单词 | defiance |
释义 | defiancen. a. Renunciation of faith, allegiance, or amity; declaration of hostilities. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > [noun] > declaration of defiancec1300 diffidation1640 c1300 K. Alis. 5545 Alisaunder the wryt behelde, And saugh therinne thretyng belde, And defyeaunce, the thrid day. c1430 J. Lydgate Minor Poems 92 (1840) Arbachus..sent to hym, for his mysgovernaunce, Of highe disdayne a ful playne defyaunce. c1500 Melusine (1895) 350 They lete make a lettre of deffyaunce of whiche the tenour foloweth. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. xxxiv. 48 That who soeuer wolde any hurte to other, shuld make his defyance thre dayes before his dede. 1622 R. Hawkins Observ. Voiage South Sea lxiv. 161 Spaine broke the peace with England,..and that by Imbargo, which of all kindes of defiances is most reproved, and of least reputation;..the most honorable, is with Trumpet and Herald, to proclaime and denounce the warre by publicke defiance. 1649 J. Milton Tenure of Kings 26 The whole Protestant league raysd open Warr against Charles the fifth..sent him a defiance, renounc'd all faith and allegeance toward him. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > [adverb] at defiance1556 1556 W. Tyms Let. 28 Aug. in J. Foxe Actes & Monuments (1570) III. 2078/1 Cleaue vnto him and be at defiance with his enemies the Papistes. 1598 R. Grenewey tr. Tacitus Annales iii. vii. 74 The prouinces at defiance with vs. 1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 28 The two Kings..live at defiance, and oft times the poore Savages pay deerely for eithers ambition. 1705 J. Logan in Mem. Hist. Soc. Pennsylvania (1872) X. 58 I have been ever since the sending of that letter..at defiance with him. 2. The act of defying or challenging to fight; a challenge or summons to a combat or contest; a challenge to make good or maintain a cause, assertion, etc. cartel of defiance: see cartel n. 1. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > [noun] > challenge to > act of challenging defyingc1300 defiancec1430 defialc1470 provocation1484 the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > [noun] > defiance despitec1380 cartel of defiancec1430 facing1481 facing and bracing1481 bearding1577 dare1594 braving1616 stouting1630 outbraving1631 affront1642 defiance1710 defial1793 bravadoing1809 bravading1812 defiantness1872 society > society and the community > dissent > competition or rivalry > challenge or challenging > [noun] challengec1325 challenging1330 defiancec1430 defya1586 provocatory1611 provoke1824 society > armed hostility > [noun] > challenge to appeala1450 provocation1484 challenge1530 defya1586 gagea1592 dare1594 defiance1597 c1430 J. Lydgate tr. Bochas Fall of Princes (1554) ii. Prol. 40 a Vertue on fortune maketh a defiaunce. 1587 J. Higgins Mirour for Magistrates (new ed.) Brennus xxv To sound defiaunce, fyre, and sword and fight. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II iii. iii. 129 Shall we..send Defiance to the traitor. View more context for this quotation 1639 T. B. tr. J.-P. Camus Certain Moral Relations in S. Du Verger tr. J.-P. Camus Admirable Events 303 Saluted by a letter of defiance, which marked out the houre and the place where he should come with a second. 1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Defiance..a challenge to make any impeachment good. 1831 D. Brewster Life I. Newton xii. 214 He could not dispense with answering..Sir Isaac Newton..who had given him a defiance in express terms. 1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (1858) II. ix. 372 To the king, the pope's conduct appeared a defiance; and as a defiance he accepted it. 3. The act of setting at nought; open or daring resistance offered to authority or any opposing force. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > [noun] > defiance despitec1380 cartel of defiancec1430 facing1481 facing and bracing1481 bearding1577 dare1594 braving1616 stouting1630 outbraving1631 affront1642 defiance1710 defial1793 bravadoing1809 bravading1812 defiantness1872 1710 R. Steele Tatler No. 98. ⁋3 Remarkable for that Piece of good Breeding peculiar to natural Britons, to wit Defiance. a1714 J. Sharp Wks. VI. Dis. viii. (R.) This open and scandalous violation and defiance of his most sacred fundamental laws. 1883 J. A. Froude Short Stud. IV. i. ix. 105 The open disobedience of the order..could be construed only as defiance. 4. Phr. a. to bid defiance to: to defy, declare hostility to; to brave, set at nought; so to set at defiance. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > oppose [verb (transitive)] > defy stout1303 defy1377 beard1476 brave1546 brag1551 outface1574 to hold (a person) waga1578 dare1580 outbrave1589 bedarea1596 maugre1597 championa1616 to bid defiance to1632 stem1675 bravadea1698 bravo1732 1632 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy (ed. 4) ii. iii. iii. 341 He set her [sc. Fortune] at defiance euer after. 1667 R. Allestree Causes Decay Christian Piety (1704) xvii. 378 The Novatian heresy..bade such express defiance to apostacy. 1757 Centinel No. 34 The fire of youth..when agitated by any violent passion..sets everything at defiance. 1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature II. xlvii. 340 The Alps... See how scornfully they look down upon you, and bid defiance to the elements. 1842 M. R. Mitford in A. G. L'Estrange Life M. R. Mitford (1870) III. ix. 144 They might have set the Tories at defiance. b. in defiance of: with daring disregard of; setting at nought. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > in opposition to [preposition] > in defiance of atour1535 in defiance of1750 in (the) face of1837 1750 S. Johnson Rambler No. 75. ⁋15 He carries me the first dish, in defiance of the frowns and whispers of the table. 1816 M. Keating Trav. (1817) I. 15 Clung to..in defiance of reason and sensation. 1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People iv. §5. 202 Gaveston..was beheaded in defiance of the terms of his capitulation. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > refusal > [noun] > rejection or non-acceptance renunciation1418 rejectinga1425 reprobationa1425 rejectiona1464 abjection?1529 refute1535 abdication1552 abnegation1554 abrenunciation1557 recusancy1563 repudy1575 offcasting?1591 rejectment1599 defiancea1616 canvass1621 non-acceptation1622 repudiation1640 disacceptance1642 non-acceptance1647 disowning1656 discard1663 disownment1806 unacceptance1865 ding1949 negging1996 a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) iii. i. 144 Such a warped slip of wildernesse Nere issu'd from his blood. Take my defiance, Die, perish. View more context for this quotation ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > lack of confidence, distrust, suspicion > [noun] ortrowthc1175 ortrowa1200 untrust?c1225 suspicion1303 suspectiona1340 mistrowa1375 overtrowa1375 misfaitha1382 jealousyc1385 suspectc1386 misdoubtingc1390 untrist1390 mistrowinga1393 mistrusta1393 mistrista1400 supposinga1400 untrestc1400 wantrustc1405 diffidencea1425 misdeemingc1450 untrustingc1450 discredence?a1475 surmise1509 suspensea1513 diffidency1537 distrust1548 distrusting1549 misdoubt1558 discredit1567 misgiving1582 scruple1597 disconfidence1620 inconfidence1627 disaffiance1631 non-fiance1643 defiance1662 suspiciencya1690 reservation1719 disfaith1870 méfiance1876 1662 S. Pepys Diary 6 Jan. (1970) III. 4 Major Holmes, who I perceive would fain get to be free and friends with my wife; but I shall prevent it, and she herself hath also a defyance against him. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.c1300 |
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