单词 | abortivate |
释义 | † abortivateadj. Obsolete. rare. Imperfect, defective. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > non-possession > [adjective] > devoid of something > a quality poor?c1225 defectivea1398 imperfectc1400 spoliate?a1500 reprimate1579 abortivatea1640 manqué1773 a1640 T. Jackson Exact Coll. Wks. (1654) 3075 They were a kind of Abortivate or ill thriven Seed, no true Sons or children of Abraham. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online June 2021). † abortivatev. Obsolete. rare. transitive. To make abortive or fruitless. Cf. abortive v. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > productiveness > unproductiveness > render unproductive [verb (transitive)] salta1586 abortive1615 abortivate1625 1625 T. Jackson Treat. Vnbeliefe conc. Deitie 64 Some Atheists may so farre abortivate, or dead the seedes of religion sowen in their soules. 1663 E. Waterhouse Fortescutus Illustratus vi. 110 Our Chancellour does most worthyly to attack the youth of our Prince with such desensatives, as may abortivate the Attempts of passion and lubricity upon him. a1680 S. Charnock Two Disc. (1699) i. 154 Men having abortivated and deadned all those reliques and natural infusions of God in their Soul, any lively Truth and Apprehensions of him proves most unsavoury. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.a1640v.1625 |
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