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单词 persecuted
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persecutedadj.n.

Brit. /ˈpəːsᵻkjuːtᵻd/, U.S. /ˈpərsəˌkjudəd/
Forms: see persecute v. and -ed suffix1.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: persecute v., -ed suffix1.
Etymology: < persecute v. + -ed suffix1.
A. adj.
That has been persecuted or pursued; that suffers persecution.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > [adjective] > persecuting > suffering
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1534 G. Joye Subuersion Moris False Found. sig. A.iv A fewe pore persecuted and banesshed men for the trwthe of goddis worde translatinge the scripture.
1546 J. Bale First Examinacyon A. Askewe Pref. 10 To the glorye of hys persecuted churche.
1611 in D. Masson Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1889) 1st Ser. IX. 258 Calling thame distressit and persequuted brethrene.
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis xii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 610 The deep-mouth'd Hound..following still..The persecuted Creature, to, and fro.
1779 Gentleman's Mag. 350 The poor persecuted creature to which I allude is the Hedge-hog or Urchin.
1839 John Bull 11 Aug. 381/1 Retiring with his ‘Riverence’ to discuss small-still and the claims of the ‘parsecuted Clargy’.
1899 Daily News 30 May 5/2 Several settlements of the persecuted sect of the Doukobohrs are established there [i.e. in Canada].
1919 Mod. Philol. 16 160 Both the Irish and the Scottish versions show the effects of rationalization..in representing the mother as a persecuted maiden temporarily under a druidic spell.
1988 B. Chatwin Utz 38 The suffering giant..is the emblem of our persecuted people.
2001 Wasafiri Autumn 49/2 The ‘Bushmen’ have functioned aesthetically and psychologically as emblems of persecuted marginality.
B. n.
With plural agreement. With the. Persecuted people as a class.
ΚΠ
1596 W. Warner Albions Eng. (rev. ed.) x. lvii. 255 This knowne, to him from euery Part the Persecuted flie, So was the Prince of vertuous Troopes possessed by and by.
1654 Bp. J. Taylor Real Presence Ep. Ded. sig. A5v To disturb the peace of consciences by troubling the persecuted, and injecting scruples into the infortunate, who suspect every thing.
1781 W. Cowper Expostulation 278 Thou that hast set the persecuted free.
1867 S. Smiles Huguenots Eng. & Ireland vii. 181 A long wail of anguish was rising from the persecuted all over France.
1991 Dissent Winter 75/2 After the war, the church became, for virtually all Poles, a haven for the poor and the persecuted.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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