单词 | veteranize |
释义 | veteranizev. 1. transitive. To make into a veteran; to give (esp. military) experience to. Now somewhat rare. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military organization > enlistment or recruitment > discharge from service > [verb (transitive)] > render a veteran veteranize1761 1761 London Chron. 7 Mar. 236/2 The Abbé St. Pierre..advises a Prince always to interfere in the quarrels of his neighbours to veteranize his soldiers. 1822 R. G. Wallace 15 Years in India xxiv. 496 The mode of warfare adopted by Gockla was that which it seems he ought to have chosen immediately after the failure of attack on the force at Kirkee; for by it he veteranized his cavalry. a1905 L. Wallace Autobiogr. (1906) I. xlvii. 408 Nothing veteranizes soldiers like a successful fight. 1988 Pharos-Tribune (Logansport, Indiana) 13 Oct. 14/4 Going against an Anderson defense that has been outscored 156-0 in its last three games may give the Berries a chance to ‘veteranize’ some younger players. 2. U.S. Now chiefly historical. a. transitive. To re-enlist the soldiers of (a regiment); to keep (a regiment) together in this way. ΚΠ 1864 in F. Moore Rebellion Rec. (1865) VIII. 317/2 January fifth, 1864, Lieutenant-Colonel Ward made an effort to veteranize our regiment. 1915 L. Wood Mil. Obligation Citizenship i. 9 Wisconsin had the good sense to veteranize her regiments, and the result is seen when one remembers the term ‘Iron Brigade’ applied to a Wisconsin brigade. 1921 W. Van Brunt Duluth & St. Louis County Minnesota II. xxv. 612 The regiment was veteranized in January. 2012 C. Reardon With Sword in One Hand & Jomini in Other 134 A number of three-year regiments—those that enlisted in the fall of 1861 and chose not to reenlist when Secretary of War Stanton offered to veteranize them the previous winter—left for home. b. intransitive. To re-enlist as a soldier. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military organization > enlistment or recruitment > enlist soldiers [verb (intransitive)] > enlist as a soldier > re-enlist re-enlist1775 veteranize1864 re-up1906 1864 A. Badeau Telegram 7 Mar. in J. Y. Simon Papers U. S. Grant (1982) X. 191 Some of his [sc. Sherman's] troops are at Memphis going home to veteranize. 1891 Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch 7 Oct. They were the first to veteranize, and this signified a great deal at that time. 1911 Greensburg (Indiana) Standard 31 Mar. 8/3 Love served only three years, as he did not veteranize. 2011 B. F. Cooling Battles of Franklin & Nashville & Beyond iii. 86 Members of the Forty-seventh Illinois at LaGrange..wondered whether to ‘veteranize’ (reenlist) or just serve out their time unobtrusively in that West Tennessee location. Derivatives ˈveteranized adj. ΚΠ 1791 St. James's Chron. 29 Jan. Poor Kelly..will probably not fight so much like a Turk when he next meets the patch veteranized Austrian on the boards. 1875 Brownstown (Indiana) Banner 22 Apr. Our old fogies, like G. V. Benton's veteranized old horse Bucephalus. 1893 Johnson's Universal Cycl. (new ed.) I. 355/2 The proportion was at first a little over three pieces for 1,000 infantry, but as the latter became more veteranized this was reduced to about two pieces. 1953 T. Hoffman in W. Phillips & P. Rahv Avon Bk. Mod. Writing I. 206 There was a freshly veteranized GI there giving a kind of sermon. 2011 M. A. Lause Price's Lost Campaign ii. v. 113 Colonel Lewis Merrill's veteranized Second Missouri Cavalry relocated to Kirkwood. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < v.1761 |
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