| 单词 |
excecation |
| 释义 |
excecation Obs. or arch.|ɛksɪˈkeɪʃən|
Also 6–7 excœc-, 7–9 excæcation.
[f. prec.: see -ation.]
1. The action of putting out the eyes; punishment by blinding; also, an instance of the same; the state or fact of being blinded.
1613Daniel Coll. Hist. Eng. 161 He committed these barbarous examples of cruelty by excæcations and miserable dismembering the people. 1678Gale Crt. Gentiles III. 95 God..punished Elymas, the Sorcerer, with corporal Excecation. 1721–1800in Bailey. 1827Sir H. Taylor I. Comnenus iii. v, Death, Not excaecation, if the thought of that Calls up these looks of horror.
†2. fig. The action of blinding mentally or spiritually; the condition of being mentally blinded.
1529Frith Antithesis (1829) 317 This excœcation..God hath sent into the world for sin. 1588Allen Admon. 26 The state of kinge Pharao his obduration and excecation in wilfull wickedness. 1622H. Sydenham Serm. Jacob & Esau (1626) 30 God doth concurre to the excæcation and hardening both of the minde and heart. 1640Bp. Reynolds Passions viii. 65 This Deceit and Excecation is a proper worke of Passion. |
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