单词 | delignate |
释义 | † delignatev. Obsolete. transitive. To remove wood or trees from (a place).Apparently an isolated use, in reference to the literal meaning of dilapidate supposedly being ‘to scatter the stones of’ (see the etymology of that entry). ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)] > devastate or lay waste (a place, etc.) > deprive of timber, etc. delignate1655 strip1682 1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. ix. 111 Dilapidating (or rather delignating his Bishoprick, cutting down the woods thereof). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2020; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < |
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