单词 | coalescency |
释义 | coalescencyn. Now rare. The combination, union, or merging of persons or things into one whole; coalescence; an instance of this. Also: the quality or fact of being coalescent. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > association for a common purpose > [noun] onehead1340 alliance?a1400 union?a1425 union?1435 allya1445 alliage1450 allyc1450 association1535 sociation1579 combination1593 confederacy1594 adhesion1614 coalescency1645 togetherness1656 compendance1658 junction1783 affiliation1791 confederateship1837 allyship1849 solidification1891 togetherhood1896 we-ness1920 us-ness1927 1645 T. Urquhart Trissotetras 53 The coalescencie of these last two operations in one. 1656 J. Owen Wks. (1851) VIII. 422 They come to a coalescency in love and truth. 1681 H. More Plain Expos. Daniel i. 9 The coalescency of these Two Nations into One Kingdom or Empire. a1683 J. Owen Contin. Expos. Hebrews (1684) xiii. 204 From their Coalescency into one Sacred Society. 1731 Second High-German Physician 14 All those Feculencies and Impurities (which thro' their present Coagulations and Coalescencies, dam up and clog the Springs of Life). 1794 G. Wakefield in A. Pope Wks. 298 Those amicable collisions of social intercourse, which gradually wear away the asperities of temper and the protuberances of selfish affection; whence originate the chief obstacles to the coalescencies and correspondencies of good breeding. 1844 J. S. Olcott Animal Electr. xi. 97 When the necesity [sic] of protesting, shall have passed away in the light of science and savor of piety, the schism will be healed in their mutual coalescency. 1906 Camera Craft Nov. 415 Both the pictures and the article show strong individuality, some slight lack of coalescency should not be allowed to detract from the value of the work of either. 1970 Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 22 Feb. 9/4 Most European nations did grow out of historical events and were coalescencies of small groups. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1645 |
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