单词 | entreatable |
释义 | entreatableadj. a. Of a person: open to negotiation or discussion of terms. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1464 Let. in Ld. Clermont Wks. J. Fortescue (1869) I. 25 (MED) Yf ye fynde the kynge of Portingale entretable in oure materes, sparithe not to tarie longe withe hym. 1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 499 That you should not have hadd a more entreatable aunswerer. b. Of a matter: capable of or suitable for being treated or dealt with. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > intimation or making known > [adjective] > of a thing: that admits of being discussed entreatable1548 1548 E. Gest Treat. againste Masse sig. Dviii The next entretable matter is yt ye sayd sacrifice is, [etc.]. 2. That may be prevailed upon or induced by entreaty; easily entreated; compliant, placable. Now somewhat rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > compassion > [adjective] > capable of being easily entreated exorable1555 entreatable?1567 ?1567 M. Parker Whole Psalter xc. 255 Thy seruantes rue: Most pityfull: intreatable in hart. 1576 T. Newton tr. L. Lemnie Touchstone of Complexions ii. v. f. 131v Quicke, testy, not entreatable. 1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. vi. vii. 200/2 A man of a softer, and more intreatable condition. 1693 L. Smith Conversat. in Heaven xx. 282 Rendring both yielding, entreatable, compassionate! a1718 W. Penn Tracts in Wks. (1726) I. 900 Be Intreatable. 1749 H. Bond Spiritual Pastor's Provision 24 God is intreatable, our Sins are pardonable. 1855 Musical World 10 Mar. 155/2 The vendor of oysters, an entreatable man, called Scollop, agrees to take Isabel's sister. 1884 Eccles. Observer 1 Dec. 182 The mistake of many is, that they are not readily entreatable to what is right, and from what is wrong. Often the entreaties of a parent are disregarded by a wayward child. 1997 T. W. Hunt Mind of Christ iv. 42 An entreatable person is glad to serve. 2012 Times (Nexis) 14 Sept. 29 It is the purest madness to think of deposing the Prime Minister but some on the right of his party really are entreating the entirely entreatable Boris Johnson to step up. Derivatives enˈtreatableness n. rare the quality of being entreatable. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > compassion > [noun] > quality of being easily entreated entreatableness1534 exorableness1642 exorability1871 the mind > language > speech > request > [noun] > earnest request or entreaty > capacity to be moved by entreaty entreatableness1534 exorableness1642 exorability1871 1534 R. Whittington tr. Cicero Thre Bks. Tullyes Offyces i. sig. E.8 There is nothyng more laudable nor comly in a gret and a noble man, than..facylite and easynesse, & entretablenesse [L. facilitas]. 1866 Homilist 7 81 Faith in the entreatableness of Divinity. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1464 |
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