单词 | vendicate |
释义 | † vendicatev. Obsolete. 1. transitive. To claim for oneself. ΘΚΠ society > morality > dueness or propriety > [verb (transitive)] > claim > claim for oneself ownOE vendicate1531 brand1596 vindicate1725 bag1914 1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour iii. iii. sig. Yvv His body so pertayneth vnto him, that none other without his consent, may vendicate therein any propretie. 1543–4 Act 35 Hen. VIII c. 1 They..haue vsurped, and vendicated a fayned and an vnlawfull power and iurisdiction within this realme. 1560 Bible (Geneva) To Rdr. iiij Not that we vendicat any thing to our selues aboue the least of our brethren. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Vendiquer, to vendicate; to claime, or challenge. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Vendicate, to claim or challenge to himself. 2. With infinitive: To assert a claim, to claim ability, to do something. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > assertion without proof > [verb (transitive)] > claim, maintain, or profess to bear (a person or thing) in (also an, a, on) handc1300 pretend1402 presumea1470 profess1530 vendicate1557 pretence1567 intend1570 to show for ——1573 affect1606 to make out1659 purport1679 proport1884 1557 Bible (Whittingham) 1 Cor. ii. 2 I dyd not vendicat to my selfe to knowe any thyng among you, saue Iesus Christe. 1616 J. Lane Contin. Squire's Tale xii. 230 Wee have twoe Ladies, which, with your trim paire, dare vendicate to singe. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < v.1531 |
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