单词 | expugn |
释义 | † expugnv. Obsolete. 1. a. transitive. To capture by fighting; to take by storm. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > victory > make victorious [verb (transitive)] > take by storm sturmec1275 expugn?a1475 expugnate1568 carry1579 enforce1579 to take by storm1687 rush1863 ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1865) I. 187 Kynge Alexander gedrede his hoste, intendenge to expugne alle the worlde. 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 316v The sayde Admirall attempted to expugne the Iland. 1599 J. Hayward 1st Pt. Henrie IIII 103 Nabuchadnezzar..oppugned Hierusalem a long time, and at the last expugned it. 1630 R. Norton tr. W. Camden Hist. Princesse Elizabeth i. 125 Dunbritton should be expugned. a1640 T. Jackson Μαραν Αθα (1657) 3658 They..use it as a Fort..,till they can watch an opportunity for expugning a better. b. In weaker sense: To assault, attack, storm. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > attack > attack [verb (transitive)] greetc893 overfallOE riseOE assail?c1225 to lay on or upon?c1225 onseekc1275 to set on ——c1290 infighta1300 saila1300 to go upon ——c1300 to turn one's handc1325 lashc1330 annoyc1380 impugnc1384 offendc1385 to fall on ——a1387 sault1387 affrayc1390 to set upon ——1390 to fall upon ——a1398 to lay at?a1400 semblea1400 assayc1400 havec1400 aset1413 oppressa1425 attachc1425 to set at ——c1430 fraya1440 fray1465 oppugn?a1475 sayc1475 envaye1477 pursue1488 envahisshe1489 assaulta1500 to lay to, untoa1500 requirea1500 enterprise?1510 invade1513 assemblec1515 expugn1530 to fare on1535 to fall into ——1550 mount1568 attack?1576 affront1579 invest1598 canvass1599 to take arms1604 attempt1605 to make force at, to, upon1607 salute1609 offence1614 strikea1616 to give a lift at1622 to get at ——1650 insult1697 to walk into ——1794 to go in at1812 to go for ——1838 to light on ——1842 strafe1915 1530 Thorpe's Examinacion sig. E.viv They enforce them to expugne the fredome of holy chirche. a1555 J. Bradford in J. Strype Memorials T. Cranmer (1694) ii. xiii. 196 Matters expugned by the Papists. 1582 Bible (Rheims) Gal. i. 23 He..doth now evangelize the faith which sometime he expugned. 1657 Earl of Monmouth tr. P. Paruta Politick Disc. 159 Solyman..wasted so much time in expugning the strong Hold of Buda as it proved the safety of that Country. 2. To overcome or expel by force of arms; to vanquish, overpower. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > victory > make victorious [verb (transitive)] > conquer or overcome overcomeeOE shendc893 awinc1000 overwinOE overheaveOE to lay downa1225 mate?c1225 discomfitc1230 win1297 dauntc1300 cumber1303 scomfit1303 fenkc1320 to bear downc1330 confoundc1330 confusec1330 to do, put arrear1330 oversetc1330 vanquishc1330 conquerc1374 overthrowc1375 oppressc1380 outfighta1382 to put downa1382 discomfortc1384 threshc1384 vencuea1400 depressc1400 venque?1402 ding?a1425 cumrayc1425 to put to (also at, unto) the (also one's) worsec1425 to bring or put to (or unto) utterance1430 distrussc1430 supprisec1440 ascomfita1450 to do stress?c1450 victorya1470 to make (win) a conquest1477 convanquish1483 conquest1485 defeat1485 oversailc1485 conques1488 discomfish1488 fulyie1488 distress1489 overpress1489 cravent1490 utter?1533 to give (a person) the overthrow1536 debel1542 convince1548 foil1548 out-war1548 profligate1548 proflige?c1550 expugnate1568 expugn1570 victor1576 dismay1596 damnify1598 triumph1605 convict1607 overman1609 thrash1609 beat1611 debellate1611 import1624 to cut to (or in) pieces1632 maitrise1636 worst1636 forcea1641 outfight1650 outgeneral1767 to cut up1803 smash1813 slosh1890 ream1918 hammer1948 1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) I. 349/1 The pope..stirred vp..the yong French king..to expugne and extinguish these Albigenses his enemies. 1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) II. 2062/1 They coulde not expugne hym by arguments or disputation. 1596 P. Barrough Method of Phisick (ed. 3) viii. 443 Cancre, and Elephantiasis which diseases do expugne gentle medicines. 1628 T. Hobbes tr. Thucydides Peloponnesian War (1822) 41 Lest making them desperate we make them also harder to expugne. 1674 J. Josselyn Acct. Two Voy. 48 This assertion is not expugned by Geocentricks. 1699 J. Evelyn Acetaria 90 The Nasturtia are..the most effectual..Agents in conquering and expugning that cruel Enemy. DerivativesΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defeat > [adjective] matec1225 conquestc1400 convictc1430 triumphate1471 devict?a1475 vanquishedc1485 discomfecta1529 overcome1530 profligate1535 discomfited1538 defeatc1540 discomfishedc1540 suppriseda1547 beaten1550 conquered1552 ydaunted1581 overmastereda1586 expugned1598 profligated1599 tattered1599 triumphed1605 overcomed1607 fight-rac't?1611 convicteda1616 worsted1641 foiled1810 lost1822 defeateda1859 outfought1891 1598 G. Chapman in C. Marlowe & G. Chapman Hero & Leander (new ed.) iii. sig. Gv So far'd fayre Hero in th'expugned fort Of her chast bosome. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > victor or conqueror > [noun] > captor > one who takes by storm expugner1608 1608 G. Chapman Conspiracie Duke of Byron i. sig. B2 He will prooue, Of the yet taintlesse fortresse of Byron, A quick Expugner. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > victory > [noun] > taking by storm expugnation1524 expugning1586 expugnance1598 carriage1603 1586 W. Warner Æneidos in Albions Eng. sig. Niiii The reuengfull Flames of Troy..had perfected the more then Tenne yearrs Siege of the Gretians expugning of the same. 1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Physical Inst. iv, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. R3v The expugning of several affections. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < v.?a1475 |
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