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单词 rebeck
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rebeckn.1

Forms: late Middle English rebek, late Middle English rebekk, late Middle English rebekke.
Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Perhaps a borrowing from French. Perhaps from a proper name. Etymons: rebec n.; Middle French rebéquer; proper name Rebecca.
Etymology: Origin uncertain; perhaps a transferred use of rebec n., as is suggested by the parallel with ribibe n. 1 which occurs in the same text. Alternatively, perhaps related to Middle French rebéquer rebeck n.2, or perhaps a pun on the name Rebecca, in allusion to Genesis 24–27 (compare Rebecca n., Rebekah n.).
derogatory. Obsolete. rare.
An abusive name for: an old woman.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > inferior person > [noun] > as abused > female > old
viritratec1386
rebeckc1405
ribibec1405
c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Friar's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 273 Here woneth an old rebekke [a1485 Rylands altered from wyfe; c1415 Lansd. rebek] That hadde almoost as leef to lese hir nekke As for to yeue a peny of hir good.
c1460 (c1390) G. Chaucer Friar's Tale (Northumberland) l. 1377 Rebekk [c1405 Hengwrt This Somnour euere waityng..For to somne an old wydewe, a Ribibe, Feynynge a cause for he wolde brybe].
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

rebeckn.2

Forms: 1600s rebecke.
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French rebéquer.
Etymology: < French rebéquer to rebel, to respond angrily or insolently (c1330 in Middle French as resbequier ) < ré- re- prefix + bec beak n.1
Obsolete. rare.
Resistance.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > [noun] > opposition or resistance
witherOE
wiþerstrencþc1175
withstanding1303
resistancea1325
gainstandinga1340
withsetting1340
resistencec1390
again-standingc1400
resisting1436
repugnance?a1439
gainstandc1470
disstandingc1485
against-standinga1500
repugnancya1500
resist1535
objection1543
reluctation1593
resistment1605
rebeck1609
reluctance1609
reluctancy1613
obluctation1615
redaction1621
resistencya1623
obstrigillation1623
resistal1631
resistancy1656
recalcitration1658
stemc1700
calcitration1867
push-back1984
1609 Bp. W. Barlow Answer Catholike English-man 199 Generous mindes yeeld where they find a relenting passage; rebecke by opposition prouokes to wrath.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

rebeckv.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: re- prefix, beck v.
Etymology: < re- prefix + beck v.
Obsolete. rare.
transitive. To beckon back, to recall.
ΚΠ
1607 T. Heywood Woman Kilde with Kindnesse sig. B2v Now she hath ceazd the Fowle, and gins to plume hir Rebeck her not, rather stand stil and checke her.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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