| 单词 |
refrenation |
| 释义 |
† refrenation Obs.
[ad. L. refrēnātiōn-em, n. of action f. refrēnāre; see refrain v. and -ation.]
1. The action of refraining or restraining.
c1450tr. De Imitatione iii. xii. 80 It is expedient amonge to use refrenacion, yea, in gode studies & desires, lest by importunyte þou falle into distraccion of mynde. 1560Rolland Crt. Venus Prol. 229 Oftimes be dantit refrenatioun, A man may weill alter his Inclinatioun. 1652Sparke Prim. Devot. (1663) 187 The fast of refrenation, we all much stand in need of.
2. Astrol. The prevention of a conjunction by the retrogression of one of the planets. See also refraination and refranation.
1598G. C. Math. Phisicke E ij b, Also in aspects these things ought to be considered; that is to say. 1. Reception. 2. Collection... Refrenation. Ibid. E iv b, Refrenation [is] when an Inferiour planet seeketh the {male} [conjunction] or aspect of another [and] before he bee joyned becometh Retrograde. 1647Lilly Chr. Astrol. xix. 111 There's another manner of Prohibition; by some more properly called Refrenation. 1706Phillips (ed. Kersey), Refrenation... The Word [is] us'd among Astrologers, when a Planet applying to another, by Conjunction, or Aspect, before it draws near becomes retrograde. [Hence in Bailey (1721) and later Dicts.] |
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