单词 | descriving |
释义 | descrivingn. Scottish after Middle English. Now archaic and rare. The action or an act of describing something or someone (in various senses); description; a description.In quot. 1821 in of all descriving: ‘of every description’ (see description n. 5b). ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > [noun] > setting down in writing descrivingc1325 description?a1425 conscription1483 describing1553 the mind > language > speech > narration > description or act of describing > [noun] descrivingc1325 declaration1382 descriptiona1387 devisementc1400 descrying1440 presentmentc1454 describing1553 delineation1578 display1583 presentation1597 representationa1602 diction1604 characterism1608 deciphera1670 characterization1801 redescription1839 descriptivism1935 society > communication > record > written record > register or record book > [noun] > registration descrivingc1325 descriptiona1425 descrying1440 brevementc1475 enrolment1552 register1563 registration?1566 booking1583 matriculating1585 registry1589 inrotulation1590 counterrolment1598 enregistering1604 taxation1686 re-registration1836 preregistration1928 c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) 1387 Þo august..he let make a descriuinge, þat ido nas neuere er. c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Luke ii. 2 This firste discryuyng [L. descriptio] was maad of Cyryne. c1430 N. Love Mirror Blessed Life (Brasenose e.9) (1908) 9 (MED) The discryuynge or speches or dedes of god in heuene..ben only writen in this manere. 1486 Bk. St. Albans sig. eiiii (heading) The discreuyng of a Bucke. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 165 Blasón, a blasyng or discryvyng of ons armes. ?1594 D. Monro Descr. W. Isles (1961) 22 Mony small Ilands quhairof the names are not..in reputation, but worthie of habitation or descryving. ?1690 N. Burne Leader-Haughs & Yarow (single sheet) One House there stands on Leader side Surmounting my descryving. 1793 R. Burns in G. Thomson Sel. Coll. Orig. Sc. Airs I. i. 17 How past descriving had then been my bliss. 1821 W. Liddle Poems 75 A muckle town like L—n, Whare folks live in't o' a' descrivin. 2008 R. Fairnie Scots Tung Wittins (SCOTS) No. 177 The descrivin o the trees as ‘..upstaunin in the freedom o the wuin..’ is sic a contrast tae the life o the miner. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.c1325 |
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