单词 | esprise |
释义 | † esprisev. Obsolete. a. transitive (chiefly in passive). To set on fire, enkindle, inflame (with love, etc.); also literally (with flame). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > amorous love > be in love or infatuated with [verb (transitive)] > inflame with love or desire enamour1303 assot1393 burna1400 shoot?1473 esprise1474 talent1486 enamorate1591 inamorate1624 smite1652 besmite1685 to be struck on1893 the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > burn or consume by fire [verb (transitive)] > set on fire inflamec1384 to set on firec1384 firec1425 incense1470 esprise1474 succend?a1475 embrase1480 to light upa1500 enfirea1522 ignifya1586 befire1613 incendiatea1701 to touch off1759 conflagrate1835 1474 W. Caxton tr. Game & Playe of Chesse (1883) ii. ii. 34 She was esprised and taken wyth his loue. 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 29/2 Whiche thyng the holy ghoost maketh whan he espriseth hym of hys love. a1492 W. Caxton tr. Vitas Patrum (1495) ii. f. ccviv/2 The faces of the other semed as they had be esprysed with a dredefull flamme. 1567 T. Drant tr. Horace Pistles in tr. Horace Arte of Poetrie sig. Evj Wyne that will make my paramoure Esprysed on my face. b. To kindle (a passion). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > passion > affect with passion or strong emotion [verb (transitive)] > to rouse passion wecchec900 lighta1413 esprise1490 enfire1603 1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos (1890) xiv. 50 The grete furour enflammed wyth brennyng desire of loue esprysed wythin her sinewes. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < v.1474 |
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