单词 | volve |
释义 | † volvev. Obsolete. 1. intransitive. To turn over, to roll. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > revolution or rotation > revolve or rotate [verb (intransitive)] > turn over and over or roll trenda1000 trendlea1225 rollc1405 overwhelma1425 windle1487 trill1531 volve1568 troll1581 tirl1824 1568 R. Henryson in W. T. Ritchie Bannatyne MS (1930) IV. 242 Voluand [?a1500 Welterand] wt hiddouss rowmissing Quhyle to quhyle fro gif he myt succor get. 1910 J. Galsworthy Inn of Tranquility in Nation 12 Nov. 266/2 If It did not volve and revolve on Itself, It would peter out at one end or the other. 2. transitive. To turn over the pages of (a book). Also absol. (Cf. revolve v. 10). ΘΚΠ society > communication > reading > [verb (transitive)] > turn pages to turn overc1405 revolve1485 volve1523 toss1555 verse1606 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. Auth. Pref. 2 Whan this ymaginacyon came to me, I volued, tourned, and redde many volumes and bokes, conteyning famouse histories. 1625 Darcie Ann. To Rdr. I sedulously volued and reuolued Characters of Kings and Peers, Letters, Consultations. 1638 R. Chamberlain Nocturnall Lucubrations Ep. Ded. Many..Peeces of learning your Worship hath volved and revolved. 1677 P. A. in R. Cary Palæologia Chronica sig. hv Even so our studious Friend..is intent On Books and Reading, so doth chuse and pick, Volve and Revolve, and finally doth stick. 3. To turn over in the mind; to consider. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > thinking about, consideration, deliberation > consider, deliberate [verb (transitive)] i-thenchec897 showeOE i-mune971 thinkOE overthinkOE takec1175 umbethinkc1175 waltc1200 bethinkc1220 wend?c1225 weighc1380 delivera1382 peisea1382 considerc1385 musec1390 to look over ——a1393 advise?c1400 debatec1400 roll?c1400 revert?a1425 advertc1425 deliberc1425 movec1425 musec1425 revolvec1425 contemplec1429 overseec1440 to think overc1440 perpend1447 roil1447 pondera1450 to eat inc1450 involvec1470 ponderate?a1475 reputec1475 counterpoise1477 poisea1483 traversec1487 umbecast1487 digest1488 undercast1489 overhalec1500 rumble1519 volve?1520 compassa1522 recount1526 trutinate1528 cast1530 expend1531 ruminate1533 concoct1534 contemplate1538 deliberate1540 revolute1553 chawa1558 to turn over1568 cud1569 cogitate1570 huik1570 chew1579 meditatec1580 discourse1581 speculate1599 theorize1599 scance1603 verse1614 pensitate1623 agitate1629 spell1633 view1637 study1659 designa1676 introspect1683 troll1685 balance1692 to figure on or upon1837 reflect1862 mull1873 to mull over1874 scour1882 mill1905 ?1520 A. Barclay tr. Sallust Cron. Warre agaynst Iugurth xxxviii. f. 53 Somtyme he volued in his mynde rather to subdue hymself..than to begyn warre agayne. 1616 J. Lane Contin. Squire's Tale iv. 257 Cambuscan..volvd, revolvd, in diepe perplexitie How to fitt love and iustice remedie. 1765 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy VII. xx. 67 I have been volving and revolving in my fancy..by what clean device..I might..modulate them. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1920; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < |
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