单词 | refuser |
释义 | refusern. 1. A person who refuses (to do) something; (also) spec. a recusant; = recusant n. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > refusal > [noun] > one who refuses refuser1474 nay-sayer1552 declinator1606 decliner1639 no man1930 society > faith > aspects of faith > nonconformity > recusancy > [noun] > person recusant1552 refusant1581 refuser1610 1474–5 Rolls of Parl.: Edward IV (Electronic ed.) Parl. Oct. 1472 3rd Roll §7. m. 30 If any persone or persones refuse to receyve any of the foresaid sommes..the same refuser to make fyne and raunson to your highnes. 1491 in Rec. Parl. Scotl. to 1707 (2007) 1491/4/16 And quha sa dois in the contrare..the refusare sall tyne the penny be him refusit. 1550 Reg. Privy Council Scotl. I. 106 The disobearis and refusaris of the said mony. 1567 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1877) 1st Ser. I. 535 The refusaris and contravenaris to be secludit fra the bosum of the Kirk. 1610 J. Donne Pseudo-martyr viii. 246 Drawing scandall vpon the whole cause, and afflictions vpon euery particular Refuser. 1687 King James II in J. R. Bloxham Magdalen Coll. & James II (1886) (modernized text) 211 All the Bishops in England should not excuse a refuser. 1715 R. Wodrow Corr. (1843) II. 97 To distinguish myself from the refusers upon a Jacobite lay. 1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison V. ii. 18 The requester of a favour..perhaps shews as much self in the application, as the refuser does in the denial. 1824 J. Nichols Calvinism & Armin. ii. 707 The fault is in the uncharitableness of the refusers, no less than in the error of the refused. 1864 J. Raine Priory of Hexham I. Pref. i. p. xxiii The modesty of the refuser only whetted the eagerness of the offerers. 1882 Cent. Mag. July 369/1 The world likes a good hater and refuser almost as well as it likes a good lover and acceptor, only it likes him farther off. 1934 W. E. Buckley Hartford Convent. 13 He was noted as a refuser of offices. 1970 A. MacFarlane Witchcraft in Tudor & Stuart Eng. xii. 174 A person was refused some small object and in her anger retaliated by bewitching her refuser. 2008 M. S. Thambirajah et al. Understanding School Refusal 134 The prevalence of definable mental health disorders in school refusers is quite high. 2. A horse that refuses to obey a command, esp. one that stops short at a jump. See refuse v.1 8. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > habits and actions of horse > [noun] > leap > that jumps fence > refusing > that refuses refuser1842 1842 ‘Nimrod’ Horse & Hound 273 Avoid taking the lead with hounds..with a young horse, for it may cause him to refuse a big fence..and thus become a refuser ever afterwards. 1885 M. H. Hayes Points of Horse xvi. 146 A comparatively high degree of mental..power..is apt to make him [sc. a horse] impatient of control by man. A jibber in harness, or a refuser in the hunting-field. 1910 Times 1 Feb. 15/4 Be careful not to get behind a refuser, for his bad example will have the worst effect [on a young horse]. 1977 Times 24 Feb. 11/2 Smith has had considerable success in the past with horses given up by others as confirmed refusers. 2000 Star-Ledger (Newark, New Jersey) (Nexis) 8 May (Sports section) 52 We don't want the horse to run here because he's a refuser... Would you like to bet on a horse that doesn't leave the gate? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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