单词 | incinerate |
释义 | † incinerateadj. Obsolete. = incinerated adj. (Construed as past participle or adj. ) ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > [adjective] > burnt > to ashes incinerate1471 incinerated1658 1471 G. Ripley Compound of Alchymy i. xix, in E. Ashmole Theatrum Chem. Britannicum (1652) 133 Thy Elements shalbe incynerate sone. a1530 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfeccyon (1531) iii. f. Clxxxiiv Our fyrst mother Eue with her husbande was incinerate and turned to dust after theyr deth. 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §683 Fire burneth Wood, making it first Luminous; Then Blacke and Brittle; And lastly, Broken and Incinerate. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2021). incineratev. 1. transitive. To reduce to ashes, burn to ashes, consume by fire. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)] > devour, engulf, or consume (of fire, water, etc.) supeOE eatc950 fretc1000 forthnimc1175 forfret?c1225 to-fret?c1225 swallowa1340 devourc1374 upsoup1382 consumea1398 bisweligha1400 founderc1400 absorb1490 to swallow up1531 upsupa1547 incinerate1555 upswallow1591 fire1592 absume1596 abyss1596 worm1604 depredate1626 to gulp downa1644 whelm1667 the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > burn or consume by fire [verb (transitive)] > burn to ashes to burn to, into (formerly also in) ashesc1175 to burn to powderc1175 adust?a1425 incinerate1555 adure1583 cinder1628 calcine1633 cinefy1654 1555 R. Eden tr. V. Biringucci Pyrotechnia in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 334 The fyer whose force dooth incinerate or brynge to asshes..all creatures. 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §87 The Heat..doth Incinerate and Calcinate. 1661–80 R. Boyle Sceptical Chymist i. 80 It is the Fire only that Incinerates Bodies. 1805 C. Hatchett in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 95 216 Animal coal is incinerated with much more difficulty than vegetable coal or charcoal. 1884 Manch. Examiner 10 Mar. 5/3 A Crematorium..has been established, in which..forty bodies had been incinerated after the manner of the Romans of old. 2. intransitive. To become reduced to ashes. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (intransitive)] > devour or consume (of fire, etc.) > be devoured or consumed (by fire, zeal, etc.) to burn away?c1225 consumec1425 fire1565 smother1621 incinerate1800 to go up in smoke1933 the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > burn or be on fire [verb (intransitive)] > burn away or to ashes out-burna1382 consumec1425 torrefy1615 incinerate1800 roast1839 calcine1855 1800 tr. E. J. B. Bouillon-Lagrange Man. Course Chem. II. 190 A light spongy charcoal, which easily incinerates when burnt in the open air. 1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. III. xxxiv. 396 Feathers, wool, hair, etc., when exposed to the action of fire liquify, more or less, before they incinerate. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1471v.1555 |
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