† tentatoryadj.

Etymology: < Latin tentāt-, participial stem of tentāre = temptāre to try: see tempt v. and -ory suffix².

Obsolete. rare.

= tentative adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > endeavour > trial or experiment > [adjective]

tentative1588

tentatorya1624

peirasticala1653

peirastic1656

probational1670

experimental1817

experimentative1825

a1624 Bp. M. Smith Serm. (1632) 27 The question is tentatory, (will you also go away?) I haue deserued better of you.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	tentatory
释义	† tentatoryadj. Etymology: < Latin tentāt-, participial stem of tentāre = temptāre to try: see tempt v. and -ory suffix². Obsolete. rare. = tentative adj. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > endeavour > trial or experiment > [adjective] tentative1588 tentatorya1624 peirasticala1653 peirastic1656 probational1670 experimental1817 experimentative1825 a1624 Bp. M. Smith Serm. (1632) 27 The question is tentatory, (will you also go away?) I haue deserued better of you. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adj.a1624
随便看	to etc to meet to etc to mischance to etc to naught to etc to nought to etc to one's reward to etc to press to etc to repletion to etc to rome with a mortar on one's head to etc to the bottom to etc to the bottom of the harbour to etc to the death to etc to the dogs to etc to the last extremity to etc to the lees to etc to the main chance to etc to the mercies of to etc to the mercy of to etc to the point to etc to the press to etc to the quick to etc to the rescue to etc too big for one's boots to etc too big for one's breeches to etc too big for one's etc to etc two fingers up