alibin.adv.adj.

Brit.

/ˈalᵻbʌɪ/, U.S.

/ˈæləˌbaɪ/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin alibī.

Etymology: < classical Latin alibī elsewhere, in another place < alius another (see alien adj.) + -bī , locative ending also seen in ubi where (see ubi n.). With use as noun compare French alibi fact of having been elsewhere (when a crime was committed) (a1392 in Middle French), bad excuse, pretext (a1467). Compare aliunde adv.

A. n.

1. A plea by a person accused of an act that he or she was elsewhere when it took place; a person who or piece of evidence which supports such a plea.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > pleading > [noun] > a pleading or plea > specific pleas in defence or excuse

essoinc1330

oulter-le-mer1607

uncore prist1607

alibi1612

plene administravit1623

autrefois acquit1632

self-defence1651

volenti non fit injuriaa1656

Twinkie defence1979

society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > excuse > [noun] > specifically of having been elsewhere

alibi1612

1612 E. Grimeston tr. L. T. de Mayerne Gen. Hist. Spaine xiii. 455 He prooued his alibi [Fr. il prouua son alibi], and that he was not in that incounter.

1661 Marquis of Argyll Def. against Grand Indytement High Treason 94 He is so confident he never spake any such thing in Parliament, that the day being condescended on,..then the Defender offers to prove his alibi.

1743 H. Fielding Jonathan Wild iv. iii, in Misc. III. 303 A single Alibi would have saved them!

1778 Ann. Reg. 1774 (ed. 2) 135/2 Clearer proofs of an alibi than can frequently be produced.

1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. 523 For some of the prisoners an alibi was set up.

1862 Sat. Rev. 15 Mar. 291 They have got to establish alibis for her.

1939 T. S. Eliot Old Possum's Bk. Pract. Cats 34 He always has an alibi, and one or two to spare: At whatever time the deed took place—Macavity wasn't there!

1949 ‘C. Hare’ When Wind Blows xiv. 181 Tom and Maureen are my alibis.

1952 J. Lait & L. Mortimer U.S.A. Confidential ii. xvi. 184 When things get hot they have worked out a cute gimmick to hide out or supply themselves with alibis.

1993 R. Murphy Smash & Grab xi. 140/1 [He] was held for seven hours at Paddington police station but his alibi proved unshakeable.

1996 I. Rankin Beggars Banquet (2002) 205 They took him in for questioning, but he had a good alibi and a keen young solicitor.

2. colloquial. In weakened sense: an excuse, pretext, or justification.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > excuse > [noun]

assoin1297

excusationc1380

pleaa1382

excusement1393

sunyiea1400

chose15..

excusec1500

allegation?1510

scuse1523

subterfuge1581

apology1598

alibi1857

out1919

1857 W. P. Lennox Merrie Eng. 234 As for the call-boy story, Mr. Collier has quite proved an alibi for the ‘worthy, gentle, and beloved’ William.

1911 Sporting Life (Philadelphia) 3 June 7/1 The ‘boys at the front’ have had a tough time all year, issuing ‘The Daily Alibi’.

1922 W. T. Tilden Lawn Tennis i. 1 Don't offer alibis for losing.

1951 L. P. Hartley My Fellow Devils xxi. 216 Low spirits make you seem complaining..I have an alibi because I'm going to have a baby.

1984 Mother Jones Nov. 9/1 Polling organizations try to protect themselves from possible embarrassment by using a number of statistical safeguards and alibis.

2002 D. Aitkenhead Promised Land ix. 93 The irony alibi had been stretched beyond breaking point.

B. adv.

Chiefly in legal contexts: somewhere else, elsewhere. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > place > here, there, etc. > [adverb] > elsewhere

elsewhereOE

otherwherea1400

allwhere1439

another gatea1450

somewhere elsec1450

again1555

otherwheres1563

alibi1639

1639 W. Laud Relation Conf. Lawd & Fisher 328 I would faine know, how a Body that is alicubi, shall be alibi, without change of it selfe, and yet that this shall be rather Transubstantiation then Translocation.

1661 Marquis of Argyll Def. against Grand Indytement High Treason 36 He offers to prove..That he was alibi the time of the committing of the said deeds.

