单词 | perstringe |
释义 | perstringev. Now rare (literary and archaic). 1. transitive. To censure or criticize; to pass strictures on. Also intransitive. Now rare (literary). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > dispraise or discommendation > dispraise or discommend [verb (transitive)] > censure or condemn bidemea1200 convictc1366 reprovea1382 damnc1386 condemna1400 deema1400 saya1400 judgec1400 reprehendc1400 reproacha1475 reprobate?a1475 arguec1475 controlc1525 twit1543 perstringe1549 tax1569 traduce1581 carp1591 censure1605 convince?1606 syndic1609 syndicate1610 to check at1642 reprimand1660 impeach1813 to stroke over1822 1549 T. Somes in H. Latimer 2nd Serm. before Kynges Maiestie To Rdr. sig. A.viiiv He [sc. Latimer] so frankely and liberallye taxed perstringed and openly rebuked..ye peculiar fauts of certayne of his auditours. 1628 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy (ed. 3) i. 144 I speak..of..such as personate, rail, scoff, calumniate, perstringe by name, or in presence offend. 1662 J. Evelyn Sculptura iv. 38 The defect of which Sir H. Wotton does worthily perstringe both in him, and some others. 1699 J. Evelyn Acetaria 168 So was I glad to find it [sc. the lazy life of friars] justly perstring'd, and taken notice of by a Learned Person. 1797 T. Green Diary 8 Sept. (1810) 43 The prefaces and notes perstringe with acute criticism and poignant wit, whatever has..obtained celebrity in politics or literature. 1857 T. De Quincey Whiggism in Select. Grave & Gay VI. 113 I am endeavouring with the gentlest of knoutings quietly to perstringe your errors. Sam Parr!..perstringing, which was a favoured word of your own, was a no less favoured act. 1880 Edinb. Rev. Apr. 382 One of them, by name Marcellus, is lightly perstringed as ‘praetenuis meriti’. 1932 R. Macaulay Shadow Flies iii. xiv. 419 His bitter narrow talk ever drives me to see right in what he perstrings. c1961 C. Bukowski Let. in Screams from Balcony (1998) 27 Lawrence was closer in seeking muliebrity from flesh to soul, and to perstringe the awkward-working and the ugly. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > dimness or absence of brightness > make dim [verb (transitive)] > render dim by comparison stain1557 perstringe1603 blind1633 eclipse1810 the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of eye > disordered vision > afflict with disordered vision [verb (transitive)] > dim dima1300 blemish1440 troublea1500 misten1599 perstringe1603 blear1605 tara1612 disgregatea1631 purblind1644 obfuscate1656 blast1757 blur1791 bedim1811 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 644 The interrogations also and demaunds [ought to be] nothing darke or intricate: lest they doe perstringe and dazzle their eies, who are not quicke sighted. 1657 W. Morice Coena quasi Κοινὴ xxii. 216 The Sun..by his matchless light perstringeth and eclipseth all other starrs. 1661 S. Pordage Mundorum Explicatio ii. 140 Those glorious beams which shon about her Face Perstring'd his weaker eyes. 1664 H. More Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity i. i. vii. 21 The Golden splendour and magnificency of them did, it seems, so perstringe the eyes of the simple sort. ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > hint or covert suggestion > hint at or suggest [verb (transitive)] inkle1340 induce1481 alludec1487 signifya1535 insinuate1561 to glance at (upon, against)1570 thrust1574 imply1581 adumbrate1589 intimate1590 innuate?1611 glancea1616 ministera1616 perstringea1620 shadow1621 subinduce1640 involve1646 equivocate1648 hint1648 subindicate1654 hint at1697 suggest1697 indicate1751 surmise1820 to get at ——1875 a1620 M. Fotherby Atheomastix (1622) Pref. sig. A5v They passe ouer them so sleightly, and perstringe them so briefely, that all of them may be truly affirmed, to haue beene..rather touched, then handled. 1668 H. More Divine Dialogues: Two Last Dial. iv. 5 The greatest Wits of the World have been such persons as you seem so freely to perstringe. 1697 G. Burghope Disc. Relig. Assemblies 114 To observe when our neighbour is perstring'd by such a doctrine. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) To Perstringe, to touch lightly, or to glance at a thing in discourse. 1797 T. Green Diary Lover of Lit. (1810) 43 The prefaces and notes perstringe..whatever has, of late years, obtained celebrity in politics or literature. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > restriction of free action > restrict in free action [verb (transitive)] bindc1200 hamper?a1366 chain1377 coarctc1400 prison?a1425 tether?a1505 fetter1526 imprisona1533 strait1533 swaddle1539 measure1560 shacklea1568 to tie up1570 manacle1577 straitena1586 hopple1586 immew16.. scant1600 cabina1616 criba1616 trammela1616 copse1617 cramp1625 cloister1627 incarcerate1640 hidebind1642 strait-lace1662 perstringe1679 hough-band1688 cabin1780 pin1795 strait jacket1814 peg1832 befetter1837 to tie the hands of1866 corset1935 society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restriction or limitation > restrict or limit [verb (transitive)] > in free action bind971 hamper?a1366 chain1377 coarctc1400 prison?a1425 tether?a1505 fetter1526 imprisona1533 strait1533 swaddle1539 measure1560 shacklea1568 to tie up1570 manacle1577 straitena1586 hopple1586 immew16.. scant1600 cabina1616 criba1616 trammela1616 copse1617 cramp1625 cloister1627 incarcerate1640 hidebind1642 to box up1659 strait-lace1662 perstringe1679 hough-band1688 cabin1780 pin1795 strait jacket1814 peg1832 befetter1837 to tie the hands of1866 hog-tie1924 corset1935 1679 S. Woodford Paraphrase upon Canticles 108 The unwary Course some take Lust to perstringe by action. 1684 T. Goddard Plato's Demon 343 These proportionate arguments..whilst they perstringe the mind, do not constrain the body. DerivativesΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > dispraise or discommendation > [noun] > censure or condemnation condemnationc1384 controlment1533 crimination1534 condemning1591 attainder1597 censuring1598 reprobation1611 censurea1616 perstringing1676 epitimesis1678 perstriction1681 perstringement1891 fatwa1989 1676 Doctr. of Devils 88 A perstringing of the eyes might delude them. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1549 |
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