| 释义 |
missioned, ppl. a. Chiefly poet.|ˈmɪʃənd|
[f. mission n. or v. + -ed.]
1. Having a mission; sent on a mission or errand.
1795Southey Joan of Arc iii. 101 The mission'd maid reply'd, ‘Go thou Dunois, Announce my mission to the royal ear’. 1804Grahame Sabbath 431 The mission'd men, who have renounced Their homes, their country..Bearing glad tidings to the farthest isles. 1819Keats Eve of St. Agnes xxii, When Madeline, St. Agnes' charmed maid, Rose, like a missioned spirit, unaware. 1822Blackw. Mag. XII. 38 The missioned Angel of Destruction.
2. That belongs to a person's mission to perform.
1798in Spirit Publ. Jrnls. (1799) II. 77 Ere his mission'd toil is done. |