

slack1580

scanten1585

shrivel1588

decrew1596

remit1629

contract1648

subside1680

lower1697

relax1701

drop1730

to take off1776

to run down1792

reduce1798

recede1810

to run off1816

to go down1823

attenuatea1834

ease1876

downscale1945

a1400 Coer de L. 2844 Thus began our folk unwexe, And dyede for hungyr and for woo.

c1400 Pepysian Gosp. Harmony (1922) 14 For it bihoued nedes þat Jesus wex & þat he vnwex.

14.. in W. Maskell Monumenta Ritualia Ecclesiae Anglicanae (1847) III. 353 Of a man it is seid, the more he wexith the more he unwexith.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

unwaxv.²

Etymology: un- prefix² 1b.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: unˈwax.

transitive. To deprive of wax; to remove the wax from.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Hymenoptera > [verb (transitive)] > deprive of wax

unwax1817

1817 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. II. 148 On the seventh day the part covering the head and trunk of the young female [bee], if I may so speak, is almost entirely unwaxed.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	unwax
释义	† unwaxv.¹ Etymology: un- prefix² 1. Obsolete. intransitive. To grow or become less; to decrease. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > decrease in quantity, amount, or degree [verb (intransitive)] littleOE setc1000 wanzec1175 lessc1225 allayc1275 wane1297 slaken1303 disincreasec1374 slakec1380 decrease1382 debatea1400 unwaxa1400 wastea1400 adminishc1400 lessenc1400 imminish14.. aslakec1405 minish?a1425 assuagec1430 shrinkc1449 to let down1486 decay1489 diminish1520 fall1523 rebate1540 batea1542 to come down1548 abate1560 stoop1572 pine1580 slack1580 scanten1585 shrivel1588 decrew1596 remit1629 contract1648 subside1680 lower1697 relax1701 drop1730 to take off1776 to run down1792 reduce1798 recede1810 to run off1816 to go down1823 attenuatea1834 ease1876 downscale1945 a1400 Coer de L. 2844 Thus began our folk unwexe, And dyede for hungyr and for woo. c1400 Pepysian Gosp. Harmony (1922) 14 For it bihoued nedes þat Jesus wex & þat he vnwex. 14.. in W. Maskell Monumenta Ritualia Ecclesiae Anglicanae (1847) III. 353 Of a man it is seid, the more he wexith the more he unwexith. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2019). unwaxv.² Etymology: un- prefix² 1b.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: unˈwax. transitive. To deprive of wax; to remove the wax from. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Hymenoptera > [verb (transitive)] > deprive of wax unwax1817 1817 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. II. 148 On the seventh day the part covering the head and trunk of the young female [bee], if I may so speak, is almost entirely unwaxed. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < v.¹a1400v.²1817
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