crisisn.

Brit.

/ˈkrʌɪsɪs/, U.S.

/ˈkraɪsᵻs/

Forms: Plural crises, rarely crisises.

Etymology: < Latin crisis, < Greek κρίσις discrimination, decision, crisis, < κρίνειν to decide.

1. Pathology. The point in the progress of a disease when an important development or change takes place which is decisive of recovery or death; the turning-point of a disease for better or worse; also applied to any marked or sudden variation occurring in the progress of a disease and to the phenomena accompanying it.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > [noun] > stage of disease > crisis

statea1400

crise?1541

crisis1543

judgement1547

judging day1547

vigour1563

fit1578

indicative day1624

station1651

status1663

acme1682

judicatory1684

solution1842

1543 B. Traheron Interpr. Straunge Wordes in tr. J. de Vigo Most Excellent Wks. Chirurg. sig. §§.ii/2 Crisis sygnifyeth iudgemente, and in thys case, it is vsed for a sodayne chaunge in a disease.

1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry V f. lxxx When the crisis of his sicknes was past and that he perceiued that helth was ouercome.

1625 J. Hart Anat. Urines i. ii. 21 Then shall the sicke..by the vertue and power of a happy Crisis, saile forth into the hauen of health.

1686 R. Boyle Free Enq. Notion Nature 222 I observe that Crises's, properly so call'd, do very seldom happen in other than Feavers.

1748 T. Smollett Roderick Random I. xxxiv. 303 When he found I had enjoyed a favourable crisis, he congratulated me.

1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. II. viii. 87 Brooks..and Thomas have seen the crisis of their malady.

†2. Astrology. Said of a conjunction of the planets which determines the issue of a disease or critical point in the course of events. (Cf. critical adj. 4.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > the universe > planet > position of planet > aspect > [noun] > conjunction > crisis

crisis1603

1603 C. Heydon Def. Iudiciall Astrol. 474 When the Moone comes to the 22 of Gemini, shee shall there begin to worke a dangerous Crisis, or alteration..so preuenting her ordinarie working.

1663 S. Butler Hudibras: First Pt. i. i. 46 They'l feel the Pulses of the Stars, To find out Agues, Coughs, Catarrhs; And tell what Crisis does divine The Rot in Sheep, or Mange in Swine.

3. transferred and figurative. A vitally important or decisive stage in the progress of anything; a turning-point; also, a state of affairs in which a decisive change for better or worse is imminent; now applied esp. to times of difficulty, insecurity, and suspense in politics or commerce.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > occurrence > [noun] > critical point or crisis

point?c1225

conjuncture1619

crise1643

juncture1656

crisis1659

hinge1775

cross-road1795

the world > action or operation > difficulty > [noun] > difficult state of things > sudden, extreme, or emergency

needOE

needinga1400

exigentc1475

plunge1519

opportunity1526

push1563

dead lift1567

heft1587

exigence1588

exigency1601

emergent1620

lift1624

emergencya1631

emergencea1676

emergementa1734

amplush1827

crisis1848

situation1954

1659 J. Rushworth Hist. Coll. 501 This is the Crisis [1659 (new ed.) Chrysis] of Parliaments; we shall know by this if Parliaments live or die.

a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Cornw. 204 The time betwixt Wicklife and Trevisa was the Chrisis of the English tongue.

1715 M. Davies Εἰκων Μικρο-βιβλικὴ 346 Great Crisises in Church and State.

1769 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) I. i. 16 To escape a crisis so full of terror and despair.

1848 J. S. Mill Princ. Polit. Econ. iii. xii There is said to be a commercial crisis when a great number of merchants and traders, at once, either have, or apprehend that they shall have, a difficulty in meeting their engagements.

1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xxvii. 202 The layer of snow had been in a state of strain, which our crossing brought to a crisis.

1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) III. 174 The ordinary statesman is also apt to fail in extraordinary crises.

1886 W. Stubbs 17 Lect. Study Hist. xvi. 365 Foreign transactions..most tedious because they go on without crisises and without issues.

