candidaten.

Brit.

/ˈkandᵻdeɪt/,

/ˈkandᵻdət/, U.S.

/ˈkæn(d)əˌdeɪt/,

/ˈkæn(d)ədət/

Etymology: < Latin candidātus adjective, clothed in white, noun, a candidate (because candidates for office wore a white toga), < candidus white: see candid adj. Compare modern French candidat (16th cent. in Littré).

a. One who seeks or aspires to be elected or appointed to an office, privilege, or position of honour, or who is put forward or selected by others as an aspirant; e.g. one who seeks a seat in the House of Commons, or other representative body. Const. for; formerly sometimes of.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > hope > aspiration, ambition > [noun] > one who aspires > to a position

candidate1609

Diotrephes1628

Diotrephist1674

aspirant1743

society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > [noun] > offering oneself as candidate > one who

candidate1609

society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > election of representative body by vote > [noun] > candidate

candidate1609

campaigner1839

machine candidate1906

1609 R. Cawdrey Table Alphabet. (ed. 2) Candidate, a suiter for, or one elect for a place.

1685 Lett. in Academy (1876) 21 Oct. 408/2 Yesterday the newes came of the Lord Chamberlain's death..There are severall candidates for the place.

1704 R. Nelson Compan. Festivals & Fasts i. vi. 68 Candidates for Holy Orders.

1741 C. Middleton Hist. Life Cicero I. ii. 150 A white Gown, the proper habit of all Candidates.

1818 in Parl. Deb. 1st Ser. 1068 A court of law decided, that a man was not a candidate, who had not offered his services to the electors.

1844 A. P. Stanley Life & Corr. T. Arnold I. ii. 54 The head-mastership of Rugby became vacant..[Dr. Arnold] finally resolved to offer himself as a candidate.

1866 ‘G. Eliot’ Felix Holt I. i. 29 Offering himself as candidate for North Loamshire.

in apposition.1735 J. Swift Author upon Himself in Wks. II. 347 Caress't by Candidate Divines.1844 J. H. Stocqueler Hand-bk. India 297 A numerous supplementary class of candidate pupils.

b. Formerly the word had a spec. use in the Universities (cf. licentiate n. 1b), but this is now merged in the general sense.

ΘΚΠ

society > education > educational administration > examination > [noun] > candidates

examinee1503

examinate1577

examinant1584

candidate1691

hoi polloi1837

ronin1858

finalist1959

1691 A. Wood Athenæ Oxonienses (R.) He published certain books against B. Jewell, being then a candidate of the Fac. of Theology.

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Candidate..[after explaining the Ancient Roman sense, adds] the Word is still in use in the Universities.

1804 Med. Jrnl. xii. 287 His name as a Candidate for a Degree shall be entered in the minutes of Senate, and a day fixed when the Candidate shall read his Commentaries on the Aphorism and Case.

1837 J. R. McCulloch Statist. Acct. Brit. Empire II. v. i. 461 The candidate for honours may seek to attain them in classical literature..or in mathematics.

2. figurative and transferred.

a. Sometimes simply = Aspirant, seeker for; sometimes with tacit allusion to the white dress of the Roman candidati, or the position of a Christian catechumen.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > hope > aspiration, ambition > [noun] > one who aspires

pursuanta1393

aspirer1584

pretender1598

high-flyer1600

candidate1648

well-wisher1711

aspirant1738

aspirant1743

fast-tracker1970

1648 R. Crashaw Steps to Temple (ed. 2) 34 Ye holy Doves..bright Candidates of blissefull light, The Heires elect of Love.

1673 W. Cave Primitive Christianity iii. ii. 275 They laid up the body as a candidate and expectant of a joyful and happy resurrection.

1686 J. Dryden To Pious Memory A. Killigrew i. sig. a2, in A. Killigrew Poems While yet a young Probationer, And Candidate of Heav'n.

1750 S. Johnson Rambler No. 21. ⁋6 A candidate for literary fame.

a1847 R. W. Hamilton Rewards & Punishm. (1853) iii. 145 The Christian is a candidate for the approval of his Judge.

