persecutev.

Brit.

/ˈpəːsᵻkjuːt/, U.S.

/ˈpərsəˌkjut/

Forms: late Middle English– persecute, 1500s persekute, 1500s (1700s– regional) parsecute, 1500s–1600s persequute, 1700s percicute (English regional); Scottish pre-1700 parsecute, pre-1700 persecut, pre-1700 persekute, pre-1700 persequute, pre-1700 1700s– persecute.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French persecuter.

Etymology: < Middle French persecuter (beginning of the 14th cent. in Old French in sense 1, c1400 in sense 2, 15th cent. in sense 3; French persécuter ), either < persecut- (in persecuteur persecutor n.) or < post-classical Latin persecutare (first half of the 12th cent. in a British source), frequentative of classical Latin persequī to seek out, to pursue, to follow with hostility or malignity, to harass, to chase, hunt, to examine, follow up, to go through with or persist in, in post-classical Latin also to persecute on religious grounds (Vulgate) < per- per- prefix + sequī to follow (see sequent adj.).

1. transitive. To seek out and subject (a person, group, organization, etc.) to hostility or ill-treatment, esp. on grounds of religious faith, political belief, race, etc.; to torment; to oppress.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > make an attack upon [verb (transitive)] > persecute

seekc825

baitc1175

war?c1225

pursuec1300

chase1340

course1466

persecutea1475

suea1500

pickc1550

pursuit1563

prosecute1588

exagitate1602

dragoon1689

harass1788

martyr1851

dragonnade1881

witch-hunt1919

vamp1970

a1475 ( S. Scrope tr. Dicts & Sayings Philosophers (Bodl. 943) (1999) 76 If thes peple, the whiche be of my nacion that persecutithe [a1460 anon. tr. do..persecucion] me for sustenynge and saienge of trouthe, on the same wise wille do straungers to whate part that euer y went.

1482 W. Caxton Trevisa's Higden iv. xiii. 200 b [He] refreyned hym in many thynges, and in especial that he shold not persecute ne greue cristen men.

1526 Bible (Tyndale) Matt. v. f. v^v Blessed are ye when men shall revyle you, and persecute you,..ffor my sake.

1595 W. Covell Polimanteia sig. Aa3 Some of them haue not been ashamed to say, that neuer religion was persecuted more, then vnder the most vertuous..gouernment of Queene Elizabeth.

1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan iii. xlii. 276 In a place where the Civill Power did persecute, or not assist the Church.

1689 W. Popple tr. J. Locke Let. conc. Toleration 12 That the Church of Christ should persecute others,..I could never yet find in any of the Books of the New Testament.

1722 D. Defoe Jrnl. Plague Year 271 They cou'd expect no other; but that they should..accept their preaching while they were sick and persecute them as soon as they were recover'd again.

1779 E. Burke Corr. (1844) II. 269 Though I am..a very attached son of the Church of England, I think myself bound not to wish to persecute you.

1832 Ld. Tennyson You ask me Why 17 Should banded unions persecute Opinion, and induce a time When single thought is civil crime.

1880 L. Stephen Alexander Pope ii. 58 The belief that a man is persecuted by hidden conspirators is one of the common symptoms in [insanity].

1945 S. Spender Citizens in War iv. 35 Tolerance defeated the religious man-boy who expected at least to be persecuted.

1979 A. Brink Dry White Season iv. ii. 291 For the state to persecute and try to break a man.

2003 New Internationalist Jan. 40/3 Unofficial churches and the Falun Gong sect are persecuted.

2. transitive. To afflict, trouble, vex, worry; to harass; to pester, importune, or annoy persistently.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being harassed > harass [verb (transitive)]

tawc893

ermec897

swencheOE

besetOE

bestandc1000

teenOE

baitc1175

grieve?c1225

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noyc1300

pursuec1300

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to work (also do) annoyc1300

