单词 | subvene |
释义 | subvenev. Originally Scottish. a. transitive. To come to the aid of; to rescue from someone or something; to uphold, maintain, support. Cf. subvent v. 1 Obsolete.rare between the 17th and 19th cent. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > aid, help, or assist [verb (transitive)] > come to the help of subvenea1525 subventa1630 a1525 J. Irland Of Penance & Confession in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1923) I. 34 Thow art oblist to subuene and helpe the persone and nocht to byde the extreme necessite. 1540–1 in J. Imrie et al. Burgh Court Bk. Selkirk (1960) 229 With power to cheis ane ourman efter thairis awin electioun to subveyne thaim geif neid beis with gud counsail. a1600 (?c1535) tr. H. Boece Hist. Scotl. (Mar Lodge) f. 389v, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue (at cited word) Quhen King Gregoure considerit the debate betuix Britouns and Scottis in Anandale, he assemblit power to subvene the samyn fra iniuris of Britouns. 1880 Daily Evening Bull. (San Francisco) 7 Dec. 4/4 The extensive..inland and ocean commerce it [sc. a canal] subvenes. 1887 Lippincott's Monthly Mag. Nov. 719 He has for years assisted the reform plans of the liberal party and subvened the victims of their opponents. b. intransitive. To come to the aid of a person or thing as a relief or remedy; to uphold or maintain someone or something. Frequently with to: to help with respect to a certain need, process, etc. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > amending > provide a remedy [verb (intransitive)] > come as a relief or remedy subvene1587 1587 in Cal. State Papers Scotl. (1915) IX. 517 Ony uthir licens of no importance that mycht subweyn to his necessite. a1600 (?c1535) tr. H. Boece Hist. Scotl. (Mar Lodge) f. 367v, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue (at cited word) Kenneth with hors men followit reddy to subvene and help at nede. 1670 Cloud Opened 41 He alone who rules the wheel of human vicissitudes, produc'd this happyer Revolution; the best of Physitians..subven'd to our distractions. 1674 R. Godfrey Var. Injuries in Physick 62 Unless a Medicine contradictory to Acidity, and the Spurious Ferment subvenes; a continual weakness if not loss of the sight is threatned. 1716 W. Tunstall tr. St Cyprian's Disc. to Donatus 24 Amidst these Terrours, what Relief is seen? What Friend to aid, what Patron to subvene? 1756 W. Warburton View Bolingbroke's Philos. (ed. 3) iv. 213 A future state must needs subvene, to prevent the whole Edifice from falling into ruin. 1843 Chemist 4 464/1 In order that the manure spread on the soil might alone subvene to vegetable nutrition. 2. transitive. To support with a subvention (subvention n. 3); to give a grant, gift, or allowance to; (now esp.) to fund (an enterprise, institution, etc.) with a subvention; to provide (money) as a subvention. ΚΠ a1689 J. Reresby Mem. (1734) 110 The King expected the Settlement of a constant Revenue upon him.., besides a Sum of ready Money to subvene his present Occasions. 1865 Times 20 Dec. 12/3 An impostor is..subvened, who..is rewarded with ‘three nummi’..for his pains. 1916 M. T. Herrick & R. Ingalls Rural Credits xxviii. 397 The provinces and districts subvened coöperative societies,..but..the mass of the farmers did not join. 1963 Financial Times 22 Mar. 14/1 The sum of £71,000, being part of the accumulated losses.., has been..subvened by the parent company. 1983 C. B. Kroeber Man, Land, & Water 66 Expansion of communications..was to be subvened by governments. 2007 FD Wire (Nexis) 8 Nov. When Ford provides an interest rate supplement to Ford Credit, or in effect subvenes the interest rate. 3. intransitive. To come from or as though from beneath; (hence) to arrive, occur, ensue. Cf. intervene v. 3b, supervene v. 1. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > occurrence > [verb (intransitive)] > of things that arrive or take place in time comeOE fallc1300 occur1495 incur1536 to come in?1541 subvene1858 1858 Lancet 6 Mar. 256/2 Slight excoriations which subvened beneath the acidulated zinc disc healed without trouble. 1885 S. S. Cox Union xxxvii. 667 The states preserved their statehood, and even when irregular governments subvened, the temporary local governments remained. 1885 Proc. Royal Geogr. Soc. 7 795 Death subvenes from three to twelve days afterwards. 1918 H. Wilson Peril of Hifalutin vii. 54 They wish to see dissension and breakdown, in order that class war..may subvene and that true democracy,..may perish. 1961 H. Kenner S. Beckett 53 Within five pages dialogue has subvened and reached..a plane of splendid grotesqueness. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.a1525 |
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