† fermv.

Forms: Also Middle English ferme, fermye.

Etymology: < Old French ferme-r < Latin firmāre to make fast, < firmus firm.

Obsolete.

1. transitive. To establish, make firm.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > causation > initiating or causing to begin > initiate [verb (transitive)] > found or establish

arear?a800

astellc885

planteOE

i-set971

onstellOE

rightOE

stathelOE

raisec1175

stofnec1175

stablea1300

morec1300

ordainc1325

fermc1330

foundc1330

instore1382

instituec1384

establec1386

firmc1425

roota1450

steadfastc1450

establishc1460

institute1483

to set up1525

radicate1531

invent1546

constitute1549

ordinate1555

rampire1555

upset1559

stay1560

erect1565

makea1568

settle1582

stablish1590

seminarize1593

statuminatea1628

hain1635

bottom1657

haft1755

start1824

c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. Wace (Rolls) 15507 Wyues þey toke, þer loues to ferme Two sones had þey at o terme.

1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. x. 74 Þat folke is nouȝte fermed in þe feith.

c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 2113 Þay..cussede i-same an haste, To fermye loue by-twene hem.

a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1959) x. v. 174 Or thai thar fut steppis ferm, and tak array.

2. To shut up, blockade.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > attack > action or state of siege or blockade > besiege or blockade [verb (transitive)]

belieOE

besita1100

beset?c1225

assiege1297

besiege1297

belayc1320

umsiegea1325

ensiegec1380

environa1382

to set before1382

siege1390

forset?a1400

foldc1400

setc1400

to lay siege to, unto, about, against, beforec1449

oppugn?a1475

pursue1488

obsess1503

ferma1522

gird1548

begird1589

beleaguer1590

block1591

invest1591

intermure1606

blockade1684

to lay blockade to1713

leaguer1720

to form the siege1776

cerne1857

the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > close or shut [verb (transitive)] > close by obstruction or block up

fordita800

forstop?c1225

estopa1420

accloy1422

ferma1522

clam1527

quar1542

cloy1548

dam1553

occlude1581

clog1586

impeach1586

bung1589

gravel1602

impediment1610

stifle1631

foul1642

obstipate1656

obturate1657

choke1669

blockade1696

to flop up1838

jama1865

to ball up1884

gunge1976

a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1959) x. v. 181 He suld not from the sege vprays, Bot styll remane to ferm and closs the town.

1655 J. Jennings tr. J.-P. Camus Elise 2 As a Neptune ferming the winds of sedition in their gale.

3. = affirm v.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > statement > assertion or affirmation > [verb (transitive)]

vowc1330

anferme1340

affirma1382

willa1382

threapc1386

avow1393

to make oneself strongc1425

maintain?c1430

protest1440

traverse1491

assure1509

ferma1525

verc1540

profess1542

enforce1579

justify1579

aver1582

to take on1583

asserta1604

will1614

assevera1618

positive1656

autume1661

declare1709

obtesta1722

predicate1782

asseveratea1847

a1525 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 525 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 111 Thus In defence of ye faith as fermes ynewe..The douchty dowglas Is deid.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	ferm
释义	† fermv. Forms: Also Middle English ferme, fermye. Etymology: < Old French ferme-r < Latin firmāre to make fast, < firmus firm. Obsolete. 1. transitive. To establish, make firm. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > initiating or causing to begin > initiate [verb (transitive)] > found or establish arear?a800 astellc885 planteOE i-set971 onstellOE rightOE stathelOE raisec1175 stofnec1175 stablea1300 morec1300 ordainc1325 fermc1330 foundc1330 instore1382 instituec1384 establec1386 firmc1425 roota1450 steadfastc1450 establishc1460 institute1483 to set up1525 radicate1531 invent1546 constitute1549 ordinate1555 rampire1555 upset1559 stay1560 erect1565 makea1568 settle1582 stablish1590 seminarize1593 statuminatea1628 hain1635 bottom1657 haft1755 start1824 c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. Wace (Rolls) 15507 Wyues þey toke, þer loues to ferme Two sones had þey at o terme. 1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. x. 74 Þat folke is nouȝte fermed in þe feith. c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 2113 Þay..cussede i-same an haste, To fermye loue by-twene hem. a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1959) x. v. 174 Or thai thar fut steppis ferm, and tak array. 2. To shut up, blockade. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > attack > action or state of siege or blockade > besiege or blockade [verb (transitive)] belieOE besita1100 beset?c1225 assiege1297 besiege1297 belayc1320 umsiegea1325 ensiegec1380 environa1382 to set before1382 siege1390 forset?a1400 foldc1400 setc1400 to lay siege to, unto, about, against, beforec1449 oppugn?a1475 pursue1488 obsess1503 ferma1522 gird1548 begird1589 beleaguer1590 block1591 invest1591 intermure1606 blockade1684 to lay blockade to1713 leaguer1720 to form the siege1776 cerne1857 the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > close or shut [verb (transitive)] > close by obstruction or block up fordita800 forstop?c1225 estopa1420 accloy1422 ferma1522 clam1527 quar1542 cloy1548 dam1553 occlude1581 clog1586 impeach1586 bung1589 gravel1602 impediment1610 stifle1631 foul1642 obstipate1656 obturate1657 choke1669 blockade1696 to flop up1838 jama1865 to ball up1884 gunge1976 a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1959) x. v. 181 He suld not from the sege vprays, Bot styll remane to ferm and closs the town. 1655 J. Jennings tr. J.-P. Camus Elise 2 As a Neptune ferming the winds of sedition in their gale. 3. = affirm v. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > assertion or affirmation > [verb (transitive)] vowc1330 anferme1340 affirma1382 willa1382 threapc1386 avow1393 to make oneself strongc1425 maintain?c1430 protest1440 traverse1491 assure1509 ferma1525 verc1540 profess1542 enforce1579 justify1579 aver1582 to take on1583 asserta1604 will1614 assevera1618 positive1656 autume1661 declare1709 obtesta1722 predicate1782 asseveratea1847 a1525 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 525 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 111 Thus In defence of ye faith as fermes ynewe..The douchty dowglas Is deid. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < v.c1330
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