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to hold wakenc1330

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cumbera1400

harrya1400

vexc1410

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hag1525

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to grate on or upon1532

to hold or keep waking1533

infest1533

scourge1540

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pinch1548

trounce1551

to shake upa1556

tire1558

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hurry1611

gall1614

betoil1622

weary1633

tribulatea1637

harass1656

dun1659

overharry1665

worry1671

haul1678

to plague the life out of1746

badger1782

hatchel1800

worry1811

bedevil1823

devil1823

victimize1830

frab1848

mither1848

to pester the life out of1848

haik1855

beplague1870

chevy1872

obsede1876

to get on ——1880

to load up with1880

tail-twist1898

hassle1901

heckle1920

snooter1923

hassle1945

to breathe down (the back of) (someone's) neck1946

to bust (a person's) chops1953

noodge1960

monster1967

c1475 tr. A. Chartier Quadrilogue (Univ. Coll. Oxf.) (1974) 207 We haue on us discoordes and debates, and we ben persecuted [a1500 Rawl. pursued] with diuisions both withynne and withoute ouermiche.

a1492 W. Caxton tr. Vitas Patrum (1495) ii. f. cccxii/1 I was strongly persecuted of the guysyer in soo moche that I coude not praye to god.

1557 T. North tr. A. de Guevara Diall Princes 98 We se it by experyence, that the greate studiantes are persecuted more wyth sycknes, then any others.

1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie i. ii [He] was taken with a grieuous sickenes, which persecuted him so violently, that men dispayred of his life.

1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue ii. 41 His crosse fortune, which did neuer leaue off to persecute him.

1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 310 By labouring in the Heat of the Day to get over the Mountains, we were persecuted with Diary Fevers.

1742 A. Pope New Dunciad 250 He may..Plague with Dispute, or persecute with Rhyme.

1763 F. Brooke Hist. Lady Julia Mandeville I. 81 I Can't conceive..what it is that makes me so much the men's taste: I really think I am not handsome..yet..I am persecuted to death amongst you.

1816 W. Scott Antiquary I. xvi. 217 There were generally loiterers in the streets to persecute him either about the news of the day, or about some petty pieces of business.

1846 W. S. Landor Albani & Picture-dealers in Wks. II. 9 I am infested and persecuted and worried to death by duns.

1879 G. Meredith Egoist xlix ‘Which is the cause of your persecuting me to become your wife!’

1935 K. Dos Passos Let. 12 Jan. in G. Murphy et al. Lett. from Lost Generation (1991) 108 Travelers are persecuted all the time by refined English smokes teasing them to buy nasty little trinkets.

1954 I. Murdoch Under Net 58 I'm being persecuted by the most frightful man.

2002 Guardian 20 June i. 17/6 Why don't the police stop persecuting law-abiding motorists and concentrate on real crime?

†3.

a. transitive. To chase, hunt, or pursue with intent to capture, injure, or kill. Also intransitive. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > progressive motion > order of movement > following behind > follow [verb (transitive)] > pursue > with hostility or violence

seekc825

to seek afterc1175

chasec1330

huntc1385

persecute1477

to gun for1893

bloodhound1935

1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 10 Iason and Hercules persecuted them with their arowes as long as they dured.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Josh. viii. D They lefte the cite stondinge open, that they mighte persecute Israel.

1551 R. Robinson tr. T. More Vtopia sig. Pvi Theire enemies..haue persecuted them flying some one way and some an other.

1611 Bible (King James) Acts xxvi. 11 And being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them euen vnto strange cities.

1638 F. Junius Painting of Ancients 72 Some fierce conquerours..are instantly at their heeles, persecuting, wounding.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics i, in tr. Virgil Wks. 61 With Balearick Slings, or Gnossian Bow, To persecute from far the flying Doe.

1729 R. Blackmore New Version Psalms vii. 11 He let him persecute, a Prey Left to his bloody Lust; Bread on the Earth my Life.

1816 W. Scott Antiquary II. xxii. 307 You are engaged to meet one of Glenallan's gamekeepers, God knows where, to persecute the peaceful feathered creation.

1839 C. Darwin in R. Fitzroy & C. Darwin Narr. Surv. Voy. H.M.S. Adventure & Beagle III. xix. 477 The same species in Tierra del Fuego..have been persecuted by the wild inhabitants.

b. transitive. figurative. To follow up, pursue, prosecute (a subject); to carry out, go through with. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > continuing > following up, through, or prosecution > follow up, through, or out [verb (transitive)]

suec1325

pursuea1393

follow1425

pass1473

prosecute?a1475

ensue1509

convey1530

persecute1546

to follow on?1557

transact1636

to follow up1659

to follow up on1927

1546 T. Langley tr. P. Vergil Abridgem. Notable Worke i. viii My purpose is onely to speak of the Inventers,..not to persecute the particulars.

a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Linc. 144 Such persecute the Metaphor too much.

