单词 | aggrate |
释义 | † aggratev. Obsolete. 1. transitive. To please, gratify (a person, sense, etc.). Cf. agree v. 1.In later uses mainly in imitation of Spenser. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > quality of being pleasant or pleasurable > please or give pleasure to [verb (transitive)] i-quemec893 ywortheOE queemeOE likeOE likeOE paya1200 gamec1225 lustc1230 apaya1250 savoura1300 feastc1300 comfort1303 glew1303 pleasec1350 ticklec1386 feedc1400 agreea1413 agreec1425 emplessc1450 gree1468 applease1470 complaire1477 enjoy1485 warm1526 to claw the ears1549 content1552 pleasure1556 oblect?1567 relish1567 gratify1569 sweeta1575 promerit1582 tinkle1582 tastea1586 aggrate1590 gratulatea1592 greeta1592 grace1595 arride1600 complease1604 honey1604 agrade1611 oblectate1611 oblige1652 placentiate1694 flatter1695 to shine up to1882 fancy- 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. ix. sig. V7v And eachone sought his Lady to aggrate. 1591 E. Spenser Teares of Muses in Complaints 406 From whom whatever thing is goodly thought, Doth borrow grace, the fancie to aggrate. 1610 G. Fletcher Christs Victorie 37 For what so euer might aggrate the sense, In all the world, or please the appetence, Heer it was powred out in lavish affluence. 1633 P. Fletcher Purple Island vii. xxxvii. 94 Their gleams aggrate the sight. 1714 ‘N. Ironside’ Orig. Canto of Spencer 18 To aggrate their magick Lord the more..They deaft their Ears with foul outrageous Rore. 1739 G. West Canto of Fairy Queen xxv. 6 But not for Liberty they wagen War, But solely to aggrate their mighty Lord. 1885 ‘E. Douglas’ Bloody Heart in Queen of Hid Isle 134 ‘Being dead,’ quoth he, ‘well may it thus aggrate, Which pleased thee most alive. 'Tis Guardastagno's heart.’ 2. transitive. To express gratitude to (a person); to thank. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > gratitude > thank [verb (transitive)] thankc1200 grace?c1225 mercyc1390 yieldc1440 remercy1477 regracy1483 gratulatea1592 bethank1593 gratify1601 aggrate1633 to give thanks (thank, to do thank(s)1765 1633 P. Fletcher Purple Island xi. ix. 148 The Islands King..Aggrates the Knights, who thus his right defended. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < v.1590 |
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