单词 | againwards |
释义 | againwardsprep.adv. In a direction facing, towards. Obsolete.Only in Old English. Also used postpositively. ΚΠ OE St. Mary of Egypt (Julius) (2002) 74 Ic ne mæg me þe geswutelian and ongeanweardes þe gewenden, forþon ic eom..lichamlicum wæfelsum bereafod. OE St. Mary of Egypt (Julius) (2002) 110 Zosimus..teoligende his cneowu to bigenne hire ongeanweardes. B. adv. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > [adverb] > in the opposite direction againOE againwardlOE againwardslOE counterc1446 the world > relative properties > relationship > contrariety or contrast > [adverb] > vice versa againwardslOE againward1340 econtrary1512 arsy-versy1542 econverse1547 e contra1548 contrariwise1570 contrair1596 e contrario1599 vice versa1601 backward1607 conversively1607 contrarily1656 convertibly1692 the other way1692 reversely1726 conversely1806 vicey-versey1858 lOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) anno 1106 Sumne æfen wæs gesæwen swilce se beam ongeanweardes wið þes steorran ward fyrcliende wære. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xviii. ciii. 1253 Whanne þe norþeren wynd bloweþ he stoppeþ þe norþ entrynge wiþ here rowȝ tailles and leten stonde open þe souþ entrynge, and aȝeinwardes [L. et e conuerso]. c1440 Prose Life Alexander (Thornton) (1913) 23 (MED) Now ere we broghte fra reches into pouerte..and agaynwardez. 1497 P. Butler Let. 7 Sept. in J. Graves & A. Prim Hist. Cathedral Church St. Canice (1857) ii. ii. 194 I, otherwhiles remembering his said othe and thretenyng and agaynewards his disobedience to the kyngs said l[ett]res and commaundments. 1893 G. B. Shaw in World 22 Feb. 24/2 Mr Henschel would probably pay my Philharmonic fees, Signor Lago my Covent Garden fees, and againwards (which in modern English is vice versa). 2. English regional (Yorkshire). In a direction to or towards a person or place. Cf. towards adv. 4a. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > space > direction > [adverb] > to or towards some thing or place uponc1475 up1513 down along1525 towards1590 on1804 downlong1863 againwards1876 to1889 1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby Ageeanwards, towards. ‘It flew ageeanwards o' me’, to the place where I was standing. 1928 A. E. Pease Dict. Dial. N. Riding Yorks. 2/1 Ageeanwards, towards. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < prep.adv.OE |
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