单词 | aslake |
释义 | aslakev. Obsolete or archaic. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > decrease in quantity, amount, or degree [verb (intransitive)] littleOE setc1000 wanzec1175 lessc1225 allayc1275 wane1297 slaken1303 disincreasec1374 slakec1380 decrease1382 debatea1400 unwaxa1400 wastea1400 adminishc1400 lessenc1400 imminish14.. aslakec1405 minish?a1425 assuagec1430 shrinkc1449 to let down1486 decay1489 diminish1520 fall1523 rebate1540 batea1542 to come down1548 abate1560 stoop1572 pine1580 slack1580 scanten1585 shrivel1588 decrew1596 remit1629 contract1648 subside1680 lower1697 relax1701 drop1730 to take off1776 to run down1792 reduce1798 recede1810 to run off1816 to go down1823 attenuatea1834 ease1876 downscale1945 c1000 Ælfric Homilies I. 610 Gif we asleaciað fram gódum weorcum. c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Miller's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 367 The water shal aslake and goon away. c1430 J. Lydgate Minor Poems (1840) 231 Whan ȝe be heyest ȝe mowe aslake. c1430 Syr Generides 6770 The winde beganne som dele a-slake. c1430 Hymns to Virg. (1867) 80 Whanne oure bewte schal aslake. 1587 G. Turberville Tragicall Tales f. 18v My woes which neuer would aslake. 2. To become less hot, to grow cool. archaic. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > be cold [verb (intransitive)] > become cold > cool coolOE relent1589 aslake1810 defervesce1859 1810 R. Southey Curse of Kehama xi. 119 Last they cast it [sc. the steel], to aslake, In the penal icy lake. ΚΠ 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 253 Ne aslaky naȝt to moche þane bridel. 4. a. To mitigate, alleviate, assuage; to lessen, abate, diminish. archaic. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > reduce in quantity, amount, or degree [verb (transitive)] littleeOE anitherOE wanzelOE lessc1225 slakea1300 littenc1300 aslakec1314 adminisha1325 allayc1330 settle1338 low1340 minisha1382 reprovea1382 abatea1398 rebatea1398 subtlea1398 alaskia1400 forlyten?a1400 imminish14.. lessenc1410 diminish1417 repress?a1425 assuagec1430 scarcec1440 small1440 underslakec1440 alessa1450 debate?c1450 batec1460 decreasec1470 appetisse1474 alow1494 mince1499 perswage?1504 remita1513 inless?1521 attenuate1530 weaken1530 defray1532 mitigate1532 minorate1534 narrow?1548 diminuec1550 extenuate1555 amain1578 exolve1578 base1581 dejecta1586 amoinder1588 faint1598 qualify1604 contract1605 to pull down1607 shrivel1609 to take down1610 disaugment1611 impoverish1611 shrink1628 decoct1629 persway1631 unflame1635 straiten1645 depress1647 reduce1649 detract1654 minuate1657 alloy1661 lower?1662 sinka1684 retreat1690 nip1785 to drive down1840 minify1866 to knock down1867 to damp down1869 scale1887 mute1891 clip1938 to roll back1942 to cut back1943 downscale1945 downrate1958 slim1963 downshift1972 c1314 Guy Warw. 213 Til that mi sorwe aslaked be. 1493 Petronylla (Pynson) 154 That he of mercy oure sekenesse list aslake. 1605 E. Sandys Relation State of Relig. sig. M2v By giving vent to the boyling fumes of hatred..evaporate and aslake that heat which otherwise would flame out into fire. 1652 E. Sparke Scintillula Altaris Ch. Milit. Aslake your grief. 1825 R. Southey Tale of Paraguay i. 14 Waits for the prey..its hunger to aslake. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > absence of dissension or peace > bringing about concord or peace > bring to peace (strife or discord) [verb (transitive)] > appease or propitiate soft?c1225 queema1325 appeasec1374 pleasea1382 softena1382 mollifya1450 pacifya1500 apeace1523 temper1525 mitigatea1535 qualify?c1550 thaw1582 propitiate1583 aslake1590 smooth1608 to lay down1629 addulce1655 sweeten1657 acquiesce1659 gentle1663 palliate1678 placate1678 conciliate1782 to pour oil on the waters (also on troubled waters)1847 square1859 square1945 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. iii. sig. C6v When mourning altars..The black infernall Furies doen aslake. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < v.c1000 |
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