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单词 apocrypha
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Apocryphaadj.n.

/əˈpɒkrɪfə/
Forms: Middle English (corruptly) ipokrephum, Middle English–1500s apocripha, (1700s apocryphy), 1500s– apocrypha.
Etymology: neuter plural (sc. scripta ) of late Latin adjective apocryphus, < Greek ἀπόκρυϕος hidden, (hence) of unknown authorship, spurious, < ἀποκρύπτειν to hide away. Formerly used (in plural apocrypha , singular apocryphum ) as adjective. As noun, still properly treated as a plural, with singular of Greek form apocryphon ; but in common usage apocrypha is singular with plural apocryphas . In this sense apocryphy was also formerly in use. Compare apocrypha v.
A. adj.
Of unknown authorship; not authentic, spurious; uncanonical (see B.); false. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > forgery, falsification > faking of documents > [adjective]
falsec1000
Apocrypha1387
counterfeit1393
surmised?1518
apocryph1549
unauthentical1549
suborned1550
apocryphal1590
disauthentic1591
suppositive1598
supposititious1600
surreptitious1615
spurious1624
unauthentic1631
ungenuine1665
ingenuine1675
nothal1716
apocryphical1719
fabricate1755
doctored1853
society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > text > canon > [adjective] > not
Apocrypha1387
uncanonized1548
apocryph1549
acanonical1753
uncanonical1835
1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. V. 105 The writynge is Apocripha whanne þe auctor þerof is unknowe.
a1464 J. Capgrave Abbreuiacion of Cron. (Cambr. Gg.4.12) (1983) 12 Þe Penauns of Adam be cleped Apocriphum, whech is to sey ‘whan þe mater is in doute’ or ellis ‘whan men knowe not who mad þe book’.
1690 J. Locke Two Treat. Govt. II. i. xi. §143. 150 That..Kings enjoy'd their Crowns by Right descending to them from Adam, that we think not only Apocrypha, but also utterly impossible.
B. n.
1.
a. A writing or statement of doubtful authorship or authenticity; spec. those books included in the Septuagint and Vulgate versions of the Old Testament, which were not originally written in Hebrew and not counted genuine by Jews, and which, at the Reformation, were excluded from the Sacred Canon by the Protestant party, as having no well-grounded claim to inspired authorship.
ΘΚΠ
society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > Testament > Apocrypha > [noun]
Apocryphaa1400
a1400 Childh. Jesus in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen 74 327 Here bigynnys the Romance of the childhode of Jhesu Criste þat clerkys callys Ipokrephum.
1539 Bible (Great) Apocrypha Pref. The other [bookes] folowynge, which are called apocripha.
1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. xxx. 547 The Iewes account those bookes for Apocriphase.
1597 Hooker V. xx. (1841) i. 483 We hold not the apocrypha for sacred.
1704 London Gaz. mmmmxxii/3 The Contents of each Chapter in the Bible, and Apocryphy.
1733 A. Pope Impertinent 16 What's now Apocrypha, my Wit, In time to come, may pass for Holy Writ.
1834 Penny Cycl. II. 163/2 About 1826, it was decided that the Apocrypha should not be circulated by the British and Foreign Bible Society.
1881 W. R. Smith Old Test. in Jewish Church v. 27 The presence of an apocryphon in a Christian MS.
b. attributive.
ΘΚΠ
society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > Testament > Apocrypha > [adjective]
apocryph1549
Apocrypha1590
apocryphal1615
apocryphous1677
1590 H. Barrow & J. Greenwood Coll. Sclaunderous Articles B iv b Theire Apochripha liturgye.
1666 J. Bunyan Grace Abounding §65 Casting my eye upon the Apocrypha books, I found it in Ecclesiasticus.
2. [As in Greek] Hidden things; secrets. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > [noun] > something concealed, a secret > hidden things, secrets
hidinga1325
privacya1625
Apocrypha1839
1839 P. J. Bailey Festus 110 Every man's life has its apocrypha; Mine has, at least.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

apocryphaapocryphyv.

Etymology: < Apocrypha adj.
Obsolete. rare.
To reckon as apocryphal or spurious.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > forgery, falsification > forge, falsify [verb (transitive)] > consider spurious
apocrypha1625
1625 J. Davies Scourge Paper-persec. 80 The Bible ne'er was more Apocryphide Than by their bold excursions.
1661 H. Bold St. Georges Day 3 Works [as opposed to Faith] are Apocripha'd, as little worth.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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