单词 | adinvention |
释义 | adinventionn. Now rare. An invented addition, esp. to the scripture of the Bible. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > forgery, falsification > faking of documents > [noun] > instance of > addition to text adinvention1483 supposition1581 1483 ( tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage of Soul (Caxton) (1859) ii. xliii. 49 Alle Heretykes, and Scysmatikes, that presumptuously peruertyn hooly Scrypture by..cloutynge with vycyous adinuencyons the lawe of Crystes Gospel. a1500 tr. Thomas à Kempis De Imitatione Christi (Trin. Dublin) (1893) 7 (MED) Seche raþer to be tauȝt of þy better þan to folowe þine ovne adinuencions [L. adinventiones]. 1609 T. Tuke Picture True Protestant xix. 101 Seeing that we are Gods Workemen, we must beware that wee preach not our selues, nor the fantastike adinuentions of men. 1627 T. Jackson Treat. Catholike Faith 185 Additions or adinuentions vnto the ancient or primitiue Canon of Catholike faith haue beene made..by the Romish Church. 1982 J. A. Munro in Wit & Wisdom J. Diefenbaker Introd. 9 The reflections, reminiscences, revelations, recriminations and adinventions which make up his..One Canada memoirs series are, in many ways, political statements. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1483 |
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