单词 | sponsor |
释义 | sponsorn. 1. Ecclesiastical. One who answers for an infant at baptism; a godfather or godmother. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > [noun] > a witness, testifier witec900 witnessc950 witnessman10.. proofc1380 witnesserc1400 record1408 recorderc1425 test1528 testor1570 attestator1598 attester1598 testator1602 suffragator1606 testimoner1607 testifier1611 voucher1612 suffragant1613 testate1619 sponsor1651 testee1654 vouchee1654 adducer1681 testificator1730 circumstantiator1858 society > faith > worship > sacrament > baptism > [noun] > person undergoing > sponsor of godmothereOE godfathereOE gossip1014 spiritual parent1526 testimony1547 surety1549 undertaker1645 sponsor1651 susceptor1655 godparent1693 sponsorial1836 1651 R. Baxter Plain Script. Proof Infants Church-membership & Baptism 153 How could the Sponsors be indangered while there were Parents? 1737 Gentleman's Mag. Jan. 21/1 It is well known, that the Business of Sponsors at Baptism is in general brought to a very scandalous Pass. 1807 G. Crabbe Parish Reg. iii, in Poems 132 Here, with an Infant, joyful Sponsors come. 1850 R. I. Wilberforce Doctr. Holy Baptism (ed. 3) 103 The practice of requiring sponsors at Baptism is of ancient date. 1907 F. P. Verney & M. M. Verney Mem. Verney Family 17th Cent. (ed. 2 reissued) II. 237 When her daughter was born nothing would satisfy Lady Abdy but that Sir Ralph should stand sponsor. 2. a. One who enters into an engagement, makes a formal promise or pledge, on behalf of another; a surety. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > agreement > promise > [noun] > one who promises or vows swearerc1380 beheterc1384 behighterc1475 promiserc1475 vower1546 votary1548 avower?1555 bearer1579 obligee1590 jurora1593 vow-fellow1598 vow-maker1598 stipulator1611 votist1613 plightera1616 voter1621 obligatora1625 obliger1633 promissor1644 promisor1665 sponsor1677 pledger1768 sanctioner1846 pledgee1924 oath-keepera1973 1677 G. Miege New Dict. French & Eng. ii. sig. Zz3v/1 Sponsor, or surety that undertaketh for another. 1681 J. Scott Christian Life: Pt. I iv. 267 Our Mediator is called the Sponsor, or Surety of a better Covenant. 1741 C. Middleton Hist. Life Cicero II. viii. 197 Magius, oppressed with debts,..had been urging Marcellus, who was his sponsor for some part of them, to furnish him with money to pay the whole. 1801 Asiatic Ann. Reg. 1800 Acct. Bks. 58/1 Sponsors also are of two kinds, one for appearance, the other for payment. 1864 D. G. Mitchell Seven Stories 107 I found it requisite..to become sponsor for his good conduct. 1880 J. Muirhead tr. Gaius Institutes iii. 220 The positions of sponsor and fidepromissor are much the same. 1880 J. Muirhead Inst. of Gaius & Rules of Ulpian Digest 535 All..who failed..to relieve sponsors (sureties) who had paid for them. b. One who stood surety for the appearance and good faith of either party in a trial by combat. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > trying or hearing of cause > [noun] > trial > trial by combat > one who stood surety for party in sponsor1825 1825 W. Scott Talisman xv, in Tales Crusaders IV. 326 The sponsors of both champions went, as was their duty, to see that they were duly armed, and prepared for combat. 1825 W. Scott Talisman xv, in Tales Crusaders IV. 336 The sponsors, heralds, and squires, now retired to the barriers. 3. transferred. Of things (after sense 1 or 2). ΚΠ 1846 W. S. Landor Hellenics in Wks. II. 486 We are what suns and winds and waters make us; The mountains are our sponsors. 