vegetiveadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈvɛdʒᵻtɪv/, U.S.

/ˈvɛdʒədɪv/

Forms: 1500s vegeetyve, 1500s–1700s vegetiue, 1600s vegitiue, 1600s vigitiue, 1600s 1900s– vegitive, 1600s– vegetive.

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item; perhaps modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymon: vegetative adj.

Etymology: Variant or alteration of vegetative adj., either showing loss of the unstressed third syllable, or showing remodelling after either classical Latin vegetāre vegetate v. or classical Latin vegetus vegete adj., or perhaps partly showing each of these processes.Compare Old French vegitive vegetative part of a living organism (c1280).

A. adj.

†a. Of or relating to vegetables or plants; characteristic of vegetables or plants; = vegetative adj. 4. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > [adjective]

vegetablea1500

vegetive1526

vegetant?1553

plantlike1567

vegetable1582

vegetal1596

plantal1642

vegetative1662

veg1765

vegetably1834

phytoid1853

phytiform1890

1526 in State Papers Henry VIII (1849) VI. 534 The oolde tre for lakk of vegeetyve sprytis maye nott opteeyne perfect rote fastnesse.

1573 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) f. 53 Not rend of, but cut of, rype beane with a knife, for hindering stalke, of her vegetiue life.

1606 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iii. 46 The pleasant Soile..is all dri'd and dead; Voyd of all force, vitall, or vegetive.

1631 W. Saltonstall Picturæ Loquentes F ii His knowledge consists in the vegetive nature of Plants.

1675 J. Smith Christian Relig. Appeal ii. 15 Man had not Power so much as over the green Herb, to deprive it of its Vegetive Life;..but by God's Donation.

1852 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 5) 333 What if it were that life..through all The countless grades, vegetive, animal, Of nature should progress at last to man.

1891 Zoe 2 32 Here introduced plants constitute a very considerable element of the vegetive life.

b. Living and growing as a plant. Also (of a plant part): exhibiting or capable of growth. Cf. vegetative adj. 1b. Now rare.Quot. 1922 perhaps represents a typographical error for vegetative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > biology > biological processes > development, growth, or degeneration > [adjective] > growth

growinga900

vegetativec1460

crescive1566

vegetive1615

accretive1661

accrescent1713

growthful1849

1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 140 The Castle of Catie, about which there is nothing vegetiue, but a few solitary Palmes.

1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Physical Inst. i, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. G Such as are alwayes vegetive and juicy.

1693 J. Dryden tr. Ovid Metamorphoses i, in Examen Poeticum 48 The Tree still panted in th' unfinish'd part: Not wholly vegetive, and heav'd her Heart.

1922 F. Dorrance tr. P. Sorauer Man. Plant Dis. (ed. 3) I. i. iii. 334 Direct injuries to the vegetive tip may cause the increase of the vegetable points.

†c. Productive of or covered with vegetation. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > land > landscape > fertile land or place > land with vegetation > [adjective]

greeneOE

strongc1230

verdant1590

shrubby1598

shaggy1605

tufted1606

tufty1612

covered1632

vegetated1697

covert1707

verdurous1717

shagged1784

matted1791

vegetive1855

scrubbed1870

flourishing1883

1789 Life & Adventures Anthony Leger II. 56 Saltpetre..endues it with such a powerful vegetive force.

1855 P. J. Bailey Mystic 68 Ocean and continent, sea, desert, plain Mineral and vegetive.

†2. Esp. of the soul: endowed with the faculty of growth and development but lacking powers of sensation or reason; cf. vegetative adj. 1a. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > spirituality > mind, soul, spirit, heart > origin of mind or soul > [adjective] > growth

vegetativea1398

vegetive1606

1606 B. Rich Faultes f. 31^v It was not possible a vegetiue soule..could fashion a workmanship of such singularity.

a1623 W. Pemble Justification (1629) 196 The Vegetiue soule whereby Plants liue.

1642 H. More Ψυχωδια Platonica sig. F7 That full grasp of vast Eternitie Longs not to beings simply vegetive.

1657 Sir T. Browne Nature's Cabinet Unlock'd 5 Metalls..perform no vitall action, as other bodies that are endowed with a vegetive soul.

1700 J. Dryden Chaucer's Palamon & Arcite iii, in Fables 88 So Man, at first a Drop, dilates with Heat,..First vegetive, then feels, and reasons last.

1730 tr. F. de S. de la M. Fénélon Ess. Immortality Soul 27 A spiritual Substance..cannot be united in a vital Composition to a Body, as the vegetive Soul is in Plants.

1794 T. Rutledge Pract. Serm. 80 The life of reason is above the vegetive life.

1830 S. T. Coleridge On Constit. Church & State (1839) 192 Thus, without the first power, that of growth, or what Bichat and others name the vegetive life or productivity, the second power..could not exist.

1896 W. W. Kinsley Old Faiths & New Facts 137 The vegetive force..finds itself confronted every step of the way by persistently opposing forces.

