单词 | abreathe |
释义 | † abreathev. Obsolete. 1. transitive. To allow (a person or animal) to recover breath. Also intransitive: to recover one's breath. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ceasing > temporary cessation of activity or operation > cease from temporarily [verb (transitive)] > cause to cease temporarily > give rest to restOE abreathec1425 breathea1470 repose1562 sabbatize1701 spell1846 to rest up1974 c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) ii. 8350 (MED) Prothesilaus..in his werynes, Hym to refresche & to taken eyr And to abreth hym, makyd his repeir To þe stronde. a1450 Partonope of Blois (Univ. Coll. Oxf.) (1912) l. 2905 (MED) He dothe of his helme for to a-brethe [a1500 BL Add. hem to abrethe]. a1500 (?c1450) Merlin 335 (MED) Merlin..made hem refressh and girde hir horse and a-brethe hem. 2. transitive. To cause to become out of breath; to wind. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > weariness or exhaustion > weary or exhaust [verb (transitive)] > put out of breath breathec1425 abreathea1500 overbreathe1586 blow1651 outwind1708 wind1811 pump1858 a1500 (?a1390) J. Mirk Festial (Gough) (1905) 193 (MED) Þat made þys frogge swell yn hys wombe, þat [he] was abreþut yn schort tyme. a1500 (?c1450) Merlin xvii. 275 (MED) Ther was many an horse abredeed, er thei myght come to the foreste. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < v.c1425 |
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