单词 | plentify |
释义 | plentifyv. rare (chiefly U.S. in later use). transitive. To make plentiful; to enrich; to increase.In quot. 1931: spec. to populate. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > preparation of land or soil > fertilizing or manuring > fertilize or manure [verb (transitive)] gooda1525 marl1528 plentify1555 fat1562 fatten1563 season1563 heart1573 manure1577 soil1593 hearten1594 remanure1598 enrich1601 teasel1610 battle1611 batten1612 bedung1649 sweeten1733 top-dress1733 top1856 side-dress1888 1555 W. Waterman tr. J. Boemus Fardle of Facions ii. iii. 123 Wherewith thei so plentifie their grounde, that thei communely receiue two hundred busshelles for a busshell. 1606 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iii. 39 God his owne with blessings plentifies. 1608 R. Johnson Seauen Champions sig. Aiijv After this the land was plentified with Citties. 1931 Jrnl. Negro Hist. 16 18 Ain' de Bible say, ‘Go out an' plentify de eart'’? 1970 News (Frederick, Maryland) 22 Apr. a14/1 This year canned stocks are plentified from last falls [sic] large apple crop. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1555 |
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