1873 F. Hall Mod. Eng. 105 Thousands of words and uses of words, on their first appearance, or revival, as candidates for vernacularization.

b. One who is thought likely or worthy to gain a post, a position of honour, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > hope > aspiration, ambition > [noun] > one who aspires > to a position > and is thought worthy

candidate1766

1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield II. xii. 187 If ever there was a candidate for tyburn, this is one.

1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall III. 260 Strength and majesty..marked him, in the popular opinion, as a candidate worthy of the throne.

†3. Historical. One of the cohors candidatorum (so called from their white dress) who served as the body-guard of the Roman Emperors after the time of the Gordians, a.d. 237.

ΚΠ

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Candidats..also gallent yong Gentlemen or Knights about the Emperors person.

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) In the Time of Gordian..the Term Candidati was likewise given to the Soldiers who compos'd the Emperor's Guard.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

† candidateadj.

Etymology: < Latin candidātus: see candidate n.

Obsolete. rare.

Clothed in white. (poetic.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [adjective] > wearing specific coloured clothing

whiteOE

blackc1300

reda1325

yellowa1350

purpureda1382

saffron-mantled1558

saffron robed1558

blue1600

scarleta1616

candidate1616

black-robed1673

swart1688

empurpled1766

blue-clad1767

black-clothed1800

sabled1804

blue-bloused1837

porporate1868

1616 B. Holyday tr. Persius Sat. 329 He..Whom candidate chaulky ambition Draws gaping to her lure?

1648 R. Herrick Hesperides sig. X7 Seest thou that Cloud that rides in State Part Ruby-like, part Candidate?

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

† candidatev.¹

Etymology: < Latin candidāt- participial stem of candidāre to make white, < candidus white: see candid adj. and -ate suffix³.

Obsolete. rare.

transitive. To make white, or as a candidate; to whitewash (figurative).

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > prepare [verb (transitive)] > specifically a person

dightc1275

season1604

make1605

candidate1628

ready1834

groom1887

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > semblance, outward show > present speciously [verb (transitive)] > improve appearance

paintc1390

set1540

daub1543

plaster1546

varnish1571

to gild over1574

adorn1589

parget1592

glaze1605

apparel1615

pranka1616

lustre1627

candidate1628

varnish1641

lacquer1688

whitewash1703

tinsel1748

duff1750

fineer1765

veneer1847

superficialize1851

gloss1879

window dress1913

beglamour1926

sportswash2012

1628 O. Felltham Resolves (new ed.) 305 To purifie and cleanse us, that we may be the better candidated for the Court of Heaven.

1677 R. Gilpin Dæmonol. Sacra iii. xx. 171 This is his usual Note to candidate Iniquity.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

candidatev.²

Brit.

/ˈkandᵻdeɪt/, U.S.

/ˈkæn(d)əˌdeɪt/

Etymology: < candidate n.

U.S. colloquial.

To stand as a candidate.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > choose for office [verb (intransitive)] > offer oneself as candidate

stand1542

to put up1705

offer1766

run1806

candidate1848

campaign1884

announce1892

1848 J. R. Lowell Biglow Papers 1st ser. viii. 122 The can'idatin' line, you know, 'ould suit me to a T... So I'll set up ez can'idate fer any kin' o' office.

1884 Cent. Mag. June 308/1 Let him put the question to some [choir-singers] who every spring have to candidate for a situation.

1909 Springfield (Mass.) Weekly Republican 2 Sept. 14 Mr. Seccombe candidated in the Goschen church last spring.

Derivatives

ˈcandidating n. and adj.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > [noun] > offering oneself as candidate

standing1678

run1828

running1830

candidating1885

society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > [adjective] > offering oneself as candidate

candidating1885

1885 Chicago Advance Aug. 538 To look upon the parish instead of himself as the candidating party.

1885 Chicago Advance Aug. 554 He holds candidating..to be absurd, delusive and sacrilegious.

1887 N. L. Walker Relat. Life Scotl. 264 The ‘candidating’ which..has given greater liveliness to preaching.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

