单词 | substituting |
释义 | substitutingn. The action of substitute v.; substitution. Also: an instance of this. ΚΠ 1562 R. Fills tr. Lawes & Statutes Geneua f. 21v If it happen that..there reste yet foure monethe of hys tyme, let there be another chosen as sone as maye be: but yf the tyme be shorter,..let the yere passe withoute substituting of any other. 1649 R. Baxter Aphorismes of Justif. viii. 64 This is more then a substituting of Christ to be the Fathers Viceregent. 1701 T. Morer Κυριακη Ὴμερα ii. 227 This substituting of one Day in the room of another, was not in the way of Doctrine, but Practice. 1797 Monthly Mag. Feb. 145/1 The principle of this invention consists in the substituting of any vibratory substance in the body of the instrument. 1876 E. Jenkins Blot on Queen's Head 10 No..substituting of modern iron bedsteads for the ancient and capacious coffer-dams wherein their ancestors used to bury themselves at night. 1926 H. W. Fowler Dict. Mod. Eng. Usage 212/2 The substituting, for the ordinary natural word that first suggests itself to the mind, of a synonym that is thought to be less soiled by the lips of the common herd. 1998 Guardian 25 July (Weekend Sport section) 12/7 The source of Pollentier's bogus urine has never been established but the substituting of samples has not been unheard of since. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). substitutingadj. That replaces someone or something by substitution; (sometimes) spec. (of a trader) that sells an inferior or cheaper product in place of the one desired by the purchaser; that passes off one manufacturer's goods as another's. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > exchange > substitution > [adjective] > making a substitute suppliable1583 substituting1634 substitutable1805 1634 J. Barton Art of Rhetorick i. 9 Ellipticall examples are such, as must of necessity be resolved with addition, so that in the Resolution both the Substituting and the Substituted word are mentioned together. 1869 Law Times 13 Mar. 366/3 The question arose whether under a substituting clause, children of a child dying before the date of the will of the testator, were entitled. 1902 Pharmaceut. Jrnl. 6 Sept. 268/2 All self-respecting chemists will agree that ‘substituting’ tradesmen are unfair dealers. 1929 Manitoba Free Press 22 Nov. 10/4 (advt.) Beware of the Substituting Dealer. 2010 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 16 Dec. b13 They [sc. the inactive players] were too close to the sideline, in an area where only coaches and substituting players are allowed. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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