单词 | of- |
释义 | † of-prefix Obsolete. 1. Forming verbs and adjectives from verbs. a. Forming verbs with the sense: (a) ‘to put, keep, etc., from or away’, e.g. ofhold v., ofsake v.; also figuratively with a negative sense, e.g. ofthink v.; (b) ‘to get or obtain by (the action of the verb)’, e.g. of-ask v., ofclepe v., ofsend v.; (c) ‘to do away with, finish off, destroy, kill’, as in ofslay v., ofsting v., oftread v.; (d) ‘to injure, hurt’, as in oflie v., ofset v., ofsit v.; (e) ‘to outdo or overcome’, as in ofride v., of-run v. b. Forming adjectives, with the sense ‘overcome or exhausted with the action expressed by the verb’, as in ofcale adj., of-fought adj., ofhungered adj., ofthirst adj. 2. = a- prefix4, e.g. offear v., offright v., ofgrame v., ofgrise v., ofken v.1, ofscape v., ofwake v. (in some of which, however, of- may be original). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2020). Of-comb. form Forming the names of certain regulatory bodies instituted (largely in the mid 1980s and early 1990s) by the British government, as Ofgas n., Oflot n., Ofrail n., Ofsted n., Oftel n., Ofwat n. Cf. also the acronymic formation Ofgem n. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online January 2018). < |
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