meekenv.

Brit.

/ˈmiːk(ə)n/, U.S.

/ˈmik(ə)n/

Forms: Middle English mekn, Middle English–1500s meken, Middle English–1500s mekyn, 1500s meaken, 1500s–1600s meekn, 1500s– meeken.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: meek adj., -en suffix⁵.

Etymology: < meek adj. + -en suffix⁵. Compare Norwegian mjukne to become soft or pliable, Old Swedish miukna (Swedish mjukna to become soft, to become tractable). Compare earlier meek v.

Now rare.

a. transitive. To make meek; to humble, soften, tame; †to mitigate, calm, soothe (obsolete); to lessen the violence of; to bring low, abase.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > humility > make humble [verb (transitive)]

edmodienc1175

lowc1175

meekc1175

lessa1382

abatec1390

abasea1393

belowc1400

meekenc1400

disadvance?c1425

simplec1450

lowlyc1485

humilea1492

chasten1526

to pare the nails ofa1549

lessen1579

vail1582

to take (something) a hole lower1591

destate1615

humblea1616

thorough-humblea1617

humiliate1656

level1712

unnichea1751

to level up, down1791

unpedestal1821

to take the starch out of1830

the mind > emotion > humility > humiliation > humiliate [verb (transitive)]

anitherOE

fellOE

lowc1175

to lay lowc1225

to set adownc1275

snuba1340

meekc1350

depose1377

aneantizea1382

to bring lowa1387

declinea1400

meekenc1400

to pull downc1425

avalec1430

to-gradea1440

to put downc1440

humble1484

alow1494

deject?1521

depress1526

plucka1529

to cut (rarely to cast down) the comb of?1533

to bring down1535

to bring basec1540

adbass1548

diminish1560

afflict1561

to take down1562

to throw down1567

debase1569

embase1571

diminute1575

to put (also thrust) a person's nose out of jointc1576

exinanite1577

to take (a person) a peg lower1589

to take (a person) down a peg (or two)1589

disbasea1592

to take (a person) down a buttonhole (or two)1592

comb-cut1593

unpuff1598

atterr1605

dismount1608

annihilate1610

crest-fall1611

demit1611

pulla1616

avilea1617

to put a scorn on, upon1633

mortify1639

dimit1658

to put a person's pipe out1720

to let down1747

to set down1753

humiliate1757

to draw (a person's) eyeteeth1789

start1821

squabash1822

to wipe a person's eye1823

to crop the feathers of1827

embarrass1839

to knock (also take, etc.) (a person) off his or her perch1864

to sit upon ——1864

squelch1864

to cut out of all feather1865

to sit on ——1868

to turn down1870

to score off1882

to do (a person) in the eye1891

puncture1908

to put (a person) in (also into) his, her place1908

to cut down to size1927

flatten1932

to slap (a person) down1938

punk1963

the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal keeping practices general > [verb (transitive)] > tame or train

temec1000

tamec1315

faite1362

daunt1377

afaitea1393

reclaima1393

chastisec1400

makea1425

meekc1429

break1474

enter1490

train?1532

law1534

dressc1540

meeken1591

correct1594

subjugate1595

cicure1599

unwild1605

cicurate1606

mancipate1623

familiarize1634

domesticate1641

gentle1651

domesticize1656

civilize1721

educate1760

domiciliate1782

the world > action or operation > manner of action > lack of violence, severity, or intensity > make less violent or severe [verb (transitive)]

temperc1000

keelc1175

slakea1300

abate?c1335

settle1338

swagea1340

modifyc1385

rebatea1398

bate1398

moder1414

releasea1425

remiss?a1425

moderate1435

alethe?1440

delaya1450

appal1470

addulce1477

mollify1496

mean?a1513

relent1535

qualify1536

temperatea1540

aplake1578

slack1589

relaxate1598

milden1603

mitigate1611

relax1612

alleniate1615

allay1628

alloy1634

castigate1653

smoothen1655

tendera1656

mitify1656

meeken1662

remitigate1671

obviscate1684

slacken1685

chastise1704

dulcify1744

absorb1791

demulceate1817

chasten1856

modulate1974

mediate1987

c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) 1328 (MED) Ofte hit mekned his mynde, his maysterful werkkes.

?1504 W. Atkinson tr. Thomas à Kempis Ful Treat. Imytacyon Cryste (Pynson) i. xiii. 161 Therby man is mekende, pourged, & infourmed by experyence.

1547 W. Baldwin Treat. Morall Phylos. i. x. sig. Cviij^v He mekeneth the myghty and exalteth the lowelye.

1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. xii. 189 Bacenesse to humble them, sicknesse to meeken them.

1591 R. Turnbull Expos. Epist. St. Iames f. 160^v Snakes haue beene so meekened, as that men haue carried them without danger in their bosomes.

1647 J. Trapp Comm. Evangelists & Acts (Matt. v. 46) Thou shalt melt these hardest metals..thou shalt meeken their rancour.

