olive branchn.

Brit.

/ˈɒlɪv brɑːn(t)ʃ/,

/ˈɒlɪv bran(t)ʃ/, U.S.

/ˈɑləv ˌbræn(t)ʃ/

Forms: see olive n.¹ and branch n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: olive n.¹, branch n.

Etymology: < olive n.¹ + branch n. Compare Old French, Middle French raim d'olivier a branch of an olive tree as an emblem of peace (mid 12th cent.; French rameau d'olivier), Italian ramo d'olivo (1252–8).

a. A branch of an olive tree.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [noun] > trees or plants bearing stone fruit > olive tree > leaf or branch

olive brancha1400

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 1904 (MED) An oliue branche in moth sco broght.

c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 37 He bare till his enseigne ane olyue branche.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms cxxvii[i]. 3 Thy children like the olyue braunches rounde aboute thy table. [So in ‘Great Bible’ 1539, and Bk. of Com. Prayer.]

1611 Bible (King James) Neh. viii. 15 Go forth unto the mount, and fetch olive-branches .

1764 J. Boswell Grand Tour 22 June (1953) 9 I was struck at the sight of an image of the Pope, with a crucifix in one hand and an olive branch in the other.

1782 Jrnl. Congr. 7 395 The escutcheon on the breast of the American eagle displayed proper, holding in his dexter talon an olive branch and in his sinister a bundle of thirteen arrows.

1814 J. Barker Let. ?June in I. Bruce Nun of Lebanon (1951) III. xxi. 281 I have..5 Statues for my Temple the middle one..representing a Victory holding an olive branch.

1838 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece (new ed.) II. 294 They returned and spread their olive branches before the shrine.

1855 S. H. Hammond & L. W. Mansfield Country Margins & Rambles Journalist ii. ii. 279 When the great flood subsided, from the time when the dove brought back the olive branch.

1948 A. Stringer Red Wine of Youth xxiii. 258 There the bees hummed in the thymescented air and the olive branches swayed quietly in a sheltered little plateau.

1991 Newsweek 18 Nov. 41/1 Young Arabs heaped olive branches on their jeeps.

2007 S. Wheeler in R. Ferlo Heaven 113 The shifting dots of the sun's rays through the olive branches.

b. A branch of an olive tree as an emblem of peace or goodwill; (figurative) anything offered as a sign of peace, goodwill, etc. Cf. olive n.¹ 3a.Used either as a classical allusion, or with reference to Genesis 8:11.According to ancient Greek myth, Athene presented the city of Athens with an olive branch or tree, regarded as a symbol of fecundity and peace. Brides in ancient Greece would wear a garland of olive, while a crown of olive would be presented as a high civic honour, and as a prize in the Olympic Games.The classical symbolism has in some cases merged with that in the biblical story of the Flood, in which a dove sent forth by Noah from the Ark brought back an olive leaf (Genesis 8:11), showing that the waters of the Flood were receding and that God had therefore shown mercy.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > peace > [noun] > emblem of

olivea1398

olive branch?a1400

olive leaf1667

?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) (1996) i. 11204 Tuelue messengers to him were sent..with olyue branches in handes born.

1583 P. Stubbes Anat. Abuses (1877) 89 I beseeche the lorde to make them cleane, either with the oliue branch of his mercie, or with the broome of his iudgement.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 (1623) iv. vii. 34 To whom the Heau'ns in thy Natiuitie, Adiudg'd an Oliue Branch, and Lawrell Crowne.

1622 F. Bacon Hist. Raigne Henry VII 85 Yet did he make that Warre rather with an Olive-branch, then a Laurel-branch in his Hand more desiring Peace then Victorie.

1698 T. Dilke Pretenders v. 45 What sayst thou, Jeronimo? Peace or War, the Olive Branch or the Bilboa Blade?

1755 H. Walpole Let. 10 Mar. in P. Toynbee Lett. (1903) III. 292 The Duke of Dorset goes no more to Ireland; Lord Hartington is to be sent thither with the olive branch.

1796 E. Burke Two Lett. Peace Regicide Directory France iii, in Wks. (1808) VIII. 307 Our dove-like ambassador with the olive-branch in his beak.

1842 F. Marryat Percival Keene I. iii. 27 My mother..had first tendered the olive branch, which had been accepted.

1856 R. Glisan Jrnl. Army Life (1874) xxiv. 324 The troops..moved up Rogue River..with the olive branch in one hand, and the sword in the other.

1885 Cent. Mag. July 386/2 And he was most agreeably surprised..when Señor Carmine's letter..came to him laden with olive branches instead of the thunderbolts he had feared.

1936 P. G. Wodehouse Laughing Gas v. 60 For some minutes matters proceeded along these lines. Then I thought to myself: ‘Oh, well, dash it,’ and decided to extend the olive branch.

