单词 | putation |
释义 | † putationn. Obsolete. 1. The pruning or trimming of trees. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > [noun] > pruning or lopping shreddingc1000 putation?1440 snathing1485 loppingc1511 brushing1513 topping1513 twisting1535 pruning1548 heading1552 browsing1574 lop1575 disbranching1600 debranching1601 stocking1611 stowing1618 polling1626 supputation1656 summer pruning1669 snedding1720 shrouding1725 pollarding1794 thinning1800 brashing1950 tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) iii. 858 (MED) They beth apte vnto putacion [L. Putatio] Of bowes drye, or foule elacion. tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) xii. 50 Putacioun autumnal celebrate Is now in vynys & tre, ther nys no coold. 1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Putation, a lopping of trees. 2. The action of considering or reckoning; supposition, estimation. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > supposition, surmise > [noun] weeningc900 wenc1000 susposea1325 deeming1340 supposala1425 conjecturec1460 supposing1530 supposition1565 suppose1582 surmise1593 surmisal1641 putation1649 expectation1793 1649 W. Charleton in tr. J. B. van Helmont Ternary of Paradoxes Prolegomena sig. f3v Reason doth not generate, in the understanding, any more, then a Caliginous or spurious Cognition, which we may call a specious Putation. 1653 J. Webster Academiarum Examen To Rdr. sig. B2v Strong men, who fight not with the Plumbeous weapons of notions, Syllogism and putation, but with the steely instruments of demonstration, observation, and experimental induction. 1670 R. Baxter Life of Faith (new ed.) iii. viii. 322 It is not possible..by any putation, estimation or mis–judging whatsoever. Derivatives putationary adj. based on supposition or theory. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > speculation > hypothesis > [adjective] > based on hypothesis hypothetical1665 putationary1669 hypothetica1680 subjunctive1834 1669 W. Simpson Hydrologia Chymica 207 In a putationary and consequently deceitful philosophy. putationer n. derogatory a theorizer. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > speculation > confirmation of hypothesis, theory > [noun] > holder of theories contemplator1563 theorist1588 theorician1635 putationer1658 speculatist1693 theory man1727 theory-monger1747 theoretician1782 theorizer1792 theory-tailor1875 1658 G. Starkey Pyrotechny ii. ii. 86 A lazy Person, or a conceited Putationer. 1694 R. Franck Northern Mem. Pref. xxviii You may dedicate your Opinion to what scribling Putationer you please. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.?1440 |
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