单词 | veterate |
释义 | veterateadj. Now rare. 1. Of long standing; chronic; inveterate. ΘΚΠ the world > time > duration > [adjective] > long-lasting or enduring > of long standing longOE oldOE veterate?1541 long-rooted1562 of long standinga1568 old-standinga1627 veteran1648 long-running1651 long-standing1655 old-established1776 long-breathed1816 long-time1851 ?1541 R. Copland Galen's Fourth Bk. Terapeutyke sig. Giijv, in Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens Seing yt he made no mention of veterate vlceres [Fr. des ulceres inueteres]. 1562 W. Bullein Bk. Use Sicke Men f. xlixv, in Bulwarke of Defence My sicknesse is so veterate and olde, that the aire was unsufficient to bee my helpe. 1624 J. Vicars tr. G. Goodwin Babels Balm 108 That Catacath'licke Popes might place Romes Cacolike Religion base. Religion, veterate, false, ill-bred, Past all Hels Spels that er'e I read. 1680 E. Borlase Hist. Execrable Irish Rebellion 101 The Scots General..in the North, who with the recent and veterate Soldiers made up 20000, did little. 1883 Oxf. Mag. 14 Feb. 74/1 The ‘standard’ goes up year by year, and the veterate upholders of existing abuses glory in this as a sign of progress. 1989 A. Solini Atlas Automated Percutaneous Lumbar Discectomy The picture indicates a veterate extruded disc, associated with degenerative phenomena in the somatic plate. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > oldness or ancientness > [adjective] > and worthy of respect oldlyOE veterate1565 venerable1610 age-honoured?a1616 time-honoured1821 the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > respect > reverence > quality of inspiring reverence > [adjective] > on account of age or antiquity venerable?a1500 veterate1565 time-honoured1597 1565 J. Hall Hist. Expost. in tr. Lanfranc Most Excellent Woorke Chirurg. sig. Ccciiij I haue thought good to gather the councels, and good documentes, of dyuers good and veterate authores. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021). † veteratev. Obsolete. rare. intransitive. To grow old; to age. ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > age > old age > be or seem old [verb (intransitive)] > grow old oldeOE eldc1175 to fall in (also to) agea1398 forlive1398 hoara1420 runa1425 age1440 veterate1623 senesce1656 olden1700 wane1821 to get on in years1822 senilize1841 1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. i. sig. L3/1 Veterate, to wax old. 1646 T. Lushington Crell's Expiation of Sinner i. 12 The attribute of a garment, which is to veterate and wax old, is by a Metaphor fitly applyed to the heavens. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.?1541v.1623 |
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