1975 B. Garfield Hopscotch xxvii. 283 Abandoning the manuscript..could be an olive branch: Kendig's..assurance he was quitting.

2001 Times 29 Jan. i. 25/8 The Inland Revenue has offered an olive branch to..taxpayers who have yet to return their self-assessment forms.

2. A child. Usually in plural. In later use frequently humorous. Now rare.Used with allusion to Psalm 128: 3 (4): see sense 1.

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the world > people > person > child > [noun] > children collectively

young onec1384

infancy1609

infantry1616

olive plants1616

olive branch1655

little folk1689

little people1712

brattery1783

small people1829

nurseryful1879

rising fives1968

1635 J. Reynolds Triumphs Gods Revenge (new ed.) iv. 28 [Your children] (as so many Olive branches of Vertue, and Syents and Plants of Honour) doe both inviron your Bed, and surround your Table.]

1655 E. Elys Dia Poemata 42 Your Babes Departed are not Dead... Their Saviour takes them in His Armes. These Olive-Branches, by His care, In Paradise Transplanted are.

1677 T. Baker Let. 15 June in S. P. Rigaud & S. J. Rigaud Corr. Sci. Men 17th Cent. (1841) (modernized text) II. 27 Having a just equal number of chargeable olive-branches.

1733 Countess Granville Autobiogr. & Corr. (1861) I. 422 My son, my daughter, and all our olive-branches salute you most tenderly.

1813 J. Austen Pride & Prejudice III. xv. 267 The rest of his letter is only about..his expectation of a young olive-branch .

1864 G. A. Sala My Diary in Amer. (1865) II. 157 A whole plantation of olive branches may be tolerated in New England or Pennsylvania, but in the large cities it is rather mauvais ton to have more than two children.

1885 A. Edwardes Girton Girl I. iii. 60 In families where the olive branches are in excess of the exchequer, the governess..is expected to ‘ground’ the boys, as they call it, in Latin grammar.

a1897 T. E. Brown Coll. Poems (1900) ii. 382 God bless your soul, the roar! And blessin' their basket and their store, And the olive branches around their table.

1912 N.Z. Truth 17 Aug. 5 Stuart, in evidence, said that Pehipa and he were married in September, 1909, at the Thames [sic], and there were no olive branches.

