† acconj.

Forms: Old English a (transmission error), Old English æac (rare), Old English an (Northumbrian, transmission error), Old English eac (rare), Old English (early Middle English chiefly west midlands) ah, Old English (rare)–early Middle English ach, Old English–Middle English (1500s Scottish) ac, late Old English hach, late Old English–early Middle English æc (rare), early Middle English aac, early Middle English aach, early Middle English acc, early Middle English acke, early Middle English agc, early Middle English ahi (south-west midlands, probably transmission error), early Middle English at (probably transmission error), early Middle English aug, early Middle English (south-west midlands) auh, early Middle English hac, Middle English ak, Middle English ake.

Origin: A word inherited from Germanic.

Etymology: Cognate with Old Saxon ak , Old High German oh , uh , Gothic ak ; further etymology unknown. For a summary of the major suggestions (which all encounter formal or semantic problems), see W. P. Lehmann Gothic Etymol. Dict. (1986) at ak. Compare oc conj.The Old English forms show signs of development under low stress; this seems to have (usually) prevented the raising of short West Germanic a to æ and favoured the lenition of the final velar to a fricative in forms such as ah , ach (compare discussion at I pron.). Occasionally in sense 3, when semantically weak and unstressed, the word is difficult to distinguish from weak forms of Old English ēac ‘moreover, also’ (also attested as ǣc , with smoothing of the diphthong: see eke adv.).

Obsolete.

1. Introducing a contrary after a negative: = but conj. 11a.

ΚΠ

OE Andreas (1932) 1209 Ne mið ðu for menigo, ah þinne modsefan staðola wið strangum!

OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 1st Ser. (Royal) (1997) ix. 255 Seo wuduwe þe leofað on estmettum: Heo ny lyfað na, ac heo is dead.

OE West Saxon Gospels: Matt. (Corpus Cambr.) v. 17 Ne com ic na to towurpan ac gefyllan.

a1250 Lofsong Louerde in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 211 (MED) Ich liuie, nout ich, auh crist liueð in me.

a1300 in C. Brown Eng. Lyrics 13th Cent. (1932) 115 Inne þe nis lac ne lest, auȝ alle holinesse.

a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) 110 (MED) Werwolf was he non wox of kinde, ac komen was he of kun þat kud was ful nobul.

a1450 St. Francis (Bodl.) l. 179 in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen (1889) 82 315 (MED) Nele is neuere her-after on þe I-caste my triste, ac al myn hope chal here-after be on my lord Jhesu criste.

2. Introducing a contrast: = but conj. 11b.

ΚΠ

OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 1st Ser. (Royal) (1997) xxxv. 483 Sume men habbað god angyn sume hwile, ac hi geendiað on yfele.

OE Wærferð tr. Gregory Dialogues (Corpus Cambr.) (1900) ii. xi. 125 Þa stanas þæs toglidenan wages nalæs þæt an, þæt hi his limu tobræcan, ac eac swylce mid ealle his ban gebrysedon [L. non solum membra, sed etiam ossa contriuerant].

lOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) anno 1106 Se steorra..wæs litel geþuht and deorc, ac se leoma þe him fram stod wæs swiðe beorht.

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 203 His broþer heo him wolde bi-nimen, ah he ne mihte speden.

c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 49 (MED) Al on murȝþe was he ysete wiþ a fair baronye, Ac or he hadde þane half yȝete, on herte him gan to nuye.

a1450 (a1400) Feast of Corpus Christi (Bodl.) in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen (1889) 82 308 (MED) It [sc. the manna] rotid faste; ac þat flesch & þat blood rotiþ neuere-mo.

a1500 (?a1325) Otuel & Roland (1935) l. 1117 (MED) Wel nyȝe he hadde hym slawe..Ac sire Artok tho cam And sauyd hym fro vylonye.

1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 630 Amang the aill gart tume thame [sc. herbs] in the fat; Ac leit it stand at greit laser and lenth.