1678 G. Mackenzie Laws & Customes Scotl. ii. xx. 457 He knew the defender to be alibi.

1712 J. Arbuthnot App. to John Bull Still in Senses ii. 9 The Prisoner had little to say in his Defence; he endeavour'd to prove himself Alibi.

1777 Erskine's Princ. Law Scotl. (ed. 5) iv. 499 The defender will be allowed to proue, that..he was alibi.

1831 L. T. Rede York Castle in 19th Cent. 477 The defence in most of these cases was alibi, which, said the sagacious Mr. Park, from its continual recurrence was suspicious.

1992 J. Hollander in H. Schweizer Poetry of Irving Feldman 59 The protagonist of the fable finds a new place, a here-there in which he will no longer be alibi.

C. adj. (attributive).

Of, relating to, or based on the act or plea of being elsewhere; providing an alibi or excuse.

ΚΠ

1753 H. Fielding Clear State of Case E. Canning 58 The alibi Defence is not only a false one, but a Falsehood very easy to be practised on all Occasions, where there are Gangs of People, as Gipsies.

1772 Ann. Reg. 1771 214/2 The two Weils endeavoured also to prove an alibi evidence.

1858 W. M. Thackeray Virginians I. xxxv. 273 The remedy of absence and distance often acts effectually with men; but I believe women are not so easily cured by the alibi treatment.

1898 Southwestern Reporter 42 264/2 Pleas Wynn, one of the alibi witnesses, Is under indictment for complicity In this offense.

1951 Crisis Apr. 270 Charges of bungling, mishandling, and tampering with alibi evidence have been unearthed.

1998 N.Y. Times 27 Dec. i. 7/1 She did not want to be ‘exploited’ as a ‘token or alibi’ Jew.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

alibiv.

Brit.

/ˈalᵻbʌɪ/, U.S.

/ˈæləˌbaɪ/

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymons: alibi adv.; alibi n.

Etymology: Partly (in sense 1) < alibi adv., and partly (in other senses) < alibi n.

†1. transitive. To transfer (one's residence) elsewhere, or to another place. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1824 Family Oracle of Health 1 248 Having aliased himself Dr. Cameron, and alibied his residence to London, he commenced his career of advertising and quacking.

2. colloquial (originally and chiefly U.S.).

a. transitive. To provide with an alibi. Also with prepositional phrase as complement.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > justification > justify [verb (transitive)] > exculpate > clear by an alibi

alibi1890

1890 Law Jan. 126 ‘I am the same,’ Replied the rogue, ‘you alibied from blame For the performance of that little job.’

1909 P. Armstrong Alias Jimmy Valentine (MS.) 111 You cant get away from the scar on your left wrist if you alibied yourself into hell.

1930 ‘E. Queen’ French Powder Myst. xxxi. 257 There's a sagacious chauffeur to alibi one.

1958 J. Cannan And be Villain iv. 111 Aunt Primrose..hadn't opportunity. She's alibi-ed by Mrs. Fitch.

2001 J. Wolcott Catsitters xvii. 106 If she calls, tell her I was shooting pool with you... Alibi me, OK?

b. intransitive. To provide an alibi for a person.

ΚΠ

1915 C. E. Van Loan Taking Count 112 Somebody ought to alibi for me—getting put away by a stiff like this!

1926 J. Black You can't Win xx. 318 I could say I was looking for his room and he would alibi for me.

1992 W. W. Johnstone Gunsmoke & Gold (2006) xviii. 176 You alibied for Ned after Victoria was raped.

3. intransitive. colloquial (chiefly U.S. Sport). To make excuses. Also with for.Frequently in contexts relating to baseball. Cf. Alibi Ike n.

ΚΠ

1917 Collier's 13 Oct. 16/1 I ain't trying to alibi, it was a solid bone play.

1948 Baseball Digest June 53/2 He never alibied for his ball players.

1961 Amer. Motorcycling Sept. 7/2 Some of our referees better have machine inspections, instead of always alibiing when a member of AMA office appears.

