单词 | rebellion |
释义 | rebellionn.1 1. a. An organized armed resistance to an established ruler or government; an uprising, a revolt.In Scottish History the term Rebellion is specifically applied to the Jacobite risings of 1715 and 1745, and in U.S. History to the American War of Independence of 1775–83 and the Civil War of 1861–5. the Great Rebellion: the period of the English Civil War of 1642–9 and the Commonwealth government of 1649–60. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > rebelliousness > insurrection > [noun] > an insurrection uparisingc1325 rebelliona1382 risingc1390 risec1400 surrectionc1418 rebela1425 upsetc1425 insurrection1459 mutinewe?c1550 revolt1553 tumult1560 emotion1562 sedition1585 uprising1587 innovation1601 esmeute1652 turgency1660 émeute1782 outbreak1826 uprisal1871 upsurge1930 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1963) 3 Kings xi. 27 Þis þe cause of þe rebellyoun [a1425 L.V. rebelte; L. rebellionis] aȝens hym, for Salamon bijldede Mello. a1464 J. Capgrave Abbreuiacion of Cron. (Cambr. Gg.4.12) (1983) 50 He was sent be Nero to Palestyn for to withstand þe rebellion of Jewis. a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll.) 1204 I wote well that in me was nat all the stabilite of thys realme, but..I knew many rebellyons in my dayes. 1511–12 Act 3 Hen. VIII c. 17 §2 As..yf the same treasones rebellyones & oder mysdedes..hadde never be doone. 1578 J. Rolland Seuin Seages 159 Than the Romanis..That rebellioun rais for to resist. 1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet iv. v. 120 What is the cause..That thy rebellion lookes so gyant like? View more context for this quotation 1679 Kirkcudbright Town Council Rec. 15 Oct. Gabriell Hamiltoune..being alleadged to have bein at Bothwell bridge in the rebellioune ther. 1719 D. Waterland Vindic. Christ's Divinity Pref. Men..bred up (during the great Rebellion) in the Predestinarian and Antinomian Tenets. 1746 Ascanus 273 The Duke of Perth..had for some Time been suspected by the Government before the Rebellion broke out. 1777 N. Cresswell Jrnl. 264 A great deal of Peltry, Pot-Ashes and Naval stores was annually sent to England from New York before the Rebellion. 1838 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece (new ed.) II. xiv. 198 His meditated expedition had been delayed by a rebellion which broke out at Babylon. 1846 Amer. Rev. Apr. 397/1 The great Rebellion has been a sort of indistinguishable chaos, out of which Cromwell arises in huge and clearly defined proportions, only to be pelted with falsehoods and covered with scorn. 1861 H. W. Longfellow Jrnl. 29 May in S. Longfellow Life H. W. Longfellow (1886) II. xvii. 367 John Bull is not behaving well about this Rebellion. 1900 Congress. Rec. 20 Jan. 1021/1 A report on the claim of the State of Nevada for moneys advanced in aid of the suppression of the rebellion in the civil war [was referred] to the Committee on War Claims. 1951 ‘N. Shute’ Round Bend iii. 67 In Indo-China the Viet-Minh forces were engaged in a similar rebellion against French rule. 1991 J. Simpson in Observer 28 Apr. 23/1 The war and the rebellions have changed everything in Baghdad. b. As a mass noun: organized armed resistance to an established ruler or government; insurrection, insurgency. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > rebelliousness > insurrection > [noun] arising1340 rebeltyc1384 rebellion1409 rebela1425 insurrection1459 commotion1471 mutationa1513 revolting1539 mutine1560 head1597 sollevation1605 sublevation1612 liftinga1662 insurgence1863 1409 in J. Stuart & G. Burnett Exchequer Rolls Scotl. (1880) IV. ccxi To ger sic rebellioun, ryot and disobesounce be restrenyeit and stanchit. c1475 tr. C. de Pisan Livre du Corps de Policie (Cambr.) (1977) 59 (MED) The pour comons..will erre or fall in evill will of rebellion. 1542 H. Brinkelow Lamentacion sig. Cviiiv They teache sedicyon, and cause rebellyon agaynst the hygher powers. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II ii. iii. 108 In grosse rebellion and detested treason. View more context for this quotation 1642 N. Homes Peasants Price 75 A Parliament like to continue, The Irish tugging for a blood-shedding Religion, but not in their way: wee by Petition and Parliament, not by sword and rebellion. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xii. 36 He..from Rebellion shall derive his name, Though of Rebellion others he accuse. 