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单词 retractate
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retractateadj.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin retractātus, retractāre.
Etymology: < classical Latin retractātus, past participle of retractāre retract v.2
Obsolete. rare.
As past participle: revised, corrected.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > literature > literary and textual criticism > textual criticism > version of text > [adjective] > revised version
revised1606
retractate1623
castigate1839
1623 F. Bacon in J. Spedding Lett. & Life (1874) VII. 429 Those works which I had formerly published..being retractate and made more perfect.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

retractatev.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin retractāt-, retractāre.
Etymology: < classical Latin retractāt-, past participial stem (see -ate suffix3) of retractāre retract v.2 Compare earlier retractation n., retract v.2In quot. 1611 with reference to the Retractationes of St Augustine (see retractation n.).
Obsolete.
transitive. To retract, revoke, disavow.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > reversal of or forsaking one's will or purpose > reverse or abandon one's purpose or intention [verb (transitive)] > recant or retract
to call againc1390
repealc1390
revokec1390
replyc1425
renounce1446
renayc1450
unsay1483
manswear1502
to let loose1530
to call back1533
recant1534
retract1538
unswear1591
unwish1591
swallow1597
to take back1599
retractate1600
reclaim1615
unspeak1615
recede1655
renege1679
unnotify1738
unpronounce1745
withdraw1793
palinode1892
1600 W. Fulbecke Direct. Study Lawe vii. f. 54v But Plato being after better aduised did retractate his former opinion, and laboureth to confute it.
1611 M. Smith in Bible (King James) Transl. Pref. ⁋13 The same S. Augustine was not ashamed to retractate, we might say reuoke, many things that had passed him.
1643 Copie Two Lett. by Two Friends 6 Had the Doctor perused the paper exhibited in the late Treatie..he would not have challenged us of any obtrusion or antichristian usurpation,..but this he and his fellow did retractate.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online September 2020).
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