单词 | genevate |
释义 | Genevatev. rare (now historical). ΚΠ 1841 Brit. Mag. & Monthly Reg. 1 Apr. 451 Let us not..innovate, Genevate..nor Scotize, by introducing modern terms for the clergy. b. transitive. To reform (a church) along Calvinist lines. ΚΠ 1899 N.E.D. Genevate, trans., to fashion after the Geneva model. 1963 R. F. Nichols Blueprints for Leviathan ii. 17 The exiles..expected the chief seats in a new hierarchy would ‘Genevate’ the Church of England. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1841 |
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