4. transitive. To prosecute (a person or †suit) at law. Now regional and humorous.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > action of courts in claims or grievances > carry on or institute (an action) [verb (transitive)]

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intent1630

1483 W. Caxton tr. A. Chartier Curial sig. iv^v Peple whyche by fraude and franchyse studye for to drawe from one and other suche wordes by whiche they may persecute them.

1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. cclxxj He wyll persecute his suite against the Byshop.

1581 J. Marbeck Bk. Notes & Common Places 810 Persecute..with banishment and out-lawe, prison.

1655 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. I. iii. 118 Crito in pursuit of this counsell made choice of Archidemus, an excellent Lawyer, but poor, who being obliged by his guifts and kindnesse, persecuted eagerly all such as molested not him only, but any of his friends.

1784 Scotton Parish Rec. in E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. (1889) (at cited word) ‘Hoever is taken in the fact shall be percicuted according to law, by the parish expens’.

1796 G. Colman Iron Chest i. i. 7 Our trade will be spoiled if the Groom-Keepers be after us. The law will persecute us father.

1866 J. E. Brogden Provinc. Words Lincs. (E.D.D.) ‘Trespassers will be persecuted’. Notice near the Foss-dyke, Lincoln.

1889 E. Peacock Gloss. Manley & Corr. (ed. 2) 400 He was persecuted at th'assizes for steälin sheäp.

1901 ‘A. Forbes’ Odd Fish 31 Any one who swindles can be persecuted by the police.

1985 Guardian (Nexis) 14 Feb. (headline) Trespassers will be persecuted. Government's response to peace campaigners.

1995 J. M. Sims-Kimbrey Wodds & Doggerybaw: Lincs. Dial. Dict. 223/2 Th'owd farmer's gooin' to persecute 'im fer lettin' yon ragweed seed inter 'is field.

