| 释义 |
† modificate, v. Obs.
[f. L. modificāt-, ppl. stem of modificāre to modify.]
trans. To modify; to limit, restrict; to distinguish with a specific mode of being or specific characteristics; to differentiate into various ‘modes’ or forms of existence.
1625N. Carpenter Geog. Del. i. iii. (1635) 48 A Philosopher ought to distinguish betwixt that which giues them a power to moue, and that which limits and modificates the action. 1660R. Sheringham King's Suprem. Asserted viii. (1682) 73 Although they do not diminish Majesty,..yet they do diversly qualifie and modificate it.
Hence † modificated ppl. a.
1646H. Lawrence Comm. Angells 29 To see God..evidently, clearely,..without a straitened and modificated vision. 1659Pearson Creed vi. (1662) 312 And he shall reign for ever and ever, not only to the modificated eternity of his Mediatorship,..but also to the complete eternity of the duration of his humanity. 1678Cudworth Intell. Syst. i. v. §35. 870 The modificated Lives of animals and men, as such, according to them [are] accidental things. |