3. Introducing an exception, qualification, or addition: = but conj. 12a.

ΚΠ

eOE King Ælfred tr. Gregory Pastoral Care (Hatton) (1871) ii. 31 Hie nan monn ne dearr ðreagean ðeah hie agylten, ac mid ðam beoð synna suiðe gebrædda ðe hie beoð sua geweorðade [L. et in exemplum culpa uehementer extenditur].

OE tr. Pseudo-Apuleius Herbarium (Vitell.) (1984) cxxxiv. 174 Ðeos wyrt ðe man action..nemneð hafað gelice leaf cyrfættan, ac hy beoð maran & heardran [L. similia cucurbitae sed maiora et duriora].

c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 1891 Þatt wass i marrch acc marrch wass þa Neh all gan ut till ende.

?a1200 (?OE) Peri Didaxeon (1896) 39 Næfre hy ne swycaþ, ac þanne hi hungrie beoþ.

a1350 (?c1225) King Horn (Harl.) (1901) l. 120 (MED) Ofte hade horn be wo, ah [c1300 Laud Bute] neuer wors þen him wes þo.

c1400 Life St. Alexius (Laud 622) (1878) 761 Alexius þo write bigan; Ak þere was non bifore þan þat wist he couþe in book.

a1450 St. Francis (Bodl.) l. 118 in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen (1889) 82 314 Ac þo his fadir wiste..He to-swal wit wraþþe.

