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单词 resplendour
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resplendourresplendorn.

Brit. /rᵻˈsplɛndə/, U.S. /rəˈsplɛndər/, /riˈsplɛndər/
Forms: late Middle English resplenduer, late Middle English–1600s 1800s– resplendour, 1600s 1900s– resplendor.
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French resplendour, resplendeur.
Etymology: < Anglo-Norman resplendur, resplendor, resplendour, Anglo-Norman and Middle French resplendeur (12th cent. in Anglo-Norman and Old French) < resplendre resplend v. + -ur , -our -our suffix, probably after classical Latin splendor splendour n. (which the French word and its Romance cognates frequently render as a translation equivalent). Compare Old Occitan resplandor (12th cent.), Catalan resplendor (13th cent.), Spanish resplendor (13th cent.), Portuguese resplendor (14th cent.), Italian risplendore , †resplendore , †resplandore (a1306). Compare resplendishure n., resplendence n., and also splendour n.
Now rare.
Splendour, brightness; resplendence. Also: an instance of this.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > light > intensity of light > [noun] > brilliance
alightingeOE
cleretea1340
blasenessa1398
clarityc1400
splendourc1450
resplendishure?1473
resplendour?1473
resplendence?a1475
resplendishing1479
flamingc1540
blazing1563
blaze1586
fulgence1592
fulgoura1600
resplendency1599
splendence1604
nitor1607
refulgence1624
refulgency?1624
fulgurea1634
fulgency1643
fulgidity1656
lucency1656
transplendency1664
vividness1668
brillant1676
shiningness1703
fulgurity1721
vivacity1735
brilliancy1747
brilliance1755
flame1800
éclata1806
vividity1813
prefulgence1892
?1473 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Recuyell Hist. Troye (1894) I. lf. 29v He began to studye how and what maner he myghte enhaunce the resplendour of his felicite.
1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende f. ccccxxijv/1 In resplendour or lyghte of alle good veertues [sic].
1575 J. Rolland Treat. Court Venus ii. f. 27v Of phebus the..resplendour Refreschit him.
1582 N. Lichefield tr. F. L. de Castanheda 1st Bk. Hist. Discouerie E. Indias i. f. 79v Out of it there came such a resplendour or brightnes, that it blinded mens eyes.
1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue ii. 2 Reaching forth such a Resplendour and fullnesse of light unto us.
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica vi. xi. 332 This grace say they, discoverable outwardly, is the resplendor and Raye of some interior and invisible Beauty. View more context for this quotation
1842 Metrop. Mag. 35 310 ‘Too wise ever to have dealings with thee!’ exclaimed Godfrey, with a face of most vermilion resplendour.
1876 J. Spence Intercessory Prayer of our Lord xv. 285 What avails all that men see in the grandeur, variety, and re-splendour of creation, if they read not the name of God there?
1921 tr. S. A. Lillo in Poet Lore 32 408 The constant and serene Resplendor of a diamond which shines out In the rich setting of its dusky depth.
1999 New Criterion (Nexis) 1 Nov. 77 He..never praised anyone or anything unequivocally, as if it might detract from the resplendor of his intelligence.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

resplendourv.1

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: resplendour n.
Etymology: < resplendour n.
Obsolete. rare.
transitive. To make resplendent.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > light > intensity of light > [verb (transitive)] > brighten
brightOE
polisha1382
schirka1400
sheerc1400
esclarish1546
brighten1567
to set up1588
undarken1598
embright1605
embrighten1610
resplendour1632
undarka1644
elucidate1675
vivify1791
1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. x. 500 Soiles so abundant in all things, fit to illustrate greatnesse, Resplendour Gentry, and succour Commons.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

resplendourresplendorv.2

Brit. /ˌriːˈsplɛndə/, U.S. /riˈsplɛndər/
Forms: see re- prefix and splendour v.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: re- prefix, splendour v.
Etymology: < re- prefix + splendour v.
rare.
transitive. To reinvest (something) with splendour; to make (something) splendid again.
ΚΠ
1872 C. G. Leland Music-lesson of Confucius 7 They are coming in glory again to resplendour the world, The gods whom we thought were long-perished.
1877 S. M. Hagerman Greenwood 105 Thou shalt come up, of God Resplendored, and recrowned, and brightly born, As on thy birthnight.
1972 L. W. Snow China on Stage 4 Peking opera..resurged—renewed and resplendored after wartime wear and tear.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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