单词 | discur |
释义 | † discurv. Obsolete. 1. intransitive. To run about; to range, wander. Frequently with adverb or preposition. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > travel > [verb (intransitive)] > travel about or visit many places runeOE to go aboutc1300 passc1400 discur1557 dispace1588 perambulate1607 to get about1776 to go around1796 to get around1798 circulate1848 1557 R. Edgeworth Serm. very Fruitfull xiv. f. ccxxxiiv He that suffreth and taketh paynes in the fleshe, ceaseth from synne, and leaueth synne, as it maye be declared, discurrynge generally thoroughe all synnes. 1632 H. Hawkins tr. G. P. Maffei Fuga Sæculi 293 Like a generous steed, he began to discurre through villages, Boroughes, castles, and Cittyes. 1661 S. Pordage Mundorum Explicatio ii. 197 A rest Seiz'd on his working mind; both bad, and best Thoughts banish'd were; disturbing fancy, or Imagination did not there discur. 1682 tr. J. Goedaert Of Insects v. 99 This [bee]..did Discurre every where, as one that did explore what matter was without. 2. transitive. To run through; to traverse.In quots. in figurative context. ΘΚΠ society > education > learning > study > [verb (transitive)] con?a1425 study1445 can1496 estudy1550 discur1586 to con over1605 society > leisure > the arts > literature > art or occupation of writer or author > be the author of or write (a work) [verb (transitive)] > express in written work or write about writeOE inditea1340 pena1527 pursue1558 to lay down1583 discur1586 paper1594 style1605 word1613 exercisea1616 bescribble1643 describble1794 bewrite1875 1586 G. Pettie & B. Yong tr. S. Guazzo Ciuile Conuersat. (rev. ed.) iv. f. 206v Mans minde [is the swiftest], because in moment of a time it discurres [It. discorre] all things. 1598 B. Yong in tr. J. de Montemayor Diana Pref. sig. a3 The delight..in discurring most of those townes and places in it with a pleasant recordation of my pen. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < |
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