单词 | abnegate |
释义 | abnegatev. 1. transitive. To deny oneself (something valuable, cherished, or desired); to renounce or surrender (a right or privilege). ΚΠ 1543 G. Joye George Ioye confuteth Winchesters Articles f. xviv To mortifye his owne affectes and to set naught by himself, to abnegate and renownce his estimacion and glorye, to be renewed in spirit and to folow christe mekely to dethe. 1657 Deuine Louer 12 The which will of ours I meane is lesse abnegated or mortified in or by matter of abstaynings or restreignings then in or by those of suffering. 1705 E. H. Suspiria Divina ci. 114 That so Neglecting, yea rejecting and renouncing, abdicating and totally abnegating them [sc. pleasures]. ?1790 T. May Poems on Var. Subj. 57 The Lord inspires all those that wish To abnegate their pride. 1846 G. Grote Hist. Greece II. ii. vi. 534 Voluntarily abnegating their temporal advantages. 1861 J. S. Mill Utilitarianism ii. 23 All honour to those who can abnegate for themselves the personal enjoyment of life. 1870 Pall Mall Gaz. 7 Sept. 1 To do so would be to abnegate the one claim they have on the popular allegiance. 1966 A. Powell Soldier's Art i. 24 Although the soldier might abnegate thought and action, it has never been suggested that he should abnegate grumbling. 1995 New Yorker 27 Mar. 86/2 Maybe Vasiliev..will see the necessity of sacrifice; only if he abnegates his remaining creative ambitions..will the company survive. 2. transitive. To renounce or abjure (a tenet or belief); to deny, to reject; to negate. 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 > belief > disbelief, incredulity > disbelieve [verb (transitive)] > deny existence of abnegate1616 deny1621 the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > reversal of or forsaking one's will or purpose > reverse or abandon one's purpose or intention [verb (transitive)] > desert/renounce a cause, principle, or person withsayc960 forsakec1175 renayc1300 waive1303 to waive from1303 allayc1330 to fall from ——c1350 relinquish1454 forlesec1460 to give over1477 missake1481 return1483 guerpe1484 abrenounce1537 to turn the back uponc1540 renege1548 forspeak1565 recant1567 reject1574 abnegate1616 abrenunciate1618 derelinque1623 ejurate1623 to give one the backa1624 derelinquisha1631 ejure1642 delinquish1645 desert1654 deviate1757 to give up1970 1616 J. Lane Contin. Squire's Tale (Douce 170) (1888) i. viii. 125 Hee sooner gettes whoe simulateth, then hee that churlishelie quite abnegatethe. 1624 J. Fisher in F. White Repl. Fisher 455 They denie their senses, correct their imaginations,..abnegate their iudgements. 1657 N. Billingsley Brachy-martyrologia 110 I came not hither To abnegate my faith. 1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. at Abjure To retract, recant, or abnegate a position upon oath. 1789 J. L. De Lolme Observ. Late National Embarrassment 23 They have abnegated the idea of independent rights of the People. 1841 T. Carlyle On Heroes v. 276 The very possibility of Heroism had been, as it were, formally abnegated in the minds of all. 1874 F. W. Farrar Silence & Voices of God iii. 52 Man when he abnegates his God is a creature so petty, so foolish. 1923 Times Lit. Suppl. 4 Jan. 6/2 He continually sought an ideal condition in which, without abnegating his sensations, he might be freed from his torment of continual aloofness from them. 1975 D. Davin Closing Times i. 15 Joyce for once abnegated his duties as host and withdrew from the room. 1990 Economist (Nexis) 12 May 15 They [sc. earmarked taxes] abnegate the idea of representation democracy. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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