单词 | designatively |
释义 | designativelyadv. As or by means of designation; (also) as a designative, or descriptive term. ΚΠ 1649 J. Goodwin Ὑβριστοδίκαι: Obstructours of Justice 27 No King is invested with power over the lives of the people..untill he be their King, either actually, as by Creation, Installment, or Coronation; or designatively, as by Nomination or Election. 1867 Sc. Law Reporter Mar. 253/1 When this is to a person or persons called designatively, it is the..inference that the destination is to the person or persons who answer the description. 1929 Jrnl. Philos. 26 29 We are to define the range of facts to which the term designatively and descriptively applies. 2002 M. Jubien in D. Jacquette Philos. of Logic xxvii. 357/2 When we say that certain theories assume..entities like vampires or Pegasus, we do not use these nouns designatively. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.1649 |
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