†3. figurative. Leading a merely physical existence. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > intellect > want of intellect > life of vegetable > [adjective]

vegetal1490

vegetarya1595

vegetive1878

vegetative1893

1878 J. A. Symonds Many Moods 143 Shall these arise winged by immortal mind, Who toiled on earth obscure and vegetive?

†B. n.

1. Something possessing a vegetable soul; = vegetative n. 1. Obsolete.Common in the 17th cent.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > [noun]

thingc1300

vegetablec1484

plantisouna1500

plantouna1500

vegetabilitya1500

vegetativea1500

plant1551

fellow creature1572

vegetal1591

morea1599

vegetive1602

vegetant1605

vegetationa1641

1602 W. Warner Albions Eng. (rev. ed.) xiii. lxxvi. 316 Nor lesse the only Vigitiues, as trees, fruits, herbes, and such.

a1627 T. Middleton & W. Rowley Old Law (1656) i. 10 Make us better then those vegetives, Whose soules die within em.

1689 T. Plunket Char. Good Commander 55 The Sun to Plants more welcome is... Thus they of Vegetives might learn some good.

1743 C. Colden Let. Sept. in J. Bartram Corr. (1992) 220 If they [sc. minerals] grow like other Vegetives they must in time come to a State of Maturity.

1791 D. Love Orig. Poems 8 Grass, and trees, and plants, and corn;..all these vegetives produce Effects congenial to our use.

1877 J. Rebman Dict. Kiniassa Lang. 182/2 Of all other vegetives the word ‘ku psara’ is used.

2. A plant; esp. = vegetable n. 3. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > wild and cultivated plants > food plant or vegetable > [noun]

victualc1374

fruita1400

vegetive1678

legume1687

vegetable1727

veg1844

veggie1907

weggebobble1922

the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > vegetables > [noun]

garden stuff1599

legume1653

kitchen-tillage1669

vegetive1678

olitory1696

vegetable food1700

kitchen stuffc1710

vegetable1727

veg1844

veggie1907

weggebobble1922

1678 T. Porter French Conjurer i. 8 Have you not already eat about three parts of a Pilchard, besides a dish of Vegetives?

1760 Monitor 1 Mar. 1456 All this might be easily effected, was every farmer obliged to cultivate a certain proportion of his land to this valuable vegetive [sc. hemp].