a1500 (?a1400) Firumbras (1935) l. 958 (MED) For ȝerne thay lokeden..ȝyue god send eny grace of Ricer of normandye. Ac nemes hym be-went & loked in the playn.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	ac
释义	Acn.² Brit. /ˌeɪˈsiː/, U.S. /ˌeɪˈsi/ Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: actinium n. Etymology: Symbolic abbreviation for actinium n. Chemistry. The element actinium (actinium n. 2). ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > elements and compounds > metals > specific elements > actinium > [noun] actinium1900 Ac1905 1905 Sci. Abstr. A. 8 510 New radio-active product from actinium... AcX gives out α, β, and γ-rays, and special experiments show that AcX is the source of Ac emanation. 1922 T. M. Lowry Inorg. Chem. xlv. 903 (heading) Actinium. Ac = 226 (?) 1984 N. N. Greenwood & A. Earnshaw Chem. of Elements (1986) xxxi. 1464 From Ac to U,..the most stable oxidation state increases from +3 to +6. 2007 Appl. Radiation & Isotopes 65 1014 The increasing application of Ac-225 for cancer therapy. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). † acconj. Forms: Old English a (transmission error), Old English æac (rare), Old English an (Northumbrian, transmission error), Old English eac (rare), Old English (early Middle English chiefly west midlands) ah, Old English (rare)–early Middle English ach, Old English–Middle English (1500s Scottish) ac, late Old English hach, late Old English–early Middle English æc (rare), early Middle English aac, early Middle English aach, early Middle English acc, early Middle English acke, early Middle English agc, early Middle English ahi (south-west midlands, probably transmission error), early Middle English at (probably transmission error), early Middle English aug, early Middle English (south-west midlands) auh, early Middle English hac, Middle English ak, Middle English ake. Origin: A word inherited from Germanic. Etymology: Cognate with Old Saxon ak , Old High German oh , uh , Gothic ak ; further etymology unknown. For a summary of the major suggestions (which all encounter formal or semantic problems), see W. P. Lehmann Gothic Etymol. Dict. (1986) at ak. Compare oc conj.The Old English forms show signs of development under low stress; this seems to have (usually) prevented the raising of short West Germanic a to æ and favoured the lenition of the final velar to a fricative in forms such as ah , ach (compare discussion at I pron.). Occasionally in sense 3, when semantically weak and unstressed, the word is difficult to distinguish from weak forms of Old English ēac ‘moreover, also’ (also attested as ǣc , with smoothing of the diphthong: see eke adv.). Obsolete. 1. Introducing a contrary after a negative: = but conj. 11a. ΚΠ OE Andreas (1932) 1209 Ne mið ðu for menigo, ah þinne modsefan staðola wið strangum! OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 1st Ser. (Royal) (1997) ix. 255 Seo wuduwe þe leofað on estmettum: Heo ny lyfað na, ac heo is dead. OE West Saxon Gospels: Matt. (Corpus Cambr.) v. 17 Ne com ic na to towurpan ac gefyllan. a1250 Lofsong Louerde in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 211 (MED) Ich liuie, nout ich, auh crist liueð in me. a1300 in C. Brown Eng. Lyrics 13th Cent. (1932) 115 Inne þe nis lac ne lest, auȝ alle holinesse. a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) 110 (MED) Werwolf was he non wox of kinde, ac komen was he of kun þat kud was ful nobul. a1450 St. Francis (Bodl.) l. 179 in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen (1889) 82 315 (MED) Nele is neuere her-after on þe I-caste my triste, ac al myn hope chal here-after be on my lord Jhesu criste. 2. Introducing a contrast: = but conj. 11b. ΚΠ OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 1st Ser. (Royal) (1997) xxxv. 483 Sume men habbað god angyn sume hwile, ac hi geendiað on yfele. OE Wærferð tr. Gregory Dialogues (Corpus Cambr.) (1900) ii. xi. 125 Þa stanas þæs toglidenan wages nalæs þæt an, þæt hi his limu tobræcan, ac eac swylce mid ealle his ban gebrysedon [L. non solum membra, sed etiam ossa contriuerant]. lOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) anno 1106 Se steorra..wæs litel geþuht and deorc, ac se leoma þe him fram stod wæs swiðe beorht. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 203 His broþer heo him wolde bi-nimen, ah he ne mihte speden. c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 49 (MED) Al on murȝþe was he ysete wiþ a fair baronye, Ac or he hadde þane half yȝete, on herte him gan to nuye. a1450 (a1400) Feast of Corpus Christi (Bodl.) in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen (1889) 82 308 (MED) It [sc. the manna] rotid faste; ac þat flesch & þat blood rotiþ neuere-mo. a1500 (?a1325) Otuel & Roland (1935) l. 1117 (MED) Wel nyȝe he hadde hym slawe..Ac sire Artok tho cam And sauyd hym fro vylonye. 1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 630 Amang the aill gart tume thame [sc. herbs] in the fat; Ac leit it stand at greit laser and lenth. 3. Introducing an exception, qualification, or addition: = but conj. 12a. ΚΠ eOE King Ælfred tr. Gregory Pastoral Care (Hatton) (1871) ii. 31 Hie nan monn ne dearr ðreagean ðeah hie agylten, ac mid ðam beoð synna suiðe gebrædda ðe hie beoð sua geweorðade [L. et in exemplum culpa uehementer extenditur]. OE tr. Pseudo-Apuleius Herbarium (Vitell.) (1984) cxxxiv. 