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单词 martyrize
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martyrizev.

Brit. /ˈmɑːtərʌɪz/, U.S. /ˈmɑrdəˌraɪz/
Forms: late Middle English–1600s martirize, 1500s marterize, 1500s– martyrize, 1600s martarize, 1600s marteryze, 1800s– martyrise; Scottish pre-1700 martarise, pre-1700 marterisse, 1800s– martyreese, 1800s– mertyreese.
Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from French. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French martiriser; Latin martyrizare.
Etymology: < (i) Anglo-Norman and Old French martiriser, martirizer, Old French, Middle French, French martyriser (12th cent., transitive; 16th cent. in senses ‘to torture’, ‘to subject to physical or mental torment’), or its etymon (ii) post-classical Latin martyrizare (6th cent. in both transitive and intransitive senses; from early 8th cent. in British sources) < martyr martyr n. + -izare -ize suffix. Compare Old Occitan martirizar (13th cent.), Italian martirizzare (early 14th cent.), Spanish martirizar (14th cent.), Portuguese martirizar (15th cent.).Now somewhat rare in non-literal senses.
1.
a. transitive. = martyr v. 1. Also in extended use.
ΘΚΠ
society > faith > worship > martyrdom > cause martyrdom [verb (transitive)]
martyrOE
amartyrc1300
martyrizec1429
martyrizate?a1475
bemartyra1661
c1429 Mirour Mans Saluacioune (1986) l. 2848 Abel of wikked Kayme was slayne and martirizid.
c1450 J. Capgrave Solace of Pilgrims (Bodl. 423) (1911) 57 xi þousand uirgines at coloyn wer martirized in his tyme but not be him.
1588 A. King tr. St. Peter Canisius Catech. in T. G. Law Catholic Tractates (1901) 185 S. Dympna virgin dochter to the king of Irland marterissed be hir awin father vnder Leo the 3.
1595 E. Spenser Colin Clouts come Home Againe sig. C2v To her my heart I nightly martyrize.
a1706 J. Evelyn Hist. Relig. (1850) II. x. 124 Thousands of Christians..were all martyrized so soon as they had finished the work.
a1834 W. Beckford Portuguese Jrnl. 5 Nov. (1954) 260 St. Vincent..was martyrised at the Cape which bears his name.
1849 W. M. Thackeray Let. 25 Dec. (1945) II. 616 You dear Suttees—you get ready and glorify in being martyrized.
1924 Polit. Sci. Q. 39 245 Fanaticism..even to the point of martyrizing those who do not accept your uneasy ‘faith’.
1945 Amer. Jrnl. Internat. Law 39 260 There may be real danger of renewed leadership by the Nazi and Fascist leaders if alive or martyrized.
1982 Jrnl. Hist. Ideas 43 630 Rabbi Akiba..martyrized by the Romans for his support of the Bar Kochba rebellion.
b. intransitive. To be, become, or act as a martyr. rare.
ΘΚΠ
society > faith > worship > martyrdom > suffer martyrdom [verb (intransitive)]
martyrizec1524
to seal one's testimony with one's blood1722
c1524 William of Malvern Found. Abbey of Glocester in Robert of Gloucester Chron. (1724) 582 Arilde that blessed Virgin, Which martyrized at Kinton.
1838 W. S. Landor Imaginary Conversat. in Monthly Repository Apr. 239/2 We must bleed and martyrize: no end or remission of our sufferings.
1897 M. Saunders House of Armour 357 He has been martyrizing ever since his mother died.
c. transitive. To portray or treat as a martyr.
ΚΠ
1906 Pall Mall Gaz. 28 Feb. 1/3 The endeavour to martyrise the coolies breaks down in the face of facts.
1966 T. Pynchon Crying of Lot 49 iii. 50 Peter Pinguid was really our first casualty. Not the fanatic our more left-leaning friends..chose to martyrize.
1993 Jrnl. Mod. Hist. 65 577 McClary glamorizes (or rather, martyrizes) her argument by creating a straw-man musicology of such..brain-dead hostility that her own..success within the discipline becomes inexplicable.
2. transitive. Chiefly Scottish. To wound, mutilate, etc.; = martyr v. 2b.
ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > maiming or mutilation > maim or mutilate [verb (transitive)]
wemc900
slaya1000
alithOE
hamblea1050
belimbc1225
dismember1297
lamec1300
maimc1325
shearc1330
unablec1380
emblemishc1384
magglec1425
magc1450
demember1491
disablea1492
manglea1500
menyie?a1513
mayhem1533
mutilatec1570
martyr1592
stump1596
bemaim1605
cripplea1616
martyrize1615
deartuate1623
hamstring1641
becripple1660
limb1674
truncate1727
dislimb1855
1615 P. Gordon Penardo & Laissa i. x. sig. Ii Twelf hours within that fyre she's, martyrizd And twelf houres dround in blood with out all pitie.
1635 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Donzella Desterrada 106 Martyrizing her with so many wounds, that her body was seene all over pierced through with stabbes.
1637 R. Monro Exped. Scots Regim. ii. 151 Now men are marteryzed and cut downe..by those furious and thund'ring Engines of great Cannon.
1718 F. Hutchinson Hist. Ess. conc. Witchcraft xiii. 167 Thousands martyrizing their own Bodies, by tearing the Flesh.
1884 D. Grant Lays & Legends of North 46 ‘Tibbie, here am I!’ cried Tammie, ‘Martyreesed, as ye may see.’
1992 Callaloo 15 167 Bodies lacerated, flayed, martyrized [Fr. martyrisé], dismembered.
3. transitive. To inflict pain or suffering upon; to torment; = martyr v. 2a.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > mental anguish or torment > cause of mental anguish or torment > cause anguish to or torment [verb (transitive)]
quelmeOE
eatc1000
martyrOE
fretc1175
woundc1175
to-fret?c1225
gnawc1230
to-traya1250
torment1297
renda1333
anguish1340
grindc1350
wringc1374
debreakc1384
ofpinec1390
rivea1400
urn1488
reboil1528
whip1530
cruciate1532
pinch1548
spur-galla1555
agonize1570
rack1576
cut1582
excruciate1590
scorchc1595
discruciate1596
butcher1597
split1597
torture1598
lacerate1600
harrow1603
hell1614
to eat upa1616
arrow1628
martyrize1652
percruciate1656
tear1666
crucify1702
flay1782
wrench1798
kill1800
to cut up1843
1652 tr. Choice Novels & Amarous Tales i. 11 His own thoughts became his executioners, alwayes martyrizing him with the memory of his so much regretted felicity.
1656 Earl of Monmouth tr. T. Boccalini Ragguagli di Parnasso i. i. 2 Many loathsom things present themselves..to the sight..; and to behold them, is to martyrize ones self.
1797 W. Tooke Life Catherine II (1798) III. xiii. 347 (note) He martyrized them [sc. Jews] by stripping them naked in the depth of the winter, and pouring cold water on their heads.
1803 M. Charlton Wife & Mistress (ed. 2) IV. 150 I must still martyrize the curiosity of Caroline.
1885 19th Cent. June 963 How thought can crucify and martyrise any one.
1918 W. Lewis Tarr iv. xii. 197 Sex surged up and martyrized him, but he held it down rather than satisfy himself.
1935 E. Bowen House in Paris ii. xii. 240 He looked at me and said: ‘Go!’... I saw that my presence martyrised him.
4.
a. transitive (reflexive). figurative. To endure suffering, hardship, etc., voluntarily; to sacrifice oneself. Occasionally also: to sacrifice oneself so as to turn into something.
ΘΚΠ
society > morality > virtue > morally elevated quality > unselfishness > put aside one's own interests [verb (reflexive)]
martyrize1836
self-sacrifice1885
waive1894
1836 C. G. F. Gore Mrs. Armytage II. vi. 92 All Frenchmen..martyrize themselves with the pretension of being fox-hunters.
1852 C. Shirley Let. 10 Apr. (1949) 129 Did I not martyrize myself into a human mule, by descending to the bottom of a dreadful pit?
1887 M. E. Braddon Like & Unlike II. xiv. 242 She is martyrising herself—and for what?
1896 A. Morrison Child of Jago 86 She proceeded to martyrise herself by a show of ‘setting to rights’ in the room.
1924 K. Burke Let. 21 Feb. in Sel. Corr. K. Burke & M. Cowley (1988) 160 One cannot martyrize himself to an evil which can be remedied so easily.
b. transitive. To cause to suffer hardship on behalf of a cause.
ΚΠ
1844 W. M. Thackeray Box of Novels in Wks. (Biogr. ed.) XIII. 402 The Irish press is at present martyrising the most successful member of its body.
1879 L. Wingfield My Lords of Strogue III. i. 12 It would be impolitic to martyrise them too openly.
1907 Jrnl. Polit. Econ. 15 150 There is no disposition to persecute or to martyrize unionism.

