单词 | munite |
释义 | † muniteadj. Obsolete. rare. Fortified, protected. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > [adjective] > protected or defended munite?1440 well-fenced?1510 fortified1538 defended?1572 protected1599 fortressed1895 tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) vi. 223 (MED) Other condite hem [sc. roses] kepe in pottes clene With pyk munyte [L. munitas]. 1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words Munite, (lat.) fenced, made strong. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online December 2021). † munitev. Obsolete. transitive. To fortify, strengthen, protect. Frequently in passive. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > fortify [verb (transitive)] fastenOE enfirm1297 ofstrengthc1325 strengthc1325 warnc1330 ward1340 warnestorec1374 abattlec1380 embattlec1380 fortify1436 bulwark1450 strengthen1450 bastille1480 enstrength1483 rempare1525 munite1533 fence1535 force1535 ranforce1547 rampire1550 fort1559 ramforce1570 fortificate1575 refortify1579 ensconce1590 munify1596 sconce1598 renforce1602 harness1611 munish1633 tackle1645 schanze1901 the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > protect or defend [verb (transitive)] > secure or protect fence1435 munite1533 fortress1542 entrench1559 bulwark1610 antidote1630 retrench1705 vaccinate1809 inoculate1863 immunize1903 1533 in State Papers Henry VIII (1830) I. 411 (note) The fortresses and havens to be fortifyed and munyted. 1578 J. Banister Hist. Man i. f. 6 The head..in whose propper angles they are..strongly munited from all externe and accidentall iniuries. 1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. i. xlvii. 154 He had the better leasure to..strengthen Townes, to munite Castles [etc.]. 1665 J. Webb Vindic. Stone-Heng Restored 150 It was not unusual..to munite the Tumuli of their Dead with such empalements. 1894 J. H. Wylie Hist. Eng. Henry IV II. li. 223 The Archbishop replied..that he could not approach the King in safety unless he came munited with men. Derivatives munited adj. ΚΠ 1624 F. Quarles Sions Sonets xx. 14 An yvorie Tower, In..munited power. 1657 Earl of Monmouth tr. P. Paruta Politick Disc. 170 His Enemy is in the Dominions, in a well munited seat [It. in sito già munito]. 1685 S. Wesley Maggots 103 Lest the Foes its Walls attacque, On a well-munited Rack. muniting n. ΚΠ 1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 16 Men must beware, that in the Procuring, or Muniting, of Religious Vnity, they doe not Dissolue and Deface the Lawes of Charity. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adj.?1440v.1533 |
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