单词 | protested |
释义 | protestedadj. 1. Solemnly asserted; publicly declared. ΚΠ 1584 J. Lyly Alexander, Campaspe, & Diogenes iv. iv. sig. E2v The sweete thoughtes, the sure hopes, thy protested faith, will cause me to embrace thy shadow continuallye in mine armes. 1592 R. Greene Philomela sig. C2v For doubt of her reuenging husband, and thy protested enemie. 1599 E. Ford Parismenos v. sig. E2 Nor violate my protested loyaltie in any vndutifull respect. 1605 J. Marston Dutch Courtezan iv. i And don all the offices of protested gallantrie for your sake. a1640 J. Fletcher & P. Massinger Little French Lawyer i. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. H2/2 Thou wouldst not willingly, Live a protested coward, or be call'd one? 1704 W. M. Female Wits iii. 45 Whilst my Ears devour your protested Love, my Heart dances to the Musick of your Vows. 1740 A. Brown Fatal Retirement iv. 49 The vow'd Affection! The protested Love! Which took such hold of my believing Heart. 1845 J. H. Ingraham Montezuma vii. 53 She had suspected his ambitious interests rather than his protested love, had most weight with him in suing for her hand. 1942 G. Liddell Diary 26 Apr. (2005) I. 248 Possibly his protested hatred of Nazism was genuine but in time of war his loyalty to Germany and to his military caste became paramount. 2001 J. O'Neill Essaying Montaigne iii. 65 The Essays continued to clothe him so appealingly that Montaigne could never recover his protested nudity and originality. 2. a. That has been refused or objected to; spec. (of a negotiable instrument) formally recorded as not paid or not accepted (see protest v. 4a). Also: †given under protest (obsolete). ΚΠ 1622 G. de Malynes Consuetudo iii. vii. 404 He receiueth at Amsterdam one hundreth seuentie foure pounds and foure shillings for the payment of this Protested Bill. 1700 T. Tryon Lett. xxxiii. 192 That miserable Consumptive Life, I may say you labour under, as being filled with great Debts, perplexing Accompts, protested Bills of Exchange, at Ten per Cent. loss. 1773 J. Johnson Let. 17 May in J. Johnson's Letterbk. (1979) 76 I now forward you..two protested bills amounting with charges to £63:3:9. 1849 W. M. Thackeray On Friendship in Wks. (1900) VI. 626 I will disown you, and cut you off with a protested shilling. 1864 O. W. Holmes Banker's Secret in Poet. Wks. (1895) 310 The moral market had the usual chills Of Virtue suffering from protested bills. 1896 K. Prescott Wormeley tr. H. de Balzac Lost Illusions ii. iii. 229 It was now in the following manner legally declared impossible to obtain payment of the protested note from Lucien. 1913 Fort Wayne (Indiana) Daily News 18 Aug. 16/5 The complaint is on a note and a protested check, with a demand for $1,200. 1984 D. B. Rutman & A. H. Rutman Place in Time v. 140 He had been in and out of trouble, the most recent involving a suit with Wortham over a protested bill. b. Chiefly U.S. Protested against; challenged, contested. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > competition or rivalry > challenge or challenging > [adjective] challenging1842 protested1895 1895 G. Hamilton Biogr. James G. Blaine xvii. 589 Leaving out the protested vote of the cities of New York and Brooklyn, Mr. Blaine had a majority of more than 400,000. 1915 C. M. Seymour Electoral Reform Eng. & Wales vi. 139 If the protested elector did not appear at the court, his name was expunged. 1931 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 16 July 11/4 The protested decision of the commission was made a year ago. 1947 Charleston (W. Va.) Daily Mail 25 July 6/6 The proposed sale of federally-owned housing units..will be deferred pending a review of a protested policy of giving some non-veterans priority. 1993 Waterline (Hayling Island Sailing Club) Summer 9/1 Under Rule 68.2 (Informing the Protested Yacht), if during a race you are directly involved in an incident you must immediately inform the other yacht by clearly displaying your protest flag. 2003 Albuquerque (New Mexico) Jrnl. (Nexis) 10 July b1 (heading) Team finally beats Athletics after several season losses and protested victory. ΚΠ 1641 J. Milton Animadversions 35 In this age he [sc. God] hath renewed our Protestation against all those yet remaining dregs of superstition: Let us all goe every true protested Brittaine throughout the 3. Kingdoms, and render thanks to God the Father of light. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1584 |
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