单词 | alliant |
释义 | alliantadj.n. A. adj. That is in alliance with someone or something; united, linked; related, akin.Originally in predicative use, with to or unto. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > [adjective] > related or connected fastOE of kin1486 akin1548 alliant1551 consortinga1592 kin1600 conjugate1605 consanguineousa1616 social1620 related1623 relatea1627 connex1653 cognate1655 agnate1686 contiguous1770 connected1789 allied1794 adjoining1869 1551 R. Robinson tr. T. More Vtopia ii. sig. Mviiiv Thys kynde oflearnynge..is sumwhat allyaunte to them [L. illis essent cognatate]. 1588 J. Aske Elizabetha Triumphans 14 All her Nobles with graue Counsellers Which shall alliant be vnto our Queene. c1650 P. Gordon Short Abridgem. Britane's Distemper (1844) i. 42 Being aliant in religion, tho not by nature or birth. 1879 A. A. Stelle Pilgrimage of Light 19 He..turns his step and slow departs From all once held alliant hearts. 1887 S. S. Cox Diversions Diplomat in Turkey xlvii. 635 There are other alliant factors to be considered in the problem. 1906 Proc. N. Y. State Hist. Assoc. 6 180 The Mohawks and their alliant nations had become the dominant power at Albany. 2002 A. Roquet in New Direct. Project Managem. 206 No matter how similar or different the alliant entities appear to be, it is critical to assess the cultures of both. B. n. A person, nation, etc., with whom or which one is in league; an ally, a confederate. archaic and rare after early 17th cent. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > association, fellowship, or companionship > a companion or associate > [noun] > ally allyc1425 alliancec1475 help1490 lyance1502 fellow helper?1531 confederator1536 confederate1548 league-friend1556 league-fellow1561 alliant1565 associate1569 co-ally1606 colleague1670 alliancer1694 colleaguera1734 1565 T. Stapleton tr. Bede Hist. Church Eng. iii. xxiv. f. 102 Quene Eanfled cousen and alliant [L. propinqua] to Osuuius required of kinge Oswin..the erecting of a monastery. 1568 in W. Fraser Mem. Earls of Haddington (1889) II. 268 Our freindis, alyantis, or confideratis. 1620 H. Wotton in Reliquiæ Wottonianæ (1672) 532 Princes, Catholick Estates and Alliants, have excluded from this present Treaty the Kingdom of Bohemia. 1917 University Museum Section Oriental Art 84 The wife of a slain hero is depicted as she escapes with her two children to a neighboring alliant. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.n.1551 |
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