单词 | terminatively |
释义 | terminativelyadv.ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > edge, border, or margin > boundary > [adverb] terminatively1570 1570 J. Dee in H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. Math. Præf. sig. *j Though a Poynt be no Magnitude, yet Terminatiuely we recken it a thing Mathematicall..by reason it is..the end, and bound of a line. 2. As or in terms of the ultimate object or end (of an action, thought, etc.); ultimately; absolutely. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > intention > [adverb] > relating to ultimate end terminatively1610 terminally1650 teleologically1825 1610 J. Gawen tr. L. Trelcatius Briefe Inst. Common Places Sacred Divinitie ii. vi. 159 The Efficient Cause of this Inchoatiuely..is the whole Trinity; but Terminatiuely [L. Terminatiuè], Christ himselfe is, being made that, which he was not. 1623 Bp. J. Hall Best Bargaine 5 This Truth, being in the thing it selfe subiectiuely, in words expressiuely, in the minde of man terminatiuely. 1661 H. Dawbeny Sober Disc. Liturgies ix. 45 Some..Pagans..might terminatively worship the Sun and Moon, as thinking those noble Creatures were the very first movers and principles. 1664 Bp. J. Taylor Disswasive from Popery ii. xii. 145 It [sc. the worship] is terminatively to Christ or God, but relatively to the Image. 1720 Weekly Jrnl. or Saturday's Post 19 Nov. 1/1 After which that eminent Person is neither terminatively, or relatively mentioned. 1881 T. Harper Metaphysics of School II. v. iii. 504 There is a conceptual distinction in the nature of the action considered terminatively. 2001 J. P. Doyle tr. Conimbricenses 73 Since the object is the terminus of knowledge, and it cannot by itself be immediately apprehended..it is apprehended terminatively in its concept. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > end or conclusion > [adverb] > finally or in conclusion endlyc1410 finably1483 finally1512 conclusively1552 conclusionally1574 finially1588 endingly1611 ultimately1785 terminatively1872 1872 T. Hardy Under Greenwood Tree I. i. iv. 45 ‘And, Voss,’ said the tranter terminatively, ‘you keep house here till about half-past two’. 1891 T. Hardy Tess of the D'Urbervilles I. xvii. 213 ‘O—ay, I knowed your mother very well’, he said terminatively. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.1570 |
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