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abash
English
Alternative forms
- abasse
Etymology
First attested in 1303. From Middle English abaisen, abaishen, abashen (“to gape with surprise”) etc., from Anglo-Norman abaïss, from Middle French abair, abaisser (“to astonish, alter”), from Old French esbaïr, (French ébahir), from es- (“utterly”) + baïr (“to astonish”), from Medieval Latin *exbad?, from ex- (“out of”) + bado (“I gape, yawn”), an onomatopoeic word imitating a yawn, see also French badaud (“rubbernecker”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??bæ?/
- (General American) IPA(key): /??bæ?/
- Rhymes: -æ?
Verb
abash (third-person singular simple present abashes, present participle abashing, simple past and past participle abashed)
- (transitive) To make ashamed; to embarrass; to destroy the self-possession of, as by exciting suddenly a consciousness of guilt, mistake, or inferiority; to disconcert; to discomfit. [First attested from around (1150 to 1350).]
- Synonyms: bewilder, confuse, confound, daunt, discompose, disconcert, discountenance, dishearten, embarrass, faze, fluster, humble, humiliate, mortify, rattle, shake, shame, snub
- Antonyms: abet, animate, buoy, cheer, countenance, embolden, encourage, incite, inspirit, rally, reassure, uphold
- 1849, Thomas Macaulay, History of England, Chapter 14
- He was a man whom no check could abash
- (intransitive, obsolete) To lose self-possession; to become ashamed. [Attested from around (1350 to 1470) until the late 16th century.]
Usage notes
- Of abash, confuse, confound: Abash is a stronger word than confuse, but not so strong as confound.
- We are abashed when struck either with sudden shame or with a humbling sense of inferiority; as, Peter was abashed by the look of his Master. So a modest youth is abashed in the presence of those who are greatly his superiors.
- We are confused when, from some unexpected or startling occurrence, we lose clearness of thought and self-possession. Thus, a witness is often confused by a severe cross-examination; a timid person is apt to be confused in entering a room full of strangers.
- We are confounded when our minds are overwhelmed, as it were, by something wholly unexpected, amazing, dreadful, etc., so that we have nothing to say. Thus, a criminal is usually confounded at the discovery of his guilt.
- Satan stood Awhile as mute, confounded what to say. – John Milton
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:abash
Derived terms
Translations
References
Anagrams
- Basha, Sabah, basha, sabha
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quicken
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?kw?k?n/
- Rhymes: -?k?n
Etymology 1
From Middle English quikenen, equivalent to quick +? -en. Cognate Danish kvikne (“to quicken, revive”), Swedish kvickna (“to revive”), Icelandic kvikna (“to turn on, ignite”).
Verb
quicken (third-person singular simple present quickens, present participle quickening, simple past and past participle quickened)
- (transitive, literary) To give life to; to animate, make alive, revive. [from 14thc.]
- 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Luke XVII:
- Whosoever will goo about to save his lyfe, shall loose it: And whosoever shall loose his life, shall quycken it.
- 1610, The Tempest, by Shakespeare, act 3 scene 1
- The mistress which I serve quickens what's dead, / And makes my labours pleasures
- Like a fruitful garden without an hedge, that quickens the appetite to enjoy so tempting a prize.
- 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Luke XVII:
- (intransitive, literary) To come back to life, receive life. [from 14th c.]
- (intransitive) To take on a state of activity or vigour comparable to life; to be roused, excited. [from 15th c.]
- (intransitive) Of a pregnant woman: to first feel the movements of the foetus, or reach the stage of pregnancy at which this takes place; of a foetus: to begin to move. [from 16th c.]
- 2013, Hilary Mantel, ‘Royal Bodies’, London Review of Books, 35.IV:
- Royal pregnancies were not announced in those days; the news generally crept out, and public anticipation was aroused only when the child quickened.
- 2013, Hilary Mantel, ‘Royal Bodies’, London Review of Books, 35.IV:
- (transitive) To make quicker; to hasten, speed up. [from 17thc.]
- 2000, George RR Martin, A Storm of Swords, Bantam 2011, p.47:
- That day Arya quickened their pace, keeping the horses to a trot as long as she dared, and sometimes spurring to a gallop when she spied a flat stretch of field before them.
- 2000, George RR Martin, A Storm of Swords, Bantam 2011, p.47:
- (intransitive) To become faster. [from 17thc.]
- Breezes blowing from beds of iris quickened her breath with their perfume; she saw the tufted lilacs sway in the wind, and the streamers of mauve-tinted wistaria swinging, all a-glisten with golden bees; she saw a crimson cardinal winging through the foliage, and amorous tanagers flashing like scarlet flames athwart the pines.
- (shipbuilding) To shorten the radius of (a curve); to make (a curve) sharper.
Translations
Etymology 2
Apparently from quick, with uncertain final element.
Noun
quicken (plural quickens)
- (now chiefly Northern England) The European rowan, Sorbus aucuparia. [from 15th c.]
- 1924, Ford Madox Ford, Some Do Not…, Penguin 2012 (Parade's End), p, 104:
- Miss Wannop moved off down the path: it was only suited for Indian file, and had on the left hand a ten-foot, untrimmed quicken hedge, the hawthorn blossoms just beginning to blacken […].
- 1924, Ford Madox Ford, Some Do Not…, Penguin 2012 (Parade's End), p, 104:
Synonyms
- quickbeam
See also
- quickens
German
Pronunciation
Adjective
quicken
- inflection of quick:
- strong genitive masculine/neuter singular
- weak/mixed genitive/dative all-gender singular
- strong/weak/mixed accusative masculine singular
- strong dative plural
- weak/mixed all-case plural
Old Dutch
Etymology
From quic +? -en.
Verb
quicken
- to come to life
Inflection
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
- Middle Dutch: quicken
Further reading
- “kwikken”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
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