单词 | consumpt |
释义 | consumptn. Chiefly Scottish. Now rare. = consumption n. 7. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > using up, expending, or consuming > [noun] > specifically the products of industry consumption1662 consumpt1695 society > trade and finance > trading conditions > [noun] > supply and demand or market > demand > consumption consumption1696 consumpt1756 consumption level1841 1695 Laws & Acts 5th Session 1st Parl. William xxxix. 64 The Brandy commonly called Rum..does hinder the Consumpt of strong Waters made of Malt, which is the Native Product of this Kingdom. 1756 M. Calderwood Lett. & Jrnls. (1884) 82 This is but home consumpt. 1799 J. Robertson Gen. View Agric. Perth 151 The consumpt of it [sc. barley] in beer is but small. 1880 J. H. Burton Hist. Reign Queen Anne I. iv. 146 Taxes to be imposed on consumpt at home. 1884 St. James's Gaz. 8 Feb. 6/2 He placed the London consumpt at 86,000 bushels. 1946 A. Nelson Princ. Agric. Bot. xiii. 302 Fig. 142 shows the effect of aeration on accumulation of potassium by roots of barley plants, while Fig. 143 shows both aeration and fuel (sugar) consumpt. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † consumptadj. Obsolete. Decayed, wasted; consumed. Chiefly as past participle. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [adjective] > devouring > devoured consumpta1398 forfrettenc1420 spentc1440 consumed1580 engulfed1590 exhausted1656 the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > wasting disease > [adjective] > relating to consumption > affected by consumpta1398 phthisica1398 consumed?a1425 consumptuous1601 consumptive1648 phthisical1651 consumptionary1653 consumptionish1655 consumptionous1655 consumptional1662 consummate1684 phthisicky1697 pulmonary1712 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. vi. i. 293 Faileþ, fleisch and fairnes is consumpt and spendiþ. a1425 (a1382) Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Corpus Oxf.) (1850) Josh. x. 20 The aduersaries..vnto the deeth almest consumpt [a1425 L.V. wastid]. ?a1425 (c1380) G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. ii. met. vii. l. 27 It is nat yyven to knowen hem that ben dede and consumpt. c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) iv. l. 4465 Men..longe & lene, Consumpt, sklendre, broun & ceferyn hewed. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1695adj.a1398 |
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