单词 | calculate |
释义 | † calculaten. Obsolete. A calculation, reckoning, estimate. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > enumeration, reckoning, or calculation > [noun] rimeeOE talec950 numbrarya1382 compota1387 denumberment1455 numeration1533 magnitude1570 enumeration1577 annumeration1604 tally1614 denumeration1623 recensiona1638 connumeration1646 calculate1695 1695 W. Halifax in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 19 95 By a moderate Calculate there could not have been less at first than 560. 1700 P. Rycaut Hist. Turks III. 432 An Exact and Secret Calculate was made of the true Number. a1734 R. North Examen (1740) iii. viii. ⁋26. 602 Nor were these Brothers mistaken in their Calculate. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online March 2021). calculatev.1 1. a. transitive. To estimate or determine by arithmetical or mathematical reckoning; to compute, reckon. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > mathematics > calculate or solve [verb (transitive)] rimeeOE calcule1377 numbera1382 accounta1387 casta1400 calk1401 computate1449 suppute?a1475 reckona1513 to cast up1539 yield1542 supputate1555 practise?a1560 calculate1570 compute1579 work1582 quantulate1610 resolve1613 find1714 to work out1719 solve1737 to figure out1854 1570 J. Dee in H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. Math. Præf. sig. diiijv Hable to Calculate the Planetes places for all tymes. 1656 tr. T. Hobbes Elements Philos. ii. vii. 68 When we calculate the magnitude and motions of Heaven or Earth. 1671 R. McWard True Non-conformist 152 About 165 years, before the Councel..is the highest period from whence they can be calculat. 1833 H. Martineau Manch. Strike (new ed.) iii. 35 The men looked at the ground, and calculated how much digging and other work there would be. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps ii. §1. 223 Bradley was able to calculate the velocity of light. b. absol. To perform calculations, to form an estimate. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > mathematics > calculate or solve [verb (transitive)] > for estimation calculate1609 1609 R. Cawdrey Table Alphabet. (ed. 2) Calculate, cast account, reckon. a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) i. iii. 65 Why Old men, Fooles, and Children calculate . View more context for this quotation 1789 T. Jefferson Writings (1859) III. 35 As yet, no vote has been given which will enable us to calculate, on certain ground. 2. elliptical. To ascertain beforehand the time or circumstances of (an event, e.g. an eclipse, a nativity) by astrology or mathematics. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > astrology > [verb] > calculate castc1374 calk1401 set1570 planet1596 calculatea1616 astrologizea1734 the world > relative properties > number > mathematics > calculate or solve [verb (transitive)] > relating to an event calculatea1616 a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 (1623) iv. i. 35 A cunning man did calculate my birth, And told me that by Water I should dye. View more context for this quotation 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost viii. 80 When they come to model Heav'n And calculate the Starrs. View more context for this quotation 1857 T. De Quincey China 10 To calculate a lunar eclipse. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > condition or state of being inclusive > include [verb (transitive)] > count in or include among reckona1382 numberc1384 accountc1390 musterc1425 counta1530 adnumber?1531 marshal1559 recount1564 calculate1643 1643 Sober Sadness 32 [He] must have been calculated in the Black-bill, if he had not taken himselfe off. 4. To plan or devise with forethought; to think out; to frame. archaic. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > intention > planning > plan [verb (transitive)] forethinkc897 bethinka1225 compass1297 contrivec1330 ordain1340 conjectc1380 imaginec1380 cast1382 ordaina1387 advisec1400 forecast1413 imagec1450 ordainc1450 project1477 foreminda1535 invent1539 aimc1540 practise1550 plat1556 trive1573 meditate1582 patterna1586 plot1589 platform1592 design1594 chew1600 forelay1605 to map out1618 to cut out1619 agitate1629 laya1631 plod1631 cut1645 calculate1654 concert1702 to scheme out1716 plan1718 model1725 to rough out1738 to lay out1741 plan1755 prethink1760 shape1823 programme1834 pre-plan1847 encompass1882 target1948 1654 G. Goddard in T. Burton Diary (1828) (modernized text) I. Introd. p. xxx For the indenture, that was calculated at Court. 1682 N. Grew Idea Philos. Hist. Plants 2 in Anat. Plants That..is a Thought not well Calculated. 1708 J. Swift Sentiments Church of Eng.