1726 J. Barker Lining of Patch-work Screen 27 It [sc. the Ottoman Empire] began with Rebellion, was carry'd on with Injustice, War and Rapine, and established in a compound Religion, of Jew, Heretical Christian and Old Heathenism. 1769 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) II. xxxv. 34 The natives of Scotland are not in actual rebellion. 1788 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall (1869) II. xlvi. 717 Every province of the empire was ripe for rebellion. 1823 J. F. Cooper Pioneers II. xx. 301 Is not the law sufficient to protect itself, that armed bands must be gathered, as in rebellion and war, to see justice performed! 1857 H. T. Buckle Hist. Civilisation Eng. I. xii. 686 There can be no doubt that rebellion is the last remedy against tyranny. 1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People iv. §5. 200 A direct threat of rebellion forced him to swear compliance with its provisions. 1919 Amer. Hist. Rev. 24 627 Congress..added to the list of crimes various acts promotive of rebellion and obstructive of recruiting and the draft. 1956 W. S. Churchill Hist. Eng.-speaking Peoples II. iv. viii. 90 The whole territory was on the edge of rebellion. 1999 Financial Times (Nexis) 29 Oct. 12 Sentenced to death in absentia by a military court that found him guilty of setting up a militia and inciting rebellion. 2. a. Open or determined defiance of or resistance to any authority, controlling power, or convention; an instance of this.In early use frequently with reference to divine or spiritual authority. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > rebelliousness > [noun] > rebellion against any authority rebeltyc1384 rebellionc1400 rebela1425 revoltment1550 revolturea1650 Whiggery1826 c1400 Lawys of Schippis (Bute) c. 14 Of rebellion agayne the maystyr. a1425 J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. (1871) II. 357 (MED) Þis preiyng..conteyneþ fyve partis, þat drawun to oonhede and pees and not to rebellioun ne lordship of Anticrist. c1460 (a1449) J. Lydgate Legend St. Austin (Harl. 2255) l. 159 in Minor Poems (1911) i. 198 (MED) He was bounde by lawe..To pay his dymes, and for rebellioun I cursyd hym. a1500 (c1340) R. Rolle Psalter (Univ. Oxf. 64) (1884) ix. 6 The swerdis of oure enmy ere the rebellions of the deuel. 1552 Abp. J. Hamilton Catech. i. vi. f. 16v Without ony murmur, rebellioun or contradictioun. a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) iii. i. 215 Thy later vowes, against thy first, Is in thy selfe rebellion to thy selfe. View more context for this quotation 1664 H. More Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity 250 That notorious serpentine shape which deceived Adam and Eve and Lapsed them into rebellion. 1715 D. Defoe Family Instructor I. i. iv. 107 Contempt of Religion, and Rebellion against your Parents. 1782 W. Cowper Hope in Poems 169 His aim was mischief,..His speech rebellion against common sense. 1801 C. B. Brown Jane Talbot 205 My mother's bounty is not withheld, merely because my rebellion against her will is not completed. 1847 E. Brontë Wuthering Heights I. x. 223 The event of this evening reconciled me to God, and humanity! I had risen in angry rebellion against providence. 1885 ‘E. Garrett’ At Any Cost xiii. 235 Perhaps some rebellion against his destiny accounts for his atheism. a1902 S. Butler Way of All Flesh (1903) xxxvii. 162 The first thing that made him begin to rise against his father in a rebellion which he recognised as righteous. 1966 New Statesman 8 July 61/1 An outsiderly Old Etonian whose rebellion against the ethics of his upbringing has driven him mad. 1990 B. Bettelheim Recoll. & Refl. i. 50 Freud's rebellion was directed against those in authority who did not acknowledge him. ΚΠ c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 73 Now spere j..gif man suld haue this rebellioun and contrarietee, ane agaynis ane othir, quhen thai ar of diuers complexiouns? ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > suppuration > [noun] > a suppuration > abscess > ulcer > qualities of rebellion?1541 ?1541 R. Copland Galen's Fourth Bk. Terapeutyke sig. Div, in Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens It happeneth that some vlceres and diseases are contumacy and rebellyon to heale. Howbeit indicacyon curatyfe is nat taken of this contumacy and rebellyon [Fr. rebellion]. 