单词 | auge |
释义 | augen. Astronomy. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > planet > planetary movement > [noun] > orbit augec1392 sphere1595 apsis1601 polar axis1724 c1392 Equatorie of Planetis 18 In proces of tyme may this plate be turned a bowte after þt auges of planetes ben moeued in the .9. spere thus may thin instrument laste perpetuel. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. ii. xv. 10 Those eccentrique circles or Epicycles in the stars [Fr. des Auges des planettes, L. circulorum], which the Greeks call Absides..Now euery one of the planets haue particular Auges or circles aforesaid by themselues [Fr. ses Auges particulieres]. 2. a. The point in the orbit of a celestial object at which it is at its greatest distance from the body which it orbits. Occasionally: the point of greatest altitude in the apparent course of the sun, moon, or a planet across the sky; (also) †the ascendant (obsolete). Now historical.In most examples with reference to the Ptolemaic system in which the sun, moon, and planets were considered to revolve around the earth; = apogee n. 1. Cf. also aphelion n. 1, apogee n. 2, ascendant n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > planet > planetary movement > [noun] > orbit > apsis > apogee augea1400 apogee1595 a1400 (a1388) tr. Richard of Wallingford Exafrenon (Trin. Cambr.) f. 175v Mars in his auge [L. abside]..is in effecte vntempred hote & drie & vnsuffrable. He is hote whan he is in hote signes & in an hote quarter of þe ȝere. ?1574 W. Bourne Regiment for Sea f. 5v Auge is a point in the heauens, when the Sunne or Moone is excentrick, going neerer vnto the heauens, and further from the earth than hir common order is. 1594 T. Blundeville Exercises vii. xliv. f. 343v His [sc. the sun's] slowe motion is when he is in the point called Auge or Apogeon. 1663 R. Saunders Palmistry ii. v. 171 Let her [sc. the Moon] be increasing in Light and Number not descending from her Auge. 1672 T. Garencières True Prophecies or Prognostications M. Nostradamus 13 When a Meadow that was a Fish-pond before, shall be Mowed, the Sign of Sagittarius being in its Auge or ascendant, then shall Plague, Famine, and War Reign. 1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I Auge, an Astronomical Term, the same as Apogæum, is that Point of the Orbit, wherein a Planet being, is furthest distant from the Central Body about which it revolves. 1833 J. Narrien Hist. Acct. Astron. xvii. 357 When the moon..is brought to A,..she is in the auge or apogeum of her orbit. 1970 A. Fowler Triumphal Forms (2009) viii. 167 These figures were used to calculate the auge or apogee (point of greatest distance) of the sun. 1993 L. Means Medieval Lunar Astrol. 281 When the moon (moist) is in its auge or highest elevation, tides are highest, higher still if moist planets are in certain aspects. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > planet > planetary movement > [noun] > orbit > apsis auge1602 apsis1658 point of station1671 apsid1743 stationary point1788 apse1822 1602 T. Blundeville Theoriques Seven Planets 4 The highest point, which I meane to call in our tongue in the singular number, Auge, and in the plurall number, Auges: the opposite point whereof..is called in Greeke Perigæon, and in Latine Absis ima, that is to say, the lowest Auge. 1681 G. Wharton Mutations Empires in Wks. (1683) 131 When the Auges, (or Absides) of the Planets are changed from one Sign to another. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Auges,..two Points in a Planet's Orbit, otherwise called apsides... One of the Auges is particularly denominated the Apogee, the other Perigee. 3. figurative. The point of greatest attainment or influence; zenith, culmination; ascendancy; = apogee n. 3b. Cf. ascendant n. 2. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > [noun] > state of or advanced condition > highest point prickOE heighta1050 full1340 higha1398 pointc1400 roofa1500 top-castle1548 ruff1549 acmea1568 tip1567 noontide1578 high tide1579 superlative1583 summity1588 spring tide1593 meridian1594 period1595 apogee1600 punctilio1601 high-water mark1602 noon1609 zenith1610 auge1611 apex1624 culmination1633 cumble1640 culmen1646 climax1647 topc1650 cumulus1659 summit1661 perigeum1670 highest1688 consummation1698 stretch1741 high point1787 perihelion1804 summary1831 comble1832 heading up1857 climacteric1870 flashpoint1878 tip-end1885 peak1902 noontime1903 Omega point1981 1611 F. Davison et al. Poet. Rapsodie (new ed.) 206 Thou vertues orbe where fame is still ascendent, And neuer can her highest auge attaine. 1617 S. Collins Epphata to F. T. ii. ix. 405 They were in the Auge, or in the Zenith, in their first loue. a1680 T. Goodwin Wks. (1697) IV. i. 164 The promises..in the Old Testament..were in their prime, in their auge. 1889 Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 27 July 142/1 The epidemic reached its auge in April. 1998 D. Kulick Travesti i. 39 Travestis between these ages, everyone is agreed, are at their auge, their pinnacle of beauty. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021). † augev. Obsolete. rare. transitive. To increase. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [verb (transitive)] echeOE ekec1200 multiplya1275 morea1300 increase13.. vaunce1303 enlargec1380 augmenta1400 accrease1402 alargea1425 amply?a1425 great?1440 hainc1440 creasec1475 grow1481 amplea1500 to get upa1500 improve1509 ampliatea1513 auge1542 over1546 amplify1549 raise1583 grand1602 swell1602 magnoperate1610 greaten1613 accresce1626 aggrandize1638 majoratea1651 adauge1657 protend1659 reinforce1660 examplify1677 pluralize1750 to drive up1817 to whoop up1856 to jack up1884 upbuild1890 steepen1909 up1934 1542 A. Borde Compend. Regyment Helth xiii. sig. G.iiiv It doth auge and augment the heate of the lyuer. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.c1392v.1542 |
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