单词 | mutuation |
释义 | † mutuationn. Obsolete. The action or an act of lending or borrowing money. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > giving > lending > [noun] > (a) loan loanc1290 commodatum1572 lendc1575 mutuation1604 commodate1728 service1810 accommodation1823 rub1902 the mind > possession > taking > borrowing > [noun] > instance of mutuation1604 borrowa1616 loan1891 1604 G. Downame Lect. XV Psalme v. 151 Wherefore the contract of vsurie is nothing else but illiberall mutuation, and may thus briefely bee defined: Vsurie is mutuation, or lending for gaine. 1649 Bp. J. Hall Resol. & Decisions i. iv. 32 In both there seems to be a valuation of time: which whether in case of mutuation, or sale, may justly be suspected for unlawfull. 1778 N. B. Halhed Gram. Bengal Lang. Pref. 3 I have been astonished to find the similitude of Shanscrit words with those..of Latin and Greek: and these not in technical and metaphorical terms, which the mutuation of refined arts and improved manners might have occasionally introduced; but [etc.]. 1827 G. S. Faber Origin Expiat. Sacrifice 197 Such a mutuation necessarily supposes a knowledge of the sabbatical seventh day. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.1604 |
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