单词 | superannate |
释义 | † superannateadj. Obsolete. Superannuated. ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > age > old age > [adjective] > decrepit or senile decrepit?a1500 wintry1579 superannated1605 superannate1608 superannuated1616 superannuate1647 doitereda1790 doitering1828 rickety1841 senile1847 nodded1887 geriatric1968 the world > time > relative time > the past > oldness or ancientness > [adjective] > obsolete abuseda1513 rusty1549 out of date1589 superannated1605 superannate1608 superannuate1647 1608 Bp. J. King Serm. 5 Nov. 15 It is not so auncient & superannate as the story of Pope Ione. 1629 J. Maxwell tr. Herodian Hist. 222 He alleaging he was super-annate [Gk. ὃ δὲ γῆρας προῐσχόμενος], refuses the Empire. 1652 C. B. Stapylton tr. Herodian Imperiall Hist. xiv. 121 Audentius therefore safely shall them Guard, If he be pleas'd..But he replies (with Modesty) I cannot, You see, quoth he, my time is super-ann'ate. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online June 2021). † superannatev. Obsolete. rare. 1. intransitive. To live beyond the year; to survive till the next year.Apparently only in Bacon, from whom Blount and later glossaries derive their more general definition ‘to live longer, grow old’. ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > continuance or tenacity of life > continue in life [verb (intransitive)] > till the next year superannate1626 superannuate1733 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §448 The Dying, in the winter, of the Roots of Plants, that are Annuall, seemeth to be partly caused by the Over-Expence of the Sap into Stalke, and Leaves; which being prevented, they will super-annate, if they stand warme. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Superannate, Superannuate, to out-wear with years, to out-live, or exceed in years, to grow old, or out of date, to live longer. Bac[on]. 2. transitive. Perhaps: to be too ancient for. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > oldness or ancientness > [verb (transitive)] > be too ancient for superannate1658 1658 Sir T. Browne Hydriotaphia: Urne-buriall iii. 42 These crumbling reliques..superannate such expectations. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < |
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