单词 | addressment |
释义 | addressmentn. rare after 17th cent. The action of addressing a person or thing (in various senses of the verb); an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > amending > [noun] rightingOE mendmentc1300 amendment1340 correction1340 amendinga1382 mendinga1400 rectificationa1400 mendnessa1425 redress1448 addressment1481 redressa1529 remedying1547 redub1549 restauration1560 correcting1580 rightening1583 emendation1586 restitution1636 cure1675 reform1700 readjustment1749 remediation1794 redressal1800 redressment1822 society > communication > book > matter of book > [noun] > matter preceding text > dedication > act of dedication address1579 addressment1630 1481 W. Caxton tr. Siege & Conqueste Jerusalem (1893) xvi. 44 It was well behoueful that god shold sende to them som addressement, by whiche they myght come to heuen. 1525 Q. Margaret of Scotl. i. 369 After the good addresment of that your borderers and your commissioners concludes. 1570 in W. Chambers Charters Burgh Peebles (1872) 318 That ane addresseament be tane thair intill be my lord. 1630 H. Lord Display Two Forraigne Sects 29 We make addressment to the third Tract..which layeth downe their Law. 1641 R. Brathwait Eng. Gentlewoman (new ed.) Ep. Ded. sig. Mmv This addressement of mine [= my book] to his Daughter. 1732 H. Lord Discov. Two Forreigne Sects in J. Churchill Coll. Voy. & Trav. VI. 336/2 We make addressment to the third tract, called Zertoost. 1967 Rev. Relig. Res. 8 120/1 There is only very vague discussion of concrete addressment here. 1995 W. R. Fisher Toward Sustainable Developm. i. 36 Projects with real environmental problems may be approved without the appropriate overview and addressment of environment issues. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1481 |
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