1662 J. Sparrow tr. J. Boehme 1st Apol. B. Tylcken in Remainder Bks. 33 Its Fire became allayed or Meekened.

1728 J. Thomson Spring 16 Which when..The glaring Lyon saw, his horrid Heart Was meeken'd.

a1788 C. Wesley ‘Saviour, on me the want bestow’ ii Meeken my soul, thou heavenly Lamb, That I in the new earth may claim My hundred-fold reward.

1829 H. F. Lyte Tales in Verse (ed. 2) ii. 31 Assert the honours of the dread ‘I am’, And meeken down the wolf into the lamb.

1856 E. B. Browning Aurora Leigh ii. 63 I was quelled Before her,—meekened to the child she knew.

1880 E. H. Hickey Verse-tales 62 The young man childly meekened in his heart..Sought the monks of Monte Pincio.

†b. transitive (reflexive). To humble oneself, abase oneself. Also to meeken one's mind. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > humility > self-abasement > humble oneself [verb (reflexive)]

meekc1175

humblec1380

meekenc1450

lowlyc1485

humiliate1533

abase1539

demean1659

c1450 Alphabet of Tales (1905) II. 284 I mekend me befor þe bedels & þe messangiers of allmighti God.

?1530 St. German's Dyaloge Doctoure & Student xv. f. xxxii The thyrde is thorugh pryde, as when he wyll not mekyn hym selfe ne byleue them that be better and wyser then he is.

1537 Bible (Matthew's) 2 Chron. xxxiii. 23 Amon..mekened not him selfe before the Lord as Manasseh his father had mekened himselfe.

1574 R. Robinson Rewarde of Wickednesse sig. P Bid them meeken theyr mindes with al due obedience.

2. intransitive. To become meek or submissive; to submit meekly (to something).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > humility > be humble [verb (intransitive)] > become humble

to come downa1382

meeka1400

meekena1500

let fall one's crest1531

to come (also get) off one's perch1568

to come down a peg1589

lower1837

to come off the roof1883

to climb down1887

deflate1912

to come, etc., off one's high horse1920

a1500 Legend of Cross in Medium Ævum (1965) 34 221 (MED) That qwene..bowid hir silf and, mekyneng, bigan to cry with the voice of the prophete.

