单词 | informate |
释义 | † informatev. Obsolete. transitive. To give determinative character or ‘form’ to; = inform v. 8. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > essence or intrinsic nature > inform or give a thing its essence [verb (transitive)] graitha1300 make1340 informa1398 essentiate1561 informate1594 formalize1597 essentialize1669 1594 2nd Rep. Dr. Faustus vi. sig. Dv It is common to reasonable creatures to fashion and informate the body. 1627 T. Jackson Treat. Catholike Faith 8 Aceruus,..an heape or congest of bodies homogeneall and contiguous, but not informated by one and the same forme, not animated by one and the same soule or spirit. 1663 G. Harvey Archelogia Philosophica Nova II. i. xxiii. 77 It is ridiculous to doubt, whether the Soul of man, when separated, hath an Appetite or Inclination to its Body, or to that matter, which it did once informate. 1704 Athenæ Redivivæ 31/2 All parts of the Body are informated with Spirits proportionable to their Consistency. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < v.1594 |
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