confiscateadj.

(see the verb.)

Etymology: < Latin confiscātus, past participle of confiscāre : see confisk v.

1. Of property: Appropriated to the use of the sovereign or the public, adjudged forfeited. (Chiefly as past participle)

ΘΚΠ

society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > legal seizure or recovery of property > [adjective] > confiscating to state > confiscated

confiscatea1533

confiscated1552

sequestrated1865

a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1537) iii. (R.) I knowe..how thou art banished from Rome and all thy goods confiscate.

1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde i. vii. f. 36^v Both the brethrene are..cast in prison, with their goodes confiscate.

1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice iv. i. 308 Thy lands and goods are by the lawes of Venice confiscate vnto the state of Venice.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) v. vi. 324 And let it be confiscate all.

1668 J. Child Brief Observ. Trade 38 All their Money should be confiscate to the Publique.

1821 Ld. Byron Marino Faliero (2nd issue) v. i. 151 Thy goods are confiscate unto the state.

2. Deprived of property as forfeited.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > seizing > [adjective] > seizing by (public) authority > seized by (public) authority

confiscated1552

confiscatea1618

society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > legal seizure or recovery of property > [adjective] > confiscating to state > deprived by confiscation

confiscatea1618

a1618 W. Raleigh Prerogatiue Parl. (1628) 31 Lancaster, Latimer, and Sturry were confiscate and banished.

1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia I. i. i. 12 That Century is quite confiscate, fallen bankrupt.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

confiscatev.

/ˈkɒnfᵻskeɪt/

/kɒnˈfɪskeɪt/

Etymology: < Latin confiscāt- participial stem of confiscāre : see the earlier confisk v., through French. Confiscate , as the direct representative of Latin confiscātus , was used as a participial adjective before the verb was introduced, and afterwards still continued to be a form of the past participle = confiscated : see confiscate adj.As in other words of the same form, compensate, concentrate, contemplate, etc., the stress is now usually on the first syllable, but till c1864 the dictionaries had only conˈfiscate, Knowles (1835) alone giving ˈconfiscate as an alternative. This was also the ordinary usage of the poets, though both forms occur in Shakespeare and in Byron.

a. transitive. To appropriate (private property) to the sovereign or the public treasury by way of penalty.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > seizing > seize [verb (transitive)] > by (public) authority

achete?a1439

encheata1464

confisk1474

prizea1500

sequestera1513

confiscatea1533

distraina1616

expropriate1875

society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > legal seizure or recovery of property > [verb (transitive)] > confiscate or sequestrate to state

forfeitc1384

cheatc1440

confisk1474

sequestera1513

confiscatea1533

publish1533

sequestrate1640

inbring1752

a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1537) iii. (R.) I knowe..how thou art banished from Rome and all thy goods confiscate.

1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Confiscate or forfaite a mans goodes, Publico.

1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde i. vii. f. 36^v Both the brethrene are..cast in prison, with their goodes confiscate.

1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice iv. i. 308 Thy lands and goods are by the lawes of Venice confiscate vnto the state of Venice.

1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 78 The emperor Emanuel..did in one day confiscat all the goods of the Venetian marchants within his empire.

1682 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Rights Princes (new ed.) i. 21 Which were upon that seized on and confiscated.

1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 125 We shall never confiscate a shilling of that honourable and pious fund.

1826 J. Kent Comm. Amer. Law I. iii. 59 The right to confiscate debts was admitted as a doctrine of national law.

†b. To take away by exercise of authority from the individual (what belongs to him). Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1641 J. Milton Of Reformation 65 By proscribing, and confiscating from us all the right we have to our owne bodies, goods and liberties.

†2. To deprive (a person) of his property as forfeited to the State. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > legal seizure or recovery of property > [verb (transitive)] > confiscate or sequestrate to state > deprive by confiscation or forfeiture

forfeit?a1400

forjudgec1470

confisk1579

confiscatea1618

peculiate1656

a1618 W. Raleigh Prerogatiue Parl. (1628) 36 The forenamed Lords..were condemned and confiscate.

