单词 | sembling |
释义 | semblingn.2 1. gen. The action of the verb. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > [noun] > assembling of people or animals semblinga1300 assembly1413 mustering1440 assemblancec1485 routing1513 assembling1611 congregating1649 assemblationa1734 trooping1809 a1300 Havelok 1018 Þere was sembling i-now! a1400–50 Wars Alex. 769 Þe same day at was sett þe sembling of bathe. c1420 Anturs of Arth. 661 With owttene more lettynge, Was dighte there thiere semblynge. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 452/2 Semlynge, or metynge to-geder, concursus. 2. Entomology. The coming together of a male and a female moth; spec. a method of trapping male moths by using a captive female to attract them. ΚΠ 1748 J. Dutfield New Nat. Hist. Eng. Moths & Butterflies s.v. Emperor Moth. What is called Symbolling, or, the Coming together, is particularly observable of this Species. 1894 Science 23 Mar. 156/2 The sembling of a large native moth. 1924 Contemp. Rev. Sept. 364 Collectors of lepidoptera have long known the trick of ‘sembling’ to obtain a large series of males of certain moths. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2020). † semblingadj. Obsolete. 1. That feigns or simulates. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > [adjective] > engaged in pretence pretense1395 would-be?c1400 fictive1493 counterfeitc1515 feigningc1540 sembling1568 personating1612 shamming1682 gammoning1817 possum playing1856 simulating1875 1568 Newe Comedie Iacob & Esau v. iv. sig. F.ivv Ah hypocrite, ah hedgecreeper, ah sembling wretche. ?a1600 ( R. Sempill Legend Bischop St. Androis in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xlv. 384 They knew him for a sembling baird. 1612 T. Taylor Αρχὴν Ἁπάντων: Comm. Epist. Paul to Titus i. 16 Counterfeit and sembling professors. 1642 S. W. Parl. Vindic. Answer Prince Ruperts Declar. 3 In this not sembling but suffering age. 2. That depicts or represents. ΘΚΠ society > communication > representation > [adjective] representing1577 representative1589 umbratical1633 presentative1642 representatory1693 sembling1706 expressive1713 representational1850 1706 M. Prior Ode to Queen xxviii Where sembling Art may carve the fair Effect. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2019). > as lemmasˈsembling ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > similarity > [noun] anlikenessOE ylikenessOE likenessa1250 likeliheada1393 resemblancea1393 likeliness?a1425 similitudec1425 semblingc1440 alikenessc1450 assemblance1485 agreement1495 likelihood1495 agreeance1525 analogy1542 simility1543 semblablenessc1550 semblance1576 nearness1577 vicinity1594 simile1604 assimilation1605 consimilitude1610 parity1612 bly1615 similarity1615 connaturality1621 similiancy1622 connaturalnessa1628 reasemblance1638 consimilarity1658 similariness1669 similarness1670 consimility1680 kindredship1733 family likeness1759 family resemblance1785 cognateness1816 feel1892 c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 452/2 Semlynge, or lykenesse, assimilacio. 1567 Gude & Godlie B. 235 To thair sembling tak gude sicht, How that thay pas away sa bair. < n.2a1300adj.1568 as lemmas |
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