单词 | industriate |
释义 | † industriatev. Obsolete. transitive (reflexive). To use one's industry, to make diligent endeavour. Also intransitive in same sense. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > care [verb (reflexive)] > use diligence or industry plya1393 industriate1599 1599 L. Lewkenor tr. G. Contarini Commonw. & Gouernment Venice ii. 39 The officers likewise of the nauie and sea matters..would industriate themselues [It. s'ingegnaranno] peraduenture too much thereabout, in building great numbers of gallies. 1613 A. Sherley Relation Trav. Persia 2 It was..a weaknesse in my judgement, which, notwithstanding, I ever industriated my selfe to make perfect. 1656 H. More Life & Doctr. Iesus Christ i. 159 Which designe of his we must reverence, and lovingly submiting to his divine ordination, industriate ourselves to concurr the more diligently with it. 1842 G. Barmby in Promethean Jan. 21/3 A number greater and more powerful..will industriate in the future, in the fertilization of the soil and the amelioration of the climature. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < v.1599 |
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