单词 | put-case |
释义 | † put-casen. Obsolete. 1. A supposition, a hypothesis. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > speculation > hypothesis > [noun] > forming of put-case1565 salving1575 case-putting1645 hypothetic1890 1565 J. Jewel Def. Apol. Churche Eng. iv. ix. §3 What a foolishe putcase, and what a fond whatif is that, to saie, What if a Pirate inuade the Arke of Noe? 1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. II. iii. ii. sig. Cc.iv/1 They with their..innumerable Perchaunces and Put cases do make the treatise of restitution so tedious. 2. A person skilled in putting or arguing hypothetical cases. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > speculation > hypothesis > [noun] > one who forms a hypothesis put-case1590 hypothesist1788 putter1823 hypothesizer1833 hypothetist1852 hypothetizer1891 1590 R. Harvey Plaine Percevall Ep. Ded. sig. A3 I know a man is a man, though he haue but a hose on his head..but the greatest quarrellers meet often with their ouer-match. Putcase thou hadst a good cause. 1592 Petition Ciuill Dissention 74 If that be graunted, why may not I be a Put-case, and say as followeth: [etc.]. 1742 R. North & M. North Life F. North 16 He used to say that no Man cou'd be a good Lawyer that was not a Put-Case. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1565 |
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