acastv.

Brit.

/əˈkɑːst/,

/əˈkast/, U.S.

/əˈkæst/

Inflections: Past tense and past participle acast;

Forms: early Middle English akeast (past participle), early Middle English akeaste, early Middle English akest (past participle), early Middle English hakeaste, Middle English acast, Middle English acaste (past tense), Middle English akast (past participle), Middle English akaste (past tense), Middle English akaste. N.E.D. (1884) also records a form Middle English a-casten (past participle).

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: a- prefix¹, cast v.

Etymology: < a- prefix¹ + cast v.

Now poetic. rare.

transitive. To cast down, throw down, cast away or off; to overcome. Now only as past participle: downcast, dejected.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > causing to come or go down > cause to come or go down [verb (transitive)] > bring to the ground/lay low > cast down

warpc1175

acastc1225

to throw downa1250

foldc1275

casta1300

throwc1330

waltc1400

shootc1480

to cast down1530

to fling down1587

stern1599

deject1627

the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > have or gain mastery or superiority over [verb (transitive)] > overcome or overwhelm > completely or overthrow

shrenchc897

allayOE

fellOE

quellOE

to bring to the groundc1175

forlesec1200

to lay downa1225

acastc1225

accumberc1275

cumber1303

confoundc1330

overthrowc1375

cumrayc1425

overquell?c1450

overwhelvec1450

to nip in (also by, on) the head (also neck, pate)?a1500

prostrate1531

quash1556

couch1577

unhorse1577

prosternate1593

overbeata1616

unchariot1715

floor1828

quench1841

to knock over1853

fling1889

to throw down1890

steamroller1912

wipe1972

zonk1973

c1225 (?c1200) St. Margaret (Bodl.) (1934) 2 Martyrs..ouercomen & akeasten [Royal akasten] hare þreo cunne uan.

c1225 (?c1200) Hali Meiðhad (Bodl.) (1940) l. 49 Nis ha þenne sariliche..akeast, & into þeowdom idrahen.

c1230 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Corpus Cambr.) (1962) 164 Ich wes sone ouercumen, & is þe sunne mare þen ȝef ich hefde ibeon akeast [Nero akest] wið strengðe.

a1250 (?c1200) St. Katherine (Titus) (1981) l. 760 Deað ne acaste nawt crist, Ah crist ouercom deað.

c1330 Seven Sages (Auch.) (1933) l. 467 (MED) Þe olde tre his vertu gan acast [c1475 Egerton The pynnot tre loste thys hys honowre].

a1350 in R. H. Robbins Hist. Poems 14th & 15th Cent. (1959) 7 (MED) Þus we carpeþ for þe kyng..& weneþ forte keuere, & euer buþ acast.

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1872) IV. 95 (MED) He þrewe doun an olifaunte; and whan þe beest was acast [L. prostrata], Hanibal sente horsmen to sle þe man.

c1600 (?c1395) Pierce Ploughman's Crede (Trin. Cambr. R.3.15) (1873) 99 Now is my counfort a-cast.

1919 H. Trench Napoleon iii. i. 72 His heart's acast And his tongue's awry He cannot last, Hell's in his eye!

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	acast
释义	acastv. Brit. /əˈkɑːst/, /əˈkast/, U.S. /əˈkæst/ Inflections: Past tense and past participle acast; Forms: early Middle English akeast (past participle), early Middle English akeaste, early Middle English akest (past participle), early Middle English hakeaste, Middle English acast, Middle English acaste (past tense), Middle English akast (past participle), Middle English akaste (past tense), Middle English akaste. N.E.D. (1884) also records a form Middle English a-casten (past participle). Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: a- prefix¹, cast v. Etymology: < a- prefix¹ + cast v. Now poetic. rare. transitive. To cast down, throw down, cast away or off; to overcome. Now only as past participle: downcast, dejected. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > causing to come or go down > cause to come or go down [verb (transitive)] > bring to the ground/lay low > cast down warpc1175 acastc1225 to throw downa1250 foldc1275 casta1300 throwc1330 waltc1400 shootc1480 to cast down1530 to fling down1587 stern1599 deject1627 the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > have or gain mastery or superiority over [verb (transitive)] > overcome or overwhelm > completely or overthrow shrenchc897 allayOE fellOE quellOE to bring to the groundc1175 forlesec1200 to lay downa1225 acastc1225 accumberc1275 cumber1303 confoundc1330 overthrowc1375 cumrayc1425 overquell?c1450 overwhelvec1450 to nip in (also by, on) the head (also neck, pate)?a1500 prostrate1531 quash1556 couch1577 unhorse1577 prosternate1593 overbeata1616 unchariot1715 floor1828 quench1841 to knock over1853 fling1889 to throw down1890 steamroller1912 wipe1972 zonk1973 c1225 (?c1200) St. Margaret (Bodl.) (1934) 2 Martyrs..ouercomen & akeasten [Royal akasten] hare þreo cunne uan. c1225 (?c1200) Hali Meiðhad (Bodl.) (1940) l. 49 Nis ha þenne sariliche..akeast, & into þeowdom idrahen. c1230 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Corpus Cambr.) (1962) 164 Ich wes sone ouercumen, & is þe sunne mare þen ȝef ich hefde ibeon akeast [Nero akest] wið strengðe. a1250 (?c1200) St. Katherine (Titus) (1981) l. 760 Deað ne acaste nawt crist, Ah crist ouercom deað. c1330 Seven Sages (Auch.) (1933) l. 467 (MED) Þe olde tre his vertu gan acast [c1475 Egerton The pynnot tre loste thys hys honowre]. a1350 in R. H. Robbins Hist. Poems 14th & 15th Cent. (1959) 7 (MED) Þus we carpeþ for þe kyng..& weneþ forte keuere, & euer buþ acast. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1872) IV. 95 (MED) He þrewe doun an olifaunte; and whan þe beest was acast [L. prostrata], Hanibal sente horsmen to sle þe man. c1600 (?c1395) Pierce Ploughman's Crede (Trin. Cambr. R.3.15) (1873) 99 Now is my counfort a-cast. 1919 H. Trench Napoleon iii. i. 72 His heart's acast And his tongue's awry He cannot last, Hell's in his eye! This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < v.c1225
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