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单词 comether
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comethern.

Brit. /kʌmˈɛðə/, U.S. /ˌkəmˈɛðər/, Irish English /kʌmˈeːðər/
Forms: 1800s comedher, 1800s com'ether, 1800s come-other, 1800s commedher, 1800s commether, 1800s– comether, 1900s comedther, 1900s– comideer, 1900s– commidher, 1900s– commither.
Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: English come hither , to put the (also one's) come hither on a person at come-hither n. 1
Etymology: Representing a regional and colloquial pronunciation of come hither (in to put the (also one's) come hither on a person at come-hither n. 1).
Originally and chiefly Irish English. Now rare.
A seductive spell or charm. Only in to put the comether on someone and variants: to exercise a powerful influence over someone; to persuade, fascinate, or seduce someone, esp. of the opposite sex. Cf. come-hither n.
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the mind > will > motivation > persuasion > persuade (a person) [verb (transitive)]
leada1225
accoya1375
form1399
persuadec1450
persuadec1487
practise1524
temper1525
work1532
suade1548
perduce1563
to draw on1567
overdraw1603
possess1607
bring1611
sway1625
tickle1677
tamper1687
to touch up1796
to put the comether on someone1818
1818 Lady Morgan Florence Macarthy IV. iv. 189 A vagrant, a rebel, who..put his commether upon Clotty.
1883 C. Reade in Harper's Mag. July 205/2 We must buy him, or put the comether on him.
1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. ix. [Scylla & Charybdis] 183 She put the comether on him, sweet and twentysix.
1924 A. D. H. Smith Porto Bello Gold ii. 29 She put the comether on ye, that elegant young maid.
1957 Dublin Mag. Jan. 26 The Big Eel will put the comether on him again, and through the long winter..they'll be canoodling.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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