单词 | commemorate |
释义 | † commemorateadj. Obsolete. rare. Commemorated, rehearsed. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > [adjective] > commenting or mentioning > mentioned in speech1602 commemorate1671 1671 R. McWard True Non-conformist 274 In almost all the Psalms of praise, we find the preceding distress and afflictions..first pathetically commemorat. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2021). commemoratev. 1. transitive. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > speak, say, or utter [verb (transitive)] > mention or speak of to speak of ——c825 sayOE besayc1200 talk ofc1230 to make mention ofc1300 readc1300 yminnea1325 nevenc1330 to make mindc1350 toucha1375 famea1400 minta1400 clepec1400 rehearsec1405 recitec1436 reckonc1480 mentionatec1525 mention1530 to speak upon ——1535 name1542 repeatc1550 voice1597 commemorate1599 to speak on ——1600 notice1611 quote1612 to make vent ofa1616 memorate1623 mensh1928 1599 E. Sandys Europæ Speculum (1632) 206 It is to be acknowledged and thankfully commemorated, that this age hath not beene so utterly barren of good Princes. 1616 J. Bullokar Eng. Expositor Commemorate, to rehearse or make mention. 1665 T. Manley tr. H. Grotius De Rebus Belgicis 477 The Britannica, or Spoonwort of Pliny, which a most diligent Writer commemorates, that the Romans used against the same Disease. 1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xxxiii. 282 The..Tempter did commemorate unto her..the Prohibition. 1794 R. J. Sulivan View Nature II One of the Prophets, commemorating the miraculous providence of God, in conducting the Israelites to Canaan. b. To mention as worthy of remembrance; to make eulogistic or honourable mention of; to celebrate in speech or writing. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > memory > reminder, putting in mind > commemoration, remembrance > commemorate [verb (transitive)] > in speech or writing memorize1590 commemorate1714 the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > fame or renown > fame after death > make famous after death [verb (transitive)] > preserve in memory > mention as worthy of remembrance remenec1390 memorialize1798 commemorate1876 make- 1714 J. Ayliffe Antient & Present State Univ. Oxf. II. iii. i. 133 The Vice-Chancellor closes the Act in a solemn speech; wherein it is usual for him to commemorate the Transactions of the Year past, and especially such Benefactions as have been given to the University. 1876 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People v. 213 Dante..whom he [Chaucer] commemorates so reverently in his verse. 2. To call to remembrance, or preserve in memory, by some solemnity or celebration. (For the Christian Church use, cf. commemoration n. 2b.) ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > obsequies > commemorative ceremonies > commemorate or call to remembrance [verb (transitive)] commemorize1628 commemoratea1638 the mind > mental capacity > memory > reminder, putting in mind > commemoration, remembrance > commemorate [verb (transitive)] mingOE mina1200 remenec1400 remember?a1439 memorize1593 commemorize1628 commemoratea1638 embalma1674 monument1756 memorialize1798 anniversary1841 monumentalize1857 mark1871 obituarize1877 jubilee1887 a1638 J. Mede Wks. (1672) ii. ix. 376 The constant Form of all the Liturgies..Μεμνημένοι προσϕέρομεν..‘Commemorating’, or ‘by Commemorating, we offer’. a1732 F. Atterbury I. vii, in C. Richardson New Dict. Eng. Lang. We are called upon to commemorate a revolution, as surprising in its manner, as happy in its consequences, as any age or country can shew. 1845 J. Lingard Hist. & Antiq. Anglo-Saxon Church (ed. 3) II. App. k. 416 It may perhaps be asked, why Beda is commemorated in the ancient calendars on the 27th of May, if he died on the 26th. 1872 W. E. Scudamore Notitia Eucharistica 336 In the East..the Four great General Councils were commemorated in the Diptychs. 1883 W. E. Addis & T. Arnold Catholic Dict. at Commemorations As it would be difficult to say the Mass and office of two feasts on the same day, the Church, as a rule, celebrates the greater feast and merely commemorates the inferior one. 3. Said of things: To be a memorial or memento of; to preserve the remembrance of. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > memory > reminder, putting in mind > commemoration, remembrance > commemorate [verb (transitive)] > of things: serve as memorial commemorate1828 1766 [see commemorating n. and adj. at Derivatives]. 1828 I. D'Israeli Comm. Life Charles I I. vii. 216 Dates, which commemorate events, furnish no discovery of their causes. 1840 T. B. Macaulay Ld. Clive in Ess. 508/1 The stately monument which was designed to commemorate triumphs of France in the East. Derivatives coˈmmemorated adj. coˈmmemorating n. and adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > memory > reminder, putting in mind > commemoration, remembrance > [adjective] memorialc1390 memoranda1400 anniversary1449 memorative1449 memorala1500 recordative?1551 memorizing1600 commemorative1612 commemoratory1695 commemorating1766 commemorational1880 1766 J. Entick Surv. London in New Hist. London IV. 448 On a commemorating stone..is this inscription. 1875 C. Lyell & L. Lyell Princ. Geol. (ed. 12) I. i. xiv. 315 The commemorating processes, by which organic remains become fossilized. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1671v.1599 |
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