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单词 obliquate
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obliquateadj.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin oblīquātus, oblīquāre.
Etymology: < classical Latin oblīquātus, past participle of oblīquāre oblique v. Compare obliquation n.
Obsolete. rare.
Bent to one side; twisted obliquely.
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the world > space > relative position > inclination > [adjective] > askew
obliquate?a1425
cama1600
ajee1816
askew1831
skew-whiff1839
splay1873
catawampous1885
skewgee1890
cockeye1891
boss-eyed1898
skewy1898
cockeyed1899
squiffy1941
akimbo1943
?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 127v Of strabosite, i. glying of the eyen..Humour cristalline is obliquate [?c1425 Paris turnede; L. obliquatur] & transposed.
1578 J. Banister Hist. Man v. f. 68v So that the stomach might be lesse obliquate, or crooked.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online September 2019).

obliquatev.

Brit. /ˈɒblᵻkweɪt/, U.S. /ˈɑbləˌkweɪt/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin oblīquāt-, oblīquāre.
Etymology: < classical Latin oblīquāt-, past participial stem (compare -ate suffix3) of oblīquāre oblique v. Compare earlier obliquate adj., obliquation n.
Now rare.
transitive. To twist obliquely; to distort.
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the world > space > relative position > inclination > incline or be oblique [verb (intransitive)] > twist obliquely
obliquate1665
1665 R. Hooke Micrographia x. 68 The Rays that proceed from such [coloured] bodies, have their pulse obliquated or confus'd.
a1670 J. Hacket Scrinia Reserata (1693) ii. 145 Shall these crooked rules obliquate those loyal maxims which are so strait in St. Paul?
a1703 J. Wallis Serm. (1791) iv. 128 They represent God's simplicity obliquated and refracted, by reason of many inadequate conceptions.
1736 R. Ainsworth Lat. Dict. at Q The figure of Q is easily made from C, by shutting the semicircle, and obliquating the perpendicular line.
1942 Mind 51 134 I regard the philosopher as above correction, make a rejoinder congruent with the influence and importance of these writers, obliquate the point and directness of their objections.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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