单词 | sorcery |
释义 | sorceryn. 1. a. The use of magic or enchantment; the practice of magic arts; witchcraft. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > [noun] wielingeOE wielOE craftOE witchcraftOE witchdomOE telingc1230 demerlaykc1275 dweomercraeftc1275 sorcerya1300 magicc1387 maleficec1390 jugglerya1400 precination1503 witchery1546 maleficiousness1547 prestigiation?c1550 wizardry1583 magie1592 dark art1613 prestigion1635 conjurement1645 magomancy1652 wizardism1682 thaumaturgy1727 warlockry1818 witchwork1827 brujería1838 wizardship1882 trolldom1891 mojo1923 pixie dust1951 witchering1956 old religion1964 α. β. a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xxvi. 339 That may be done thrugh socery.1511–12 Act 3 Hen. VIII c. 11 Curis..in the which they..use socery and which crafte.a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 133 His mother was ane farie queyne Gottin be sossery.?1569 W. Lauder Lament. in Godlie Tractate sig. Dv Now mony vsis Sosserie.a1300 Cursor Mundi 29255 Crists enemy, þat wiche-craft or sorceri Dos wit ani halud thing. c1386 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale ⁋340 If he were al refreynit by siknes, or by malefice of sorserye. a1400 K. Alis. (Laud) 478 Þat ilk niȝth, Neptenabus Made so stronge sorcerye. 1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur ii. iii. 79 By enchauntement and sorssery she hath ben the destroyer of many good knyghtes. a1500 ( J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. (Rawl.) (1898) 199 He..beleuyd swenys and sorsrie. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward IV f. ccxxxixv A seruaunt of the Dukes was sodainly accused..of poysonyng, sorcery, or inchauntment. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) ii. i. 15 To quittance their deceite, Contriu'd by Art, and balefull Sorcerie . View more context for this quotation 1628 E. Coke 1st Pt. Inst. Lawes Eng. iii. vi A man was taken in Southwark..with a Book of Sorcery in his Male and was brought into the Kings-Bench. 1844 R. W. Emerson Tantalus in Wks. (1906) III. 322 Alas! the same sorcery has spoiled his skill; no syllable can he shape on his lips. 1878 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. (ed. 2) III. xviii. 90 The queen dowager was accused..of an attempt to destroy the king by sorcery. b. plural. Separate forms or instances of this. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > [noun] > act(s) of wielOE witchcraftsOE telingc1230 sorceries1357 witcheries1573 witchering1818 1357 Lay Folks Catech. (1901) 34 Al mawmetries, Al fals enchaunmentez, and al sorceries. 1542–3 Act 34 & 35 Hen. VIII c. 8 The advoyding of sorceryes, witchecrafte, and other inconveniencies. 1584 R. Scot Discouerie Witchcraft xii. xviii. 267 Thereby Vlysses escaped Circes hir sorceries, and inchantments. 1648 Bp. J. Wilkins Math. Magick ii. vii. 201 Simon Magus was eminent for miraculous sorceries. 1671 in F. P. Verney & M. M. Verney Mem. Verney Family 17th Cent. (1907) II. 279 Whether she uses any manner of charmes, sorceries, or magic whatever. a1771 T. Gray Agrippina in Poems (1775) 134 Sorceries, Assassinations, poisonings. 2. transferred and figurative. ΚΠ 1576 A. Fleming tr. Isocrates in Panoplie Epist. 156 I am not surprised with the incantations and sorceries of vaine glorie. 1592 T. Nashe Pierce Penilesse (Brit. Libr. copy) sig. D4 What drugs, what sorceries, what oyles,..doo our curious Dames vse to enlarge their wythered beauties? 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 566 Vain wisdom all, and false Philosophie: Yet with a pleasing sorcerie could charm Pain for a while. View more context for this quotation 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. II. iii. vi. 189 It is possible, the greatness of this man,..might, with most legitimate sorcery, fascinate the volatile Queen. 1880 ‘Ouida’ Moths III. 262 Personal beauty is a rare sorcery. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.a1300 |
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