| 释义 |
▪ I. -ise1
a frequent spelling of -ize, suffix forming vbs., which see.
▪ II. -ise2
suffix of ns., repr. OF. -ise, properly:—L. -ītia, but also, in words of learned formation, put for L. -icia, -itia, -icium, -itium, as in L. justitia, judicium, servitium, OF. justise, juise, servise. Hence it became a living suffix, forming abstract ns. of quality, state, or function, as in couard-ise, friand-ise, gaillard-ise, marchand-ise. In the words from L., -ise was subsequently changed in F. to -ice, as in justice, service, in which form the suffix mostly appears in Eng., as in justice, service, cowardice; but -ise is found in franchise, merchandise, the obsolete or archaic niggardise, quaintise, riotise, truandise, valiantise, warrantise, and in such barely-naturalized words as galliardise, gourmandise, paliardise; also, in exercise, F. exercice, L. exercitium. Native formations on the same type are inconvenientise, sluggardise. |