单词 | raiser-up |
释义 | raiser-upn. Now rare. A person who raises someone or something up, in various senses; (in later use esp.) a helper, rescuer, or restorer. Usually with of. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > raising > [noun] > one who higherOE raiser-upa1400 exalter1471 relevator1865 the mind > mental capacity > belief > suggestion, proposal > [noun] > one who suggests > as matter for consideration putter forth1492 preferrer1536 proposer1566 raiser-up1580 broacher1587 mooter1799 vendera1817 society > education > upbringing > [noun] > one who brings up nurshera1382 rearera1382 nurrya1387 nutrix?a1475 bringer up1529 nurturer1542 breedera1568 upbringerc1598 raiser-up1879 primary caretaker1914 motherer1974 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) 16704 Heil þou temple caster doun..And reiser [c1460 Laud reysar] vp. 1561 T. Becon Pomaunder of Prayer 68 The releeuer and raiser vp of them that slide. 1566 W. Painter Palace of Pleasure I. f. 26 v The Raisers vp of heauenly loue, emonges the humaine kinde. 1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong Resusciteur de proces vuidez, a raiser vp of matters alredy decided and iudged. 1653 J. Ford Queen iv. sig. D4v/1 Gallants! Out upon 'em, 'tis your tough clown is your only raiser up of man or woman. 1686 A. Touchet Hist. Coll. 8 The defence of his holy Faith against this raiser up of old condemned Errors. 1736 J. Besse Full Answer Country Parson's Plea iv. 62 Pope Adrian the 6th, wrote a railing Letter..against Martin Luther, charging him of being a Raiser up of old damnable Heresies. 1785 S. J. Pratt School for Vanity ii, in Misc. II. 204 The raiser up of my fortunes from the dust. 1824 H. Cole tr. M. Luther Select Wks. I. 279 He is no caster down of the afflicted, but a raiser up of those that are fallen. 1879 M. E. Braddon Vixen III. 89 She had been..the raiser-up of many a sickly child. 1900 W. S. Watson tr. in Amer. Jrnl. Semitic Langs. & Lit. 16 237 The father of orphans and support of widows, the raiser up of the falling and confirmer of the standing. 1967 Classical Philol. 62 245/2 There is perhaps some question..whether the suppliants promised good behavior or the raisers-up [of the suppliants] promised not to harm them. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1400 |
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