单词 | inexplicate |
释义 | † inexplicateadj. Obsolete. Not to be disentangled; very intricate; = inexplicable adj. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > entanglement or entangled state > [adjective] > unable to be untangled inexplicable1555 untwineable1609 inextricate?1615 inexplicate1623 inextricable1829 irresolvable1886 1623 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. (ed. 2) ix. vi. 525/2 Hee built..an intricate Labyrinth at Woodstocke, and therein bestowed this his pearle of esteeme, vnto whose closet (for the inexplicate windings) none could approach, but the King himselfe. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2018). † inexplicatev. Obsolete. rare. transitive. To disentangle. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or detachment > loosening or unfastening > loosen, unfasten, or untie [verb (transitive)] > untie > untie (a knot) enode1623 disjoin1633 inexplicate1653 renodate1656 slip1761 1653 E. Chisenhale Catholike Hist. 280 Alexander..doubting if he should not inexplicate it [the Gordian knot] that it might be reputed as an evidence..of his bad fortune to come, with his sword cut it asunder. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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