释义 |
acˈcinge, v. rare. [ad. L. accing-ĕre to gird, refl. to undertake.] To ‘gird up one's loins,’ apply oneself.
1657Tomlinson Renou's Dispens. 219 æschylus never accinged himself to write tragedies unless he were first madefied with wine. 1829T. L. Peacock Misfort. Elphin xiv, This task, to which I have accinged myself, is arduous. 1886Oxf. Mag. 12 May, When Mr. Jesse Collings accinges himself to constructive legislation. 1888‘Q’ Troy Town xiv. 166 Peter, instead of adjuring Miss Limpenny to fear no more the heat o' the sun, accinged himself to the practical difficulty. |