单词 | conscribe |
释义 | conscribev.ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > [verb (transitive)] awriteeOE writeOE speak?c1225 paintc1400 conscribec1487 blecka1500 cipher1565 letter1570 characterize1581 character1589 bewrite1660 scriven1680 quill1768 screeve1851 c1487 J. Skelton tr. Diodorus Siculus Bibliotheca Historica Proh. 11 Of whos olde annuary gestes in Latyn conscribyd we had notice & knowleche who were theyr prynces & what were theyr actes. 1654 tr. G. Fedro von Rodach Physicall & Chymicall Wks. To Rdr. sig. A4 These here and there scattered members..being set down by peeces, and conscribed in a promiscuous stile, (some in Latine, the most in the German tongue). 2. a. transitive. To form (an army) by enrolment; to enlist (a soldier). Now archaic and rare. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military organization > enlistment or recruitment > enlist (soldiers) [verb (transitive)] wagec1330 musterc1425 to take upc1425 prest1481 to call up1523 conscribe1548 enrol1576 matriculate1577 press1600 in list1604 list1643 recruita1661 enlist1699 crimp1789 to muster into service1834 book1843 induct1934 to read in1938 1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward IV f. ccviiv When this armie..was conscribed and come together to Harflete. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward IV f. ccxxxv To conscribe and set furthe a newe armie. 1660 G. Fleming Stemma Sacrvm 28 People..of the meanest condition, and mercinary only and conscribed by others. 1794 E. Stiles Hist. Three Judges King Charles I v. 242 Ten thousand of these are worth three times the number raised in the usual manner of conscribing venal armies. 1906 C. M. Doughty Dawn in Brit. IV. xvi. 185 Long yellow-haired, tall and great limbed, as Almains. He would, of such, he might conscribe a legion! ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > appointment to office > appoint a person to an office [verb (transitive)] > appoint as Roman senator conscribe1656 adlect1914 1656 J. Harrington Common-wealth of Oceana 148 If a plebeian happened to be conscribed, he and his posterity became patrician. c. transitive. To recruit by conscription; = conscript v. Also in extended use. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military organization > enlistment or recruitment > enlist (soldiers) [verb (transitive)] > compel to enlist prest1481 press1542 impress1598 imprest1645 lot1757 conscribe1806 conscript1813 draft1862 press-gang1899 to comb out1916 1806 Universal Mag. Oct. 366/1 They who are conscribed also in this manner, whether rich or poor, are not in the state of soldiery in the rest of Europe: the way is open to them to the highest commands. 1820 Edinb. Rev. 34 418 Government..cannot conscribe readers. 1860 T. P. Thompson Audi Alteram Partem (1861) III. cviii. 24 ‘We will not be conscribed, to be shot like dogs’—was what I heard from French youth. 1919 S. McKenna Sonia Married (new ed.) ii. 92 Volunteers were encouraged to enlist on pain of being conscribed, if they held back. 1978 New Scientist 5 Oct. 88/1 He was conscribed into the Leicestershire Yeomanry during the war. 3. a. transitive. To restrict or confine within limits; to circumscribe. (Now the usual sense.)Apparently not recorded between the 17th and 19th centuries. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or restricted in application > quality of being restricted or limited > restrict or limit [verb (transitive)] thringc1250 circumscrivec1374 arta1382 bound1393 limita1398 restrainc1405 pincha1450 restringe1525 coarcta1529 circumscribe1529 restrict1535 conclude1548 narrow?1548 limitate1563 stint1567 chamber1568 contract1570 crampern1577 contain1578 finish1587 conscribe1588 pound1589 confine1597 border1608 circumcise1613 constrain1614 coarctate1624 butta1631 prescribe1688 pin1738 the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > edge, border, or margin > boundary > bound or form boundary of [verb (transitive)] > enclose as a boundary circumscribe1578 conscribe1588 inbound1600 1588 T. Kyd tr. T. Tasso Housholders Philos. f. 10 The life of a woman is conscribd and ordinarily concluded in lesser tyme then Mans. 1613 T. Heywood Siluer Age iii. sig. K4 The Fates, by whom your powers are all conscrib'd, Pronounce this doome. a1642 R. Callis Reading of Statute of Sewers (1647) ii. 106 A Mart, Fair or Market..although they be conscribed to place and circuit. 1874 A. Mursell in Catholic Serm. II. 29 We have duties to perform. There are some whose duty is conscribed within the home-circle. 1916 A. D. McLaren Germanism from Within iv. xix. 241 It is still a rare thing for a man or woman to marry out of his or her class. Even religion is still conscribed. 1972 Times Lit. Suppl. 25 Aug. 986/3 Any book that he did write would be conscribed by the limitations of his vision. 1996 W. Hoffmann-Riem Regulating Media iv. 165 Efforts are made to conscribe the dynamic of the economic market with the use of rules to restrict concentration. 2003 Renaissance Drama 32 200 Margaret Cavendish's rights were thus singularly conscribed. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > geometry > shape or figure > manipulate shapes or figures [verb (transitive)] > draw or form boundary of descrivec1392 describe1559 circumscribe1570 contain1570 inscribe1570 conscribe1704 1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I. at Polygon This Triangle will be lesser than any Polygon conscribed, and greater than any inscribed. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < |
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