单词 | violency |
释义 | violencyn. Now somewhat rare. 1. Violence (in various senses).In quot. 1950 spec.: stormy weather. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > violent action or operation > [noun] brathc1175 reighshipc1275 airc1300 ragec1330 sturdinessc1384 violencea1387 fierceness1435 vehemencyc1487 furiosity1509 fiercetya1513 bremeness?1529 boistousness1530 vehemence1535 bruteness1538 violency1538 violentness1544 vehementness1561 wrath1579 fury1585 torture1605 keenness?1606 ragingness1621 stiffness1623 rapt1632 tempestuousness1648 boisterousnessa1650 rampancy1652 boisture1667 untamedness1727 paroxysm1893 storminess1894 1538 Bp. J. Longland Serm. Good Frydaye sig. I.ivv This great and myghty gyante..myghtely kepte his castell the worlde, kepte it by tiranny, by violencye and strength. 1545 T. Raynald & R. Jonas in tr. E. Roesslin Byrth of Mankynde iv. sig. Y.vv Accordynge to the aptitude or feoblenesse in resistence of the place receauyng it: and the force or violencye of nature..sendynge it. 1556 J. Heywood Spider & Flie xix. 25 My carte wheele catchth holde of the corner poaste Against my will, and by violencie, Asunder crussheth it. 1607 T. Walkington Optick Glasse i. sig. B7 Such fare, as may banish and expell contagion and violency from nature. 1674 in P. H. Brown Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1911) 3rd Ser. IV. 158 His sone..by reasone of the violency of the storme, wes not able to come to this place. 1754 J. Slade Adventures Jerry Buck xii. 84 The master of the house.., in order to quell the violency of their proceedings, sent out to collect a body of watchmen. 1852 Natchez (Mississippi) Courier 17 Aug. 1/5 All animals that pretend violency in their play, stop short of exercising it. 1901 Alabama Med. Jrnl. 12 77 They make a train of symptoms which I think for violency has no equal. 1950 New Shetlander No. 20. 43 Mony hairsts brocht in ta da yard ta be biggit, shapit and roondit aff, an dan linkit doon fornenst da days o vailensi ahead. 1994 S. A. Panarin in V. V. Naumkin Central Asia & Transcaucasia iii. 88 Conflicts of the Fergana and Osh type..are short-lived in their initial form, close to social violency. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > violent behaviour > [noun] > violent treatment or force > act or instance of outragec1300 violencea1393 forcea1481 stratagem1581 violency1632 savaging1858 1632 T. Hawkins tr. P. Matthieu Vnhappy Prosperitie 199 Of all his violencies [Fr. violences], the most execrable was the death of the Architect, who skilfully re-edified..the..portall of Rome. 1660 Bp. J. Taylor Ductor Dubitantium II. iii. ii. Rule 3 §2 He may do what is in his natural capacity to avoid these violencies and extremities of nature. 1681 Sanderson's XXXV Serm. 258 Although the Text speaks expresly only of death: yet..all other violencies [1657–73 violences] and injuries are intended. 1705 Duke of Marlborough Let. 6 Aug. in H. L. Snyder Marlborough–Godolphin Corr. (1975) I. 467 Holland runs great risque of being undone by the violencys of partys. 1798 W. Agutter Faithful Soldier ii. 14 The Multitude, blinded by Ignorance, inflamed with Liquor, or bribed by Largesses to commit Violencies. 1845 N.Y. Herald 6 Mar. The recent violencies committed by these Indian ruffians. 1897 R. L. Dabney Pract. Philos. 489 The men of those unhappy ages, amidst whose confusions and violencies productive consumption of capital was not understood. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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