单词 | adempt |
释义 | † ademptadj. Obsolete. Taken away, removed. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > removal or displacement > [adjective] > removed or taken away exemptc1374 adempt?a1475 abstracted1555 adempted1567 removed1616 sublate1694 withdrawn1849 ablated1961 the mind > possession > loss > taking away > [adjective] > taken away adempt?a1475 bereft1531 robbed1870 the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > deduction > [adjective] > deducted lessOE deduct1439 adempt?a1475 ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1865) I. 17 (MED) Adempte [L. adempta] and loste þro the slawthe of wryters. 1549 T. Solme in H. Latimer 2nd Serm. before Kynges Maiestie To Rdr. sig. Aviiiv Without al sinister suspicion of anye thynge in the same added or adempte. 1561 Newe Enterlude Script. Queene Hester sig. E.iii Our lyfe and godes from vs were adempte. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). ademptv. Now chiefly U.S. transitive. To take away, remove; (Law) = adeem v. Usually in passive. ΘΚΠ society > law > transfer of property > testamentary disposition > bequeath by will [verb (transitive)] > revoke a bequest adempt1590 adeem1771 1590 H. Swinburne Briefe Treat. Test. & Willes vii. f. 281 The will of the testator is not presumed to be altered, nor the legacie adempted. 1591 C. Gibbon Work Worth Reading 51 If the cause be adempted, the effect must needes diminish. 1703 J. Moyle Experienced Chirurgion ii. v. 144 (heading) To adempt extranious things got into the eye. a1772 Ld. Northington in R. H. Eden Rep. Cases Chancery (1839) I. 88 Legacies of this kind are given on condition, adempted on condition, and transferred on condition. 1812 H. B. Wilson Hist. Merchant-Taylors' School I. v. 480 They were not adempted thereby, but ought to be satisfied out of the general assets of the deceased. 1898 Rep. Appellate Courts Illinois 77 540 Denying that the legacy provided to be paid to R. W. Anderson was in fact adempted and discharged by the testator in his lifetime. 1966 Insurance Law Jrnl. Jan. 52/2 The insured adempted a bequest of the proceeds to certain creditors. 1981 J. D. Davis High-cost Oil & Gas Resources v. 110 One million tons was to be adempted from PRT per annum for ten years on a field-by-field basis. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.?a1475v.1590 |
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