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单词 obumber
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obumberv.

Forms: late Middle English abowmbre, late Middle English–1500s obumbre; Scottish pre-1700 adumbre (transmission error), pre-1700 obumbir, pre-1700 obumbre.
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French obumbrer.
Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Middle French obumbrer to overshadow, to cast a shadow over (c1130 in Anglo-Norman: see note below), to eclipse, to shade, to obscure (1512; French obombrer ) < classical Latin obumbrāre obumbrate v.The earliest use of Anglo-Norman obumbrer is to describe the process whereby the Holy Spirit engenders Christ in the Virgin Mary's womb, as described in Luke 1:35 (compare quot. c1450 at sense 1b). Compare obumbration n., and also overshadow v.
Obsolete.
1.
a. transitive. To shelter; to overshadow; to cast a shadow over, obscure.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > protect or defend [verb (transitive)]
shieldc825
frithc893
werea900
i-schield971
berghOE
biwerec1000
grithc1000
witec1000
keepc1175
burghena1225
ward?c1225
hilla1240
warrantc1275
witiec1275
forhilla1300
umshadea1300
defendc1325
fendc1330
to hold in or to warrantc1330
bielda1350
warisha1375
succoura1387
defencea1398
shrouda1400
umbeshadow14..
shelvec1425
targec1430
protect?1435
obumber?1440
thorn1483
warrantise1490
charea1500
safeguard1501
heild?a1513
shend1530
warrant1530
shadow1548
fence1577
safekeep1588
bucklera1593
counterguard1594
save1595
tara1612
target1611
screenc1613
pre-arm1615
custodite1657
shelter1667
to guard against1725
cushion1836
enshield1855
mind1924
buffer1958
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > hide, conceal [verb (transitive)]
heeleOE
forhelec888
i-hedec888
dernc893
hidec897
wryOE
behelec1000
behidec1000
bewryc1000
forhidec1000
overheleOE
hilla1250
fealc1325
cover1340
forcover1382
blinda1400
hulsterc1400
overclosec1400
concealc1425
shroud1426
blend1430
close1430
shadow1436
obumber?1440
mufflea1450
alaynec1450
mew?c1450
purloin1461
to keep close?1471
oversilec1478
bewrap1481
supprime1490
occulta1500
silec1500
smoor1513
shadec1530
skleir1532
oppressa1538
hudder-mudder1544
pretex1548
lap?c1550
absconce1570
to steek away1575
couch1577
recondite1578
huddle1581
mew1581
enshrine1582
enshroud1582
mask1582
veil1582
abscondc1586
smotherc1592
blot1593
sheathe1594
immask1595
secret1595
bemist1598
palliate1598
hoodwinka1600
overmaska1600
hugger1600
obscure1600
upwrap1600
undisclose1601
disguise1605
screen1611
underfold1612
huke1613
eclipsea1616
encavea1616
ensconcea1616
obscurify1622
cloud1623
inmewa1625
beclouda1631
pretext1634
covert1647
sconce1652
tapisa1660
shun1661
sneak1701
overlay1719
secrete1741
blank1764
submerge1796
slur1813
wrap1817
buttress1820
stifle1820
disidentify1845
to stick away1900
the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > intercepting or cutting off of light > intercept or cut off (light) [verb (transitive)] > overshadow
beshadea1000
overshadowOE
beshadowc1320
shadowc1384
obumber?1440
obumbrate1531
overdrip1587
overshade1594
inumbrate1623
umbrate1623
overgloom1796
adumbrate1834
sky1840
tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) xii. 13 (MED) Cloddis wol ther germinacioun Obumbre from the coold & wel defende.
?1457 J. Hardyng Chron. (Lansd.) in Eng. Hist. Rev. (1912) 27 745 His shadow so abowmbred [c1475 Harl. obumbred] all Englonde.
c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 23 Yat the thrid part of the sternis, was obumbrit with mirknes of vnleautee.
?1518 A. Barclay tr. D. Mancinus Myrrour Good Maners sig. Aivv Honest name, obumbryng nat his lyght.
c1550 R. Bieston Bayte Fortune sig. Bj And death..at last him doth obumbre.
1558 W. Forrest Hist. Grisild the Second (1875) i. 30 Muche prudently this wise consyderinge, Whois example inducethe to lightnes Obumbrethe of Grace the glossinge brightnes.
b. transitive (in passive). to be obumbred to: to be caused to overshadow (with reference to the causative role played by the Holy Spirit in the Virgin Mary's conception of Christ: see etymology).
ΚΠ
c1450 J. Lydgate Ballade Our Lady (Sloane) 102 in Minor Poems (1911) i. 258 Halfe the joie who cowde wryte.., When the Holy Goost to the was obumbrid.
2. intransitive. To cast or make a shadow.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > intercepting or cutting off of light > be intercepted or cut off [verb (intransitive)] > cast a shadow
shadow1377
shade1393
obumber1508
1508 in Lydgate's Mayng or Disport Chaucer (Chepman & Myllar) sig. bivv The vertu of the haly gaste dyvyne Within thy wame sall obumbir & schyne.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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