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gape
English
Etymology
Middle English gapen, from Old Norse gapa (“to gape”) (compare Swedish gapa, Danish gabe), from Proto-Germanic *gap?n? (descendants Middle English geapen, Dutch gapen, German gaffen), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *???h?b-. Cognates include Russian ???? (zjapa).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??e?p/
- Rhymes: -e?p
Verb
gape (third-person singular simple present gapes, present participle gaping, simple past and past participle gaped)
- (intransitive) To open the mouth wide, especially involuntarily, as in a yawn, anger, or surprise.
- 1723, Jonathan Swift, The Journal of a Modern Lady, 1810, Samuel Johnson, The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper, Volume 11, page 467,
- She stretches, gapes, unglues her eyes, / And asks if it be time to rise;
- 1723, Jonathan Swift, The Journal of a Modern Lady, 1810, Samuel Johnson, The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper, Volume 11, page 467,
- (intransitive) To stare in wonder.
- (intransitive) To open wide; to display a gap.
- c. 1591, William Shakespeare, Third Part of King Henry VI, Act 1, Scene 1, 1807, Samuel Johnson, George Steevens (editors),The plays of William Shakspeare, Volume X, page 291,
- May that ground gape, and swallow me alive, / Where I shall kneel to him who slew my father!
- 1662, Henry More, An Antidote Against Atheism, Book II, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 74:
- "Nor is he deterr'd from the belief of the perpetual flying of the Manucodiata, by the gaping of the feathers of her wings, (which seem thereby less fit to sustain her body) but further makes the narration probable by what he has observed in Kites hovering in the Aire, as he saith, for a whole hour together without any flapping of their wings or changing place."
- a. 1699, John Denham, Cato Major, Of Old Age: A Poem, 1710, page 25,
- The hungry grave for her due tribute gapes:
- c. 1591, William Shakespeare, Third Part of King Henry VI, Act 1, Scene 1, 1807, Samuel Johnson, George Steevens (editors),The plays of William Shakspeare, Volume X, page 291,
- (intransitive, of a cat) To open the passage to the vomeronasal organ, analogous to the flehming in other animals.
- (pornography) To depict a dilated anal or vaginal cavity upon penetrative sexual activity.
Translations
Noun
gape (countable and uncountable, plural gapes)
- (uncommon) An act of gaping; a yawn.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Addison to this entry?)
- A large opening.
- (uncountable) A disease in poultry caused by gapeworm in the windpipe, a symptom of which is frequent gaping.
- The width of an opening.
- (zoology) The maximum opening of the mouth (of a bird, fish, etc.) when it is open.
Derived terms
- agape
Translations
Anagrams
- PAGE, Page, page, peag
Dutch
Verb
gape
- (archaic) singular present subjunctive of gapen
Anagrams
- page
Northern Sotho
Adverb
gape
- again
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse gapa
Verb
gape (imperative gap, present tense gaper, passive gapes, simple past gapa or gapte, past participle gapa or gapt, present participle gapende)
- to gape (of a mouth, hole, wound etc., be wide open)
- gap opp! - open wide! (e.g. at the dentist)
References
- “gape” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
- gapa
Etymology
From Old Norse gapa
Verb
gape (present tense gapar or gaper, past tense gapa or gapte, past participle gapa or gapt, passive infinitive gapast, present participle gapande, imperative gap)
- to gape (of a mouth, hole, wound etc., be wide open)
References
- “gape” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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witness
English
Alternative forms
- (archaic) witnesse
Etymology
From Middle English witnesse, from Old English ?ewitnes, equivalent to wit +? -ness. Cognate with Middle Dutch wetenisse (“witness, testimony”), Old High German gewiznessi (“testimony”), Icelandic vitni (“witness”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?w?tn?s/, /?w?tn?s/
- Rhymes: -?tn?s, -?tn?s
- Hyphenation: wit?ness
Noun
witness (countable and uncountable, plural witnesses)
- (uncountable) Attestation of a fact or event; testimony.
- She can bear witness, since she was there at the time.
- c. 1597, William Shakespeare, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Act IV, Scene ii[1]:
- May we, with the warrant of womanhood and the witness of a good conscience, pursue him with any further revenge?
- (countable) One who sees or has personal knowledge of something.
- As a witness to the event, I can confirm that he really said that.
- c. 1589-93, William Shakespeare, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Act IV, Scene ii[7]:
- […] thyself art witness— I am betrothed.
- c. 1786, Robert Hall, A Reverie
- Upon my looking round, I was a witness to appearances which filled me with melancholy and regret.
- (countable, law) Someone called to give evidence in a court.
- (countable) One who is called upon to witness an event or action, such as a wedding or the signing of a document.
- (countable) Something that serves as evidence; a sign or token.
- Laban said to Jacob, […] This heap be witness, and this pillar be witness.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
witness (third-person singular simple present witnesses, present participle witnessing, simple past and past participle witnessed)
- (transitive) To furnish proof of, to show.
- This certificate witnesses his presence on that day.
- 1667: round he throws his baleful eyes / That witness'd huge affliction and dismay — John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book 1 ll. 56-7
- (transitive) To take as evidence.
- (transitive) To see or gain knowledge of through experience.
- He witnessed the accident.
- 1801, Robert Hall, On Modern Infidelity
- This is but a faint sketch of the incalculable calamities and horrors we must expect, should we be so unfortunate as ever to witness the triumph of modern infidelity
- 1803 (first published), John Marshall, The Life of George Washington
- General Washington did not live to witness the restoration of peace.
- (intransitive, construed with to or for) To present personal religious testimony; to preach at (someone) or on behalf of.
- 1998, "Niebuhr, Reinhold", Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy, volume 6, page 842
- Instead, Niebuhr's God was the God witnessed to in the Hebrew Scriptures and the New Testament, the Bible of the Christian world.
- 1998, "Niebuhr, Reinhold", Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy, volume 6, page 842
- To see the execution of (a legal instrument), and subscribe it for the purpose of establishing its authenticity.
- to witness a bond or a deed
Synonyms
- certify
Translations
Anagrams
- wisents
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