单词 | conscribed |
释义 | conscribedadj. That is or has been conscribed (in various senses of conscribe v.). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military organization > enlistment or recruitment > [adjective] entertained1588 listed1649 conscribed1654 enlisted1724 recruited1948 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 > [adjective] narroweOE restraint1445 modifiedc1485 limitate1541 restricteda1550 strait-laced1549 scant1556 circumcised1561 contract1561 restrained1578 determinate1586 limited1590 restrict1597 strict1597 confined1605 determineda1616 limitary1620 prescript1645 modificated1646 circumscribed1647 conscribed1654 limitated1654 reserved1654 coarctated1655 straiteneda1665 unabsolute1694 stinted1710 bounded1711 contracted1711 cramped1741 special1815 municipal1856 fine-cut1894 stingy1927 society > armed hostility > military organization > enlistment or recruitment > [adjective] > relating to compulsory enlistment > compelled to enlist compelled1541 impressed1608 conscribed1654 pressed1705 lotted1758 conscript1804 conscripted1807 press-ganged1882 1654 R. Codrington tr. Justinus Hist. v. 89 With this conscribed Army [L. conscripto exercitu] composed of the outcasts of men. 1834 Knickerbocker May 343 War sweeps away..the conscribed and peaceful peasant with the abandoned miscreant who fights for hire. 1867 W. E. Hall Plan for Reorganisation Army 28 If it turned out to be convenient to give a local basis to the volunteer as well as to the conscribed army [etc.]. 1922 Music & Lett. 3 251 The world of music is shut in the conscribed space of a grand piano's lid. 1995 Ethnologia Europaea 25 164/2 Most armies were made up from motley bands of pressed or conscribed men whose personal conduct left much to be desired. 2012 Globe & Mail (Canada) (Nexis) 13 Oct. f6 There was a time..when shopping for shoes did not induce a crisis of male identity. There were prescribed shoes for conscribed roles. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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