单词 | purprise |
释义 | † purprisen. Obsolete. 1. The space enclosed by a given circumference or boundary; a precinct, a circuit. Also in extended use: a domain, a realm.In quot a1275: (perhaps) possessions or worldly goods. In quot. c1330: one's private domain. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > territorial jurisdiction or areas subject to > an administrative division of territory > [noun] purprisea1275 member?a1425 precinct1447 lordshipa1450 captainate1593 region1593 partiality1601 division1640 peopledom1657 convent1658 district1667 mastership1707 superintendency1798 area1849 the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > enclosing or enclosure > [noun] > an enclosed space or place > an enclosed piece of ground hawc825 towneOE purprisea1275 hainc1275 wick1301 cerne1393 firmancea1522 haining1535 haya1640 pena1640 park1658 a1275 Body & Soul (Trin. Cambr. B.14.39) l. 15 in A. S. M. Clark Seint Maregrete & Body & Soul (Ph.D. diss., Univ. of Michigan) (1972) 116 Þer [read Wer] is þi muchele prute, þi veir & þi gris, þine palefreis, þine steden, þi verre porepris [?a1300 Digby pourpre pris, a1350 Harl. purpis]? c1330 (?a1300) Guy of Warwick (Auch.) 414 (MED) Go heþen..& cum nam-more in mi purpris! a1425 (?a1400) G. Chaucer Romaunt Rose 3987 He hath not aright wrought Whanne that he sette nought his thought To kepe better the purprise [Fr. porprise]. 1481 W. Caxton tr. Myrrour of Worlde ii. xi. 91 Thenne followeth germanye..whiche conteyneth a grete pourprys toward thoccident. ?a1509 in L. T. Smith Common-place Bk. 15th Cent. (1886) 162 Ȝe schall enquere of all maner purprises and purprestures in feldys, fennys, and in comyns. 1569 E. Fenton tr. P. Boaistuau Certaine Secrete Wonders Nature f. 74 Not onely all plants and hearbes, but all other things contained within the pourprise & compasse of this visible world. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 139 It carrieth a pourprise or precinct of 3 miles compasse. 1612 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 218 Not onely the bench, but the footepace and precincts and purprise thereof ought to bee preserued without scandall and corruption. a1650 G. Boate Nat. Hist. Ireland (1726) 14 Havens which..are but very little, and of a small pourprise. 1870 J. W. Wallace Cases Supreme Court U.S. 2 301 Repudiation, in whatever garb or guise it has presented itself, within these precincts, and in this purprise, has been invariably sent away. 2. Originally Scottish. An illegal enclosure of or encroachment upon land or property; = purpresture n. 1. ΘΚΠ society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > specific offences > [noun] > illegal enclosure of land purpresturea1325 purprise1448 purprision1448 1448 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1844) I. 401 Quhar thai find perpriss [to] merke it and put in writ and charge thame to reforme it within xi dais, and forberne vnder payne of perprisioune of the king. 1531 in W. H. Turner Select. Rec. Oxf. (1880) 100 To enquere of the purpresture and purpryses wt other comen noysauns. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020). † purprisev. Obsolete. 1. intransitive. Scottish. To enclose or encroach upon land or property illegally; to commit purpresture. Also transitive. ΚΠ ?c1425 Acts Parl. Scotl. (1844) I. 338/2 Gif thar be ony purprisand in propyr or in comone of the burgh. 1485–6 Newbattle Coll. MSS (Somerville) That the tenandis..vsrurppis and purprisis aganis me..superior of this baronry of Cannathane. 1497 in G. Neilson & H. Paton Acts Lords of Council Civil Causes (1918) II. 85 Gif it beis found..that this parti has purprisit, as sade is, that it be decernit to pertene to the king. 1609 J. Skene tr. Regiam Majestatem ii. xxii. 159 He quha commits purpresture within the kings burgh, tines that quhilk he wrangouslie bigges, or purprises. c1626 H. Bisset Rolment Courtis (1920) I. 310 The quhilk purprysis and usurpis aganist me that is overlord to him of the saidis landis of D. 2. transitive. To encompass, enclose; to occupy. rare. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > [verb (transitive)] wonOE erdeOE inwonea1300 inhabitc1374 indwell1382 occupya1387 biga1400 endwellc1420 possessc1450 purprise1481 people1490 dwell1520 accompany?c1525 replenishc1540 populate1578 habit1580 inhabitate1600 tenant1635 improvec1650 manure1698 the world > space > place > presence > fact of taking up space > take up (space or a place) [verb (transitive)] hold1297 occupyc1384 purprise1481 furnishc1500 people1597 possess1604 enharbour1613 tenant1670 the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > surrounding > surround or lie around [verb (transitive)] befong971 beclipc1000 begoc1000 belieOE bestandc1000 to go about ——OE umbegangc1200 behema1250 befallc1275 berunc1275 girdc1290 bihalvena1300 umlapa1300 umlaya1300 umlouka1300 umbegoc1300 belayc1320 halsea1340 enclose1340 umbelapa1350 embracec1360 betrendc1374 circlec1374 umbecasta1375 to give about1382 environa1393 umbeclipa1395 compassa1400 encircle?a1400 enourle?a1400 umbegivea1400 umbeseta1400 umbeliec1400 umbetighc1400 enroundc1420 measurec1425 umbsteadc1450 adviron?1473 purprise1481 umbeviron1489 belta1500 girtha1500 overgirda1500 engirt15.. envirea1513 round?a1513 brace1513 umbereach1513 becompass1520 circuea1533 girtc1540 umbsetc1540 circule1553 encompass1555 circulate?a1560 ingyre1568 to do about1571 engird1573 circumdate1578 succinge1578 employ1579 circuate1581 girdle1582 wheel1582 circumgyre1583 enring1589 ringa1592 embail1593 enfold1596 invier1596 stem1596 circumcingle1599 ingert1599 engirdle1602 circulize1603 circumscribe1605 begirt1608 to go round1610 enwheela1616 surround1616 shingle1621 encirculize1624 circumviron1632 beround1643 orba1644 circumference1646 becircle1648 incircuitc1650 circumcinge1657 circumtend1684 besiege1686 cincture1789 zone1795 cravat1814 encincture1820 circumvent1824 begirdle1837 perambulate1863 cordon1891 1481 W. Caxton tr. Mirror of World (1913) ii. viii. 86 Thise barbaryns pourpryse [Fr. pourprennent] xl Royammes. 1481 W. Caxton tr. Siege & Conqueste Jerusalem (1893) cc. 292 There they lodged them, and pourprised grete space of ground. 1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan Bk. Fayttes of Armes ii. xxxv. 153 So were the walles pourprysed [Fr. pourpris] and sette rounde aboute wyth ladders. Derivatives purprising n. [compare earlier purpresture n. 1 and slightly later purprise n. 2, purprision n.] Scottish ΚΠ 1440 Copiale Prioratus Sanctiandree (1930) 197 The said Willȝeam is oblist till ws on the hali ewangelis that he sall kepe..the said oure landis..fra purprisingis and invasionys of any man. 1510 in W. Muir Notices Rec. Dysart (1853) 1 To Compear before me or my Baillies Ane or mae..for the wrangins purprising and purprisioun comittit. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.a1275v.?c1425 |
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