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单词 expugn
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expugnv.

Forms: Also Middle English–1600s expugne.
Etymology: < Old French expugn-er, < Latin expugnāre to take by storm, < ex- out + pugnāre to fight, < pugna a fight.
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.
figurative.1569 T. Watson in R. Crowley Sophistrie T. Watson ii. 84 Which..many have assaulted and oppugned with such direct scriptures..that it is by them expugned, and can not be by you propugned.1579 T. Twyne tr. Petrarch Phisicke against Fortune ii. xiii. 184 a By a golden showre of rayne Danaes virginitie was expugned.1634 Bp. J. Hall Contempl. Hist. New Test. (STC 12640.5) 151 That their conjoyned forces might expugne that gracious eare.
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.

Derivatives

exˈpugned adj. Obsolete
ΘΚΠ
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.
exˈpugner n. Obsolete one who takes by storm.
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.
exˈpugning n. Obsolete
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.
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