单词 | obnounce |
释义 | † obnouncev. Roman History. Obsolete. intransitive. Of a Roman magistrate: to announce an unfavourable omen (and thus prevent, stop, or render void, some public transaction). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > memory > effacement, obliteration > cancellation, revocation > make revocation [verb (intransitive)] revokec1400 to call off1620 unvote1647 to fall off1710 obnounce1741 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > an omen, sign, portent > portend, betoken [verb (intransitive)] > evil > announce obnunciate1623 obnounce1741 1741 C. Middleton Hist. Life Cicero I. vi. 424 Milo..was always at hand to inhibit his proceedings, by obnouncing, as it was called, or declaring that he was taking the auspices on that day. 1853 C. Merivale Fall Rom. Republic ix. 266 The people..offered him, his colleague in vain obnouncing, the provinces of the Cisalpine and Illyricum. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < v.1741 |
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