peninsulatev.

Brit.

/pᵻˈnɪnsjᵿleɪt/, U.S.

/pəˈnɪnsəˌleɪt/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: peninsula n., -ate suffix³.

Etymology: < peninsula n. + -ate suffix³, after insulate v.

transitive. Of water: to surround (a piece of land) almost completely; to make into a peninsula, divide into peninsulas. Also figurative and in extended use.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > land > land mass > shore or bank > promontory, headland, or cape > form promontory [verb (intransitive)]

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to lie out1601

a1552 J. Leland Itinerary (1711) II. 21 Newton Water and Avon ren so nere togither in the botom of the West Suburbe at Malmesbyri, that there within a Burbolt-shot the Toun is peninsulatid.

1577 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Islande Brit. i. ix. f. 21^v/1, in R. Holinshed Chron. I Eryn riseth of sundry heddes and..peninsulateth..Selesey towne on the southwest.

1774 T. Pennant Tour Scotl. 1772 22 A detached tract peninsulated by sea, lake or river.

1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 534 There are six considerable rivers which, with their numerous branches, peninsulate the whole state.

1818 S. T. Coleridge Friend (new ed.) III. 246 The..stream may..appear to comprehend and inisle some particular department of knowledge which even then it only peninsulates.

1857 Christian Misc. 252/2 The rain peninsulates every house with a moat of puddle.

1902 W. Crossing in Devon Notes & Queries July 98 The tongue of land..peninsulated by the Swincombe river and the West Dart.

1998 Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch (Nexis) 27 Oct. 1 e Columbus could be further peninsulated. The thumb of land formed by the confluence of the Olentangy and Scioto rivers occasionally has been called a peninsula, too... But I will argue that we should stop at two peninsulas.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	peninsulate
释义	peninsulatev. Brit. /pᵻˈnɪnsjᵿleɪt/, U.S. /pəˈnɪnsəˌleɪt/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: peninsula n., -ate suffix³. Etymology: < peninsula n. + -ate suffix³, after insulate v. transitive. Of water: to surround (a piece of land) almost completely; to make into a peninsula, divide into peninsulas. Also figurative and in extended use. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > land mass > shore or bank > promontory, headland, or cape > form promontory [verb (intransitive)] arma1552 nessa1552 peninsulatea1552 to lie out1601 a1552 J. Leland Itinerary (1711) II. 21 Newton Water and Avon ren so nere togither in the botom of the West Suburbe at Malmesbyri, that there within a Burbolt-shot the Toun is peninsulatid. 1577 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Islande Brit. i. ix. f. 21^v/1, in R. Holinshed Chron. I Eryn riseth of sundry heddes and..peninsulateth..Selesey towne on the southwest. 1774 T. Pennant Tour Scotl. 1772 22 A detached tract peninsulated by sea, lake or river. 1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 534 There are six considerable rivers which, with their numerous branches, peninsulate the whole state. 1818 S. T. Coleridge Friend (new ed.) III. 246 The..stream may..appear to comprehend and inisle some particular department of knowledge which even then it only peninsulates. 1857 Christian Misc. 252/2 The rain peninsulates every house with a moat of puddle. 1902 W. Crossing in Devon Notes & Queries July 98 The tongue of land..peninsulated by the Swincombe river and the West Dart. 1998 Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch (Nexis) 27 Oct. 1 e Columbus could be further peninsulated. The thumb of land formed by the confluence of the Olentangy and Scioto rivers occasionally has been called a peninsula, too... But I will argue that we should stop at two peninsulas. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.a1552
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