单词 | sensable |
释义 | † sensableadj.1 Obsolete. rare. Able to be assessed or taxed. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > tax > taxation > [adjective] > assessed > able to be sensable?1449 assessable1766 ?1449–50 Petition in Rotuli Parl. (1767–77) V. 204/2 The pepul is forsake the Ile, so at this dai is not xv pepul sensabul. ?1449–50 Petition in Rotuli Parl. (1767–77) V. 204/2 Seyng no more stuf of Men, nor no stuf of arcerie sensabul left. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online September 2021). † sensableadj.2 Obsolete. rare. Of a figure of speech: that enhances the sense or meaning of a literary passage, rather than its sound.Apparently only in G. Puttenham. ΚΠ 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. x. 133 Your second [sort of figures] serues the conceit onely and not th'eare, and may be called sensable, not sensible nor yet sententious. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < adj.1?1449adj.21589 |
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