1998 Baseball Digest Jan. 42/1 To his credit, Vaughn didn't try to alibi for his poor performance.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	alibi
释义	alibin.adv.adj. Brit. /ˈalᵻbʌɪ/, U.S. /ˈæləˌbaɪ/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin alibī. Etymology: < classical Latin alibī elsewhere, in another place < alius another (see alien adj.) + -bī , locative ending also seen in ubi where (see ubi n.). With use as noun compare French alibi fact of having been elsewhere (when a crime was committed) (a1392 in Middle French), bad excuse, pretext (a1467). Compare aliunde adv. A. n. 1. A plea by a person accused of an act that he or she was elsewhere when it took place; a person who or piece of evidence which supports such a plea. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > pleading > [noun] > a pleading or plea > specific pleas in defence or excuse essoinc1330 oulter-le-mer1607 uncore prist1607 alibi1612 plene administravit1623 autrefois acquit1632 self-defence1651 volenti non fit injuriaa1656 Twinkie defence1979 society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > excuse > [noun] > specifically of having been elsewhere alibi1612 1612 E. Grimeston tr. L. T. de Mayerne Gen. Hist. Spaine xiii. 455 He prooued his alibi [Fr. il prouua son alibi], and that he was not in that incounter. 1661 Marquis of Argyll Def. against Grand Indytement High Treason 94 He is so confident he never spake any such thing in Parliament, that the day being condescended on,..then the Defender offers to prove his alibi. 1743 H. Fielding Jonathan Wild iv. iii, in Misc. III. 303 A single Alibi would have saved them! 1778 Ann. Reg. 1774 (ed. 2) 135/2 Clearer proofs of an alibi than can frequently be produced. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. 523 For some of the prisoners an alibi was set up. 1862 Sat. Rev. 15 Mar. 291 They have got to establish alibis for her. 1939 T. S. Eliot Old Possum's Bk. Pract. Cats 34 He always has an alibi, and one or two to spare: At whatever time the deed took place—Macavity wasn't there! 1949 ‘C. Hare’ When Wind Blows xiv. 181 Tom and Maureen are my alibis. 1952 J. Lait & L. Mortimer U.S.A. Confidential ii. xvi. 184 When things get hot they have worked out a cute gimmick to hide out or supply themselves with alibis. 1993 R. Murphy Smash & Grab xi. 140/1 [He] was held for seven hours at Paddington police station but his alibi proved unshakeable. 1996 I. Rankin Beggars Banquet (2002) 205 They took him in for questioning, but he had a good alibi and a keen young solicitor. 2. colloquial. In weakened sense: an excuse, pretext, or justification. ΘΚΠ society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > excuse > [noun] assoin1297 excusationc1380 pleaa1382 excusement1393 sunyiea1400 chose15.. excusec1500 allegation?1510 scuse1523 subterfuge1581 apology1598 alibi1857 out1919 1857 W. P. Lennox Merrie Eng. 234 As for the call-boy story, Mr. Collier has quite proved an alibi for the ‘worthy, gentle, and beloved’ William. 1911 Sporting Life (Philadelphia) 3 June 7/1 The ‘boys at the front’ have had a tough time all year, issuing ‘The Daily Alibi’. 1922 W. T. Tilden Lawn Tennis i. 1 Don't offer alibis for losing. 1951 L. P. Hartley My Fellow Devils xxi. 216 Low spirits make you seem complaining..I have an alibi because I'm going to have a baby. 1984 Mother Jones Nov. 9/1 Polling organizations try to protect themselves from possible embarrassment by using a number of statistical safeguards and alibis. 2002 D. Aitkenhead Promised Land ix. 93 The irony alibi had been stretched beyond breaking point. B. adv. Chiefly in legal contexts: somewhere else, elsewhere. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > here, there, etc. > [adverb] > elsewhere elsewhereOE otherwherea1400 allwhere1439 another gatea1450 somewhere elsec1450 again1555 otherwheres1563 alibi1639 1639 W. Laud Relation Conf. Lawd & Fisher 328 I would faine know, how a Body that is alicubi, shall be alibi, without change of it selfe, and yet that this shall be rather Transubstantiation then Translocation. 