单词 | having |
释义 | havingn.ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > [noun] havingeOE holdc1230 withholdingc1386 restrainingc1390 refraininga1398 repression?a1425 repressing1431 bridlingc1443 restraint1443 restrainc1449 repressurec1487 restingc1503 abstention1521 controlling1523 controlment1525 distrain1531 staying1563 control1564 refrain1568 retention1578 check1579 restrainment1579 refranation1583 cohibition1586 withholdment1640 curbing1661 coercion1827 chastenment1882 detent1907 clamp-down1940 eOE Cleopatra Gloss. in J. J. Quinn Minor Lat.-Old Eng. Glossaries in MS Cotton Cleopatra A.III (Ph.D. diss., Stanford Univ.) (1956) 137 [Simulata matrimonii] conibentia, hæbbenga. 2. In singular and plural. That which a person has; one's possessions, belongings, property, or wealth. Frequently with possessive pronoun. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > possessions > [noun] goodeOE auchtOE havingc1350 facultya1382 substancea1382 propertya1393 haviourc1400 suffisantee1436 aversc1440 propriety1442 livinga1450 goodess1523 gear1535 prog1727 c1350 Psalter (BL Add. 17376) in K. D. Bülbring Earliest Compl. Eng. Prose Psalter (1891) lxxvii. 53 (MED) He ȝaf her meres to hail and her habbeinges [v.r. possessions; L. possessionem] to fur. a1400 in C. Brown Relig. Lyrics 14th Cent. (1924) 68 (MED) Litel and pouere is myn hauing. c1450 (?a1370) Wynnere & Wastoure (1990) l. 323 The more hauande þat he hathe the more of hert feble. a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xviii. 215 For nothyng Thi neghburs goodys yerne wrongwysly, His house, his rent, ne his hafyng. a1652 R. Brome Novella i. ii. sig. Iv, in Five New Playes (1653) Looke to my house and havings; keepe all safe. 1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 426 Meannesse of Birth, or slender Havings, cheapen the richest Abilities. 1715 J. Chappelow Right Way to be Rich 100 Never think to live of your own Havings. 1846 J. Ruskin Mod. Painters II. 80 Neither imagination..nor industry, nor sensibility, nor energy, nor any other good having. 1875 Ld. Tennyson Queen Mary ii. ii. 80 Your havings wasted by the scythe and spade. 1922 E. H. Hickey Devotional Poems 41 We who grovel, seeking, searching..Soiled possessions, worthless havings. 3. The action or fact of having something (in various senses); esp. possession. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > [noun] holda1100 havea1200 possession?a1380 ight1390 havingc1400 haviourc1400 possessingc1450 fee-simple1463 possessorship1830 c1400 (?c1380) Pearl l. 450 (MED) Alle þat may þerinne aryue Of alle þe reme is quen oþer kyng, And neuer oþer ȝet schal depryue, Bot vchon fayn of oþerez hafyng. c1443 R. Pecock Reule of Crysten Religioun (1927) 149 (MED) Þat þey schulen not be deprived from ful consecucioun and having of þis souereyn good aftir þis lijf. a1500 (?c1378) J. Wyclif Eng. Wks. (1880) 412 (MED) Þey passen crist in taking of worldly lordchipis and hauyng of erþely tresour. a1500 (?c1425) Speculum Sacerdotale (1936) 198 (MED) This riȝtwys lyffynge..þei ladde to-geder in trewe wedlok by the space of xx yere withoute hauynge and procreacion of eny childe. 1579 W. Fulke Confut. Treat. N. Sander in D. Heskins Ouerthrowne 679 He would not consent to the idolatrous hauing of images. 1644 J. Bulwer Chirologia 65 The covetous desire of goods and the thirst of having. 1678 S. Butler Hudibras: Third Pt. iii. i. 43 Finds all his Having, and his Holding, Reduc'd t'Eternal Noise, and Scolding. a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1724) I. 197 His fear of the danger the King was in by the Duke's having of guards. 1762 Ld. Kames Elements Crit. I. ii. 52 If such a picture be exposed to sale, desire of having or possessing is the natural consequence. 1863 Littell's Living Age 24 Oct. 171/1 The few companions of that time..were all hard-headed men like myself, and much occupied with having and holding. 1881 Act 44 & 45 Victoria c. 5 §2 Regulations under which the carrying or having of arms or ammunition is authorised. 1933 D. Thomas Let. 15 Apr. (1987) 115 The composition of my own letter and—best of all—the having of yours, has become the greatest event of the week. 1972 Philosophy 47 176 He is talking about understanding as opposed to the mere having of ideas. 2002 J. McGahern That they may face Rising Sun (2003) 144 He hasn't a great deal of use for money. It's just the having of it that gives him pleasure. 4. In plural (now only in form ha(i)vins ( Brit. /ˈheɪvɪnz/ , U.S. /ˈheɪvᵻnz/ , Scottish English /ˈhevɪnz/ )) or (in early use) singular. Behaviour, manners; demeanour, deportment. Cf. have v. 26. Scottish after Middle English.ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > [noun] > demeanour or bearing i-bereOE i-letelOE lundc1175 semblanta1240 countenancec1290 fare1297 porturec1300 bearinga1325 portc1330 abearc1350 demeaning14.. habit1413 apporta1423 havingsa1425 maintenance?c1436 demeanc1450 maintain?1473 deport1474 maintaining1477 demeanance1486 affair1487 containing1487 behaviour1490 representation1490 haviour?1504 demeanour1509 miena1522 function1578 amenance1590 comportance1590 portance1590 purport1590 manage1593 style1596 dispose1601 deportments1603 comportment1605 garb1605 aira1616 deportment1638 comport1660 tour1702 sway1753 disport1761 maintien1814 tenue1828 portment1833 allure1841 a1425 (a1400) Prick of Conscience (Galba & Harl.) (1863) l. 1520 (MED) Gret outrage we se..In worldis havyng and beryng. 1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) vii. 135 Ye king..Persawyt weill be yar hawing [1487 St. John's Cambr. awyng] Yat yai luffyt him na-thing. a1500 tr. Thomas à Kempis De Imitatione Christi (Trin. Dublin) (1893) 41 Þe wykkyd & wondyrfull hauyngys & beringes of men. ?1553 (c1501) G. Douglas Palice of Honour (London) ii. l. 1158 in Shorter Poems (1967) 74 The mery spech, fare hauingys [1579 Edinb. hauingis], hie renoun Of thaym. 1789 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 472 Ye may hae some pretence, To havins and sense. 1824 W. Scott Redgauntlet I. xii. 289 Bye and attour her gentle havings. 1873 D. Gilmour Reminisc. Pen Folk (ed. 2) 29 A rebuke from the mothers for our want of havens would calm us down. 1932 Aberdeen Press & Jrnl. 13 Apr. Fat a sin o' his fa wis some sully hid files te thole for his ill haivins. 1952 Scots Mag. Jan. 312 Ae thing I'se warrant—he's nae manners. The ploo-stocks—that's whaur he got his havins. 1983 W. L. Lorimer & R. L. C. Lorimer New Test. in Scots Titus ii. 368 The aulder weimen maun be tauld at their haivins maun be sic as sets servans o God; they maunna be ill-caaers, or slaves o the drink. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). havingadj. 1. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > [adjective] > possessing havingOE replenished1483 possessing1567 possident1625 possessive1838 OE Laws of Æðelstan (Otho) ii. i. 150 An ærest þæt mon ne sparige nanne þeof þe æt hæbbendre handa [lOE Rochester æt hæbbendre honda, lOE Corpus Cambr. 383 æt hæbbendre hand] gefangen sie. lOE Laws of Wihtræd (Rochester) xxvi. 14 Gif man frigne man æt hæbbendre handa gefo, þanne..oððe hine man cwelle oþþe ofer sæ selle. 1483 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 89074) (1881) 178/2 Havynge, habens, possidens. b. That has plenty of something, esp. money or material possessions; wealthy. ΚΠ a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 28943 Til him þat has bene Hauand..And falles in-to state o nede. 1928 D. H. Lawrence in E. Rickword Scrutinies I. v. 61 Every single character is determined by money... Utterly lacking it are all the charwomen and squalid poor who form the background—the shadows of the ‘having’ ones. 1958 Rep. 5th National Conf. Internat. Econ. & Social Devel. 33 This makes us a ‘having’ nation besieged by jealousies, misunderstanding, and yearnings of the 94% of the world that ‘have not.’ 2002 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 24 Nov. iv. 4/2 Members of the having classes simply put their sons down at birth for Groton or Eton. 2. Showing or characterized by excessive desire for having or retaining possessions; miserly, covetous; greedy, acquisitive. Now rare (chiefly English regional in later use). ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > inordinate or excessive desire > [adjective] > inordinately desirous of possessions greedya1000 overgreedyOE avarous1303 covetous1340 concupiscible1398 avaricious1474 silver-sick?a1500 lucrous1511 having1528 lucrative1549 concupiscentious1555 holding1569 griping?1573 concupiscential1577 over-havinga1600 gripulous1614 ingordigious1637 concupitive1651 appropriative1655 lucripetous1675 coveting1699 grasping1747 concupiscenta1834 acquisitive1846 pleonectic1858 big-eye1868 wanting1876 possessive1889 grabby1910 gold-digging1925 territorial1966 1528 R. Copland tr. Secrete of Secretes of Arystotle sig. B.ii There is a kynge yt is lyberall to hym selfe & hauyng to his subgectes. The ytalyens say yt it is no vyce to a kynge yt is hauynge [It. avarus] to hym selfe, & lyberal to his subgectes. 1591 R. Greene Notable Discouery of Coosenage f. 2v To be of a hauing and couetous humor. 1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue ii. 213 To a having mind, all is too little. 1673 E. Hickeringill Gregory 102 We are a trading, covetous, having, worldly-minded people. 1860 ‘G. Eliot’ Mill on Floss I. i. vi. 71 She's as jealous and having as can be. 1892 E. Lawless Grania II. ii. 91 A..spending, having brood they are. 1921 J. Galsworthy To Let x. 217 We think she's got rather a ‘having’ nature. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.eOEadj.OE |
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