2003 L. J. Michael Spurgeon on Leadership v. 78 His parents were blessed with seventeen olive branches to adorn their home.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	olive branch
释义	olive branchn. Brit. /ˈɒlɪv brɑːn(t)ʃ/, /ˈɒlɪv bran(t)ʃ/, U.S. /ˈɑləv ˌbræn(t)ʃ/ Forms: see olive n.¹ and branch n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: olive n.¹, branch n. Etymology: < olive n.¹ + branch n. Compare Old French, Middle French raim d'olivier a branch of an olive tree as an emblem of peace (mid 12th cent.; French rameau d'olivier), Italian ramo d'olivo (1252–8). 1. a. A branch of an olive tree. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [noun] > trees or plants bearing stone fruit > olive tree > leaf or branch olive brancha1400 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 1904 (MED) An oliue branche in moth sco broght. c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 37 He bare till his enseigne ane olyue branche. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms cxxvii[i]. 3 Thy children like the olyue braunches rounde aboute thy table. [So in ‘Great Bible’ 1539, and Bk. of Com. Prayer.] 1611 Bible (King James) Neh. viii. 15 Go forth unto the mount, and fetch olive-branches . View more context for this quotation 1764 J. Boswell Grand Tour 22 June (1953) 9 I was struck at the sight of an image of the Pope, with a crucifix in one hand and an olive branch in the other. 1782 Jrnl. Congr. 7 395 The escutcheon on the breast of the American eagle displayed proper, holding in his dexter talon an olive branch and in his sinister a bundle of thirteen arrows. 1814 J. Barker Let. ?June in I. Bruce Nun of Lebanon (1951) III. xxi. 281 I have..5 Statues for my Temple the middle one..representing a Victory holding an olive branch. 1838 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece (new ed.) II. 294 They returned and spread their olive branches before the shrine. 1855 S. H. Hammond & L. W. Mansfield Country Margins & Rambles Journalist ii. ii. 279 When the great flood subsided, from the time when the dove brought back the olive branch. 1948 A. Stringer Red Wine of Youth xxiii. 258 There the bees hummed in the thymescented air and the olive branches swayed quietly in a sheltered little plateau. 1991 Newsweek 18 Nov. 41/1 Young Arabs heaped olive branches on their jeeps. 2007 S. Wheeler in R. Ferlo Heaven 113 The shifting dots of the sun's rays through the olive branches. b. A branch of an olive tree as an emblem of peace or goodwill; (figurative) anything offered as a sign of peace, goodwill, etc. Cf. olive n.¹ 3a.Used either as a classical allusion, or with reference to Genesis 8:11.According to ancient Greek myth, Athene presented the city of Athens with an olive branch or tree, regarded as a symbol of fecundity and peace. Brides in ancient Greece would wear a garland of olive, while a crown of olive would be presented as a high civic honour, and as a prize in the Olympic Games.The classical symbolism has in some cases merged with that in the biblical story of the Flood, in which a dove sent forth by Noah from the Ark brought back an olive leaf (Genesis 8:11), showing that the waters of the Flood were receding and that God had therefore shown mercy. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > peace > [noun] > emblem of olivea1398 olive branch?a1400 olive leaf1667 ?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) (1996) i. 11204 Tuelue messengers to him were sent..with olyue branches in handes born. 1583 P. Stubbes Anat. Abuses (1877) 89 I beseeche the lorde to make them cleane, either with the oliue branch of his mercie, or with the broome of his iudgement. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 (1623) iv. vii. 34 To whom the Heau'ns in thy Natiuitie, Adiudg'd an Oliue Branch, and Lawrell Crowne. View more context for this quotation 1622 F. Bacon Hist. Raigne Henry VII 85 Yet did he make that Warre rather with an Olive-branch, then a Laurel-branch in his Hand more desiring Peace then Victorie. 1698 T. Dilke Pretenders v. 45 What sayst thou, Jeronimo? Peace or War, the Olive Branch or the Bilboa Blade? 1755 H. Walpole Let. 10 Mar. in P. Toynbee Lett. (1903) III. 292 The Duke of Dorset goes no more to Ireland; Lord Hartington is to be sent thither with the olive branch. 1796 E. Burke Two Lett. Peace Regicide Directory France iii, in Wks. (1808) VIII. 307 Our dove-like ambassador with the olive-branch in his beak. 1842 F. Marryat Percival Keene I. iii. 27 My mother..had first tendered the olive branch, which had been accepted. 1856 R. Glisan Jrnl. Army Life (1874) xxiv. 324 The troops..moved up Rogue River..with the olive branch in one hand, and the sword in the other. 1885 Cent. Mag. July 386/2 And he was most agreeably surprised..when Señor Carmine's letter..came to him laden with olive branches instead of the thunderbolts he had feared. 1936 P. G. Wodehouse Laughing Gas v. 60 For some minutes matters proceeded along these lines. Then I thought to myself: ‘Oh, well, dash it,’ and decided to extend the olive branch. 1975 B. Garfield Hopscotch xxvii. 283 Abandoning the manuscript..could be an olive branch: Kendig's..assurance he was quitting. 2001 Times 29 Jan. i. 25/8 The Inland Revenue has offered an olive branch to..taxpayers who have yet to return their self-assessment forms. 2. A child. Usually in plural. In later use frequently humorous. Now rare.Used with allusion to Psalm 128: 3 (4): see sense 1. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > child > [noun] > children collectively young onec1384 infancy1609 infantry1616 olive plants1616 olive branch1655 little folk1689 little people1712 brattery1783 small people1829 nurseryful1879 rising fives1968 1635 J. Reynolds Triumphs Gods Revenge (new ed.) iv. 28 [Your children] (as so many Olive branches of Vertue, and Syents and Plants of Honour) doe both inviron your Bed, and surround your Table.] 1655 E. Elys Dia Poemata 42 Your Babes Departed are not Dead... Their Saviour takes them in His Armes. These Olive-Branches, by His care, In Paradise Transplanted are. 1677 T. Baker Let. 15 June in S. P. Rigaud & S. J. Rigaud Corr. Sci. Men 17th Cent. (1841) (modernized text) II. 27 Having a just equal number of chargeable olive-branches. 1733 Countess Granville Autobiogr. & Corr. (1861) I. 422 My son, my daughter, and all our olive-branches salute you most tenderly. 1813 J. Austen Pride & Prejudice III. xv. 267 The rest of his letter is only about..his expectation of a young olive-branch . View more context for this quotation 1864 G. A. Sala My Diary in Amer. (1865) II. 157 A whole plantation of olive branches may be tolerated in New England or Pennsylvania, but in the large cities it is rather mauvais ton to have more than two children. 1885 A. Edwardes Girton Girl I. iii. 60 In families where the olive branches are in excess of the exchequer, the governess..is expected to ‘ground’ the boys, as they call it, in Latin grammar. a1897 T. E. Brown Coll. Poems (1900) ii. 382 God bless your soul, the roar! And blessin' their basket and their store, And the olive branches around their table. 1912 N.Z. Truth 17 Aug. 5 Stuart, in evidence, said that Pehipa and he were married in September, 1909, at the Thames [sic], and there were no olive branches. 2003 L. J. Michael Spurgeon on Leadership v. 78 His parents were blessed with seventeen olive branches to adorn their home. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1400
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