单词 | rect |
释义 | † rectadj. Obsolete. rare. 1. Of a grammatical relationship: direct; indicated by inflectional agreement.In quots. figurative and in figurative contexts: for a discussion see D. Pearsall Piers Plowman: C-text (1978) 78-9. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > syntax or word order > syntactic relations > [adjective] > other specific relations absolutec1400 rectc1400 included1837 exocentric1914 serial1933 c1400 (?a1387) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Huntington HM 137) (1873) C. iv. 336 (MED) Thus ys mede a [v.r. and] mercede as two manere relacions, Rect and indyrect rennynge bothe..Ac adiectif and substantyf vnite asken, Acordaunce in kynde in cas and in numbre. c1400 (?a1387) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Huntington HM 137) (1873) C. iv. 344 (MED) Knowen ich wolde What is relacion rect and indyrect after, And þanne adiectyf and substantif for englisch was it neuere. c1400 (?a1387) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Huntington HM 137) (1873) C. iv. 357 (MED) Man ys relatif rect yf he be ryht triwe; He a-cordeþ with crist in kynde..In case..In numbre. 2. a. Erect; straight. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > vertical position > [adverb] > uprightly upwardc1290 uprightsa1375 bolt uprightc1405 rect1557 uprightly1601 bolt up1638 erectly1646 up1669 1557 Earl of Surrey et al. Songes & Sonettes sig. T.iii Running my race as rect vpright: Till teares of truth appease my plight. 1636 W. Bedwell tr. P. Ramus Via Regia ad Geometriam xxii. 256* As the first rect line a o, is unto the third o e: so is the quadrate a o, unto the quadrate o i. b. figurative. Morally upright. ΚΠ 1890 E. Johnson Rise Christendom 102 A rect and good and great soul, what is this but God sojourning in the body of man? Compounds rect angle n. Mathematics (a) a right angle (cf. rectangle n. 2); (b) a product (in multiplication) (cf. rectangle n. 3). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > geometry > angle > [noun] > right angle right anglec1400 rectangle1560 quadrate1568 straight angle1601 rect angle1605 1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. ii. ii. 476 Th' acute, and the rect-Angles too, Stride not so wide as Obtuse Angles doo. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory i. 73/1 Because the Rect Angles run Bendwise Sinister, for either the one or the other way, they must go in Pally. 1691 J. Newton Compl. Arithmetician x. 47 Let there be two numbers of three denominations given, and let A F be the square or rect angle made of the greatest denomination in both numbers. 1709 V. Manday tr. J. J. Hainlin Synopsis Mathematica Universalis 731 Next after the Principal Rainbow, sometimes also another of the second sort is seen. This being the Eighth part of a rect Angle (that is 11°: 15′,) is higher. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online September 2020). rectv. rare. transitive. = erect v. (in various senses).In later use chiefly poetic and in representations of regional speech. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > vertical position > make vertical [verb (transitive)] > make upright or erect > a structure areara800 to set upa1225 to bring up1297 biga1400 seta1400 erect1417 hainc1440 rect?a1475 to fix up1569 uptower1848 society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > plastic art > statuary > [verb (transitive)] > erect a statue to set upa1225 erect1570 rect1638 ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1874) V. 153 (MED) The sepulcre..recte hit selfe [a1387 J. Trevisa tr. aroos up; L. se erexit] with the erthe, and was made an yle. 1638 T. Heywood Wise Woman ii. i, in Wks. (1874) V. 292 Mistris Mary on the Banke-side, is for recting a Figure. 1706 D. Defoe Jure Divino vii. 155 Then their Infernal Policy to show, They 'rected Dynasties of Gods below. 1953 J. M. Brewer Word on Brazos 102 Dey hab a big monument 'rected on de square to de Jaybirds for whippin' de Peckerwoods one time. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.c1400v.?a1475 |
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