单词 | undividable |
释义 | undividableadj.n. Now rare. A. adj. Incapable of being divided; indivisible. ΚΠ 1548 R. Hutten tr. J. Spangenberg Sum of Diuinitie sig. Iiijv A person is an undeuidable substaunce in vnderstandyng. 1594 R. Carew tr. J. Huarte Exam. Mens Wits vii. 97 In respect of which selfe qualitie, Galen tearmeth them vndiuidable. a1617 S. Hieron Penance for Sinne in Wks. (1620) II. 215 Hee knew iustification and sanctification to be vndiuidable. 1650 Earl of Monmouth tr. J. F. Senault Man become Guilty 82 Eternity..in it's undividable unity. 1831 T. Hope Ess. Origin Man I. 48 Since mere space is undividable in parts separate from each other. B. n. An indivisible thing. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > [noun] > wholeness or unity of being > that which is indivisible individuality1631 undividablea1739 impartible1788 imparticipable1789 monolith1880 a1739 C. Jarvis tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote (1742) II. iv. viii. 323 Reducing the undivideables into money, he shared it among his company. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < adj.n.1548 |
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