单词 | engarrison |
释义 | † engarrisonv. Obsolete. a. transitive. To serve as a garrison in. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > defend [verb (transitive)] > garrison > occupy as garrison garrison1645 engarrison1659 1659 W. Charleton Ephesian Matron 72 Think it below their Courage to engarrison that Fort. b. To protect by a garrison. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > defend [verb (transitive)] > garrison > protect by garrison engarrison1640 garrison1693 1640 J. Howell Δενδρολογια 5 Neptune,..with a flying gard of brave winged Coursers doth engarrison her. 1853 J. H. Stocqueler Mil. Encycl. 96/1 Engarrison, to protect any place by a garrison. c. To station as a garrison; passive only. ΚΠ 1634 Bp. J. Hall Contempl. Hist. New Test. (STC 12640.5) 274 They that would hold faire correspondence with the citizens, where they were engarisoned. 1671 P. Heylyn Help to Eng. Hist. 270 There lay engarrison'd the Captain of the Crispinian Horsemen. d. reflexive. To establish (oneself) in, as in a garrison or fortification; to entrench (oneself). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > refuge or shelter > take refuge or shelter [verb (reflexive)] fleea1400 shroud1553 shadea1586 ensconce1590 refuge1604 shelter1611 engarrison1682 1682 J. Bunyan Holy War 29 The Gyant had..ingarrisoned himself in the Town of Mansoul. View more context for this quotation 1683 W. Cave Ecclesiastici 397 I will not..engarrison myself within crowds of People. a1716 R. South Serm. Several Occasions (1744) IX. 133 When he has once engarrison'd himself in a strong hold. 1775 J. Adair Hist. Amer. Indians 314 In the various nations where they ingarrisoned themselves. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < v.1634 |
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