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单词 negate
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negatev.

Brit. /nᵻˈɡeɪt/, U.S. /nəˈɡeɪt/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin negāt-, negāre.
Etymology: < classical Latin negāt-, past participial stem (compare -ate suffix3) of negāre to deny, refuse, deny the existence of < neg- , extended form of ne- not (see ne adv.1; compare negotiate v., and perhaps also neglect v.). Compare Spanish negar (1044), Portuguese negar to deny (13th cent.), Italian negare (late 13th cent.). Compare earlier negation n.Sense 2 appears to be a purely English development.
1. transitive. To render ineffective or invalid, to nullify, cancel out; to destroy. Also (esp. in early use): to deny the existence or truth of; to deny. Also occasionally intransitive.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > statement > denial or contradiction > deny or contradict [verb (transitive)]
withquethec888
withsake971
falsea1225
withsay?c1225
denyc1300
again-saya1382
naitc1390
nitec1390
naya1400
nicka1400
warna1400
denytec1420
traversea1450
repugnc1456
unsayc1460
renay1512
disavow?1532
disaffirm1548
contradict1582
fault1585
belie1587
infringe1590
dementie1594
abnegate1616
negate1623
nege1624
abrenounce1656
nay-saya1774
negative1784
dement1884
the mind > mental capacity > memory > effacement, obliteration > cancellation, revocation > annul, cancel, revoke [verb (transitive)] > make void or invalid
wanea889
voida1340
avoidc1375
abolishc1475
disnull1509
disannula1513
annihilate1525
evacuate1526
aniente1528
extinct1530
disable1548
extinguish1548
solute1550
destitutea1563
exinanitea1575
cashier1596
devoid1601
shorta1616
supersede1618
vitiate1627
invalidate1649
out1653
vacate1662
exinanitiate1698
atheticize1701
squasha1777
invalid1827
negate1837
negative1837
unsanction1854
cancel-
1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. ii To Deny, negate.
1835 Fraser's Mag. 11 642 Whatever negates is something, else no negation were possible.
1837 Fraser's Mag. 15 723 Understanding..establishes its quality as a real object, by negating the board on which it is drawn.
1874 Contemp. Rev. 23 405 When the lower life asserts itself against the higher, the higher may consciously negate it.
1891 H. Jones Browning as Teacher 207 Evolution not only postulates unity.., but it also negates all differences.
1920 F. S. Fitzgerald This Side of Paradise ii. v. 297 It negates the efforts of every scientist, statesman, moralist, reformer, doctor, and philosopher that ever gave his life to humanity's service.
1936 L. Wirth & E. A. Shils tr. K. Mannheim Ideol. & Utopia i. 22 To the extent that mechanistic psychology and..the social impulsion towards all-embracing mechanization, negated these values, they destroyed an important element in the self-orientation of human beings in their everyday life.
1986 T. Clancy Red Storm Rising (1988) xxix. 484 ‘Target is negated,’ said a calmer voice.
2001 M. Blake 24 Karat Schmooze vii. 79 His latest girlfriend negated this point by promptly slumping to the floor.
2. transitive. Grammar. To make negative in form or meaning.
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the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > other grammatical categories or concepts > use other category or concept [verb (transitive)] > render negative
nullc1620
negate1880
1880 Amer. Jrnl. Math. 3 30 The modification..is the same as negating the copula and predicate, and a repetition of this will evidently give the first expression again.
1930 W. Empson Seven Types Ambiguity vii. 269 Not may negate going or weeping. That the ear expects did go may mean that all nature wept for Polonius.
1961 R. B. Long Sentence & its Parts iv. 105 Even the words that commonly negate clauses do not always do so.
1972 R. Quirk et al. Gram. Contemp. Eng. 382 Not here functions as a predeterminer in the italicized noun phrase; but it has the effect of negating the whole clause.
1994 Appl. Linguistics 15 80 The copula, modals, and auxiliaries are negated post-verbally.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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