3. Law (Scots Law in later use). Refusal or failure to obey a legal summons or command. Also: the fact of being regarded as a rebel or outlaw on account of (esp. repeated) failure to obey such an instruction after specific warning of the consequences of this. Cf. rebel n.1 3. Frequently in under the pain of rebellion and variants. Now historical.commission of rebellion, proclamation of rebellion: see the first element. ΘΚΠ society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > specific offences > [noun] > disobedience to or contempt of court contumacyc1425 rebellion1446 praemunire1553 contempt1652 1446 in J. Raine Hist. & Antiq. N. Durham (1852) App. 22 Þat ony of our legis..supple..þe saide patrik..Wndyr all þe hiest paynes off Rebellioun. 1473 in T. Thomson Acts Lords Auditors (1839) 30/1 Vnder the pain of rebellioun & putting of thaim to the kingis horne. 1550 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1877) 1st Ser. I. 102 Under the pane of rebellioun. 1563 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1877) 1st Ser. I. 253 To summond the witnes quhilkis wer summond of befoir..under pane of rebellioun, and putting of thame to the horne. 1607 J. Cowell Interpreter sig. Q4v/2 Commission of rebellion..is otherwise called a writte of rebellion..and it hath vse, when a man after proclamation..to present himselfe to the court by a certaine day, appeareth not. 1697 G. Dallas Syst. Stiles 289 All Goods, Gear,..that shall happen to fall..to him in any time coming during his Rebellion. 1720 T. Wood Inst. Laws Eng. (1722) iv. i. 463 If a Non est Inventus is Return'd, then an Attachment with Proclamation of Rebellion Goes against Him; and if He stands further out in Contempt, then a Commission of Rebellion may be issued. a1768 J. Erskine Inst. Law Scotl. (1773) I. ii. v. §61 All moveables belonging to the rebel [at] the time of his rebellion..fall under his single escheat, whether the rebellion proceeds on denunciation, or on conviction in a criminal trial. 1838 W. Bell Dict. Law Scotl. 819 Disobedience to the Royal command is termed civil rebellion; and denunciation on letters of horning was formerly followed with the penal consequences of actual rebellion. 1853 Dict. Sci., Lit. & Art 1033/1 Rebellion, civil, In Scottish Law, by a peculiar fiction, a debtor who disobeys a charge on letters of horning to pay or perform in terms of his obligation is accounted a rebel. 1878 W. M. Torrens Mem. Viscount Melbourne II. vii. 202 The exhumation of an obsolete process of the Court of Exchequer, termed a writ of rebellion,..caused a new excitement throughout the southern provinces of Ireland. 1926 Sc. Law Rev. Dec. 365 Letters of four forms..were superseded by letters of horning, according to which the debtor was charged to pay within a specified period under pain of rebellion. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † rebellionn.2 Obsolete. A rebel. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > rebelliousness > insurrection > [noun] > insurgent inriser1382 rebeller1398 riser1422 rebelc1425 rebelliona1460 rioter1543 revolter1576 outbreakerc1650 upriser1656 surgent1657 insurrector1667 insurrectionera1734 insurgent1766 insurrectionist1845 reb1861 insurrectionary1893 insurrecto1907 a1460 Knyghthode & Bataile (Pembr. Cambr. 243) 2014 (MED) What is this oost, aduerse, rebelliouns Presumptuous, periurious, mischevous, Heresious with circumcalliouns? 1461 J. Berney in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 241 The seyd Stapylton &c. makyn gret gaderynges of the Kynges rebelyones, lying in wayte to mordre me. ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1871) III. 247 Esdras..come from Babilon with the kynges letters, thro whom he scholde..punysche rebelliones [a1387 J. Trevisa tr. hem þat were rebel; L. contumaces]. a1500 J. Mirk's Festial (Cambr. Gg.6.16) (1981) 98 (MED) He was drevyn owte..by ane aungell..as apostata and a rebellyon [c1500 Bodl. e Mus. 180 rebilion] to God. 1543 R. Grafton Contin. in Chron. J. Hardyng f. iiii Anye manne beyng a traytoure or rebellyon hertofore to hys grace. 1546 Common Pleas Rolls (P.R.O.: CP/1129) m. 426 Thou art a rebellyon ayenst the kyng, a false knave, a rounagatt and a false noughtie prest. 1569 in Hereford Munic. MSS (transcript) (O.E.D. Archive) II. 347 He ys a Rebellyon & a traytor. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1a1382n.2a1460 |
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