单词 | declarative |
释义 | declarativeadj.n. A. adj. Characterized by declaring (in the various senses of the verb). a. Making clear, manifest, or evident. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > proof, demonstration > [adjective] demonstrativec1405 showablea1500 declarativea1536 showing1552 probatory1593 convictive1634 verifying1634 evincing1641 demonstrating1648 endeictic1656 probative1678 substantiative1794 proving1824 demonstrational1833 verificatory1834 verificative1860 a1536 W. Tyndale Wks. 67 (R.) Notwithstanding ye sonne is the cause declaratiue wherby we know that the other is a father. 1644 J. Bulwer Chirologia 1 All the declarative conceits of Gesture. 1646 P. Bulkley Gospel-covenant iv. 337 These kind of promises..are declarative, making manifest who be those true beleivers to whom the life promised..doth belong. a1665 J. Goodwin Πλήρωμα τὸ Πνευματικόv (1670) xiii. 366 Holy and zealous impressions upon the hearts..of men may be declarative of their being filled with the Spirit of God. 1772 J. W. Fletcher Logica Genevensis 43 The declarative evidences..whether or no he was among the trees of righteousness. ΘΚΠ society > communication > manifestation > [adjective] > having property or function of ostensivec1570 exhibitive1596 reflective1640 declarative1642 manifestative1642 eductive1654 manifestive1846 1642 T. Hodges Glimpse Gods Glory 36 Every thing whereby the declarative highnesse of this great God is advanced. a1679 W. Gurnall in C. H. Spurgeon Treasury of David (1874) IV. Ps. cii. 16 His declarative glory then appears, when the glory of his mercy, truth and faithfulness break forth in his people's salvation. 2. a. Characterized by making declaration; of the nature of a declaration or formal assertion. declarative act, declarative statute, etc. = declaratory adj. act, etc. ΚΠ 1628 T. Spencer Art of Logick 153 A declaratiue, or pronouncing sentence. 1646 S. Bolton Arraignment of Errour 136 Ministeriall, declaratiue, subordinate Judges. 1654 J. Bramhall Just Vindic. Church of Eng. iii. 31 Whether the Act or Statute..were operative or declarative, creating new right, or manifesting, or restoring old right. 1692 S. Patrick Answer to Touchstone of Reformed Gospel 97 The only Question is, Whether their Absolution be only declarative, or also operative? a1754 T. Carte Gen. Hist. Eng. (1755) IV. 335 It was a declarative law. 1808 L. Murray Eng. Gram. Illustr. I. iii. 250 The best method of discovering the proper case of the pronoun, in such phrases..is, to turn them into declarative expressions. b. Const. of. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > [adjective] enunciative1531 exponent1581 definitivea1620 pronouncing1628 declarative1642 declaratory1660 enunciatory1693 exponential1730 statemental1880 1642 King Charles I His Majesties Answer Declar. both Houses conc. Comm. Array 1 July 55 According to the Common Law (of which the Statute is but declarative). 1774 T. Pennant Tour Scotl. 1772 16 An inscription, declarative of his munificence towards the church. 1866 A. B. Grosart in Lismore Papers Introd. 12 Much of the record..is declarative of a wish on the part of the Founder of the History to win the ear of posterity. ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > intimation or making known > [adjective] > of personal qualities: given to talking talkative1509 declarative1647 1647 N. Bacon Hist. Disc. Govt. 22 The times were too tender to endure them to be declarative on either part. 1748 S. Richardson Clarissa III. xliii. 222 He was still more declarative afterwards. B. n. A declaratory statement or act. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > [noun] > a statement or declaration pretence1440 mentiona1470 profession1526 resolution1594 definitive1595 propound1599 enunciation1628 expression1635 express1646 declarative1651 assert1655 statement1775 enouncementa1856 sayable1957 1651 N. Bacon Contin. Hist. Disc. Govt. 97 Not as an Introduction of a new Law, but as a Declarative of the old. 1866 H. Bushnell Vicarious Sacrifice iii. i. 251 As declaratives of natural consequence. Draft additions 1993 Computing. Designating programming languages of the kind that specify properties rather than procedures. ΘΚΠ society > computing and information technology > programming language > [adjective] > relational or functional declarative1977 1977 A. B. Tucker Programming Languages i. 2 High-level languages are not as close in many respects to the programmer's medium of discourse as [are] ‘declarative’ (or ‘very high-level’) languages that are found in data-base management systems, statistics packages, and so forth. 1983 Economist 28 May 97/2 Much effort is..going into the development of new languages, called declarative languages... Such languages break down a complicated problem into a series of shorter, simpler ones—each of which can be worked on independently, and therefore simultaneously, by different processing chips in a computer. 1985 J. Martin Fourth-Generation Languages I. ii. 43 Declarative Language. A language that declares a set of facts and permits the statement of queries or problems that use those facts. It does not completely specify the sequence of steps (procedure) for handling the query or problem. A declarative language is thus a form of nonprocedural language. Draft additions March 2014 declarative memory n. = explicit memory n. at explicit adj. and n.1 Compounds ΚΠ 1980 Cognition 8 75 Declarative memory is represented as a network of propositions. 1992 Economist 26 Dec. 119/2 It has been shown that disrupting REM sleep also disrupts the information of long-term declarative memories. 2007 Wall St. Jrnl. 16 Feb. w4/4 As it [sc. the hippocampus] becomes less efficient, so does your ‘declarative’ memory—where you saw someone, what someone told you and other facts in your life's narrative. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < adj.n.a1536 |
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