1661 Marquis of Argyll Def. against Grand Indytement High Treason 36 He offers to prove..That he was alibi the time of the committing of the said deeds. 1678 G. Mackenzie Laws & Customes Scotl. ii. xx. 457 He knew the defender to be alibi. 1712 J. Arbuthnot App. to John Bull Still in Senses ii. 9 The Prisoner had little to say in his Defence; he endeavour'd to prove himself Alibi. 1777 Erskine's Princ. Law Scotl. (ed. 5) iv. 499 The defender will be allowed to proue, that..he was alibi. 1831 L. T. Rede York Castle in 19th Cent. 477 The defence in most of these cases was alibi, which, said the sagacious Mr. Park, from its continual recurrence was suspicious. 1992 J. Hollander in H. Schweizer Poetry of Irving Feldman 59 The protagonist of the fable finds a new place, a here-there in which he will no longer be alibi. C. adj. (attributive). Of, relating to, or based on the act or plea of being elsewhere; providing an alibi or excuse. ΚΠ 1753 H. Fielding Clear State of Case E. Canning 58 The alibi Defence is not only a false one, but a Falsehood very easy to be practised on all Occasions, where there are Gangs of People, as Gipsies. 1772 Ann. Reg. 1771 214/2 The two Weils endeavoured also to prove an alibi evidence. 1858 W. M. Thackeray Virginians I. xxxv. 273 The remedy of absence and distance often acts effectually with men; but I believe women are not so easily cured by the alibi treatment. 1898 Southwestern Reporter 42 264/2 Pleas Wynn, one of the alibi witnesses, Is under indictment for complicity In this offense. 1951 Crisis Apr. 270 Charges of bungling, mishandling, and tampering with alibi evidence have been unearthed. 1998 N.Y. Times 27 Dec. i. 7/1 She did not want to be ‘exploited’ as a ‘token or alibi’ Jew. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). alibiv. Brit. /ˈalᵻbʌɪ/, U.S. /ˈæləˌbaɪ/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymons: alibi adv.; alibi n. Etymology: Partly (in sense 1) < alibi adv., and partly (in other senses) < alibi n. †1. transitive. To transfer (one's residence) elsewhere, or to another place. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1824 Family Oracle of Health 1 248 Having aliased himself Dr. Cameron, and alibied his residence to London, he commenced his career of advertising and quacking. 2. colloquial (originally and chiefly U.S.). a. transitive. To provide with an alibi. Also with prepositional phrase as complement. ΘΚΠ society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > justification > justify [verb (transitive)] > exculpate > clear by an alibi alibi1890 1890 Law Jan. 126 ‘I am the same,’ Replied the rogue, ‘you alibied from blame For the performance of that little job.’ 1909 P. Armstrong Alias Jimmy Valentine (MS.) 111 You cant get away from the scar on your left wrist if you alibied yourself into hell. 1930 ‘E. Queen’ French Powder Myst. xxxi. 257 There's a sagacious chauffeur to alibi one. 1958 J. Cannan And be Villain iv. 111 Aunt Primrose..hadn't opportunity. She's alibi-ed by Mrs. Fitch. 2001 J. Wolcott Catsitters xvii. 106 If she calls, tell her I was shooting pool with you... Alibi me, OK? b. intransitive. To provide an alibi for a person. ΚΠ 1915 C. E. Van Loan Taking Count 112 Somebody ought to alibi for me—getting put away by a stiff like this! 1926 J. Black You can't Win xx. 318 I could say I was looking for his room and he would alibi for me. 1992 W. W. Johnstone Gunsmoke & Gold (2006) xviii. 176 You alibied for Ned after Victoria was raped. 3. intransitive. colloquial (chiefly U.S. Sport). To make excuses. Also with for.Frequently in contexts relating to baseball. Cf. Alibi Ike n. ΚΠ 1917 Collier's 13 Oct. 16/1 I ain't trying to alibi, it was a solid bone play. 1948 Baseball Digest June 53/2 He never alibied for his ball players. 1961 Amer. Motorcycling Sept. 7/2 Some of our referees better have machine inspections, instead of always alibiing when a member of AMA office appears. 1998 Baseball Digest Jan. 42/1 To his credit, Vaughn didn't try to alibi for his poor performance. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.adv.adj.1612v.1824
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