单词 | cast captain |
释义 | > as lemmascast captain 3. Cashiered, dismissed from office (obsolete); discarded, cast off. ( cast captain was apparently originally cassed captain; this led to other uses.) ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > removal from office or authority > [adjective] outedc1500 deposed1552 secluded1604 cast1607 disbanded1611 cashiereda1626 ejected1649 abdicateda1675 displaced1841 overthrown1859 the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > reversal of or forsaking one's will or purpose > [adjective] > deserted or abandoned (of person) cast1607 1607 T. Dekker & J. Webster North-ward Hoe v. sig. H A new trade come vp for cast Gentlewemen. a1610 J. Healey tr. Theophrastus Characters 33 in tr. Epictetus Manuall (1636) Some cast Captaine, or cassierd Souldier. a1640 J. Fletcher & P. Massinger Spanish Curat i. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. E/2 The Sonne Of a poore cast-Captain. 1668 J. Dryden Secret-love i. ii. 5 If thou should'st prove one of my cast Mistresses. 1755 H. Walpole Corr. (1837) I. 258 It is sung by some cast singers. < as lemmas |
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