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

单词	persecute
释义	persecutev. Brit. /ˈpəːsᵻkjuːt/, U.S. /ˈpərsəˌkjut/ Forms: late Middle English– persecute, 1500s persekute, 1500s (1700s– regional) parsecute, 1500s–1600s persequute, 1700s percicute (English regional); Scottish pre-1700 parsecute, pre-1700 persecut, pre-1700 persekute, pre-1700 persequute, pre-1700 1700s– persecute. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French persecuter. Etymology: < Middle French persecuter (beginning of the 14th cent. in Old French in sense 1, c1400 in sense 2, 15th cent. in sense 3; French persécuter ), either < persecut- (in persecuteur persecutor n.) or < post-classical Latin persecutare (first half of the 12th cent. in a British source), frequentative of classical Latin persequī to seek out, to pursue, to follow with hostility or malignity, to harass, to chase, hunt, to examine, follow up, to go through with or persist in, in post-classical Latin also to persecute on religious grounds (Vulgate) < per- per- prefix + sequī to follow (see sequent adj.). 1. transitive. To seek out and subject (a person, group, organization, etc.) to hostility or ill-treatment, esp. on grounds of religious faith, political belief, race, etc.; to torment; to oppress. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > make an attack upon [verb (transitive)] > persecute seekc825 baitc1175 war?c1225 pursuec1300 chase1340 course1466 persecutea1475 suea1500 pickc1550 pursuit1563 prosecute1588 exagitate1602 dragoon1689 harass1788 martyr1851 dragonnade1881 witch-hunt1919 vamp1970 a1475 ( S. Scrope tr. Dicts & Sayings Philosophers (Bodl. 943) (1999) 76 If thes peple, the whiche be of my nacion that persecutithe [a1460 anon. tr. do..persecucion] me for sustenynge and saienge of trouthe, on the same wise wille do straungers to whate part that euer y went. 1482 W. Caxton Trevisa's Higden iv. xiii. 200 b [He] refreyned hym in many thynges, and in especial that he shold not persecute ne greue cristen men. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Matt. v. f. v^v Blessed are ye when men shall revyle you, and persecute you,..ffor my sake. 1595 W. Covell Polimanteia sig. Aa3 Some of them haue not been ashamed to say, that neuer religion was persecuted more, then vnder the most vertuous..gouernment of Queene Elizabeth. 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan iii. xlii. 276 In a place where the Civill Power did persecute, or not assist the Church. 1689 W. Popple tr. J. Locke Let. conc. Toleration 12 That the Church of Christ should persecute others,..I could never yet find in any of the Books of the New Testament. 1722 D. Defoe Jrnl. Plague Year 271 They cou'd expect no other; but that they should..accept their preaching while they were sick and persecute them as soon as they were recover'd again. 1779 E. Burke Corr. (1844) II. 269 Though I am..a very attached son of the Church of England, I think myself bound not to wish to persecute you. 1832 Ld. Tennyson You ask me Why 17 Should banded unions persecute Opinion, and induce a time When single thought is civil crime. 1880 L. Stephen Alexander Pope ii. 58 The belief that a man is persecuted by hidden conspirators is one of the common symptoms in [insanity]. 1945 S. Spender Citizens in War iv. 35 Tolerance defeated the religious man-boy who expected at least to be persecuted. 1979 A. Brink Dry White Season iv. ii. 291 For the state to persecute and try to break a man. 2003 New Internationalist Jan. 40/3 Unofficial churches and the Falun Gong sect are persecuted. 2. transitive. To afflict, trouble, vex, worry; to harass; to pester, importune, or annoy persistently. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being harassed > harass [verb (transitive)] tawc893 ermec897 swencheOE besetOE bestandc1000 teenOE baitc1175 grieve?c1225 war?c1225 noyc1300 pursuec1300 travailc1300 to work (also do) annoyc1300 tribula1325 worka1325 to hold wakenc1330 chase1340 twistc1374 wrap1380 cumbera1400 harrya1400 vexc1410 encumber1413 inquiet1413 molest?a1425 course1466 persecutec1475 trouble1489 sturt1513 hare1523 hag1525 hale1530 exercise1531 to grate on or upon1532 to hold or keep waking1533 infest1533 scourge1540 molestate1543 pinch1548 trounce1551 to shake upa1556 tire1558 moila1560 pester1566 importune1578 hunt1583 moider1587 bebait1589 commacerate1596 bepester1600 ferret1600 harsell1603 hurry1611 gall1614 betoil1622 weary1633 tribulatea1637 harass1656 dun1659 overharry1665 worry1671 haul1678 to plague the life out of1746 badger1782 hatchel1800 worry1811 bedevil1823 devil1823 victimize1830 frab1848 mither1848 to pester the life out of1848 haik1855 beplague1870 chevy1872 obsede1876 to get on ——1880 to load up with1880 tail-twist1898 hassle1901 heckle1920 snooter1923 hassle1945 to breathe down (the back of) (someone's) neck1946 to bust (a person's) chops1953 noodge1960 monster1967 c1475 tr. A. Chartier Quadrilogue (Univ. Coll. Oxf.) (1974) 207 We haue on us discoordes and debates, and we ben persecuted [a1500 Rawl. pursued] with diuisions both withynne and withoute ouermiche. a1492 W. Caxton tr. Vitas Patrum (1495) ii. f. cccxii/1 I was strongly persecuted of the guysyer in soo moche that I coude not praye to god. 1557 T. North tr. A. de Guevara Diall Princes 98 We se it by experyence, that the greate studiantes are persecuted more wyth sycknes, then any others. 1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie i. ii [He] was taken with a grieuous sickenes, which persecuted him so violently, that men dispayred of his life. 1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue ii. 41 His crosse fortune, which did neuer leaue off to persecute him. 1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 310 By labouring in the Heat of the Day to get over the Mountains, we were persecuted with Diary Fevers. 