单词 | adub |
释义 | † adubv. Obsolete. 1. transitive. To invest with the insignia of knighthood, or the title of a knight; to dub; (in extended use) to invest with some other title. Frequently with noun complement. archaic and historical in later use. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > raising to noble rank > ennoble [verb (transitive)] > invest with rank or title > dub (a knight) dub1085 knighta1300 adub?1473 knightify1682 beknight1794 accolade1843 ?1473 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Recuyell Hist. Troye (1894) I. lf. 155v Hercules cam to kyng creon & praied hym þt he wold adubbe & make hym knyght. 1485–6 W. Caxton tr. Laurent Ryal Bk. lxix. sig. kiiij The sone of a lord, or of another noble man that shold be adoubed a newe knyght. a1500 (?c1450) Merlin xii. 183 I shall neuer be girde with swerde..till that the kynge Arthur make me knyght, yef in me be so moche valoure that he will me a-dubbe [Fr. chevalier me doie faire]. a1500 (?c1450) Merlin xxxii. 637 Here is althinge redy that longeth to a knyght, ffor with these armes..shall my leef be a-dubbed [Fr. adoubes]. a1521 Helyas in W. J. Thoms Coll. Early Prose Romances (1828) III. 148 I shal adube you knight. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement f. cxxxviiiv/1 Charlemagne adoubbed many a knyght. 1617 S. Collins Epphata to F. T. ii. ix. 345 Why doth Sanders entitle his booke, de Monarchia Ecclesiae, but to addoube the Pope a Monarch at least? 1896 J. M. Ludlow Age of Crusades iii. 28 The faithful esquire was adubbed a knight... This honor was sometimes awarded on the field of conflict. 2. transitive. To equip, array, invest, accoutre; (reflexive) to equip oneself. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > provide with clothing [verb (transitive)] wrya901 clothec950 shride971 aturnc1220 begoa1225 array1297 graith1297 agraithc1300 geara1325 cleadc1325 adightc1330 apparel1362 back1362 shape1362 attirea1375 parela1375 tirea1375 rayc1390 addressa1393 coverc1394 aguisea1400 scredea1400 shrouda1400 bedightc1400 buskc1400 harnessc1400 hatterc1400 revesta1449 able1449 dressa1450 reparel?c1450 adub?1473 endue?a1475 afaite1484 revestera1500 beclothe1509 trimc1516 riga1535 invest1540 vesture1555 suit1577 clad1579 investure1582 vest1582 deck1587 habit1594 to make ready1596 caparison1597 skin1601 shadow1608 garment1614 riga1625 raiment1656 garb1673 equip1695 to fit out1722 encase1725 tog1793 trick1821 to fig out1825 enclothe1832 toilet1842 to get up1858 habilitate1885 tailor1885 kit1919 the mind > possession > supply > provide or supply [verb (reflexive)] > equip oneself purveyc1300 warnisha1400 adub?1473 provide1490 prepare1586 equip1841 society > armed hostility > military equipment > arming or equipping with weapons > arm [verb (reflexive)] adub?1473 ?1473 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Recuyell Hist. Troye (1894) I. lf. 85v Eche man adoubed hym to fighte sauf he whiche was prisonner. 1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 37 Iason and the Syriens adoubed them. 1480 W. Caxton tr. Ovid Metamorphoses xii. xxii Appollo adoubed hyme with a thycke clowde. a1500 (?c1450) Merlin xxxii. 660 Take youre armes and a-dubbe yow [Fr. vous adoubes], and yef thei vs a-bide loke that thei be well beten. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < v.?1473 |
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