单词 | reaffect |
释义 | † reaffectv.1 Obsolete. transitive. To form a new liking or preference for. Cf. affect v.1 4. ΚΠ 1605 E. Sandys Relation State of Relig. sig. R The Germaines..will hardly..bee brought ever to reaffect the Papacie. 1652 J. Wright tr. J.-P. Camus Nature's Paradox xii. 328 Iphigenes..seemed to re-affect the desire of Living. 1654 A. Cokayne tr. G. F. Loredano Dianea ii. 128 If I kill him, I can never hope to enjoy him, who living may become sensible of his errour, and re-affect me. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online September 2018). reaffectv.2 transitive. To affect or have an influence on once more or in return. ΚΠ a1695 J. Scott Pract. Disc. (1697) I. i. 13 The Soul being thus reaffected and incited by the bodily Passion, will more vehemently pursue or shun the Object which caused its first Motion or Affection. 1697 J. Sergeant Solid Philos. 144 Those Phantasms..which have already affected the said Seat of Knowledge..and have been re-affected by it. 1824 Medico-chirurg. Rev., & Jrnl. Med. Sci. 1822–3 (new ed.) 3 782 When the skin becomes re-affected the maniacal hallucination disappears. 1960 Ann. Assoc. Amer. Geographers 50 32 The process of purchasing land and the management of the purchased tracts for wildlife purposes generate forces which re-affect the conditions under which the process can continue. 2006 M. Albert Remembering Tomorrow xxv. 282 A magazine develops an audience who are affected and re-affected, supported and re-supported, over and over. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.11605v.2a1695 |
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