| 释义 |
enigmatize, v.|ɪˈnɪgmətaɪz|
[ad. Gr. *αἰνιγµατίζ-ειν (implied in αἰνιγµατιστής, see prec.), f. αἰνιγµατ- enigma.]
1. trans.
†a. To symbolize.
b. To render enigmatical or puzzling.
a1631Donne Polydoron 71 Acteon pursued by his houndes..may ænigmatize a lover chased and Devoured by his Thoughts. 1800Monthly Mag. X. 437 Manuscripts..so ænigmatised with insertions and repetitions and alterations. a1834Coleridge Lit. Rem. (1836) I. 213 A poetic tissue of visual symbols..by which the Apocalypt enigmatized the Neronian persecutions. 1841Blackw. Mag. XLIX. 151 It is precisely the disregard of details that enigmatizes humanity to Michelet.
2. intr. To utter or talk in enigmas; to deal in riddles.
In mod. Dicts. |