单词 | meteorize |
释义 | † meteorizev.1 Obsolete. rare. a. intransitive. To evaporate. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > gas > becoming or making into gas > become gas [verb (intransitive)] > become vapour evaporate1567 vapour1567 meteorize1664 vaporize1828 evaporize1832 1664 J. Evelyn Sylva (1679) 29 The dew that impearls the leaves [of oaks] in May, insolated, meteorizes and sends up a liquor, which is of admirable effect in ruptures. b. transitive. To evaporate, convert into vapour. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > gas > becoming or making into gas > make into gas or produce gas from [verb (transitive)] > make into vapour evaporate1555 invapour?1566 vapour1591 vaporate1611 meteorize1676 vaporize1803 evaporize1832 1676 J. Evelyn Philos. Disc. Earth 173 Of all Waters, that which descends from Heaven, we find to be the richest.., as having been already meteoriz'd, and circulated in that great digestory. a1706 J. Evelyn Hist. Relig. (1850) I. i. 27 The grosser exhalations are meteorized, circulated, and condensed into clouds. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2019). † meteorizev.2 Obsolete. rare. intransitive. To resemble a meteor; to flash, sparkle. ΚΠ 1828 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 24 268 It was imperative upon them to scintillate—to coruscate—to meteorize—to make the natives..believe that ‘a new sun had risen on mid-day’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < v.11664v.21828 |
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