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单词 reprime
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reprimev.1

Forms:

α. pre-1700 repreme.

β. 1800s reprime.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French repremer; Latin reprimere.
Etymology: < Middle French repremer, Middle French, French réprimer, †reprimer to contain (that which is excessive) (end of the 13th cent. in Old French), to suppress, to prevent (e.g. a violent emotion, a revolt) from developing (14th cent. in Middle French) and its etymon classical Latin reprimere repress v.1For the phonology of the α. forms compare e.g. exeme v., redeem v.
Scottish. Obsolete. rare.
transitive. To restrain, curb.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restrain [verb (transitive)]
pindeOE
steerc950
hold971
forbidc1000
withstewc1175
withholdc1200
stewa1225
crempa1250
bistintc1300
i-stillc1315
withdraw1340
entemperc1380
rebukec1380
forfenda1382
refraina1382
refrainc1390
restraina1393
restayc1400
retainc1415
to hold abackc1440
overholda1450
reclaim?c1450
revokec1450
bedwynge1480
sniba1500
repressa1525
rein1531
inhibit1535
to keep back1535
cohibit1544
reprimec1550
lithe1552
to rein up1574
check1581
embridle1583
to rein in1593
retrench1594
refrenate1599
to hold back1600
snip1601
becheck1605
sneap1611
trasha1616
supersede1645
reprimand1689
snape1691
to clap a guy on1814
to pull up1861
to pull in1893
withstrain1904
α.
c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) xvii. 122 To repreme and distroye the arrogant consait of them that glorifeis & pridis them.
a1586 Aganis Sklandrous Toungis in W. A. Craigie Maitland Folio MS (1919) i. 285 Sa gude Renoun quhilk raillaris rage repremis [MS reprevis] Advansis moir þe more Invyaris wexit.
β. 1827 W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd 8 But hoolie, Muse! reprime your haste, Descrybe mair gently a' the matter.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

reprimev.2

Brit. /ˌriːˈprʌɪm/, U.S. /riˈpraɪm/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: re- prefix, prime v.2
Etymology: < re- prefix + prime v.2
1. transitive. To prime again (in various senses of prime v.2); esp. to prepare (a firearm) for firing a second or further time (cf. prime v.2 3a).
ΘΚΠ
society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > fire (a gun) [verb (transitive)] > load or prime (a gun)
charge1541
mors1552
proine1591
prime1598
load1626
lade1633
powder1643
shot1681
reload1727
reprime1759
slug1831
cap1856
1759 J. Lindsay Voy. Coast Afr. v. 45 Before the rest of the squadron could get their guns reprim'd, M. St. Jean..was oblig'd to drop the regimental colours over the walls.
1785 J. Capper Observ. Passage to India (ed. 3) 139 The other [pistol] had flashed at the serpent and had not been reprimed.
1830 F. Marryat King's Own III. xii. 211 The guns were primed and reprimed, without the fire communicating to the powder.
1836 F. Marryat Pirate xvi, in Pirate & Three Cutters 191 Hawkhurst had reprimed his musket.
1898 J. S. Corbett Drake & Tudor Navy I. viii. 251 Drake himself seized the gunner's caliver, reprimed it and shot the leader of the natives.
1939 H. W. Thompson Body, Boots & Britches iii. 53 The Indian reprimed his gun, and they went on.
1966 S. Diamond in S. Diamond & F. G. Burke Transformation East Afr. i. 17 The civil process, grinding to a halt, had to be reprimed.
1992 M. Balfour Germany vi. 98 The problem of repriming the German economic pump could not be indefinitely deferred.
2. intransitive. To prime a person or thing again.
ΘΚΠ
society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > discharge firearms [verb (intransitive)] > load, etc.
reload1761
reprime1775
to fill powder1797
cap1856
1775 T. Walker Answer Mr. Fitzgerald's Appeal 17 While he was repriming, he again offered to refer the difference to arbitration.
1819 Times 16 Aug. 2/4 The villain, however, immediately reprimed,..and the gentleman felt the ball go close past his head.
1871 Coshocton (Ohio) Democrat 17 Oct. 1/5 Ere the Indian could reprime, he was in the tiger grasp of Walter.
1947 W. D. Edmonds In Hands of Senecas 209 He picked out the priming of his rifle for the second time and reprimed.
1964 Manitowoc (Wisconsin) Herald Times 11 Apr. 3/4 A water system that ends two common water supply problems—elimination of air and ability to reprime.
2005 J. Bortles How to paint your Motorcycle 64 Once the sanding and rework are complete on the rest of the parts, it's time to reprime.

Derivatives

reˈprimer n. a device or instrument for repriming something; esp. an instrument for repriming spent firearm cartridges.
ΘΚΠ
society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > equipment for use with firearms > [noun] > recapper or reprimer
recapper1865
recapping machine1867
reprimer1878
1878 Spirit of Times 19 Jan. 676 (advt.) Combined loader and re-primer, complete (all necessary tools for taking off old and putting in new primers and seating wads).
1964 Pop. Mech. Nov. 214/2 A shot pellet—or any other small, hard object—in the reprimer could fire a live primer.
1994 Hewlett-Packard Jrnl. (Nexis) Feb. 55 Also included is a manually selectable and manually activated reprimer that is used to clear nonfunctioning nozzles.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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