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interviewn.Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French entrevue. Etymology: < Middle French entrevue organized meeting between two or more people (1498; 14th cent. in Anglo-Norman as entreveue ), use as noun of the feminine past participle of entrevoir (see interview v.).In the β. forms remodelled after inter- prefix. French interview (late 19th cent., chiefly in sense 4c) is a borrowing from English. 1. the mind > language > speech > conversation > [noun] > conferring or consulting > a conference α. 1514 Duke of Suffolk et al. Let. 7 Nov. in H. Ellis (1827) 2nd Ser. I. 248 Your Grace understode how well mynded and desirous he was for th' Enterview to be had, betwixt your Highnes and hym. 1548 f. lxxxiiii John duke of Bedforde, Philip duke of Burgoyn, & John duke of Britayn, made an assemble & frendly enteruiewe in the citee of Amias. 1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne i. xiii. 23 At the enterview, prepared at Marceilles betweene Pope Clement the seaventh and Francis the first. 1679 Bp. G. Burnet ii. 124 He passed the Seas, and had an Enterview with the French king. 1795 T. Bellamy 22 Endanger'd by the midnight enterview, For which she quits the couch of soft repose. β. 1562 Mary Queen of Scots Let. 20 July in W. Macleod (1897) ix Now it is concludit that the interview betuix us and our guid sister the Quene of Ingland sall hald upon the aucht day of September nixtocum.1626 F. Bacon New Atlantis 28 in They have ordained that none doe intermarry or contract, untill a Moneth bee past from their first Inter-viewe.1769 W. Robertson II. vi. 412 He proposed an interview between the two Monarchs at Nice.1856 J. A. Froude I. v. 378 She had an interview with Henry on his return through Canterbury.1871 B. Taylor tr. J. W. von Goethe I. Notes 273 The interviews of Satan with the Lord, in the first and second chapters of Job.1904 F. Rolfe (2001) xix. 327 Daughter, your conduct and your notorious proclivities debar you from a private interview with any clergyman, except in the open confessional.2017 M. Ayton xii. 210 The Secret Service continued their scrutiny of individuals who requested a personal interview with the president.the mind > language > speech > conversation > [noun] > conferring or consulting 1541 T. Elyot vi. f. 12 Beinge sore shaken with many swete wordes and long enteruieu, they yeld at the last. 1609 Bp. W. Barlow 64 Ambassadors Christian, not Christian onely for enteruiew and Salutation; in truth, for view and admiration. †2. the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > [noun] 1567 W. Painter II. xxx. f. 375v Wee haue hereof discoursed, and ben large in treatie of Tragicomicall matters, intermixed and suaged (in some parte) with the enteruiews of dolor, modestie, and indifferent good hap. a1575 N. Harpsfield (1878) (modernized text) 117 We will..make a short enterviewe of those authors which they have brought forth for their purpose. 1586 J. Ferne ii. 119 That they should make an enter-uew into the doinges of their iudges and iustices. the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > sight of something > [noun] > glimpse 1610 J. Healey tr. St. Augustine vi. x. 253 If one had time to take enterview of their actions, hee should see [etc.]. 1613 S. Purchas v. xiv. 440 Superstition, whose Owlish eyes cannot endure the enterview of Truth. 1638 J. Penkethman sig. Ciij All the sorts of Bread [are] presented by every paire of Pages lying open at one Enterview. 1704 J. Norris II. iii. 112 I have a confuse interview of this involved secret, like the glimmering light that trims the edges of a dark cloud. 1721 E. Young ii. i. 21 Let me not see him now, But save us from an Interview of death. the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > sight of something > [noun] > mutual or reciprocal 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy xxv. 561 Now, when they were come in sight and interview one of the other. 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch 328 They cannot endure the enterview one of another againe. 1667 J. Milton vi. 555 At interview both stood A while. View more context for this quotation a1675 B. Whitelocke (1682) anno 1639 29/1 The King's Army..marched to Berwick, in gaze of the Enemy, and there was onely an Interview of each Army, but no fighting. 4. society > law > law enforcement > investigation of crime > [noun] > interrogation 1844 6 Mar. Mr List, the superintendant of police, had an interview with her, and from certain facts, there appears no doubt: but she has committed some crime on the Continent, or in England or Ireland, and had adopted men's clothing to escape detection. 1872 A. Trollope Eustace Diamonds xlviii. in June 728/ There had been many interviews between Lizzie and various members of the police force in reference to the diamonds. 1930 26 Feb. 236 His arm was twisted during the course of the interview, and his person was frisked on the chance of finding a gun. 1974 21 July 1/4 Scotland Yard yesterday issued these Photofit pictures and descriptions of two men wanted for interview about last Wednesday's bomb explosion. 2007 14 Jan. 31/1 Efforts to make police record all interviews with suspects while out on patrol have hit a brick wall. the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > interrogation > [noun] > interview > as assessment 1845 (Script. Readers' Assoc.) Jan. 3 A day is appointed for a personal interview, when, if approved, the candidate is sent for examination. 1899 Sept. 549/2 The Governors had..advertised the post, and selected six candidates for an interview. 1919 20 Sept. 3/3 New Burgh Surveyor... Four candidates had been short-leeted for interview. 1991 4 Jan. 29 (advt.) This fly on the wall programme..encourages the viewer to learn interview skills through the experiences of five candidates applying for a job with a real company. 