†4. Judgement, decision. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > [noun]

doomc950

redeOE

lookingc1300

assizec1314

judging1357

definitionc1384

man's dayc1384

termination1395

discretiona1400

discussiona1425

decidingc1443

judicial1447

decisionc1454

arbitry1489

determinationa1513

determining1530

decerninga1535

discuss1556

discussment1559

thought1579

decernment1586

arbitrage1601

dijudication1615

crisis1623

decidementa1640

determinatinga1640

discernment1646

syndication1650

judication1651

dijudicatinga1656

adjudicature1783

call1902

1623 W. Sclater Quæstion of Tythes 198 His Crisis so exact will with greatest scorne reiect [etc.].

1643 C. Herle Answer to Fernes Reply 2 Consciences Synteresis, and Syneidesis..can warrant her to passe her Crisis or conclusive judgement.

1683 W. Cave Ecclesiastici Pref. sig. C2 We have not made..a Crisis and Censure of every single Tract.

1715 M. Davies Εἰκων Μικρο-βιβλικὴ 11.

†5. A point by which to judge; a criterion, token, sign. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > indication > [noun] > an indication or sign

tokeningc888

fingereOE

senyeOE

markOE

showing?c1225

blossomc1230

signa1325

signifyingc1384

evidencea1393

notea1398

forbysena1400

kenninga1400

knowinga1400

showerc1400

unningc1400

signala1413

signification?a1425

demonstrancec1425

cenyc1440

likelinessc1450

ensign1474

signifure?a1475

outshowinga1500

significativea1500

witter1513

precedent1518

intimation1531

signifier1532

meith1533

monument1536

indicion?1541

likelihood1541

significator1554

manifest1561

show1561

evidency1570

token-teller1574

betokener1587

calendar1590

instance1590

testificate1590

significant1598

crisis1606

index1607

impression1613

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story1620

remark1624

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signum1643

indiction1653

trace1656

demonstrator1657

indication1660

notationa1661

significatory1660

indicator1666

betrayer1678

demonstration1684

smell1691

wittering1781

notaa1790

blazonry1850

sign vehicle1909

marker1919

rumble1927

1606 Sir G. Goosecappe ii. i. sig. C4^v The Creses here are excellent good; The proportion of the chin good..the wart aboue it most exceeding good.

1641 H. Parker Qvestion Divine Right Episcopacie Ep. Ded. 2 Let your gracious acceptance of the same be as strong a crisis that your Grace is not a prejudging factious enemie.

1657 S. Purchas Theatre Flying-insects i. v. 12 Whereas the others beauty and lustiness is a Crysis of their youth, not their idleness.

Compounds

attributive and in other combinations.

ΚΠ

1841 Times 11 May 5/1 It may disappoint the crisis-mongers to hear us say so.

1896 Westm. Gaz. 23 June 3/1 All the aspects of a crisis night.

1898 Westm. Gaz. 4 Jan. 2/2 A Tory Government was ‘crisis proof’.

1898 Westm. Gaz. 26 Mar. 5/1 The ‘crisis’-less years of the late Liberal Government.

1898 Westm. Gaz. 24 June 2/3 The Near and not the Far East..was the crisis-centre.

1900 Westm. Gaz. 11 May 2/2 A crisis-avoiding peace-compelling Government.

1903 Westm. Gaz. 3 Jan. 2/3 A Crisis Fund, amounting to nearly two millions.

1938 E. Waugh in Tablet 23 July 112/1 The crisis-minded always maintain that the problems of their particular decade are unique and insuperable.

1938 Punch 10 Aug. 163/1 How many of these people are crisis-conscious?

1939 W. Lewis Let. 5 Oct. (1963) 266 In the crisis-days prior to the war.

1940 W. Empson Gathering Storm 65 The point is to join up the crisis-feeling to what can be felt all the time in normal life.

1960 Times 24 Oct. (Financial Review) p. viii/6 Switzerland..has been a normal haven for ‘crisis’ money.

1965 H. Kahn On Escalation xiii. 245 Crisis-management problems.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2020).

