单词 | retractate |
释义 | † retractateadj. 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. 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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