fair-copyv.

Brit.

/ˈfɛː ˌkɒpi/, U.S.

/ˈfɛ(ə)r ˌkɑpi/

Forms: see fair adv. and copy v.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: fair copy n.

Etymology: < fair copy n. Compare fair adv. 10.

transitive. To transcribe or reproduce (a document) neatly and clearly, without corrections; to make a fair copy of. Also intransitive.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > writing > manner of writing > [verb (transitive)] > write out in fair hand

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fair-copy1739

1739 J. Campbell Trav. of Edward Brown Pref. p. iv Our author kept up a constant and general Correspondence with Persons of Learning..of which he preserved an exact Journal, and caused all their Letters to be fair copied.

1788 Speech Sir E. Impey App. 122 Mr. Foxcroft..fair copying the first [paper], while I myself wrote out fair the latter.

1819 R. Woodhouse Let. 19 Sept. in J. Keats Lett. (1958) II. 164 He then read to me Lamia, which he has half fair Copied.

1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop i. xxxiii. 278 She could ingross, fair-copy, [etc.].

1885 Law Times Rep. 53 460/2 Notice of dissolution..was left at the offices..to be fair copied.

1952 T. Armstrong Adam Brunskill xii. 405 On returning to the mine office, he fair-copied from his notebook: routine week in and week out on the first working day.

2001 Hist. Scotl. Winter 28/3 They are not in the possibly secretarial hand who fair-copied the sonnets now in the British Library.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	fair-copy
释义	fair-copyv. Brit. /ˈfɛː ˌkɒpi/, U.S. /ˈfɛ(ə)r ˌkɑpi/ Forms: see fair adv. and copy v.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: fair copy n. Etymology: < fair copy n. Compare fair adv. 10. transitive. To transcribe or reproduce (a document) neatly and clearly, without corrections; to make a fair copy of. Also intransitive. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > manner of writing > [verb (transitive)] > write out in fair hand engrossc1430 enrolc1430 gross1513 fair-copy1739 1739 J. Campbell Trav. of Edward Brown Pref. p. iv Our author kept up a constant and general Correspondence with Persons of Learning..of which he preserved an exact Journal, and caused all their Letters to be fair copied. 1788 Speech Sir E. Impey App. 122 Mr. Foxcroft..fair copying the first [paper], while I myself wrote out fair the latter. 1819 R. Woodhouse Let. 19 Sept. in J. Keats Lett. (1958) II. 164 He then read to me Lamia, which he has half fair Copied. 1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop i. xxxiii. 278 She could ingross, fair-copy, [etc.]. 1885 Law Times Rep. 53 460/2 Notice of dissolution..was left at the offices..to be fair copied. 1952 T. Armstrong Adam Brunskill xii. 405 On returning to the mine office, he fair-copied from his notebook: routine week in and week out on the first working day. 2001 Hist. Scotl. Winter 28/3 They are not in the possibly secretarial hand who fair-copied the sonnets now in the British Library. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1739
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