单词 | obreption |
释义 | obreptionn. Now rare. 1. The action of obtaining or trying to obtain something by fraud; an attempt to do this; spec. (a) Ecclesiastical Law the obtaining of a dispensation, etc., by false statement; (b) Scots Law the obtaining of gifts of escheat, etc., by means of falsehood. Cf. subreption n.1 ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > [noun] swikec893 swikedomc893 dwalec950 braida1000 falsec1000 flerdc1000 swikelnessa1023 fakenOE chuffingc1175 fikenungc1175 bipechingc1200 treachery?c1225 falseshipc1230 guilec1230 telingc1230 swikeheada1250 craftc1275 felony1297 wrench1297 deceitc1300 gabc1300 guiling13.. guilery1303 quaintisec1325 wrenk1338 beswiking1340 falsehood1340 abetc1350 wissing1357 wilec1374 faitery1377 faiting1377 tregetryc1380 fallacec1384 trainc1390 coverture1393 facrere1393 ficklenessc1397 falsagea1400 tregeta1400 abusionc1405 blearingc1405 deceptionc1430 mean?c1430 tricotc1430 obreption1465 fallacy1481 japery1496 gauderya1529 fallax1530 conveyance1531 legerdemain1532 dole1538 trompe1547 joukery1562 convoyance1578 forgery1582 abetment1586 outreaching1587 chicanery1589 falsery1594 falsity1603 fubbery1604 renaldry1612 supercherie1621 circumduction1623 fobbinga1627 dice-play1633 beguile1637 fallaxitya1641 ingannation1646 hocus1652 renardism1661 dodgerya1670 knapping1671 trap1681 joukery-pawkery1686 jugglery1699 take-in1772 tripotage1779 trickery1801 ruse1807 dupery1816 nailing1819 pawkery1820 hanky-panky1841 hokey-pokey1847 suck-in1856 phenakisma1863 skulduggery1867 sharp practice1869 dodginess1871 jiggery-pokery1893 flim-flammery1898 runaround1915 hanky1924 to give the go-around1925 Scandiknavery1927 the twist1933 hype1955 mamaguy1971 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > false assertion > [noun] > obtaining by obreption1465 society > faith > worship > sacrilege > clerical misbehaviour > [noun] > obtaining something by craft or deceit subreption1602 obreption1706 1465 in J. Raine Corr., Inventories, Acct. Rolls, & Law Proc. Priory of Coldingham (1841) 202 (MED) In another mater & cause of surrepcion & obrepcion of certayn bullez in forme of commission wronwesly. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Obreption, an obreption; the creeping, or stealing to a thing by craftie meanes. 1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Obreption, a getting of things by craft. a1670 J. Scot Staggering State Sc. Statesmen (1754) xxxii That afforded greater opportunity..to prevent his majesty..from being hurt by obreption and fraud. 1706 tr. L. E. Du Pin New Eccl. Hist. 16th Cent. II. iv. xviii. 269 Dispensations..shall be invalid; if the Ordinaries..shall not first take..Cognizance of them, to see whether there is no Subreption or Obreption in their Petitions or Requests. a1722 in J. Lauder Decis. Lords of Council (1759) I. 110 Alledgeances founded upon the impetrating of the gift of escheat from his majesty by obreption. 1752 A. McDouall Inst. Laws Scotl. II. iii. iii. i. 259 Checks against subreption or obreption, i.e. their being obtained by concealing the truth, or expressing a falshood. 1894 Month Mar. 391 If in a petition for a dispensation, there is a narrative or statement which is false, there is said to be obreption. 1946 A. D. Gibb Students' Gloss. Sc. Legal Terms 60 Obreption, obtaining royal gifts by falsehood. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > stealthy action, stealth > stealthy movement > [noun] > in order to surprise tranontingc1425 stealth1611 obreption1656 surrepencya1678 1656 H. More Enthusiasmus Triumphatus (1712) 3 The like obreptions or unavoidable importunities of Thoughts, which offer or force themselves upon the Mind. 1664 R. Cudworth Serm. Lincolnes-Inne 33 Sudden Incursions and Obreptions, Sins of mere Ignorance and Inadvertency. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1465 |
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