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单词 root-walt
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root-waltv.

Brit. /ˈruːtwɔːlt/, /ˈruːtwɒlt/, U.S. /ˈrutˌwɔlt/, /ˈrutˌwɑlt/, /ˈrʊtˌwɔlt/, /ˈrʊtˌwɑlt/
Forms: see root n.1 and walt v.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: root n.1, walt v.
Etymology: < root n.1 + walt v. Compare root-welt v.
Now rare (chiefly English regional (west midlands) in later use).
transitive. To overturn (a tree or other plant) by the roots; to uproot. Earliest in figurative use.
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the world > space > place > removal or displacement > extraction > extract [verb (transitive)] > root out or up
louka1000
morec1325
roota1387
unroot?a1425
stubc1450
roota1500
rid?1529
root-walt?1530
subplant1547
supplant1549
root?1550
grub1558
eradicate1564
to stump up1599
deracinate1609
uproot1695
aberuncate1731
eracinate1739
rootle1795
disroot1800
piggle1847
?1530 R. Whitford Werke for Housholders sig. Diiiv The curse of the parentes doth eradicate and rotewalt and vtterly distroy both.
1879 G. F. Jackson Shropshire Word-bk. at Root-wouted The wīnde's broke a lot o' trees i' the park, an' root-wouted some o' them big elms.

Derivatives

ˈroot-walted adj.
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1885 R. Holland Gloss. Words County of Chester (1886) 291 A tree pulled up by the roots is called root-warted, in contradistinction to one that is cut or sawn down.
1911 Golden Bk. Wanamaker Stores i. iv. 15 See what rough paths then led to this place,—mere root-warted makeshifts for roads.
1954 Countryman 49 90 A plant that becomes uprooted is root wouted, and one vigorous of growth is ronk.
ˈrootwalting n. Obsolete
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1577 R. Holinshed Chron. II. 621/1 Much hurt was done..with the rootewalting of trees, aswel in woodes as in orchards.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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