1742 A. Pope New Dunciad 250 He may..Plague with Dispute, or persecute with Rhyme. 1763 F. Brooke Hist. Lady Julia Mandeville I. 81 I Can't conceive..what it is that makes me so much the men's taste: I really think I am not handsome..yet..I am persecuted to death amongst you. 1816 W. Scott Antiquary I. xvi. 217 There were generally loiterers in the streets to persecute him either about the news of the day, or about some petty pieces of business. 1846 W. S. Landor Albani & Picture-dealers in Wks. II. 9 I am infested and persecuted and worried to death by duns. 1879 G. Meredith Egoist xlix ‘Which is the cause of your persecuting me to become your wife!’ 1935 K. Dos Passos Let. 12 Jan. in G. Murphy et al. Lett. from Lost Generation (1991) 108 Travelers are persecuted all the time by refined English smokes teasing them to buy nasty little trinkets. 1954 I. Murdoch Under Net 58 I'm being persecuted by the most frightful man. 2002 Guardian 20 June i. 17/6 Why don't the police stop persecuting law-abiding motorists and concentrate on real crime? †3. a. transitive. To chase, hunt, or pursue with intent to capture, injure, or kill. Also intransitive. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > order of movement > following behind > follow [verb (transitive)] > pursue > with hostility or violence seekc825 to seek afterc1175 chasec1330 huntc1385 persecute1477 to gun for1893 bloodhound1935 1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 10 Iason and Hercules persecuted them with their arowes as long as they dured. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Josh. viii. D They lefte the cite stondinge open, that they mighte persecute Israel. 1551 R. Robinson tr. T. More Vtopia sig. Pvi Theire enemies..haue persecuted them flying some one way and some an other. 1611 Bible (King James) Acts xxvi. 11 And being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them euen vnto strange cities. View more context for this quotation 1638 F. Junius Painting of Ancients 72 Some fierce conquerours..are instantly at their heeles, persecuting, wounding. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics i, in tr. Virgil Wks. 61 With Balearick Slings, or Gnossian Bow, To persecute from far the flying Doe. View more context for this quotation 1729 R. Blackmore New Version Psalms vii. 11 He let him persecute, a Prey Left to his bloody Lust; Bread on the Earth my Life. 1816 W. Scott Antiquary II. xxii. 307 You are engaged to meet one of Glenallan's gamekeepers, God knows where, to persecute the peaceful feathered creation. 1839 C. Darwin in R. Fitzroy & C. Darwin Narr. Surv. Voy. H.M.S. Adventure & Beagle III. xix. 477 The same species in Tierra del Fuego..have been persecuted by the wild inhabitants. b. transitive. figurative. To follow up, pursue, prosecute (a subject); to carry out, go through with. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > continuing > following up, through, or prosecution > follow up, through, or out [verb (transitive)] suec1325 pursuea1393 follow1425 pass1473 prosecute?a1475 ensue1509 convey1530 persecute1546 to follow on?1557 transact1636 to follow up1659 to follow up on1927 1546 T. Langley tr. P. Vergil Abridgem. Notable Worke i. viii My purpose is onely to speak of the Inventers,..not to persecute the particulars. a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Linc. 144 Such persecute the Metaphor too much. 4. transitive. To prosecute (a person or †suit) at law. Now regional and humorous. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > action of courts in claims or grievances > carry on or institute (an action) [verb (transitive)] bringc1000 move1379 pursue1384 leada1400 suea1422 raise1436 maintain1456 conceive1467 persecute1483 implead1554 suscitate1560 solicit?a1562 intenda1578 intent1630 1483 W. Caxton tr. A. Chartier Curial sig. iv^v Peple whyche by fraude and franchyse studye for to drawe from one and other suche wordes by whiche they may persecute them. 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. cclxxj He wyll persecute his suite against the Byshop. 1581 J. Marbeck Bk. Notes & Common Places 810 Persecute..with banishment and out-lawe, prison. 1655 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. I. iii. 118 Crito in pursuit of this counsell made choice of Archidemus, an excellent Lawyer, but poor, who being obliged by his guifts and kindnesse, persecuted eagerly all such as molested not him only, but any of his friends. 1784 Scotton Parish Rec. in E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. (1889) (at cited word) ‘Hoever is taken in the fact shall be percicuted according to law, by the parish expens’. 1796 G. Colman Iron Chest i. i. 7 Our trade will be spoiled if the Groom-Keepers be after us. The law will persecute us father. 1866 J. E. Brogden Provinc. Words Lincs. (E.D.D.) ‘Trespassers will be persecuted’. Notice near the Foss-dyke, Lincoln. 1889 E. Peacock Gloss. Manley & Corr. (ed. 2) 400 He was persecuted at th'assizes for steälin sheäp. 1901 ‘A. Forbes’ Odd Fish 31 Any one who swindles can be persecuted by the police. 1985 Guardian (Nexis) 14 Feb. (headline) Trespassers will be persecuted. Government's response to peace campaigners. 1995 J. M. Sims-Kimbrey Wodds & Doggerybaw: Lincs. Dial. Dict. 223/2 Th'owd farmer's gooin' to persecute 'im fer lettin' yon ragweed seed inter 'is field. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.a1475
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