单词 | delibate |
释义 | † delibatev. Obsolete. rare. 1. intransitive and transitive. To consume a small amount of something; to taste or sip something. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [verb (transitive)] > sip or sup supeOE sipple1566 sip1611 delibate1623 tiff1769 smellsip1922 1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Delibate, to sippe, or kisse the cup. a1639 S. Marmion Antiquary (1641) iii. sig. F3v When he has travell'd and delibated, the French and the Spanish can lye a bed, and expound Astrea, and digest him into complements. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Delibate, to tast, to touch. [Also in later dictionaries.] 2. transitive. With of. To take or abstract (something) from a larger whole. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > free will > choice or choosing > types of choice > choose in specific way [verb (transitive)] > select from a number or for a purpose markOE to choose out1297 out-trya1325 cullc1330 welec1330 try1340 walea1350 coil1399 drawa1400 to mark outa1450 electa1513 sorta1535 prick1536 exempta1538 select1567 sort1597 to gather out1611 single1629 delibate1660 to cut out1667 outlooka1687 draught1714 draft1724 to tell off1727 1660 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. III. i. 104 The Mind,..is induced into the Soul,..from without, by divine participation,..delibated of the universall divine Mind. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < |
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