1870 R. W. Emerson Society & Solitude 134 All the good days behind him are sponsors, who speak for him. 1889 F. E. Gretton Memory's Harkback 233 In Essex, especially, the aguish climate stood sponsor for the absence of clerics as a rule. 4. One who pays, or contributes towards, the cost of a broadcast programme or other spectacle, spec. in return for commercial advertisement. ΘΚΠ society > communication > broadcasting > putting on or producing broadcast > [noun] > people involved in putting on broadcast script clerk1867 editor1881 programme builder1898 narrowcaster1930 story editor1930 sponsor1931 programme controller1934 scripter1936 lighting1956 producer1961 outside broadcaster1971 sound1972 programmer1978 1931 P. Dixon Radio Writing 18 The sponsor wants a dramatic type of program and is willing to spend one thousand dollars a week for the program. 1931 F. A. Arnold Broadcast Advertising x. 70 The sponsor or advertiser. 1953 Manch. Guardian Weekly 2 July 15/2 United States broadcasting started as a service of information and entertainment for the family accompanied by restrained acknowledgements to the sponsor before and after each programme. 1956 W. H. Auden & C. Kallman Magic Flute (1957) 57 To name a sponsor or to praise a brand. 1972 ‘E. Lathen’ Murder without Icing (1973) vii. 67 It is axiomatic in all sports coverage that the sponsor's time should never intrude on the action. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2022). sponsorv. 1. transitive. a. To be surety for, to favour or support strongly. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > support > support or encouragement > support or encourage [verb (transitive)] shoveOE to hold with (arch. of, on, for)1154 favour1362 abetc1380 sustainc1390 supportc1405 courage1470 comfort1481 friend1550 through-bear1554 countenance1568 foster1569 favourize1585 seconda1586 sidea1601 rally1624 feed1626 countenance1654 encourage1668 inserve1683 to go strong on1822 partake1861 sponsor1884 to hold a brief for1888 root1889 rah-rah1940 affirm1970 babysit1973 barrack- 1884 Liverpool Mercury 6 June 5/8 The eldest daughter, who has ever sponsored her father's cause. 1888 Standard 24 Feb. 5/1 The Company is to be most powerfully sponsored. b. To promote and support (a resolution, bill, etc.), esp. in a legislative assembly. ΘΚΠ society > law > legislation > make (laws) or establish as law [verb (transitive)] > secure or promote passage of bill promote1721 pilot1824 sponsor1961 1961 Time 14 July 25/3 The U.A.R. forthwith sponsored a Security Council resolution. 1964 Ann. Reg. 1963 iii. ii. 152 Virtually the same resolution as had been vetoed in the Security Council was sponsored in the General Assembly by 44 nations. 1973 Daily Tel. 19 Nov. 3/3 Sir Gerald Nabarro..successfully sponsored legislation on clean air, coroners, oil burners, and thermal insulation. 2. To pay, or contribute towards, the expenses of a radio or television programme, a performance or other event or work, spec. in return for advertising space or rights. ΘΚΠ society > communication > broadcasting > putting on or producing broadcast > put on or produce broadcast [verb (transitive)] > sponsor sponsor1931 1931 F. A. Arnold Fourth Dimension x. 78 The travelogue type of program, sponsored by a tourist agency or a steamship company. 1931 P. Dixon Radio Writing 25 When an advertiser decides that the program's worth sponsoring. 1963 Amer. Notes & Queries 1 67/1 Ohio State University and its Press deserve great credit for sponsoring the work through the English Department, the University Libraries, and the Graduate School. 1976 Jrnl. Royal Soc. Arts June 364/2 But a lot of them are sponsoring these concerts now, which are being broadcast regularly with the names of the sponsors. 3. To support (someone) in a fund-raising activity by pledging a certain sum for each unit completed. Cf. sponsored adj. 2. ΚΠ 1967 Oxfam News Jan. 2/3 Over £35,000 was raised by young people..sponsored by friends at a penny a mile or more. 1967 Oxfam News June 6/2 Marathon marches..are a big money-spinner... Everyone who walks collects threepence per completed mile from a friend who has sponsored them. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1651v.1884 |
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