Derivatives

ˈmartyrized adj. martyred; chiefly figurative and in extended use.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > lack of beauty > disfigurement > [adjective]
disfiguratec1381
disfiguredc1381
disguised1393
defeata1398
defecta1398
deformed?c1450
deflowered1509
disflowered1606
deflourished?1614
misfigured1624
martyrized1635
defaced1776
defeatured1800
disfeatured1871
the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > [adjective] > from imaginary injustice or pain
martyrized1843
martyred1897
1635 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Donzella Desterrada 84 An exquisite (though martirized) beauty.
1843 W. M. Thackeray Mr. & Mrs. Berry ii She only gave a martyrised look, and left the room.
1909 Daily Chron. 6 July 4/4 Lady Portsea..with a martyrised expression and an ominous frown, opens her..parasol.
1967 J. Seabrook Unprivileged 39 The women were traditionally martyrised and self-effacing.
ˈmartyrizing n.
ΘΚΠ
society > faith > worship > martyrdom > [noun] > causing
martyringeOE
martyrization?a1475
martyrizing1636
1636 R. Basset tr. G. A. de Paoli Lives Rom. Emperors 141 The martyrizing and bannishing of the Christians.
1871 W. Alexander Johnny Gibb i Hats is a perfect mertyreesin' to the heid.
1900 A. Lang Hist. Scotl. I. xvi. 436 Henry quotes the deeds of the murderer Jehu as warrant for his own martyrising of a bishop.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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