单词 | daunton |
释义 | dauntondantonv. Scottish. = daunt v.: To subdue, tame, intimidate, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > quality of being intimidating > intimidate or bully [verb (transitive)] > daunt (a person's) courage cowardc1300 anarrowc1400 accowardize1480 accoward1481 daunton1535 quail1548 daunt1569 quay1590 disheart1603 dishearten1606 cravena1616 break1619 unsoula1634 unnerve1638 cowardize1648 daff1673 to put (a person) off his (also her) mettle1745 becoward1831 1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 8 How the Emprioure Theodocius send ane Armie..to dantoun this foirsaid Octaueus. a1572 J. Knox Hist. Reformation Scotl. in Wks. (1846) I. 371 This wonderouse wark of God..aucht to have dantoned hir furie. c1598 King James VI & I Basilicon Doron (1944) I. iii. 188 Use..to ryde & dantoune..curagiouse horsis. 1609 Bp. W. Barlow Answer Catholike English-man 121 To enforce a grant, or daunten the Prince. 1681 S. Colvil Mock Poem (1751) 128 Who once at Rome, his pride to danton, His nose saluted with a panton. 1788 R. Burns in J. Johnson Scots Musical Museum II. 190 An auld man shall never daunton me. 1837 R. Nicoll Poems (1842) 162 Its sadness shall never danton me. Derivatives ˈdauntoned adj. tamed, broken in. ΚΠ 1597 J. Skene tr. Quoniam Attach. c. 48 §11 Bot it is otherwise of a tame and dantoned horse [L. de equo domito]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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