单词 | digress |
释义 | † digressn. Obsolete. = digression n. 2. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [noun] > discursiveness or digression digressionc1374 adigression1483 divagation1560 discursion1561 digress1598 discursation1618 excursiveness1753 discursativeness1819 discursiveness1819 digressiveness1877 1598 B. Yong tr. J. de Montemayor Diana 76 I thee espie Talking with other Shepherdesses, All is of feastes and brauerie, Who daunceth best, and like digresses. 1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. xi. 230 Nor let any censure this a digress from my History. 1679 T. Harby Key Sacred Script. i. 9 I am driven..here..to a brief Digress. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online June 2021). digressv. 1. a. intransitive. To go aside or depart from the course or track; to diverge, deviate, swerve. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > change of direction of movement > change direction of movement [verb (intransitive)] > diverge from course bowa1000 swervec1330 wrya1350 crookc1380 to turn asidea1382 depart1393 decline14.. wryc1400 divert1430 desvoy1481 wave1548 digress1552 prevaricate1582 yaw1584 to turn off1605 to come off1626 deviate1635 sag1639 to flinch out1642 deflect1646 de-err1657 break1678 verge1693 sheera1704 to break off1725 lean1894 society > travel > aspects of travel > travel in specific course or direction > direct one's course [verb (intransitive)] > change course or turn off > diverge from direct course swervec1330 digress1552 stray1561 deviate1635 slant1702 diverge1856 excurse1891 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Digresse or go a little out of the pathe, digredior. 1582 N. Lichefield tr. F. L. de Castanheda 1st Bk. Hist. Discouerie E. Indias 65 b It was not vnpossible but that they might somewhat digresse from their right course. 1603 T. Dekker et al. Patient Grissill sig. C2v I must disgresse from this bias, and leaue you. 1649 tr. Alcoran 86 God..punisheth them that digresse from the right path. 1750 S. Johnson Rambler No. 25. ⁋11 Frighted from digressing into new tracts of learning. 1825 C. Lamb in London Mag. May 71 I find myself..in Bond-street..I digress into Soho, to explore a book-stall. ΚΠ 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 12 Shee (Venus) beginnes to digresse in latitude and to diminish her motion from the morn rising: but to be retrograde, and withall to digresse in altitude from the euening station. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > difference > be different [verb (intransitive)] > deviate or diverge from a standard, rule, etc. digress1571 run1765 1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (lxxi. 16) As the other translation agreeth very well, I would not digresse from it. 1599 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet iii. iii. 126 Thy Noble shape is but a forme of waxe, Digressing from the valour of a man. View more context for this quotation 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 25 Digresse good sir from such lewd songs. 1611 Abp. J. Ussher in J. Gutch Collectanea Curiosa (1781) I. 39 The subjects rebelled, and digressed from their allegiance. a. To diverge from the right path, to transgress. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > [verb (intransitive)] guiltc825 misdoOE misfereOE misnimc1225 trespass1303 forfeita1325 misguiltc1330 misworka1375 transverse1377 offendc1384 mistakec1390 faulta1400 commit1449 misprize1485 digress1541 transgress1662 society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > evildoing or wrongdoing > do evil or wrong [verb (intransitive)] > transgress or offend guiltc825 sinc825 to break a bruchec1225 trespass1303 forfeita1325 folly1357 misworka1375 transverse1377 offendc1384 mistakec1390 faulta1400 commit1449 misprize1485 transgress1526 digress1541 misdeal1573 to commit (also do, make) an offence1841 overstep1931 1541 [see digressing n. and adj. at Derivatives]. 1597 [see digressing n. and adj. at Derivatives]. 1640 G. Watts tr. F. Bacon Of Advancem. Learning vii. iii. 362 So man, while he aspired to be like God in Knowledge, digressed and fell. