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单词 delibate
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delibatev.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin dēlībāt-, dēlībāre.
Etymology: < classical Latin dēlībāt-, past participial stem (see -ate suffix3) of dēlībāre to remove (a small portion of), to take a little of, to taste < dē- de- prefix + lībāre to take a little of, taste, etc. (see libate v.). Compare slightly earlier delibation n.
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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