n.1609

adj.1616

v.¹1628

v.²1848

单词	candidate
释义	candidaten. Brit. /ˈkandᵻdeɪt/, /ˈkandᵻdət/, U.S. /ˈkæn(d)əˌdeɪt/, /ˈkæn(d)ədət/ Etymology: < Latin candidātus adjective, clothed in white, noun, a candidate (because candidates for office wore a white toga), < candidus white: see candid adj. Compare modern French candidat (16th cent. in Littré). 1. a. One who seeks or aspires to be elected or appointed to an office, privilege, or position of honour, or who is put forward or selected by others as an aspirant; e.g. one who seeks a seat in the House of Commons, or other representative body. Const. for; formerly sometimes of. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > hope > aspiration, ambition > [noun] > one who aspires > to a position candidate1609 Diotrephes1628 Diotrephist1674 aspirant1743 society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > [noun] > offering oneself as candidate > one who candidate1609 society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > election of representative body by vote > [noun] > candidate candidate1609 campaigner1839 machine candidate1906 1609 R. Cawdrey Table Alphabet. (ed. 2) Candidate, a suiter for, or one elect for a place. 1685 Lett. in Academy (1876) 21 Oct. 408/2 Yesterday the newes came of the Lord Chamberlain's death..There are severall candidates for the place. 1704 R. Nelson Compan. Festivals & Fasts i. vi. 68 Candidates for Holy Orders. 1741 C. Middleton Hist. Life Cicero I. ii. 150 A white Gown, the proper habit of all Candidates. 1818 in Parl. Deb. 1st Ser. 1068 A court of law decided, that a man was not a candidate, who had not offered his services to the electors. 1844 A. P. Stanley Life & Corr. T. Arnold I. ii. 54 The head-mastership of Rugby became vacant..[Dr. Arnold] finally resolved to offer himself as a candidate. 1866 ‘G. Eliot’ Felix Holt I. i. 29 Offering himself as candidate for North Loamshire. in apposition.1735 J. Swift Author upon Himself in Wks. II. 347 Caress't by Candidate Divines.1844 J. H. Stocqueler Hand-bk. India 297 A numerous supplementary class of candidate pupils. b. Formerly the word had a spec. use in the Universities (cf. licentiate n. 1b), but this is now merged in the general sense. ΘΚΠ society > education > educational administration > examination > [noun] > candidates examinee1503 examinate1577 examinant1584 candidate1691 hoi polloi1837 ronin1858 finalist1959 1691 A. Wood Athenæ Oxonienses (R.) He published certain books against B. Jewell, being then a candidate of the Fac. of Theology. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Candidate..[after explaining the Ancient Roman sense, adds] the Word is still in use in the Universities. 1804 Med. Jrnl. xii. 287 His name as a Candidate for a Degree shall be entered in the minutes of Senate, and a day fixed when the Candidate shall read his Commentaries on the Aphorism and Case. 1837 J. R. McCulloch Statist. Acct. Brit. Empire II. v. i. 461 The candidate for honours may seek to attain them in classical literature..or in mathematics. 2. figurative and transferred. a. Sometimes simply = Aspirant, seeker for; sometimes with tacit allusion to the white dress of the Roman candidati, or the position of a Christian catechumen. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > hope > aspiration, ambition > [noun] > one who aspires pursuanta1393 aspirer1584 pretender1598 high-flyer1600 candidate1648 well-wisher1711 aspirant1738 aspirant1743 fast-tracker1970 1648 R. Crashaw Steps to Temple (ed. 2) 34 Ye holy Doves..bright Candidates of blissefull light, The Heires elect of Love. 1673 W. Cave Primitive Christianity iii. ii. 275 They laid up the body as a candidate and expectant of a joyful and happy resurrection. 1686 J. Dryden To Pious Memory A. Killigrew i. sig. a2, in A. Killigrew Poems While yet a young Probationer, And Candidate of Heav'n. 1750 S. Johnson Rambler No. 21. ⁋6 A candidate for literary fame. a1847 R. W. Hamilton Rewards & Punishm. (1853) iii. 145 The Christian is a candidate for the approval of his Judge. 