-man ii, in Misc. (1711) 126 He does not think the Church of England so narrowly calculated, that it cannot fall in with any regular Species of Government. 1820 Hoyle's Games Improved 171 Each [player] calculates his game without inspecting the tricks. 1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits viii. 140 The English did not calculate the conquest of the Indies. It fell to their character. 5. a. To arrange, design, prepare, adjust, adapt, or fit for a purpose. Const. for, or infinitive with to; now only in passive. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > intention > intend [verb (transitive)] > intend or be intended for a purpose goOE framea1400 purpose?c1425 meanc1450 destinea1533 destinate1555 intend1600 calculate1639 the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > prepare [verb (transitive)] > make ready or adapt fit1600 calculate1639 1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre ii. iii. 46 This vision, though calculated for this one Bishop, did generally serve for all the non-residents. 1691 T. Hale Acct. New Inventions 16 Voyages all calculated for the proving her against the Worm. 1729 J. Swift Modest Proposal 14 I Calculate my Remedy for this..Kingdom of Ireland, and for no other. 1732 G. Berkeley Serm. to Soc. Propagation Gospel in Wks. (1871) III. 250 The Christian religion was calculated for the bulk of mankind. 1816 W. Scott Antiquary I. i. 4 The coach was calculated to carry six regular passengers. 1848 C. Thirlwall Remains (1877) I. 137 The college is calculated for the reception of sixty students. b. In the past participle the notion of design gradually disappears, leaving merely the sense ‘suited’: see calculated adj. (Cf. the similar history of apt, fit, adapted, fitted.) 6. intransitive. To reckon or count upon or on. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > expect [verb (transitive)] > rely on to presume on, upon, or of?a1475 reckon1547 lot1633 compute1674 count1711 to look to ——1782 to bargain for1801 calculate1802 to figure on or upon1904 1802 in J. Maclean Hist. College New Jersey (1877) II. 38 We calculate on your taking the lead in promoting subscriptions. 1807 R. Southey Life (1850) III. 109 All those may almost be calculated upon. 1829 I. Taylor Nat. Hist. Enthusiasm (1867) vi. 114 Security in calculating upon the future. 1873 H. B. Tristram Land of Moab viii. 150 We had calculated on a quiet Sunday. 7. U.S. colloquial. To think, opine, suppose, ‘reckon’; to intend, purpose. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > hold an opinion [verb (transitive)] ween971 holda1300 believec1325 judgec1325 feelc1380 supposea1387 conceivea1425 take1429 opinea1475 thinkc1480 supponea1500 esteem1507 opinion1555 intend?1577 meditate1585 opinionate1599 opiniate1624 arbitrate1637 apprehend1639 state1671 calculate1805 consider1830 fink1888 the mind > will > intention > intend [verb] mintOE calculate1859 1805 Z. M. Pike Sources Mississippi II. 152 We had reason to calculate, that they had good guides. 1810 J. Lambert Trav. Canada & U.S. (1813) II. 506 The crops are progressing, says Nathan, though I calculate as how this is a propitious weedy soil. 1822 J. Woods Eng. Prairie 345 Times are dull; I calculated to sell my creature there. a1828 J. Bernard Retrospections of Amer. (1887) 307 Capital, gentlemen, capital,..you are right humorsome, I calculate. What's to pay? 1830 J. Galt Lawrie Todd I. ii. v. 120 I calculate, that ain't nothing to make nobody afeard. 1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple III. vi. 75 [American speaking] ‘Well, captain,’ said he, ‘so you met with a squall?’ ‘I calculate not.’ 1837 T. C. Haliburton Clockmaker I. 291 I calculate you couldn't fault it in no particular. 1859 Knickerbocker 17 Mr. Crane requested those persons who calculated to join the singin' school to come forward. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2022). † calculatev.2 Obsolete. intransitive. To form stone in the bladder. (In quot. ˈcalculating adj.) ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > growth or excrescence > [adjective] > concretion kernellyc1400 calculous1605 tartarous1605 calculating1607 tartareous1625 calculative1657 calculary1660 calculose1714 petrescent1758 the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > urinary disorders > [adjective] > calculus or sediment furfurous1547 calculating1607 gravelly1607 gravelish1757 lithic1797 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 249 The same..with Parsly drunke in Wine..dissolueth the stone in the bladder, and preuenteth all such calculating grauell in time to come. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1695v.11570v.21607 |
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