1819 H. Busk Banquet iii. 479 In snug retreat this vegetive [sc. a mushroom] demure, From human reach long deem'd itself secure.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	vegetive
释义	vegetiveadj.n. Brit. /ˈvɛdʒᵻtɪv/, U.S. /ˈvɛdʒədɪv/ Forms: 1500s vegeetyve, 1500s–1700s vegetiue, 1600s vegitiue, 1600s vigitiue, 1600s 1900s– vegitive, 1600s– vegetive. Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item; perhaps modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymon: vegetative adj. Etymology: Variant or alteration of vegetative adj., either showing loss of the unstressed third syllable, or showing remodelling after either classical Latin vegetāre vegetate v. or classical Latin vegetus vegete adj., or perhaps partly showing each of these processes.Compare Old French vegitive vegetative part of a living organism (c1280). A. adj. 1. †a. Of or relating to vegetables or plants; characteristic of vegetables or plants; = vegetative adj. 4. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > [adjective] vegetablea1500 vegetive1526 vegetant?1553 plantlike1567 vegetable1582 vegetal1596 plantal1642 vegetative1662 veg1765 vegetably1834 phytoid1853 phytiform1890 1526 in State Papers Henry VIII (1849) VI. 534 The oolde tre for lakk of vegeetyve sprytis maye nott opteeyne perfect rote fastnesse. 1573 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) f. 53 Not rend of, but cut of, rype beane with a knife, for hindering stalke, of her vegetiue life. 1606 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iii. 46 The pleasant Soile..is all dri'd and dead; Voyd of all force, vitall, or vegetive. 1631 W. Saltonstall Picturæ Loquentes F ii His knowledge consists in the vegetive nature of Plants. 1675 J. Smith Christian Relig. Appeal ii. 15 Man had not Power so much as over the green Herb, to deprive it of its Vegetive Life;..but by God's Donation. 1852 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 5) 333 What if it were that life..through all The countless grades, vegetive, animal, Of nature should progress at last to man. 1891 Zoe 2 32 Here introduced plants constitute a very considerable element of the vegetive life. b. Living and growing as a plant. Also (of a plant part): exhibiting or capable of growth. Cf. vegetative adj. 1b. Now rare.Quot. 1922 perhaps represents a typographical error for vegetative. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > development, growth, or degeneration > [adjective] > growth growinga900 vegetativec1460 crescive1566 vegetive1615 accretive1661 accrescent1713 growthful1849 1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 140 The Castle of Catie, about which there is nothing vegetiue, but a few solitary Palmes. 1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Physical Inst. i, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. G Such as are alwayes vegetive and juicy. 1693 J. Dryden tr. Ovid Metamorphoses i, in Examen Poeticum 48 The Tree still panted in th' unfinish'd part: Not wholly vegetive, and heav'd her Heart. 1922 F. Dorrance tr. P. Sorauer Man. Plant Dis. (ed. 3) I. i. iii. 334 Direct injuries to the vegetive tip may cause the increase of the vegetable points. †c. Productive of or covered with vegetation. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > fertile land or place > land with vegetation > [adjective] greeneOE strongc1230 verdant1590 shrubby1598 shaggy1605 tufted1606 tufty1612 covered1632 vegetated1697 covert1707 verdurous1717 shagged1784 matted1791 vegetive1855 scrubbed1870 flourishing1883 1789 Life & Adventures Anthony Leger II. 56 Saltpetre..endues it with such a powerful vegetive force. 1855 P. J. Bailey Mystic 68 Ocean and continent, sea, desert, plain Mineral and vegetive. †2. Esp. of the soul: endowed with the faculty of growth and development but lacking powers of sensation or reason; cf. vegetative adj. 1a. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > spirituality > mind, soul, spirit, heart > origin of mind or soul > [adjective] > growth vegetativea1398 vegetive1606 1606 B. Rich Faultes f. 31^v It was not possible a vegetiue soule..could fashion a workmanship of such singularity. a1623 W. Pemble Justification (1629) 196 The Vegetiue soule whereby Plants liue. 1642 H. More Ψυχωδια Platonica sig. F7 That full grasp of vast Eternitie Longs not to beings simply vegetive. 1657 Sir T. Browne Nature's Cabinet Unlock'd 5 Metalls..perform no vitall action, as other bodies that are endowed with a vegetive soul. 1700 J. Dryden Chaucer's Palamon & Arcite iii, in Fables 88 So Man, at first a Drop, dilates with Heat,..First vegetive, then feels, and reasons last. 1730 tr. F. de S. de la M. Fénélon Ess. Immortality Soul 27 A spiritual Substance..cannot be united in a vital Composition to a Body, as the vegetive Soul is in Plants. 1794 T. Rutledge Pract. Serm. 80 The life of reason is above the vegetive life. 1830 S. T. Coleridge On Constit. Church & State (1839) 192 Thus, without the first power, that of growth, or what Bichat and others name the vegetive life or productivity, the second power..could not exist. 1896 W. W. Kinsley Old Faiths & New Facts 137 The vegetive force..finds itself confronted every step of the way by persistently opposing forces. †3. figurative. Leading a merely physical existence. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intellect > want of intellect > life of vegetable > [adjective] vegetal1490 vegetarya1595 vegetive1878 vegetative1893 1878 J. A. Symonds Many Moods 143 Shall these arise winged by immortal mind, Who toiled on earth obscure and vegetive? †B. n. 1. Something possessing a vegetable soul; = vegetative n. 1. Obsolete.Common in the 17th cent. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > [noun] thingc1300 vegetablec1484 plantisouna1500 plantouna1500 vegetabilitya1500 vegetativea1500 plant1551 fellow creature1572 vegetal1591 morea1599 vegetive1602 vegetant1605 vegetationa1641 1602 W. Warner Albions Eng. (rev. ed.) xiii. lxxvi. 316 Nor lesse the only Vigitiues, as trees, fruits, herbes, and such. a1627 T. Middleton & W. Rowley Old Law (1656) i. 10 Make us better then those vegetives, Whose soules die within em. 1689 T. Plunket Char. Good Commander 55 The Sun to Plants more welcome is... Thus they of Vegetives might learn some good. 1743 C. Colden Let. Sept. in J. Bartram Corr. (1992) 220 If they [sc. minerals] grow like other Vegetives they must in time come to a State of Maturity. 1791 D. Love Orig. Poems 8 Grass, and trees, and plants, and corn;..all these vegetives produce Effects congenial to our use. 1877 J. Rebman Dict. Kiniassa Lang. 182/2 Of all other vegetives the word ‘ku psara’ is used. 2. A plant; esp. = vegetable n. 3. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > wild and cultivated plants > food plant or vegetable > [noun] victualc1374 fruita1400 vegetive1678 legume1687 vegetable1727 veg1844 veggie1907 weggebobble1922 the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > vegetables > [noun] garden stuff1599 legume1653 kitchen-tillage1669 vegetive1678 olitory1696 vegetable food1700 kitchen stuffc1710 vegetable1727 veg1844 veggie1907 weggebobble1922 1678 T. Porter French Conjurer i. 8 Have you not already eat about three parts of a Pilchard, besides a dish of Vegetives? 1760 Monitor 1 Mar. 1456 All this might be easily effected, was every farmer obliged to cultivate a certain proportion of his land to this valuable vegetive [sc. hemp]. 1819 H. Busk Banquet iii. 479 In snug retreat this vegetive [sc. a mushroom] demure, From human reach long deem'd itself secure. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.n.1526
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