单词 | circumstantiate |
释义 | † circumstantiateadj. Obsolete. = circumstantiated adj. (Now chiefly Scottish) ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > circumstance or circumstances > [adjective] > placed in particular circumstances betide1470 circumstanced1611 circumstantiateda1628 circumstantiate1649 situated1702 conditioned1831 the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > the quality of being specific > [adjective] > going into detail > detailed specialc1449 particular1548 punctual1611 strict1645 syllabical1647 circumstantiate1649 circumstantiated1654 detaileda1779 intimate1817 inventorial1830 particularized1860 fine-grained1894 pinpoint1960 1649 Bp. J. Taylor Great Exemplar i. iii. 87 Let the meditation be as minute, particular, and circumstantiate as it may. 1670 H. Stubbe Censvre 18 This circumstantiate Limited infallibility. 1723 W. Buchanan Family Buchanan (1820) 140 Genealogies more exact and circumstantiate than the former. 1769 Scots Mag. Sept. 688/1 Evidence so circumstantiate as that which I have already observed. 1803 Edinb. Rev. 2 255 Circumstantiate details relative to the history of the work itself. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2021). circumstantiatev.ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > circumstance or circumstances > place in certain circumstances [verb (transitive)] circumstantiate1638 circumstance1643 situate1896 the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > qualification > modify, qualify [verb (transitive)] > with conditions circumstancec1475 circumstantiate1638 condition1644 conditionate1848 1638 Penit. Conf. (1657) v. 72 [A] man not circumstantiated with any office. 1657 T. Burton Diary (1828) II. 118 A Committee to consider how that title [Lord Protector] may be bounded, limited, and circumstantiated. 1698 J. Norris Pract. Disc. Divine Subj. IV. 70 We take Care so to Time, Accommodate, and Circumstantiate our good Discourses that they may really do good. a1711 T. Ken Edmund in Wks. (1721) II. xii. 342 God..So circumstantiated the Black Designs. 2. To set forth, narrate, or support, with circumstances or particulars. (Not in Johnson.) ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > the quality of being specific > make specific [verb (transitive)] > deal with or relate in detail detail1650 circumstantiate1658 to run out1839 the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > attest, bear witness [verb (transitive)] > support, corroborate > with circumstances circumstantiate1658 1658–9 Onslow in T. Burton Diary (1828) III. 297 You ought first to have a charge before you, that may circumstantiate time and place. 1760 E. Montagu Let. 10 Sept. (1813) IV. 298 The story..dwelt upon, circumstantiated, and as it were represented..deviates into the comic. 1841 T. De Quincey Homer & Homeridae in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Dec. 754/2 De Foe..has so plausibly circumstantiated his false historical records, as to make them pass for genuine, even with..critics. Derivatives circumˈstantiating n. and adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > qualification > [noun] qualification1529 conditioning1530 modification1603 quality1622 conditionating1623 circumstantiatinga1652 the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > circumstance or circumstances > [noun] > action of placing in certain circumstances circumstantiatinga1652 the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > circumstance or circumstances > [adjective] > placing or positioning in certain circumstances circumstantiatinga1652 the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > qualification > [adjective] > imposing conditions circumstantiatinga1652 stipulatory1658 savinga1662 reserving1670 stipulating1737 qualificatory1739 conditioning1860 conditionating1888 a1652 J. Smith Select Disc. (1660) ix. viii. 432 Those circumstantiating and streightning conditions of Time and Place. 1675 R. Baxter Catholick Theol. ii. ii. 33 The comparative circumstantiating of that action. 1770 Philos. Trans. 1769 (Royal Soc.) 59 503 Symbols, not characterized by the farther circumstantiating lines. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < |
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