单词 | retrete |
释义 | † retretev. Obsolete. rare. 1. transitive. To reproduce, imitate. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > narration > narrate, relate, or tell [verb (transitive)] singc900 reckonOE readOE tellOE showc1175 betellc1275 i-tellec1275 rehearsec1300 record1340 accounta1387 to chase forthc1386 retretec1400 reporta1402 count?a1425 recite1448 touch?a1450 repeat1451 deliverc1454 explikec1454 renderc1460 recount1477 to show forth1498 relate1530 to set forth1530 rechec1540 reaccount1561 recitate1568 history1600 recant1603 to run througha1616 enarrate1750 narrate1754 c1400 (?c1380) Pearl 92 Fowlez þer flowen..boþe smale and grete; Bot sytole-stryng & gyternere Her reken myrþe moȝt not retrete. 2. transitive. To consider again. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > speech-making > deliver (a speech) [verb (transitive)] > deliver a discourse or lecture to > discourse upon again retrete?c1425 ?c1425 (c1380) G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Cambr. Ii.3.21) (1886) v. met. iii. 31 Hym remembryth the somme of thinges þat he with-holdeth, and axeth conseyl, and retretith [?c1400 BL Add. 10340 tretiþ; L. retractans] deepliche thinges I-seyn by-forn. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online September 2020). < |
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