174 Ðeos wyrt ðe man action..nemneð hafað gelice leaf cyrfættan, ac hy beoð maran & heardran [L. similia cucurbitae sed maiora et duriora]. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 1891 Þatt wass i marrch acc marrch wass þa Neh all gan ut till ende. ?a1200 (?OE) Peri Didaxeon (1896) 39 Næfre hy ne swycaþ, ac þanne hi hungrie beoþ. a1350 (?c1225) King Horn (Harl.) (1901) l. 120 (MED) Ofte hade horn be wo, ah [c1300 Laud Bute] neuer wors þen him wes þo. c1400 Life St. Alexius (Laud 622) (1878) 761 Alexius þo write bigan; Ak þere was non bifore þan þat wist he couþe in book. a1450 St. Francis (Bodl.) l. 118 in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen (1889) 82 314 Ac þo his fadir wiste..He to-swal wit wraþþe. a1500 (?a1400) Firumbras (1935) l. 958 (MED) For ȝerne thay lokeden..ȝyue god send eny grace of Ricer of normandye. Ac nemes hym be-went & loked in the playn. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > see also also refers to : ac-prefix also refers to : -acsuffix > as lemmas AC AC n. and adj. (also A/C) (a) n. air conditioning; (b) adj. air-conditioned. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > freedom from impurities > removal of impurities > ventilation and air-conditioning > [noun] ventilation1664 ventilating1743 air conditioning1909 central air conditioning1923 central air1955 AC1962 air-con1970 air1974 1962 G. Meckler & M. Meckler in Methods Building Cost Anal. 55 (table) Decrease in AC Cost as % TBC. 1970 Rotarian Nov. 59/3 (advt.) Kalamazoo-Southgate Motor-Inn:..124 A/C rooms, htd. pool. 2002 Sunday Times of India 22 Sept. 2/4 With the advent of the Metro, people can look forward to AC coaches, faster commuting, and pollution-free travel. 2008 A. Adiga White Tiger 69 This was a beautiful, modern car, with all the necessary comforts: a speaker system, A/C, nice glossy leather seats. extracted from An. AC AC n. (also A/C) aircraftman; cf. S.A.C. n. at S n.¹ Initialisms 1. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > hostilities in the air > airman > [noun] > aircraftman or woman aircraftman1919 AC1928 erk1928 aircraftwoman1939 plonk1941 ACW1942 1928 Times 25 May 6/7 Lance-Corporal Bosworth and A./C. Mallett, 3 defeats each. 1963 Times 8 Mar. 12/7 Airmen ranks to disappear are master technician, senior technician, corporal technician, and aircraftman 2nd class (AC 2). 2001 D. F. Clark Stand by Your Beds! vi. 178 AC Lott, for God's sake! AC Lott! This is the Controller at Dirleton here... Shift your bloody arse, Airman! extracted from An. a.c. a.c. n. alternating current; cf. AC/DC adj. 1. ΚΠ 1891 Med. Summary July 124/2 I then take a smooth-running, faradic instrument of mild current (No. 1 Kidder's Preferred, A. C. Current). 1903 Electr. Times 31 Dec. 962/1 (heading) The Ferranti A.C. Meter. 1958 Pop. Mech. June 135/1 The generator delivers 1200 watts of continuous duty 60-cycle a.c. 2000 Courier Mail (Brisbane) 18 May (What's On) 17 Pick up some..table-lamp-type a.c. cable from your hardware store. extracted from An. A.C. A.C. adv. [graphic abbreviation of post-classical Latin ante christum (1544 or earlier)] now rare before Christ; cf. A.D. adv. ΚΠ 1690 I. Newton Let. 14 Nov. in Corr. (1961) III. 95 He praises the Codex Lobiensis written A.C. 1084. 1834 Biblical Repository Oct. 426 In AC 135, an insurrection of the slaves in Sicily happened. 1975 I. Gershevitch in J. R. Hinnells Mithraic Stud. I. vi. 69 Those Parthians who in the third century a.c. were converted to Manichaeism identified the Manichaean god who had led the Third Emanation..with Mithra. extracted from An. AC AC n. (with reference to wine, or some foods) appellation contrôlée. ΚΠ 1965 M. A. Amerine & V. L. Singleton Wine xiii. 199 In France the appellations contrôlées are the most respected (often abbreviated A.C.). 1991 Decanter Aug. 23/1 The latest Clarets to join the range promise well for the future. Château Malard, AC Bordeaux Supérieur 1987 is a bargain. 2003 Decanter Aug. 102/2 In the outlying fields, Charolais cattle graze beside the goats that produce the region's other great AC, Crottin de Chavignol cheese. extracted from An. AC AC n. athletic (or athletics) club. ΚΠ 1868 H. F. Wilkinson Mod. Athletics iv. 66 BB Connolly, formerly of the Cambridge University AC, got off best and won as he liked in the 100 yards. 1956 Boys' Life Nov. 65/2 When we drew for lanes, the other first leg men stared at me suspiciously, suspecting some skulduggery on the part of the New York AC. 2010 Tamworth Herald (Nexis) 8 Apr. 89 Tamworth Athletics Club stars began their build-up to the summer's major events by competing at Mansfield Harriers AC's Track and Field Open Meeting over the Easter weekend. extracted from An. AC AC n. Companion of the Order of Australia. ΚΠ 1976 Titles & Forms of Addr. (ed. 15) 1 A.C... Companion of the Order of Australia. 2009 West Austral. (Perth) (Nexis) 26 Jan. 3 His contribution to defence policy was particularly recognised in his being awarded the AC. extracted from An. < n.²1905conj.eOE see also as lemmas
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