1619 E. M. Bolton tr. Florus Rom. Hist. iii. ix. 296 The motion, to confiscate that prince, though..in league with them.

a1662 P. Heylyn Aerius Redivivus (1670) 331 He..breaking Prison, was confiscated, proclaimed Traytor.

†3. To forfeit to the sovereign or state. Also figurative. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > punishment > fine > [verb (transitive)] > forfeit (property) to sovereign or state

confiscate1593

1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares f. 50 By your swearing & forswearing in bargayning, you haue confiscated your soules long agoe.

1641 G. Langbaine in J. Cheke Hurt of Sedicion (new ed.) sig. c2^v This he had not confiscate to the Queene.

4. loosely. To seize as if by authority; to take forcible possession of, to appropriate summarily.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > seizing > seize [verb (transitive)] > by (public) authority > arbitrarily or summarily

confiscate1819

commandeer1900

1819 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto II cxxvi. 182 The cargoes he confiscated.

1865 D. Livingstone & C. Livingstone Narr. Exped. Zambesi vi. 148 He was declared a prisoner, and his cargo and ship confiscated.

1876 S. Smiles Huguenots in Eng. (rev. ed.) iii. 39 The King confiscated to himself the property of those who took refuge abroad.

1891 N.E.D. at Confiscate Mod. colloq. The college authorities have confiscated every copy of the paper.

Derivatives

ˈconfiscating n. and adj.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > seizing > [noun] > by (public) authority

confiscation1543

confisking1583

confiscating1591

expropriation1878

society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > legal seizure or recovery of property > [noun] > seizing lands or goods > confiscation or sequestration by state

confiscation1543

sequestration1568

confisking1583

confiscating1591

publication1611

the mind > possession > taking > seizing > [adjective] > seizing by (public) authority

sequestering1620

confiscating1796

confiscatorya1797

society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > legal seizure or recovery of property > [adjective] > confiscating to state

