单词 | eradicate |
释义 | † eradicateadj. Obsolete. Equivalent to the later eradicated adj. ΚΠ 1533–4 Act 25 Hen. VIII c. 14 Heresie, shulde..vtterly be abhorred, detested, and eradicate. 1556 W. Lauder Compend. Tractate Dewtie of Kyngis sig. A4 And ȝour successioun thay sall be Eradicat, frome ȝour ryngs [= reigns, kingdoms]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2021). eradicatev. 1. transitive. To pull or tear up by the roots; to root out (a tree, plant, or anything that is spoken of as having ‘roots’). ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > removal or displacement > extraction > extract [verb (transitive)] > root out or up louka1000 morec1325 roota1387 unroot?a1425 stubc1450 roota1500 rid?1529 root-walt?1530 subplant1547 supplant1549 root?1550 grub1558 eradicate1564 to stump up1599 deracinate1609 uproot1695 aberuncate1731 eracinate1739 rootle1795 disroot1800 piggle1847 1564 W. Bullein Dialogue against Fever Pestilence f. 34v And to the places aboute the rootes of the carbuncle, round about it, this is good both to eradicate & defend the same. 1599 A. M. tr. O. Gaebelkhover Bk. Physicke 44/2 Till such time, as they [hayre] be wholye eradicated, and rootede out. 1635 T. Nabbes Hannibal & Scipio (1637) K iij Okes eradicated By a prodigious whirlwind. a1674 Earl of Clarendon Brief View Leviathan (1676) 111 To demolish all Buildings, eradicate all Plantations. 1691 J. Evelyn Kalendarium Hortense (ed. 8) 97 Caully-flowers over-speeding to pome and head..should be quite erradicated. 1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Infirmities of Trees Such [Weeds] as can be eradicated must be diligently pluck'd up by the Hands. 1860 G. Hartwig tr. Sea & its Living Wonders vi. 73 Huge weapons, fit for eradicating trees. 1871 C. Darwin Descent of Man II. xix. 348 The Indians of Paraguay eradicate their eyebrows and eyelashes. 2. To remove entirely, extirpate, get rid of. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)] > eradicate or extirpate fornimOE to put awaya1382 outroot?a1425 unroot?a1425 out-razec1425 to pluck up1484 avell1530 sweep1560 depopulate1576 ruina1586 assoil1596 to lay aside1596 untop1598 displant1603 float1606 to take off1619 amolish1624 uproota1639 eradicate1647 to lay by1681 to polish off1827 uprend1911 to zero out1951 the world > space > place > removal or displacement > remove or displace [verb (transitive)] > do away with or eradicate to do awayOE to do outOE to put awaya1382 outroot?a1425 to set awayc1430 to set apart1455 roota1500 weed1526 ridc1540 root1565 displace1580 root1582 put1584 eradicate1647 eliminate1650 eruncate1651 to knock out1883 1647 C. Cotterell & W. Aylesbury tr. E. C. Davila Hist. Civill Warres France ii. 70 To see the seeds of those discords eradicated. 1656 Earl of Monmouth tr. T. Boccalini Ragguagli di Parnasso 49 Totally to irradicate all vertue from out his subjects souls. 1658 W. Johnson tr. F. Würtz Surgeons Guid iii. viii. 240 Without Chymical preparations congealed bloud will not be eradicated out of the body. 1785 W. Cowper Task v. 437 That man should thus encroach on fellow man..Eradicate him..Moves indignation. 1788 T. Reid Ess. Active Powers Man iii. iii. iii All desires and fears, with regard to things not in our power, ought to be totally eradicated. 1858 T. Hughes Tom Brown's School Days (new ed.) Pref. p. xi By eradicating mercilessly the incorrigible. 1869 W. E. H. Lecky Hist. European Morals II. i. 102 Laws of the most savage cruelty were passed in hopes of eradicating mendicancy. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > arithmetic or algebraic operations > perform arithmetic or algebraic operations [verb (transitive)] > extract root eradicate1610 evolve1707 1610 W. Folkingham Feudigraphia ii. viii. 61 Eradicate the ductat of the said mediatie and remainders. 4. Misused for irradicate adj. ΚΠ 1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Physical Inst. i, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. C3v Seeds and plants sown and eradicated in the ground. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1533v.1564 |
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