1844 E. B. Browning Brown Rosary ii And she so mild?.. As spirits, when They meeken, not to God but men.

a1861 E. B. Browning Wisdom Unapplied in Poet. Wks. (1897) 301 If I were thou, O gallant steed,..I would not meeken to the rein, As thou.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	meeken
释义	meekenv. Brit. /ˈmiːk(ə)n/, U.S. /ˈmik(ə)n/ Forms: Middle English mekn, Middle English–1500s meken, Middle English–1500s mekyn, 1500s meaken, 1500s–1600s meekn, 1500s– meeken. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: meek adj., -en suffix⁵. Etymology: < meek adj. + -en suffix⁵. Compare Norwegian mjukne to become soft or pliable, Old Swedish miukna (Swedish mjukna to become soft, to become tractable). Compare earlier meek v. Now rare. 1. a. transitive. To make meek; to humble, soften, tame; †to mitigate, calm, soothe (obsolete); to lessen the violence of; to bring low, abase. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > humility > make humble [verb (transitive)] edmodienc1175 lowc1175 meekc1175 lessa1382 abatec1390 abasea1393 belowc1400 meekenc1400 disadvance?c1425 simplec1450 lowlyc1485 humilea1492 chasten1526 to pare the nails ofa1549 lessen1579 vail1582 to take (something) a hole lower1591 destate1615 humblea1616 thorough-humblea1617 humiliate1656 level1712 unnichea1751 to level up, down1791 unpedestal1821 to take the starch out of1830 the mind > emotion > humility > humiliation > humiliate [verb (transitive)] anitherOE fellOE lowc1175 to lay lowc1225 to set adownc1275 snuba1340 meekc1350 depose1377 aneantizea1382 to bring lowa1387 declinea1400 meekenc1400 to pull downc1425 avalec1430 to-gradea1440 to put downc1440 humble1484 alow1494 deject?1521 depress1526 plucka1529 to cut (rarely to cast down) the comb of?1533 to bring down1535 to bring basec1540 adbass1548 diminish1560 afflict1561 to take down1562 to throw down1567 debase1569 embase1571 diminute1575 to put (also thrust) a person's nose out of jointc1576 exinanite1577 to take (a person) a peg lower1589 to take (a person) down a peg (or two)1589 disbasea1592 to take (a person) down a buttonhole (or two)1592 comb-cut1593 unpuff1598 atterr1605 dismount1608 annihilate1610 crest-fall1611 demit1611 pulla1616 avilea1617 to put a scorn on, upon1633 mortify1639 dimit1658 to put a person's pipe out1720 to let down1747 to set down1753 humiliate1757 to draw (a person's) eyeteeth1789 start1821 squabash1822 to wipe a person's eye1823 to crop the feathers of1827 embarrass1839 to knock (also take, etc.) (a person) off his or her perch1864 to sit upon ——1864 squelch1864 to cut out of all feather1865 to sit on ——1868 to turn down1870 to score off1882 to do (a person) in the eye1891 puncture1908 to put (a person) in (also into) his, her place1908 to cut down to size1927 flatten1932 to slap (a person) down1938 punk1963 the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal keeping practices general > [verb (transitive)] > tame or train temec1000 tamec1315 faite1362 daunt1377 afaitea1393 reclaima1393 chastisec1400 makea1425 meekc1429 break1474 enter1490 train?1532 law1534 dressc1540 meeken1591 correct1594 subjugate1595 cicure1599 unwild1605 cicurate1606 mancipate1623 familiarize1634 domesticate1641 gentle1651 domesticize1656 civilize1721 educate1760 domiciliate1782 the world > action or operation > manner of action > lack of violence, severity, or intensity > make less violent or severe [verb (transitive)] temperc1000 keelc1175 slakea1300 abate?c1335 settle1338 swagea1340 modifyc1385 rebatea1398 bate1398 moder1414 releasea1425 remiss?a1425 moderate1435 alethe?1440 delaya1450 appal1470 addulce1477 mollify1496 mean?a1513 relent1535 qualify1536 temperatea1540 aplake1578 slack1589 relaxate1598 milden1603 mitigate1611 relax1612 alleniate1615 allay1628 alloy1634 castigate1653 smoothen1655 tendera1656 mitify1656 meeken1662 remitigate1671 obviscate1684 slacken1685 chastise1704 dulcify1744 absorb1791 demulceate1817 chasten1856 modulate1974 mediate1987 c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) 1328 (MED) Ofte hit mekned his mynde, his maysterful werkkes. ?1504 W. Atkinson tr. Thomas à Kempis Ful Treat. Imytacyon Cryste (Pynson) i. xiii. 161 Therby man is mekende, pourged, & infourmed by experyence. 1547 W. Baldwin Treat. Morall Phylos. i. x. sig. Cviij^v He mekeneth the myghty and exalteth the lowelye. 1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. xii. 189 Bacenesse to humble them, sicknesse to meeken them. 1591 R. Turnbull Expos. Epist. St. Iames f. 160^v Snakes haue beene so meekened, as that men haue carried them without danger in their bosomes. 1647 J. Trapp Comm. Evangelists & Acts (Matt. v. 46) Thou shalt melt these hardest metals..thou shalt meeken their rancour. 1662 J. Sparrow tr. J. Boehme 1st Apol. B. Tylcken in Remainder Bks. 33 Its Fire became allayed or Meekened. 1728 J. Thomson Spring 16 Which when..The glaring Lyon saw, his horrid Heart Was meeken'd. a1788 C. Wesley ‘Saviour, on me the want bestow’ ii Meeken my soul, thou heavenly Lamb, That I in the new earth may claim My hundred-fold reward. 1829 H. F. Lyte Tales in Verse (ed. 2) ii. 31 Assert the honours of the dread ‘I am’, And meeken down the wolf into the lamb. 1856 E. B. Browning Aurora Leigh ii. 63 I was quelled Before her,—meekened to the child she knew. 1880 E. H. Hickey Verse-tales 62 The young man childly meekened in his heart..Sought the monks of Monte Pincio. †b. transitive (reflexive). To humble oneself, abase oneself. Also to meeken one's mind. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > humility > self-abasement > humble oneself [verb (reflexive)] meekc1175 humblec1380 meekenc1450 lowlyc1485 humiliate1533 abase1539 demean1659 c1450 Alphabet of Tales (1905) II. 284 I mekend me befor þe bedels & þe messangiers of allmighti God. ?1530 St. German's Dyaloge Doctoure & Student xv. f. xxxii The thyrde is thorugh pryde, as when he wyll not mekyn hym selfe ne byleue them that be better and wyser then he is. 1537 Bible (Matthew's) 2 Chron. xxxiii. 23 Amon..mekened not him selfe before the Lord as Manasseh his father had mekened himselfe. 1574 R. Robinson Rewarde of Wickednesse sig. P Bid them meeken theyr mindes with al due obedience. 2. intransitive. To become meek or submissive; to submit meekly (to something). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > humility > be humble [verb (intransitive)] > become humble to come downa1382 meeka1400 meekena1500 let fall one's crest1531 to come (also get) off one's perch1568 to come down a peg1589 lower1837 to come off the roof1883 to climb down1887 deflate1912 to come, etc., off one's high horse1920 a1500 Legend of Cross in Medium Ævum (1965) 34 221 (MED) That qwene..bowid hir silf and, mekyneng, bigan to cry with the voice of the prophete. 1844 E. B. Browning Brown Rosary ii And she so mild?.. As spirits, when They meeken, not to God but men. a1861 E. B. Browning Wisdom Unapplied in Poet. Wks. (1897) 301 If I were thou, O gallant steed,..I would not meeken to the rein, As thou. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.c1400
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