单词 | propinquate |
释义 | † propinquateadj. Obsolete. rare. Of a cause: proximate, immediate. Cf. propinque adj. 3. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > [adjective] > of or relating to types of cause nigh1551 next1581 procatarctical1601 procatarctic1603 objective1620 defective1624 univocala1640 proximate1641 propinque1649 proxime1649 proegumene1650 proegumenal1656 con-causal1660 proegumenical1663 propinquate1665 proegumenous1676 synectical1697 proegumenic1711 proximous1724 proximal1828 synectic1869 monocausal1937 1665 J. Gadbury London's Deliv. Predicted Concl. 40 The shutting up of People in a time of Sickness..is no small propinquate cause..of the increase of the Contagion. 1683 J. Gadbury in G. Wharton Wks. sig. A4 Aptly..distinguished into Causes Remote, and Propinquate. 1789 E. Sibly Culpeper's Eng. Physician Pref. p. ix There is no doubt but the remote, as well as the propinquate causes of things, ought seriously to be investigated both by philosophers and physicians. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2020). propinquatev. rare. intransitive. To approach, draw near. Also: to have the effect of making something appear close. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > move towards [verb (intransitive)] comeeOE tocomeOE approachc1374 passa1375 accede1465 comprochea1500 coasta1513 aggress?1570 succeed1596 propinquate1623 proximate1623 1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Propinquate, to approach. 1789 W. Churchey Poems & Imitations Brit. Poets 21 Pure white can draw an object near as thought,..With black it seems at hand, without remote, And black alone propinquates above all. 1977 R. Millar Time of Cherries ii. 11 After failure to find a second beacon to give a cross-bearing I decided to hold on to our present course to see what propinquated. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1665v.1623 |
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