单词 | confessed |
释义 | confessedadj. 1. a. Acknowledged as true; avowed, owned, admitted; evident, made manifest. ΘΚΠ society > communication > manifestation > [adjective] > manifested objecta1398 displayedc1425 manifested?1531 confessed1561 understood1576 objected1606 ostended1608 ostential1609 exposed1630 evolveda1641 the mind > language > statement > acknowledgement, avowal, or confession > [adjective] > acknowledged, avowed, or confessed ownedeOE openOE avowed1340 confessed1561 avouched1637 granted1640 declared1651 1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. i. f. 23 The Prophet..taketh it for confessed truth. 1643 J. Milton Doctr. Divorce 5 To..doe a confest good work. 1790 W. Paley Horæ Paulinæ i. 2 The design and composition of the letters are in general so confessed. 1807 J. Barlow Columbiad iii. 127 The prince, confest to every warrior's sight. a1842 T. Arnold in A. P. Stanley Life & Corr. T. Arnold (1844) I. iv. 185 A confessed unconquerable difficulty. b. to stand (†appear) confessed: i.e. made known, revealed, open to recognition. ΘΚΠ society > communication > manifestation > disclosure or revelation > disclose or make revelations [verb (intransitive)] > be disclosed or revealed to come to (also in, on) (the) lightOE sutelea1000 kitheOE unfoldc1350 disclosea1513 burst1542 to break up1584 to take vent1611 vent1622 bleed1645 emerge1664 to get (also have) vent1668 to get or take wind1668 to stand (appear) confessed1708 eclat1736 perspire1748 transpire1748 to come out1751 develop1805 unroll1807 spunk1808 effloresce1834 to come to the front1871 to show up1879 out1894 evolve1920 to come or crawl out of the woodwork1964 1708 N. Rowe Royal Convert (T.) The perfidious author stands confest. a1763 W. Shenstone Wks. Verse & Prose (1764) I. 17 Instant a grateful form appear'd confest. 1855 J. L. Motley Rise Dutch Republic III. v. i. 144 Throwing off his disguise..the youthful paladin stood confessed. 2. That has confessed his sins, shriven. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > sacrament > confession > absolution > [adjective] > having received yscryve1387 confesseda1500 shriven1846 a1500 (?c1450) Merlin i. 10 Yef he were confessed and repentant, and..he wolde resceyve penance..he sholde [haue] anoon foryevenesse. 1812 J. Brady Clavis calendaria I. 198 One who looked like a confessed or shrived culprit. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.a1500 |
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