| 单词 | paeanize |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspaeanize paeanize v. [after ancient Greek (Doric) παιανίζειν (Attic-Ionic παιωνίζειν)] †(a) intransitive to chant or sing a paean (obsolete); (b) transitive (also intransitive) (in extended use) to praise or pay tribute to someone or something. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > victory > be victorious [verb (intransitive)] > sing victory song paeanize1629 society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > singing > sing [verb (intransitive)] > sing other music organOE chantc1425 madrigal1593 lullaby1603 paeanize1629 holler1852 threne1890 1629 T. Hobbes tr. Thucydides Eight Bks. Peloponnesian Warre ii. 134 The Peloponnesians..were Pæanizing, as if they had already had the victory. 1885 W. Arthur Religion without God 111 Dr. Robinet, who himself takes pains to show us that the object of worship is ‘existence’ and not ‘beings’, nevertheless thus pæanizes. Humanity..is the only true Supreme Being! 1922 S. H. Clark & W. Campbell Federal Reserve Monster ii. 6 A subsidized press bally-hooed, touted and paeanized the proposed Federal Reserve System. 1989 W. O. McCagg Hist. Habsburg Jews (1992) ix. 140 The 1815 settlement..had paeanized aristocratic ‘conservatism’, while excluding middle-class Liberalism. < as lemmas |
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