单词 | adeption |
释义 | adeptionn. rare after 17th cent. The action or an act of acquiring or attaining something; (in early use) spec. the taking or inheriting of monarchical title and authority (cf. readeption n.). ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > accession or entering upon office or authority > [noun] > succession successiona1513 adeption1548 society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > right to succeed to title, position, or estate > succession > [noun] > descent by inheritance > fact of inheriting heritagea1300 patrimony1484 adeption1548 inheriting1622 1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward IV f. ccxlix Sith the adepcion of the Croune. 1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. sig. Cc4v Adeption of a Crowne, by Armes and Tytle. View more context for this quotation 1655 H. L'Estrange Reign King Charles 8 Before his adeption of the crown. 1673 R. Ferguson Enq. Moral Virtue iv. 249 All the Philosophers contend for objective helps, by which we may be excited to exert our Natural strength for the adeption of Vertue. 1675 G. Thomson Ορθο-μέθοδος ἰατρο-χυμικὴ: Direct Method curing Chymically xiii. 107 The Philosophical adeption of a Golden Sulphur out of Venus by means of a benign dissolvent. 1896 Jrnl. Soc. Arts 10 Apr. 491/2 The wine possessed such body, and other characteristics of good quality, that, with a more general adeption of skilled knowledge in production, treatment, and marketing, it must soon become more popular. 1904 G. Saintsbury Hist. Crit. III. Concl. 612 It has some gains to yield, some moments of adeption. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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