单词 | adaunt |
释义 | † adauntv. Obsolete. 1. transitive. To reduce (a person, an enemy, etc.) to submission; to prevail over, conquer; (also in extended use) to overcome, subdue. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > subjecting or subjugation > subject [verb (transitive)] > suppress, repress, or put down nithereOE adweschOE overtreadOE quellOE to trample or tread under foot (also feet)c1175 adauntc1325 to bear downc1330 oppressc1380 repressc1391 overyoke?a1425 quencha1425 to bear overc1425 supprisec1440 overquell?c1450 farec1460 supprime1490 downbeara1500 stanch1513 undertread1525 downtread1536 suppress1537 to set one's foot on the neck of1557 depress?a1562 overbear1565 surpress1573 trample1583 repose1663 spiflicate1749 sort1815 to trample down1853 to sit on ——1915 to clamp down1924 crack down1940 tamp1959 c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) 7668 (MED) King willam adauntede þat folc of walis & made hom bere him truage. 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 167 (MED) Be þise uirtue is strang þe man ase þet ysen þet alle metals adaunteþ. c1400 (?c1380) Pearl 157 (MED) More meruayle con my dom adaunt. a1450 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Lamb.) (1887) i. l. 4527 (MED) A folet couþe he wel adaunte. ?1473 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Recuyell Hist. Troye (1894) I. lf. 8 To syght and adaunte the orguyllous serpentes. 1609 S. Daniel Civile Wares (rev. ed.) iv. xiv. 91 Wherewith, the Rebell rather was the more Incourag'd, then addaunted. a1632 T. Taylor Princ. Christian Pract. (1635) 287 Earthly judges..are..made formidable to adaunt and quell malefactors. 2. transitive. To put an end to, suppress, or extinguish (a bad or disagreeable thing, situation, or emotion). ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)] > crush, stifle, or overwhelm (feelings, etc.) shendOE whelvec1000 allayOE ofdrunkenc1175 quenchc1175 quashc1275 stanchc1315 quella1325 slockena1340 drenchc1374 vanquishc1380 stuffa1387 daunt?a1400 adauntc1400 to put downa1425 overwhelmc1425 overwhelvec1450 quatc1450 slockc1485 suppressa1500 suffocate1526 quealc1530 to trample under foot1530 repress1532 quail1533 suppress1537 infringe1543 revocate1547 whelm1553 queasom1561 knetcha1564 squench1577 restinguish1579 to keep down1581 trample1583 repel1592 accable1602 crush1610 to wrestle down?1611 chokea1616 stranglea1616 stifle1621 smother1632 overpower1646 resuppress1654 strangulate1665 instranglea1670 to choke back, down, in, out1690 to nip or crush in the bud1746 spiflicate1749 squasha1777 to get under1799 burke1835 to stamp out1851 to trample down1853 quelch1864 to sit upon ——1864 squelch1864 smash1865 garrotte1878 scotch1888 douse1916 to drive under1920 stomp1936 stultify1958 c1400 (?a1300) Kyng Alisaunder (Laud) (1952) l. 2849 (MED) Aȝeins hem þi wraþþe adaunte [a1425 Linc. Inn adant], ȝiue hem mercy, and pes hem graunte. c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) iii. l. 3930 (MED) I shal ȝour pride & surquedie adaunte. c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 37 Forto rebuke and adaunte the presumpcion of the lay persoones. 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende f. cccixv/2 For to adaunte & subdue my prowde flesshe I rose at mydnyght alle the weke long. a1500 in J. Evans & M. S. Serjeantson Eng. Mediaeval Lapidaries (1933) 105 (MED) Þis ston by himself adaunteþ wreþe of a man & makeþ him rest wel by nyȝt. 1523 J. Skelton Goodly Garlande of Laurell 1302 With mighty corrage Adaunted the rage Of a lyon savage. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < v.c1325 |
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