1873 F. Hall Mod. Eng. 105 Thousands of words and uses of words, on their first appearance, or revival, as candidates for vernacularization. b. One who is thought likely or worthy to gain a post, a position of honour, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > hope > aspiration, ambition > [noun] > one who aspires > to a position > and is thought worthy candidate1766 1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield II. xii. 187 If ever there was a candidate for tyburn, this is one. 1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall III. 260 Strength and majesty..marked him, in the popular opinion, as a candidate worthy of the throne. †3. Historical. One of the cohors candidatorum (so called from their white dress) who served as the body-guard of the Roman Emperors after the time of the Gordians, a.d. 237. ΚΠ 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Candidats..also gallent yong Gentlemen or Knights about the Emperors person. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) In the Time of Gordian..the Term Candidati was likewise given to the Soldiers who compos'd the Emperor's Guard. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021). † candidateadj. Etymology: < Latin candidātus: see candidate n. Obsolete. rare. Clothed in white. (poetic.) ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [adjective] > wearing specific coloured clothing whiteOE blackc1300 reda1325 yellowa1350 purpureda1382 saffron-mantled1558 saffron robed1558 blue1600 scarleta1616 candidate1616 black-robed1673 swart1688 empurpled1766 blue-clad1767 black-clothed1800 sabled1804 blue-bloused1837 porporate1868 1616 B. Holyday tr. Persius Sat. 329 He..Whom candidate chaulky ambition Draws gaping to her lure? 1648 R. Herrick Hesperides sig. X7 Seest thou that Cloud that rides in State Part Ruby-like, part Candidate? This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online March 2021). † candidatev.¹ Etymology: < Latin candidāt- participial stem of candidāre to make white, < candidus white: see candid adj. and -ate suffix³. Obsolete. rare. transitive. To make white, or as a candidate; to whitewash (figurative). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > prepare [verb (transitive)] > specifically a person dightc1275 season1604 make1605 candidate1628 ready1834 groom1887 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > semblance, outward show > present speciously [verb (transitive)] > improve appearance paintc1390 set1540 daub1543 plaster1546 varnish1571 to gild over1574 adorn1589 parget1592 glaze1605 apparel1615 pranka1616 lustre1627 candidate1628 varnish1641 lacquer1688 whitewash1703 tinsel1748 duff1750 fineer1765 veneer1847 superficialize1851 gloss1879 window dress1913 beglamour1926 sportswash2012 1628 O. Felltham Resolves (new ed.) 305 To purifie and cleanse us, that we may be the better candidated for the Court of Heaven. 1677 R. Gilpin Dæmonol. Sacra iii. xx. 171 This is his usual Note to candidate Iniquity. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2021). candidatev.² Brit. /ˈkandᵻdeɪt/, U.S. /ˈkæn(d)əˌdeɪt/ Etymology: < candidate n. U.S. colloquial. To stand as a candidate. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > choose for office [verb (intransitive)] > offer oneself as candidate stand1542 to put up1705 offer1766 run1806 candidate1848 campaign1884 announce1892 1848 J. R. Lowell Biglow Papers 1st ser. viii. 122 The can'idatin' line, you know, 'ould suit me to a T... So I'll set up ez can'idate fer any kin' o' office. 1884 Cent. Mag. June 308/1 Let him put the question to some [choir-singers] who every spring have to candidate for a situation. 1909 Springfield (Mass.) Weekly Republican 2 Sept. 14 Mr. Seccombe candidated in the Goschen church last spring. Derivatives ˈcandidating n. and adj. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > [noun] > offering oneself as candidate standing1678 run1828 running1830 candidating1885 society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > [adjective] > offering oneself as candidate candidating1885 1885 Chicago Advance Aug. 538 To look upon the parish instead of himself as the candidating party. 1885 Chicago Advance Aug. 554 He holds candidating..to be absurd, delusive and sacrilegious. 1887 N. L. Walker Relat. Life Scotl. 264 The ‘candidating’ which..has given greater liveliness to preaching. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1609adj.1616v.¹1628v.²1848
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candidaten.

† candidateadj.

† candidatev.1

candidatev.2

Derivatives

† candidatev.¹

candidatev.²