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单词 horoscope
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horoscopen.

Brit. /ˈhɒrəskəʊp/, U.S. /ˈhɔrəˌskoʊp/
Etymology: In current form, < French horoscope (= Spanish horoscopo, Italian oroscopo), < Latin hōroscopus, < Greek ὡροσκόπος nativity, horoscope (also observer of the hour of nativity, caster of nativities), < ὥρα time, hour + σκοπός observer, watcher. In early use the Latin form also occurs.
1. Astrology. An observation of the sky and the configuration of the planets at a certain moment, as at the instant of a person's birth; hence, a plan or scheme of the twelve houses or twelve signs of the zodiac, showing the disposition of the heavens at a particular moment. In early use, spec. = ascendant adj. and n., or house of the ascendant. to cast a horoscope (see cast v. 39), to calculate the degree of the ecliptic which is on the eastern horizon at a given moment, e.g. at the birth of a child, and thence to erect an astrological figure of the heavens, so as to discover the influence of the planets upon his life and fortunes.
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the world > the universe > astrology > judicial astrology > horoscope > [noun]
figure1393
horoscopec1400
theme1652
the world > the universe > celestial sphere > zone of celestial sphere > [noun] > Zodiac > ascendant
ascendantc1386
horoscopec1400
mountanta1500
significator1593
c1050 Byrhtferth's Handboc in Anglia (1885) 8 298 An circul ys þe uðwitan hatað zodiacus oððe horoscopus.
c1400 ( G. Chaucer Treat. Astrolabe (Cambr. Dd.3.53) (1872) ii. §4. 18 Yif þat any planet assende at þat same tyme in thilke for-seide [degre of] his longitude, Men seyn þat thilke planete is in horoscopo.
c1400 ( G. Chaucer Treat. Astrolabe (Cambr. Dd.3.53) (1872) ii. §3. 15 To knowe by nyht or by day the degree of any signe þat assendith on the est Orisonte, which þat is cleped communly the assendent or elles oruscupum.
1569 R. Grafton Chron. I. v. 45 The Horoscope of the beginning of the said woorke first considered.
1594 T. Blundeville Exercises iv. xxxvi. f. 232 This word Horoscop doth not onely signifie the degree of the Ecliptique, otherwise called the ascendent..but also sometimes the whole figure of heauen containing the 12. houses, and doth shew the very secrets of nature.
1602 W. Fulbecke Parallele or Conf. Law ii. 60 The Horoscope in Astronomy, if it be formally taken is nothing els but horæ inspectio, if it bee materially taken, it is that part of the Zodiacke which ascendeth vpon our hemisphere.
1692 R. Bentley Boyle Lect. iii. 27 Drawing Schemes of their own Horoscopes.
1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth iv, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. II. 111 I have a strong horoscope, and shall live for fifty years to come.
1837 W. Whewell Hist. Inductive Sci. I. 300 The most important part of the sky in the astrologer's consideration, was that sign of the zodiac which rose at the moment of the child's birth, this was, properly speaking, the horoscope, the ascendant or the first house.
1886 Pall Mall Gaz. 7 July 4/2 This able and gifted lady..also makes horoscopes, but only ‘to order’; price, 100 francs.
figurative.1641 J. Milton Reason Church-govt. 25 A Lordly ascendent in the horoscope of the Church, from Primate to Patriarch, and so to Pope.1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (1858) I. iv. 309 Catholics and protestants had alike their horoscope of the impending changes.1867 H. W. Longfellow Wind over Chimney vi These are prophets, bards, and seers; In the horoscope of nations..They control the coming years.1886 Pall Mall Gaz. 26 July 1/1 If we were to cast the horoscope of the new Government solely from the signs afforded us in some quarters.
2. A figure or table on which the hours are marked.
a. A dial. Obsolete.
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the world > time > instruments for measuring time > [noun] > sundial
chilindrec1386
dialc1425
sundial1555
clocka1562
cylinder1593
horoscope1623
compass-dial1632
moon dial1664
ring dial1667
heliotrope1669
pole-dial1669
sciatheric1682
spot dial1687
polar dial1688
sun clock1737
meridian ring1839
solarium1842
journey-ring1877
scratch dial1914
1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Horoscope, wherin houres bee marked, as in a dyall.
b. A table showing the length of the days and nights at different places and seasons. Obsolete.
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the world > the universe > cosmology > science of observation > astronomical calculation > [noun] > astronomical tables
Arzachel's tablesa1400
collect yearsc1405
Toletan tablesc1405
compute1483
compost1535
regimenta1544
Prutenic tables1599
Prutenics1603
horoscopea1656
computus1675
Alfonsines1710
solar tables1812
a1656 J. Ussher Ann. World (1658) vi. 98 He [sc. Thales] also invented..the Horoscope, or instrument whereby to observe the Equinoctials, and the Tropicks, or the summer and winter solstice.
c. A kind of planisphere, invented by John of Padua. Obsolete.
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the world > the universe > cosmology > science of observation > astronomical instruments > representational device > [noun] > map of heavens
planispherea1393
scheme1638
horoscopea1656
a1656 J. Ussher Ann. World (1658) vi. 98 He also invented..the Horoscope, or instrument whereby to observe the Equinoctials, and the Tropicks, or the summer and winter solstice.
1696 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Horoscope..is also a Mathematical Instrument, made in the form of a planisphere, invented by John Paduanus.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

horoscopev.

Etymology: < horoscope n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈhoroscope.
a. intransitive. To form a horoscope; to inquire into futurity.
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the world > the universe > astrology > judicial astrology > horoscope > [verb]
to cast a figure, horoscope, nativity1591
horoscope1673
to rule a planet1888
1673 A. Marvell Rehearsal Transpros'd II. 77 He spent a considerable time in creeping into all Corners and Companies, Horoscoping up and down concerning the duration of the Government.
b. transitive. To cast the nativity of.
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the world > the universe > astrology > judicial astrology > horoscope > [verb] > nativity
constellate1611
to cast a figure, horoscope, nativity1624
horoscope1888
1888 Daily News 16 Feb. 4/8 It would be a good deal more convincing if, instead of horoscoping people dead and gone, he would prophesy about the living.

Derivatives

horoscoper n. /ˈhɒrəskəʊpə(r)/ one who casts horoscopes; an astrologer.
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the world > the universe > astrology > judicial astrology > [noun] > person
astrologera1382
castera1382
astronomera1387
planetist1509
horoscoper1561
figure-caster1584
figure-flinger1587
philomath1611
judiciary1618
planetary1625
astromancer1652
astromantic1652
configurator1652
horoscopist1652
planetarian1652
Babylonian1677
1561 R. Eden in tr. M. Cortés Arte Nauigation Pref. sig. ¶¶.i.v The superstitious Horoscopers (Astrologiers I meane, and not Astronomers).
1710 Ld. Shaftesbury Soliloquy 131 Astrologers, Horoscopers, and other such, are pleas'd to honour themselves with the Title of Mathematicians.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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