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† aneantizev.Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French anientisser, aninteser; French enentiss-, enentir. Etymology: < (i) Anglo-Norman anientisser, also aninteser, anenticer, anientiser to destroy, kill (1324–5 or earlier), to ruin (a1412 or earlier), to put an end to, stamp out (14th–15th cent. or earlier), and (ii) its etymon Anglo-Norman enentiss-, ennientiss-, Anglo-Norman and Middle French anientiss-, anentiss-, Middle French aneantiss-, extended stem (compare -ish suffix2) of Anglo-Norman enentir, ennientir, Anglo-Norman and Middle French anientir, anentir, Middle French aneantir, etc. (French anéantir ) to terminate, annul (a treaty, law, etc.) (c1180 in Old French), to bring to nothing (a1188), (of living creatures) to return to nothingness (a1200), to destroy (a concrete object) (c1236) < Old French a- a- prefix5 + nient nothingness (see néant n.). Compare aniente v.Analysis of forms. The β. forms show remodelling of the ending after -ize suffix, in early use reflecting Anglo-Norman forms in -iser . The form neentishe is aphetic; compare Anglo-Norman nentir (early 14th cent.). The 18th-cent. form aneantize and the 19th-cent. form aneantise are immediately after French anéantir. Obsolete. the mind > emotion > humility > humiliation > humiliate [verb (transitive)] a1382 (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Ecclus. xiii. 8 To the tyme he neentishe [a1425 L.V. anyntische] thee twies or thries. 1389 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith (1870) 6 Ȝif it so befalle þat any of þe bretherhede falle in pouerte, or be anientised thorwȝ elde, þat he may nat helpe hym-self. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. v. x. 189 Olde men þat ben anyntised..and iwastid by elde oþir sikenes. a1425 (a1400) (1916) Phil. ii. 7 (MED) He [sc. Christ] anentyschid [L. exinanivit] hymselfe, takande þe schape of þe seruaunt. ?1446 in R. Willis & J. W. Clark (1886) I. Introd. p. lviii To grawnt to your sayd besecher sum supportacyon..in such maner that shal in no wyse anyntyse nor munysch..your coffures. 1530 N. Love tr. Bonaventura (W. de Worde) xiii. sig. Hvj In so moche he lowed hym and aneauntysed [Gibbs MS anentysched] hymselfe, that [etc.]. 1786 ‘Freeholder’ 204 To them alone we must also impute the violent attempts that are so often made to aneantize the duration of Parliaments. the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)] > bring to ruin or put an end to c1384 (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Rom. iv. 14 If thei that ben of the lawe, ben eyris, feith is anentyschid [L. exinanita], or distroyed. c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer (Hengwrt) (2003) §280 Ye han nat anientissed [c1415 Corpus Oxf. anyntesched, c1415 Lansd. anentisched] or destroyed hem. 1484 (Electronic ed.) Parl. Jan. 1484 §18. m. 16 Suche memorialles as they had ordeigned..were anentised and anulled. a1500 (c1340) R. Rolle (Univ. Oxf. 64) (1884) lxxiv. §8. 269 The pyne of hell is noght enentist that it ne last withouten ende. 1871 Jan. 702/2 He had only seen Bee Darrell at church, but it had been enough. That one sight of her had utterly aneantised the patient work of weeks. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022). < v.a1382 |