单词 | probatum |
释义 | † probatumn.adj. Obsolete. A. n. 1. A thing proved; a demonstrated conclusion or fact, esp. a means or remedy that has been tried and found effective; an approved remedy. Cf. probatum est n. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > [noun] > a cure or remedy > proven probatum1594 the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > [noun] > a certainty, fact soothc1374 certain1377 surety?a1475 probatum1594 experient1605 certaintya1616 factum1641 matter of breviary1694 definite1726 fixity1817 a settled thing (or matter)1819 monty1894 1594 T. Nashe Terrors of Night in Wks. (Grosart) III. 251 He is a mettle-bruing Paracelsian, hauing not past one or two Probatums for al diseases. 1607 T. Walkington Optick Glasse 44 To giue vsuall probatums to trie conclusions. 1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot iv. viii. 219 The very Probatum for a Lethargv. 1699 G. Harvey Vanities Philos. & Physick i. 6 Dioscorides..who by his green Remedies observing some Diseases disappearing, made no doubt of ascribing their Cure to 'em, and as boldly to hand the Probatums to succeeding Ages. ?1714 E. Ward Whole Pleasures of Matrimony vii. 112 The Advice of two or three experienced Persons, and their Reciept's and Probatums, may be of more Value sometimes, than that of the whole College of Physicians. 2. a. Approval, recommendation. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > [noun] willOE allowancec1400 acceptationa1425 allowing1435 approof1439 approving1523 comprobation1529 owning1535 approbation1548 good liking?1560 suffrage1563 acceptance1569 liking1569 pleasure1569 allowment1570 approvance1592 probatum1606 approvement1615 sufferage1622 the light of a person's countenance1649 reception1660 receivedness1661 imprimatur1672 approval1690 sanction1738 go-down1753 rubber stamping1920 1606 T. Palmer Ess. Meanes to make Trauailes more Profitable ii. 68 Hence the Italians and French haue gotten probatum of their humilious phrases and kind complements of kissing their hands; the Spaniardes of humbly kissing the hands of those they respect and conuerse with. 1708 O. Dykes Moral Reflexions Eng. Prov. 203 It has every one's Probatum to't. 1741 I. Watts Improvem. Mind i. xvii. 268 He..recommended it to all his Friends, since he could set his Probatum to it for seventeen Years. b. As a formula of recommendation (short for probatum est): ‘it has been proved or tested’. ΚΠ a1640 P. Massinger & J. Fletcher Very Woman iii. i. 46 in P. Massinger 3 New Playes (1655) Feed him with Frogs, probatum. 1652 J. B. Faire in Spittle Fields 7 Her's my last work, Catastrophe Magnatum, And her's Receits are sealed with Probatum. 3. A proof or demonstration. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > proof, demonstration > [noun] > instance of evidence1385 monstrationc1550 probatum1613 1613 T. Jackson Eternall Truth Script. i. xxxi. §7 His people might have a probatum of it either in themselves or others. 1627 R. Sanderson Serm. I. 275 A good probatum of that observation of Solomon, ‘When a mans ways please the Lord, He maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.’ B. adj. Proved, tested. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > endeavour > trial or experiment > trial, test, or testing > [adjective] > tried or tested yfondedOE triedc1412 assayed1440 proved1587 probatum1600 tested1748 1600 S. Rowlands Letting of Humors Blood sig. D6v This is probatum, and it hath bin tride. 1616 J. Bullokar Eng. Expositor Probatum, proued, tryed. a1625 J. Fletcher Bonduca (1647) ii. ii. 53 I'll swear thy back's probatum, for I have known thee leap at sixteen like a strong Stallion. ?a1626 N. Breton Pasqvils Passe in Wks. (1879) 5 Let him learne this probatum rule of me, That Trueth and Wealth do very much in law, While beggar Falshoode is not worth a straw. a1783 H. Brooke Little John & Giants (1789) iv. ii. 66 All sages in this case assure, The doctor is the datum; In love, the cause alone can cure—A recipe probatum! 1800 S. T. Coleridge tr. F. Schiller Death Wallenstein iv. ii. 130 That's probatum, Nothing can stand 'gainst that. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.adj.1594 |
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