单词 | equipollent |
释义 | equipollentadj.n. A. adj. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > [adjective] > equal or on the same level > of people equipollenta1420 equivalentc1460 condignc1470 a1420 T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum 2108 They wolden waite to be equipolent, And somewhat more, unto her husbondes. c1460 J. Fortescue Governance of Eng. (1714) 68 Ther may no gretter Perill growe to a Prince, than to have a Subgett equipolent to himself. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. cxviij Fewe princes..be to hym comparable, or equipollent. 1581 Compendious Exam. Certayne Ordinary Complaints i. f. 7v Being in capacity and memory both els equipolent. 1824–9 W. S. Landor Wks. (1846) I. 393 A maritime power..equipollent on the sea with France. 2. Of things, forces, or agencies: Equal in power, effectiveness, or validity. ΚΠ a1420 T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum xii. 5 The thoughtfulle wight is vesselle of turment, There is no greef to hym equipollent. 1471 G. Ripley Compound of Alchymy vii. v, in E. Ashmole Theatrum Chem. Britannicum (1652) 170 After thyne Elements be made equypolent. a1513 H. Bradshaw Lyfe St. Werburge (1521) i. iii. sig. a.vii Saynt Mylgyde the thyrde, of vertu equypolent. 1612 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 159 Votarie resolution is made equipollent to custome. 1686 R. Boyle Free Enq. Notion Nature 143 The Pressure of the Atmospheere, and the resistence of the Bubble [were] by Accident..near æquipollent. 1802 W. Paley Nat. Theol. ix. 134 By the aid of a considerable and equipollent muscular force. 1873 M. Arnold Lit. & Dogma Pref. p. xxviii To regard the Bible..as a sort of talisman..with all its parts equipollent. 3. a. Identical in effect or result; practically equivalent. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > effect, result, or consequence > [adjective] > identical in effect equipollent1664 the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > [adjective] > equal in effect or equivalent convertiblec1386 fellowa1393 equipollec1430 answerable1551 countervailable1576 equiparable1611 reciprocal1616 equiparant1625 equiponderant1629 equivalent1639 tantamount1641 equiparate1655 equipollent1664 equal1677 adequative1809 1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. iii. 165 To find the Longitude of any place, or some thing æquipollent thereunto. c1730 G. Berkeley in A. C. Fraser Life & Lett. G. Berkeley v. 180 The divine conservation is equipollent to..a continued repeated creation. 1790 Wildbore Spher. Motion in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 80 530 An equipollent parallelopipedon which shall move in the very same manner as the body. 1837 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe I. viii. 595 A uniformity of measure, which the use of nearly equipollent feet cannot..be thought to impair. a1856 W. Hamilton Lect. Metaphysics (1860) IV. App. 260 The equipollent forms of Limitation or Inclusion, and Exception. 1874 A. H. Sayce Princ. Compar. Philol. vii. 292 Equipollent conceptions could be placed side by side in apposition. b. Of expressions or symbols: Equivalent in meaning. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > meaning of linguistic unit > [adjective] > equivalent in meaning equivalent1529 equipollent1577 synonymous1610 1577 R. Stanyhurst Treat. Descr. Irelande i. f. 4/2, in R. Holinshed Chron. I The Greeke word ἀπειρόκαλος, is equipolent [1587 equipollent], to Ineptus. a1620 M. Fotherby Atheomastix (1622) ii. iii. §1. 212 Two Philosophicall termes, in sense æquipollent vnto the very name of God. 1761 J. Swinton in Philos. Trans. 1760 (Royal Soc.) 51 865 The characters..were not precisely the same with those of the equipollent letters used in Umbria. 1858 R. C. Trench Synonyms New Test. (1876) 299 Ὑπέρ shall be accepted as equipollent with ἀντί. c. In Logic. Said esp. of propositions which express the same thing, notwithstanding formal diversity. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical proposition > [adjective] > of types of propositions causalc1530 subalternate1599 equipollent1642 reduplicative1671 subalternating1671 pure1697 poristic1704 desitive1725 inceptive1725 contrary1739 exponible1788 analytic1797 analytical1797 poristical1828 oristica1832 oristicosemeiotica1832 balanced1849 plurative1849 molecular1892 dyadic1897 monadic1897 dispositional1909 non-atomic1934 1642 E. Dering Coll. Speeches on Relig. xv. 66 Indefinite propositions are æquipollent to uniuersall. 1656 tr. T. Hobbes Elements Philos. i. iii. 29 Equipollent Propositions..that may be reduced purely to one and the same Categorical Proposition. 1822 T. Taylor tr. Apuleius Metamorphosis 381 Every proposition likewise, if it assumes in the beginning a negative particle, becomes its equipollent contradictory. 1846 J. S. Mill Syst. Logic (ed. 2) ii. i. §2 The original proposition..is first changed into a proposition æquipollent with it. B. n. Something that has equal power, weight, effect, importance, or significance; an equivalent. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > [noun] > equal, counterpart, or equivalent ylikeeOE likea1200 make?c1225 fellow?a1425 proportion?a1425 countervailc1430 matcha1450 meetc1450 pareil?c1450 resemblant1484 equivalent1502 countermatch1587 second1599 parallel1600 equipollent1611 balancea1616 tantamount1637 analogy1646 analogate1652 form-fellow1659 equivalency1698 par1711 homologizer1716 peel1722 analogon1797 quits1806 correlate1821 analogue1837 representant1847 homologue1848 countertype1855 homologon1871 correlative1875 vis-à-vis1900 counterpart1903 1611 W. Sclater Key (1629) 337 Are they not equipollents? 1612 W. Sclater Ministers Portion 13 In the Apostles Logicke, a Priest and receiver of tithes are equipollents. 1671 R. McWard True Non-conformist 280 Because we exactly and fully do the equipollent. 1676 A. Marvell Mr. Smirke sig. E2v What is Declared..is the very Equipollent of what the Author had said. 1819 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 4 723 ‘Choice set terms’, for which there is absolutely no equipollent in any of the other languages of Europe. 1858 W. E. Gladstone Stud. Homer I. 420 The word Ἀχαιοί is used..as the simple equipollent of Greek. 1870 F. C. Bowen Logic v. 136 Its logical equipollent. Derivatives equipollentness n. = equipollence n. 2. ΚΠ 1736 in Bailey This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adj.n.a1420 |
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