单词 | toryize |
释义 | Toryizev.ΚΠ 1772 G. Hardinge Let. 4 May in H. Walpole Corr. (1973) XXXV. 560 One sees a principled and thorough Tory Toryize throughout, in all the relative duties—a Tory parent, a Tory husband, a Tory landlord, &c. 1859 Times 18 July 8/4 It is very well for himself..and other distinguished personages..thus to begin again Toryizing in after-dinner speeches. 2. transitive. To imbue (someone or something) with the principles or outlook of the Tories or Tory Party (and later the British or Canadian Conservative Party); to make Tory. Cf. earlier Torify v. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > British politics > British party politics > [verb (transitive)] > make a Tory of Torify1682 Toryize1839 conservatize1864 1839 ‘M. Redivivus’ Let. to Earl of Durham 11 Shame on that aristocracy which left a Burke, who had ‘toryized millions’ in their behalf, to linger at Beaconsfield upon a pitiful pension. 1887 Liverpool Mercury 5 Jan. He was the first to show that London might be Toryised. 1992 Calgary (Alberta) Herald (Nexis) 16 Dec. a6 Canada has been Toryized. Now, we even have Grey Cup globalization. Derivatives ˈToryized adj. ΚΠ 1848 Leeds Times 11 Nov. 3/4 How long did it take him to produce his Toryised address? 2005 Guardian (Nexis) 5 May 5 It's very drab and uninspiring. It's a Toryised view of the world. ˈToryizing n. ΚΠ 1839 Yorks. Gaz. 3 Aug. 4/5 This is a tolerable specimen of Toryizing in a Whig minister. 1890 Glasgow Herald 24 July 6/6 That is the result not of the Toryising of the masses, but of the Liberalising of the Tories. 1990 K. L. Cope Criteria of Uncertainty (Electronic ed.) As his Toryizing dilation on Norman monarchy..repeatedly proves, Pope downplays nostalgia and emphasizes progress. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2022). < v.1772 |
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