单词 | ranken |
释义 | † rankenv. Obsolete. transitive. To make rank (rank adj. 13a); to fertilize (literal and figurative). ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > corruption or putridness > make corrupt or putrid [verb (transitive)] corrump1340 corruptc1384 putrefya1400 fadec1400 rotc1405 corrup1483 rotten1569 attaint1573 carrionize1593 putrefact1598 ranken1599 decay1626 wrox1649 the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > cause bad condition in [verb (transitive)] > cause to rot or putrefy corrump1340 corruptc1384 putrefya1400 fadec1400 rotc1405 rotten1569 carrionize1593 putrefact1598 ranken1599 decay1626 wrox1649 ret1846 1599 R. Gardiner Profitable Instr. Kitchin Gardens sig. B3v When all the parings and weedings all the whole yeere is well rotten, then it will be very fine and good earth to make levell or plaine any part of the Garden and is very good to rancken the Garden in wante of other mucke. 1614 C. Brooke Ghost Richard III iii. xxix. sig. K1v My barren Heart..ranckned with Sinns Ayre..brought Thornes of sharp despaire. 1651 R. Baxter Plain Script. Proof Infants Church-membership & Baptism 135 To dispatch men out of the world..and to ranken Church-Yards. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < v.1599 |
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