单词	crisis
释义	crisisn. Brit. /ˈkrʌɪsɪs/, U.S. /ˈkraɪsᵻs/ Forms: Plural crises, rarely crisises. Etymology: < Latin crisis, < Greek κρίσις discrimination, decision, crisis, < κρίνειν to decide. 1. Pathology. The point in the progress of a disease when an important development or change takes place which is decisive of recovery or death; the turning-point of a disease for better or worse; also applied to any marked or sudden variation occurring in the progress of a disease and to the phenomena accompanying it. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > [noun] > stage of disease > crisis statea1400 crise?1541 crisis1543 judgement1547 judging day1547 vigour1563 fit1578 indicative day1624 station1651 status1663 acme1682 judicatory1684 solution1842 1543 B. Traheron Interpr. Straunge Wordes in tr. J. de Vigo Most Excellent Wks. Chirurg. sig. §§.ii/2 Crisis sygnifyeth iudgemente, and in thys case, it is vsed for a sodayne chaunge in a disease. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry V f. lxxx When the crisis of his sicknes was past and that he perceiued that helth was ouercome. 1625 J. Hart Anat. Urines i. ii. 21 Then shall the sicke..by the vertue and power of a happy Crisis, saile forth into the hauen of health. 1686 R. Boyle Free Enq. Notion Nature 222 I observe that Crises's, properly so call'd, do very seldom happen in other than Feavers. 1748 T. Smollett Roderick Random I. xxxiv. 303 When he found I had enjoyed a favourable crisis, he congratulated me. 1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. II. viii. 87 Brooks..and Thomas have seen the crisis of their malady. †2. Astrology. Said of a conjunction of the planets which determines the issue of a disease or critical point in the course of events. (Cf. critical adj. 4.) ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > planet > position of planet > aspect > [noun] > conjunction > crisis crisis1603 1603 C. Heydon Def. Iudiciall Astrol. 474 When the Moone comes to the 22 of Gemini, shee shall there begin to worke a dangerous Crisis, or alteration..so preuenting her ordinarie working. 1663 S. Butler Hudibras: First Pt. i. i. 46 They'l feel the Pulses of the Stars, To find out Agues, Coughs, Catarrhs; And tell what Crisis does divine The Rot in Sheep, or Mange in Swine. 3. transferred and figurative. A vitally important or decisive stage in the progress of anything; a turning-point; also, a state of affairs in which a decisive change for better or worse is imminent; now applied esp. to times of difficulty, insecurity, and suspense in politics or commerce. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > occurrence > [noun] > critical point or crisis point?c1225 conjuncture1619 crise1643 juncture1656 crisis1659 hinge1775 cross-road1795 the world > action or operation > difficulty > [noun] > difficult state of things > sudden, extreme, or emergency needOE needinga1400 exigentc1475 plunge1519 opportunity1526 push1563 dead lift1567 heft1587 exigence1588 exigency1601 emergent1620 lift1624 emergencya1631 emergencea1676 emergementa1734 amplush1827 crisis1848 situation1954 1659 J. Rushworth Hist. Coll. 501 This is the Crisis [1659 (new ed.) Chrysis] of Parliaments; we shall know by this if Parliaments live or die. a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Cornw. 204 The time betwixt Wicklife and Trevisa was the Chrisis of the English tongue. 1715 M. Davies Εἰκων Μικρο-βιβλικὴ 346 Great Crisises in Church and State. 1769 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) I. i. 16 To escape a crisis so full of terror and despair. 1848 J. S. Mill Princ. Polit. Econ. iii. xii There is said to be a commercial crisis when a great number of merchants and traders, at once, either have, or apprehend that they shall have, a difficulty in meeting their engagements. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xxvii. 202 The layer of snow had been in a state of strain, which our crossing brought to a crisis. 