单词 |
physiognomize |
释义 |
physiˈognomize, v. [f. physiognomy + -ize.] 1. trans. To examine or study physiognomically; to deduce the character of from physiognomy.
1660Stanley Hist. Philos. ix. (1701) 372/1 Before he had physiognomized the man what he were. 1796Southey Let. to G. C. Bedford 24 Feb. in Life (1849) I. 269, I defy you or Mr. Shandy to physiognomise that man's name rightly. 1809― Lett. (1856) II. 173 That good lady who, as you remember, physiognomised me so luckily for ‘a man of sorrow and acquainted with woe’. †2. To assume the physiognomy or characteristic appearance of. Obs. rare.
1653R. Sanders Physiogn. b j b, Archangel physiognomising the fingers. Ibid. b ij, Divers plants physiognomize the horns of Beasts, as Cornop, Plaintain. |

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