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > agreement > observance > non-observance or breach > fail to observe [verb (transitive)] breakOE to-breaka1067 false1303 forleta1325 loosec1400 to fall from ——a1425 renouncec1450 violate?a1475 enfrain1477 failc1500 falsify1532 transverse1532 infringe1533 crack1576 recess1581 recant1585 digress1592 strain1592 burst1600 equivocate1629 falsy1629 forfeit1654 to break through1712 infract1798 waive1833 welsh1925 1592 W. Wyrley Lord Chandos in True Vse Armorie 56 Faire points of honor I would not disgresse. 4. intransitive. To deviate from the subject in discourse or writing. (Now the most frequent sense.) ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > be copious [verb (intransitive)] > digress overleapc1400 to cast, fet, fetch, go, take a compass?a1500 digress1530 traverse1530 decline?1543 square1567 rovea1575 deviate1638 to step aside1653 swerve1658 to sally out1660 transgress1662 to run off1687 canceleera1697 cantona1734 excurse1748 to travel out of the record1770 divagate1852 desult1872 sidetrack1893 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 516/1 I dygresse from my mater and talke of a thyng that nothynge belongeth therunto. 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde i. ii. f. 8 To returne to the matter from which we haue digressed. 1597 T. Morley Plaine & Easie Introd. Musicke 74 Let vs come againe to our example from which wee haue much disgressed. 1682 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Rights Princes (new ed.) viii. 292 I shall not digress to give any account of these. 1729 J. Swift Modest Proposal 11 I have too long degressed, and therefore shall return to my subject. 1752 S. Johnson Rambler No. 200. ⁋10 While we were conversing upon such subjects..he frequently digressed into directions to the servant. 1813 W. Taylor in Ann. Rev. 1 374 Mr. P. digresses on the subject of parliamentary reform. 1870 F. W. Farrar Families of Speech iii. 134 I will not here digress into the interesting question as to the origin of writing. Derivatives diˈgressing n. and adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > [noun] unrightOE witec1175 misbodea1200 misguiltc1200 misdoinga1225 miss?c1225 trespassinga1340 forfeiturec1380 offensiona1382 crimec1384 abusion?1387 evil-doing1398 mistakinga1400 offendinga1425 transgression1426 wrongingc1449 digression1517 digressinga1535 transgressing1535 swerving1545 misdealing1571 transgress1578 misfaring1595 misacting1651 malpractice1739 malfeasance1856 wrongdoing1874 miscreance1972 the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > [adjective] misfaringc1300 fayllarda1325 wronga1382 wrongfulc1384 misdoinga1398 misdeedya1400 wrongdoingc1400 digressinga1535 transgressing1535 offending1552 exorbitant1556 offensive1595 transgressive1646 maleficent1760 transgredient1837 society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > evildoing or wrongdoing > [noun] > transgression or offending witec1175 trespassinga1340 forfeiturec1380 offensiona1382 prevaricationc1384 offendinga1425 transgression1426 defencea1450 digression1517 digressinga1535 transgressing1535 transgress1578 misfaring1595 overloup1827 society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > evildoing or wrongdoing > [adjective] > transgressing or offending misfaringc1300 fayllarda1325 wrongfulc1384 digressinga1535 offending1552 offensive1595 peccant1604 sinning1610 transgressinga1812 transgredient1837 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [adjective] > discursive or digressive digressinga1535 exorbitant1534 discursive1598 solute1605 digressive?1611 excursive1673 rimble-ramble1690 land-loping1694 digressionary1741 parenthetic1782 uncentral1782 digressional1785 parenthetical1814 discursative1819 discursory1830 episodic1867 winding1887 a1535 T. More Dialoge of Comfort (1553) ii. xvii. sig. L.iiv Were it properli pertaining to the presente matter, or somewhat disgressing therfro. 1541 Act 33 Hen. VIII in R. Bolton Statutes Ireland (1621) 218 Albeit that upon any disloyaltie or disgressing contrary to the duety of a subject. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II v. iii. 64 This deadly blot in thy digressing sonne. View more context for this quotation diˈgressingly adv. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [adverb] > discursively or digressively discursively1640 ramblinglya1641 digressively1731 digressingly1864 1864 Q. Rev. 116 168 The sarcophagus on which appears the incident we have thus digressingly analysed. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1598v.1530 |
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