2019 (Nexis) 19 Dec. 8 Whilst technology has disrupted the recruitment sector..personal one-to-one interviews are still the most significant part of the process. the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > interrogation > [noun] > interview 1868 18 Jan. 183/1 Some months ago we published a paragraph from an interview with Liszt, to the effect that he desired to visit America. 1884 31 Dec. 3/1 Among the permanent gains of the year the acclimatization of the ‘interview’ in English journalism certainly should be reckoned. 1956 B. Paulu vii. 176 The BBC prefers straight talks to interviews, believing that talks are more apt to be carefully worked out. 1991 Sept. 49/2 He read an interview with Sid Vicious who claimed that he would lie upside down with his head in an oven whenever he ran out of hairspray. 2021 (Nexis) 25 Sept. He now reveals, in this exclusive interview, that he had warned the board time and again. Compounds 1889 7 Sept. 3/4 The interview room..has three divisions; the matron sits in the centre, and the prisoner and caller each occupy one of the outside divisions. 1974 J. Wainwright xxxiii. 188 He..left the Murder Room and found a telephone in one of the Interview Rooms, where he couldn't be overheard. 2014 125 228 The inspector allegedly..walked straight into the interview room, and knocked the suspect off his chair. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022). interviewv.Origin: Formed within English, by conversion; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymon: interview n. Etymology: < interview n., after Middle French s'entrevoir to see one another, to meet (12th cent in Old French: see note), and probably also after view v.Middle French s'entrevoir (past participle s'entrevu ) is a reflexive construction showing entrevoir (as transitive verb usually only in the meaning ‘to see indistinctly or in passing’; 1590 in the meaning ‘to have a meeting with’) < entre- enter- prefix + voir to see (see view n.). 1. the mind > language > speech > conversation > converse with [verb (transitive)] > discuss or confer about > hold discussion with 1548 f. ccxxxv That the ii. princes..for the continuaunce of amitie should enteruew eche other, in some place moste expedient. ?1840 J. B. Buckstone iii. 8 He consented to allow the infant to pass out of his possession on the strict understanding that it should be restored to him as soon as he had interviewed the Mint Master. 1868 15 Dec. 1/9 Sergeant Bates and the Princes of Wurtemburg, who have been ‘interviewing’ General Beauregard, are among the latest arrivals in New Orleans. 1935 L. Durrell (2008) 121 Walsh..had to interview his housemaster... Walsh stood nervously before him, and suffered a humiliating lecture on manners and deportment. the mind > language > speech > conversation > converse [verb (intransitive)] > face-to-face or in person 1548 f. cxxvv Their mutuall frendes..exhorted theim..to mete and enteruieu, in some place. 1577 R. Holinshed (STC 13568b) II. 1348/2 Bothe the Kynges enterviewed togither at Picqueny on the water of Some .iij. leagues aboue Amiens. 1702 T. Madox 387 Two Seals of green Wax; One of them Round, representing the Heads of a Man and Woman interviewing. the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > see [verb (transitive)] > succeed in seeing or catch sight of 1587 J. Polemon sig. H.ii The mist of the thicke cloudes woulde not at the beginning thereof suffer the armies to enteruiew one another at ease. 1592 G. Harvey Sonn. vi Oh, let me live to interview the face Of fair humanity and bounteous grace. 1624 Bp. F. White 521 Enteruiewing the places, you shall perceiue, that the Fathers..speake of obtention and impetration. 1636 J. Trussell sig. A3v I have adventured to adde my peece of ordinary valure, to those rich remnants of three pild Velvet, by enterviewing the times of Richard the second, Henry the fourth, Henry the fift [etc.] 3. 1868 11 Sept. John Minor Botts has been ‘interviewed’ by a newspaper man. 1913 Jan. 14 This committee has received all applications for research subsidy, has interviewed the applicants, and has recommended a research budget. 1965 S. A. Richardson et al. i. i. 20 The investigator who finds that documentary evidence is superficial or otherwise inadequate may interview to discover what underlies the recorded data. 1973 10 Aug. 1/9 Thames Valley Police have issued a photofit picture and a description of the man they wish to interview. 1974 21 Feb. 41/2 Robin Day interviewing those making the news. 2013 T. Thorn 19 Huw managed to get us backstage passes to interview him for the fanzine. 1971 Nov. 349/3 He interviews so well, but his showing on paper is so far behind his obvious potential. 1979 Jan. 19/1 We tried and tried and tried to get Linda Ronstadt to interview with us, but she refused. 1983 June 84 When I interviewed at Universal and Disney, they told me frankly, ‘Can you type? Because it's the only option left to someone who isn't an actor or technician.’ 2021 4 Feb. b4 The rumor persists that he has not interviewed well, whatever that means. Derivatives 1869 30 Oct. 107/1 This would be especially valuable, and to none more so than to the interviewed individuals. 1869 Nov. 349/2 The interviewing process, which that industrious flea, the Sun, originated..may be very unpleasant and inconvenient to the interviewed, but it is immensely interesting to the public. 1977 9 Dec. 9/5 The East End..was described by an interviewed woman in the broadcast as ‘Kit-e-Kat’ corner. 2002 P. Chauvin et al. ii. 100 A quarter of the interviewed had not completed their schooling. 1874 R. G. White in Dec. 828/1 It must have got about that I was an interviewable man (interviewable, although never used before, I believe, is an excellent word, and uninterviewable, which is five seconds younger, much better—indeed, quite admirable). 2006 14 June (Extra section) 15/3 At least 90 of the applicants were of an interviewable standard and many were over-qualified. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022). < n.1514v.1548 |