单词 | abdicated |
释义 | abdicatedadj. 1. That has formally renounced an office or position; cf. abdicate v. 3a. Also: that has been deposed from an office or position; cf. abdicate v. 4. Used esp. of a monarch.With regard to the situation of James II, see note at abdicate v. 3a. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > removal from office or authority > [adjective] outedc1500 deposed1552 secluded1604 cast1607 disbanded1611 cashiereda1626 ejected1649 abdicateda1675 displaced1841 overthrown1859 a1675 B. Whitelocke Memorials Eng. Affairs (1682) anno 1654 578/2 The Abdicated Queen..wisheth Her Cousin Joy of His Crown and Government. 1691 D. Defoe New Discov. Old Intreague xviii. 23 So found too late their Abdicated James. 1704 W. Nicolson London Diaries 26 Dec. (1985) 259 The (abdicated) Bishop of St David's with me in the morning, consulting..me about what passed against him in the House on Friday last. 1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall II. xli. 531 The abdicated monarch fled from the justice of his country. 1825 R. Southey in Q. Rev. 32 368 That strange personage, Christina, the abdicated Queen of Sweden. 1866 W. D. Howells Venetian Life xx. 349 The abdicated Emperor of Austria. 1909 J. Ayscough San Celestino iv. i. 278 To be the successor of an abdicated Pope would be the most trying of all positions. 1937 C. Beaton Diary in Self Portrait with Friends (1979) vi. 54 If she has not been fated to wear a crown, she is still loved by an abdicated King and will soon be married to him. 1966 J. M. Kitagawa Relig. in Japanese Hist. (1990) ii. 52 The real political power had shifted by that time from the palace of the abdicated emperor to the court of the feudal government. 2000 T. Maggio Mattanza xii. 107 He walked about town with a cane, slowly and bolt upright, like an abdicated king. 2. That has been renounced, resigned, or given up. ΚΠ 1716 J. Addison To Sir G. Kneller 8 Old Saturn too, with up-cast Eyes, Beheld his Abdicated Skies. 1765 C. Smart tr. Psalms David cxix. 123 All my abdicated crimes I have with tears review'd. 1815 Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg 12 Aug. 162 When the voice of fate had apparently pronounced your eternal seclusion, you must still hand over your abdicated name to your child. 1852 Ld. Cockburn Life Jeffrey I. 26 Some new obstacle to my belief, which might return me to my abdicated opinion. 1916 McClure's Mag. Apr. 32/1 He swept his abdicated domain with a final, unregretful look. 1992 P. J. Benson Invention of Renaissance Woman viii. 219 The antimasculine satire works to encourage a male to resume his abdicated authority; it does not encourage a change in the status of women. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.a1675 |
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