confiscating1796

1591 R. Percyvall Bibliotheca Hispanica Dict. at Confiscacion Forfeiture, confiscating.

1796 E. Burke Let. to Noble Lord in Wks. (1815) VIII. 39 The bad times of confiscating princes..or confiscating demagogues.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	confiscate
释义	confiscateadj. (see the verb.) Etymology: < Latin confiscātus, past participle of confiscāre : see confisk v. 1. Of property: Appropriated to the use of the sovereign or the public, adjudged forfeited. (Chiefly as past participle) ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > legal seizure or recovery of property > [adjective] > confiscating to state > confiscated confiscatea1533 confiscated1552 sequestrated1865 a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1537) iii. (R.) I knowe..how thou art banished from Rome and all thy goods confiscate. 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde i. vii. f. 36^v Both the brethrene are..cast in prison, with their goodes confiscate. 1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice iv. i. 308 Thy lands and goods are by the lawes of Venice confiscate vnto the state of Venice. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) v. vi. 324 And let it be confiscate all. View more context for this quotation 1668 J. Child Brief Observ. Trade 38 All their Money should be confiscate to the Publique. 1821 Ld. Byron Marino Faliero (2nd issue) v. i. 151 Thy goods are confiscate unto the state. 2. Deprived of property as forfeited. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > seizing > [adjective] > seizing by (public) authority > seized by (public) authority confiscated1552 confiscatea1618 society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > legal seizure or recovery of property > [adjective] > confiscating to state > deprived by confiscation confiscatea1618 a1618 W. Raleigh Prerogatiue Parl. (1628) 31 Lancaster, Latimer, and Sturry were confiscate and banished. 1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia I. i. i. 12 That Century is quite confiscate, fallen bankrupt. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2021). confiscatev. /ˈkɒnfᵻskeɪt//kɒnˈfɪskeɪt/ Etymology: < Latin confiscāt- participial stem of confiscāre : see the earlier confisk v., through French. Confiscate , as the direct representative of Latin confiscātus , was used as a participial adjective before the verb was introduced, and afterwards still continued to be a form of the past participle = confiscated : see confiscate adj.As in other words of the same form, compensate, concentrate, contemplate, etc., the stress is now usually on the first syllable, but till c1864 the dictionaries had only conˈfiscate, Knowles (1835) alone giving ˈconfiscate as an alternative. This was also the ordinary usage of the poets, though both forms occur in Shakespeare and in Byron. 1. a. transitive. To appropriate (private property) to the sovereign or the public treasury by way of penalty. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > seizing > seize [verb (transitive)] > by (public) authority achete?a1439 encheata1464 confisk1474 prizea1500 sequestera1513 confiscatea1533 distraina1616 expropriate1875 society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > legal seizure or recovery of property > [verb (transitive)] > confiscate or sequestrate to state forfeitc1384 cheatc1440 confisk1474 sequestera1513 confiscatea1533 publish1533 sequestrate1640 inbring1752 a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1537) iii. (R.) I knowe..how thou art banished from Rome and all thy goods confiscate. 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Confiscate or forfaite a mans goodes, Publico. 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde i. vii. f. 36^v Both the brethrene are..cast in prison, with their goodes confiscate. 1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice iv. i. 308 Thy lands and goods are by the lawes of Venice confiscate vnto the state of Venice. View more context for this quotation 1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 78 The emperor Emanuel..did in one day confiscat all the goods of the Venetian marchants within his empire. 1682 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Rights Princes (new ed.) i. 21 Which were upon that seized on and confiscated. 1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 125 We shall never confiscate a shilling of that honourable and pious fund. View more context for this quotation 1826 J. Kent Comm. Amer. Law I. iii. 59 The right to confiscate debts was admitted as a doctrine of national law. †b. To take away by exercise of authority from the individual (what belongs to him). Obsolete. ΚΠ 1641 J. Milton Of Reformation 65 By proscribing, and confiscating from us all the right we have to our owne bodies, goods and liberties. †2. To deprive (a person) of his property as forfeited to the State. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > legal seizure or recovery of property > [verb (transitive)] > confiscate or sequestrate to state > deprive by confiscation or forfeiture forfeit?a1400 forjudgec1470 confisk1579 confiscatea1618 peculiate1656 a1618 W. Raleigh Prerogatiue Parl. (1628) 36 The forenamed Lords..were condemned and confiscate. 1619 E. M. Bolton tr. Florus Rom. Hist. iii. ix. 296 The motion, to confiscate that prince, though..in league with them. a1662 P. Heylyn Aerius Redivivus (1670) 331 He..breaking Prison, was confiscated, proclaimed Traytor. †3. To forfeit to the sovereign or state. Also figurative. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > fine > [verb (transitive)] > forfeit (property) to sovereign or state confiscate1593 1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares f. 50 By your swearing & forswearing in bargayning, you haue confiscated your soules long agoe. 1641 G. Langbaine in J. Cheke Hurt of Sedicion (new ed.) sig. c2^v This he had not confiscate to the Queene. 4. loosely. To seize as if by authority; to take forcible possession of, to appropriate summarily. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > seizing > seize [verb (transitive)] > by (public) authority > arbitrarily or summarily confiscate1819 commandeer1900 1819 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto II cxxvi. 182 The cargoes he confiscated. 1865 D. Livingstone & C. Livingstone Narr. Exped. Zambesi vi. 148 He was declared a prisoner, and his cargo and ship confiscated. 1876 S. Smiles Huguenots in Eng. (rev. ed.) iii. 39 The King confiscated to himself the property of those who took refuge abroad. 1891 N.E.D. at Confiscate Mod. colloq. The college authorities have confiscated every copy of the paper. Derivatives ˈconfiscating n. and adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > seizing > [noun] > by (public) authority confiscation1543 confisking1583 confiscating1591 expropriation1878 society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > legal seizure or recovery of property > [noun] > seizing lands or goods > confiscation or sequestration by state confiscation1543 sequestration1568 confisking1583 confiscating1591 publication1611 the mind > possession > taking > seizing > [adjective] > seizing by (public) authority sequestering1620 confiscating1796 confiscatorya1797 society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > legal seizure or recovery of property > [adjective] > confiscating to state confiscating1796 1591 R. Percyvall Bibliotheca Hispanica Dict. at Confiscacion Forfeiture, confiscating. 1796 E. Burke Let. to Noble Lord in Wks. (1815) VIII. 39 The bad times of confiscating princes..or confiscating demagogues. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adj.a1533v.a1533
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