1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) III. 174 The ordinary statesman is also apt to fail in extraordinary crises. 1886 W. Stubbs 17 Lect. Study Hist. xvi. 365 Foreign transactions..most tedious because they go on without crisises and without issues. †4. Judgement, decision. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > [noun] doomc950 redeOE lookingc1300 assizec1314 judging1357 definitionc1384 man's dayc1384 termination1395 discretiona1400 discussiona1425 decidingc1443 judicial1447 decisionc1454 arbitry1489 determinationa1513 determining1530 decerninga1535 discuss1556 discussment1559 thought1579 decernment1586 arbitrage1601 dijudication1615 crisis1623 decidementa1640 determinatinga1640 discernment1646 syndication1650 judication1651 dijudicatinga1656 adjudicature1783 call1902 1623 W. Sclater Quæstion of Tythes 198 His Crisis so exact will with greatest scorne reiect [etc.]. 1643 C. Herle Answer to Fernes Reply 2 Consciences Synteresis, and Syneidesis..can warrant her to passe her Crisis or conclusive judgement. 1683 W. Cave Ecclesiastici Pref. sig. C2 We have not made..a Crisis and Censure of every single Tract. 1715 M. Davies Εἰκων Μικρο-βιβλικὴ 11. †5. A point by which to judge; a criterion, token, sign. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > [noun] > an indication or sign tokeningc888 fingereOE senyeOE markOE showing?c1225 blossomc1230 signa1325 signifyingc1384 evidencea1393 notea1398 forbysena1400 kenninga1400 knowinga1400 showerc1400 unningc1400 signala1413 signification?a1425 demonstrancec1425 cenyc1440 likelinessc1450 ensign1474 signifure?a1475 outshowinga1500 significativea1500 witter1513 precedent1518 intimation1531 signifier1532 meith1533 monument1536 indicion?1541 likelihood1541 significator1554 manifest1561 show1561 evidency1570 token-teller1574 betokener1587 calendar1590 instance1590 testificate1590 significant1598 crisis1606 index1607 impression1613 denotementa1616 story1620 remark1624 indicium1625 denotation1633 indice1636 signum1643 indiction1653 trace1656 demonstrator1657 indication1660 notationa1661 significatory1660 indicator1666 betrayer1678 demonstration1684 smell1691 wittering1781 notaa1790 blazonry1850 sign vehicle1909 marker1919 rumble1927 1606 Sir G. Goosecappe ii. i. sig. C4^v The Creses here are excellent good; The proportion of the chin good..the wart aboue it most exceeding good. 1641 H. Parker Qvestion Divine Right Episcopacie Ep. Ded. 2 Let your gracious acceptance of the same be as strong a crisis that your Grace is not a prejudging factious enemie. 1657 S. Purchas Theatre Flying-insects i. v. 12 Whereas the others beauty and lustiness is a Crysis of their youth, not their idleness. Compounds attributive and in other combinations. ΚΠ 1841 Times 11 May 5/1 It may disappoint the crisis-mongers to hear us say so. 1896 Westm. Gaz. 23 June 3/1 All the aspects of a crisis night. 1898 Westm. Gaz. 4 Jan. 2/2 A Tory Government was ‘crisis proof’. 1898 Westm. Gaz. 26 Mar. 5/1 The ‘crisis’-less years of the late Liberal Government. 1898 Westm. Gaz. 24 June 2/3 The Near and not the Far East..was the crisis-centre. 1900 Westm. Gaz. 11 May 2/2 A crisis-avoiding peace-compelling Government. 1903 Westm. Gaz. 3 Jan. 2/3 A Crisis Fund, amounting to nearly two millions. 1938 E. Waugh in Tablet 23 July 112/1 The crisis-minded always maintain that the problems of their particular decade are unique and insuperable. 1938 Punch 10 Aug. 163/1 How many of these people are crisis-conscious? 1939 W. Lewis Let. 5 Oct. (1963) 266 In the crisis-days prior to the war. 1940 W. Empson Gathering Storm 65 The point is to join up the crisis-feeling to what can be felt all the time in normal life. 1960 Times 24 Oct. (Financial Review) p. viii/6 Switzerland..has been a normal haven for ‘crisis’ money. 1965 H. Kahn On Escalation xiii. 245 Crisis-management problems. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2020). < n.1543
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