单词 | occasionative |
释义 | † occasionativeadj. Obsolete. Constituting or serving as the occasion or cause, esp. as incidental cause. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > [adjective] > causing > occasioning contributary1567 contributive1583 contributory1594 occasional1646 occasionative1655 occasionate1658 occasioning1817 1526 [implied in: W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. KKKiiiv Outher immediatly or mediatly:..directly or indirectly, principally or occasionatiuely. (at occasionatively adv.)]. ?1544 Bp. S. Gardiner Tract against W. Turner in Lett. (1933) 486 That instrumental or occasionative, concurrent or ministeriall cause hath attribute unto it in speche the hole effect. 1655 tr. Sanderson's Promissory Oaths iii. §11. 85 As they may be impeditive of good, or causative, or at the least (for we may use such words) occasionative of evill. 1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xxiii. 193 In these..things..there may be somewhat occasionative of the..Yell. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.1526 |
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