单词 | subdistinguish |
释义 | subdistinguishv. transitive. To distinguish (a thing or group of things) further, esp. to subdivide into further categories; to subclassify. Also occasionally intransitive. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > difference > differ from [verb (transitive)] > distinguish or differentiate to-skillc1175 disguise1340 asunderc1425 differc1450 difference1490 sort1553 distinguish1576 particularize?1593 diversify1594 subdistinguish1610 discriminate1615 severalize1645 specify1645 disresemble1651 estrange1727 discrepate1828 differentialize1833 differentiate1838 dissimilate1876 redifferentiate1970 1610 E. Bolton Elements of Armories xviii. 98 Entire, or whole Pertingents..are subdistinguished in their longitude: For they runne the longest way of their position, or not the longest. 1620 Horæ Subseciuæ 218 But for more ease..all these particulars may be subdistinguished diuersly. 1766 Compl. Farmer at Surveying These three sorts of triangles may, according to the length and proportion of their sides, be sub-distinguished into seven. 1789 T. Twining tr. Aristotle Treat. Poetry 366 The different parts of this long Episode were, again, subdistinguished by other titles. 1826 J. M. Good Bk. Nature II. i. 22 Crustaceous-winged insects..embrace all those whose wings are of a shelly or crustaceous hardness; and are sub-distinguished by the nature of their antennas as being clubbed at the end. 1839 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Oct. 457/1 A schoolmaster, sub-distinguished as an XY schoolmaster, is adjudged to come within the meaning of the law. 1853 Brownson's Q. Rev. Oct. 518 We sub-distinguish: in the sense of being deprived of a natural right, we concede it, in the sense of being deprived of a good, we deny it. 1860 Brownson's Q. Rev. July 344 The time of the creation and formation of things is declared to be in six days, respectively sub-distinguished by the evening and morning, the beginning and end of the same. 1913 D. Ainslie tr. B. Croce Philos. of Pract. ii. i. 309 We affirm in an explicit manner that the spirit, which we have seen distinguished as theoretical and practical, is sub-distinguished as practical spirit, into two forms. 1935 Amer. Jrnl. Internat. Law 29 713 Who could have thought it necessary to distinguish and subdistinguish in order to justify the legal character of an institution? 1997 Italica 74 581 Usages and meanings for each [dictionary] entry..are subdistinguished in grammatical categories. Derivatives subˈdistinguished adj. rare ΚΠ 1633 T. Adams Comm. 2 Peter (i. 16) 299 There are some sub-distinguished branches, which we referre to their owne places. 1907 T. Hughes Hist. Soc. of Jesus in N. Amer. (1908) I. iii. 238 Naturally, in the course of time, the labels fell off; and the subdistinguished species became brevetted, in common parlance, into the genus from which it sprang. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1610 |
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