单词 | perlustrate |
释义 | perlustratev. 1. transitive. To travel through and inspect thoroughly; to survey comprehensively, esp. in an official capacity. Also intransitive. ΘΚΠ society > travel > [verb (transitive)] > travel about > and survey perambulate1450 peruse1532 perlustrate1535 perlustrea1600 round1611 the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > inspection, survey > inspect, survey [verb (transitive)] > a place, etc. perambulate1450 perlustrate1535 view1539 explorate?1549 explore1577 perlustrea1600 reacknowledge1622 canvass1652 reconnoitre1712 recce1943 the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > inspection, survey > inspect, survey [verb (intransitive)] > land, etc. scout1644 pickeer1646 perlustrate1691 recce1943 1535 A. Borde in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1846) 3rd Ser. II. 298 Sens my departyng from yow I haue perlustratyd Normandy, Frawnce, Gascony, and Leyon. 1691 T. Jackson in R. Thoresby Corr. (1832) I. 112 At nine also at night, they perlustrate to see that all the students be within the college. 1701 Hawick Kirk Session Rec. 25 May The elders who perlustrate ye toun in time of public worship. 1829 T. L. Peacock Misfortunes Elphin xii. 167 Taliesin, having perlustrated the city, proceeded to the palace of Arthur. 1891 Oxf. Mag. 6 May 320/1 The Curators of the Bodleian are once a year to perlustrate all parts of the Library. 1933 Bull. School Oriental Stud. 7 61 It seems necessary to perlustrate once more those passages..from which the meaning..comes to light without any possible doubt. 2000 Oxf. Univ. Gaz. 23 Mar. 981 We perlustrated the magnificent new Eastern print room in the Ashmolean. 2. transitive. To examine a document for the purpose of surveillance; to intercept and read correspondence passing through the post. Also intransitive. ΚΠ 1921 A. Yarmolinsky tr. Count S. I. Witte Mem. vii. 179 Perlustration of letters is one of the tasks with which the Minister of the Interior is entrusted. It appears that Durnovo perlustrated with great diligence. 1941 Slavonic Year-bk. Amer. Ser. 1 384 Included in these archive funds are..copies of letters perlustrated by the police. 1985 J. Brodsky In Room & Half in Less than One (1987) 495 It is evidently easier to monitor a phone call than to perlustrate and then deliver a letter. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1535 |
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