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transliterate
verb (used with object)
to change (letters, words, etc.) into corresponding characters of another alphabet or language: to transliterate the Greek 围 as ch.
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The verb transliterate is formed from the Latin preposition and prefix trans, trans- 鈥渁cross, on the other side of鈥� and the noun 濒墨迟别谤补 (littera) 鈥渓etter.鈥� Transliteration is only changing the letters of one alphabet into those of another, for example, from Greek 未蠈纬渭伪 into Latin dogma. Transliteration does not provide a pronunciation or a translation. Transliterate entered English in the 19th century.
how is transliterate used?
Up on the bridge, Captain Orlova was looking thoughtfully at a dense mass of words and figures on the main display. Floyd had painfully started to transliterate them when she interrupted him.
In many of the early stories Chekhov uses proper names that sound comic, carry comic allusions, or are in other ways meaningful. Simply to transliterate such names fails to convey to the English reader an element that is present in the original and sometimes extremely important.
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apoplectic
adjective
extremely angry; furious: He became apoplectic at the mere mention of the subject.
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Apoplectic, 鈥渟tricken with apoplexy,鈥� comes from Late Latin 补辫辞辫濒脓肠迟颈肠耻蝉 (also 补辫辞辫濒脓肠迟耻蝉), from Greek 补辫辞辫濒脓办迟颈办贸蝉 鈥減aralyzed鈥� and 补辫贸辫濒脓办迟辞蝉 鈥渄isabled by a stroke.鈥� 础辫辞辫濒脓办迟颈办贸蝉 and 补辫贸辫濒脓办迟辞蝉 are derivatives of the verb 补辫辞辫濒脓蝉蝉别颈苍 (also 补辫辞辫濒脓迟迟别颈苍) 鈥渢o cripple by a stroke, disable in body or mind,鈥� a compound of the prefix apo-, here with an intensive force, and the verb 辫濒脓蝉蝉别颈苍, 辫濒脓迟迟别颈苍, 辫濒脓驳苍媒苍补颈 鈥渢o strike, hit, thrust at.鈥� By the 19th century apoplectic developed the sense 鈥渇uriously angry,鈥� as in Jane Austen鈥檚 Mansfield Park (1814), 鈥淎 short-necked apoplectic sort of fellow,鈥� and Charles Dickens鈥� Pickwick Papers (1837), 鈥淎 gentleman with an apoplectic countenance.鈥� Apoplectic entered English in the first half of the 17th century.
how is apoplectic used?
At the White House, Washburne was apoplectic. “Of all the times to let him go, this is the worst!” Washburne marched about the room waving his arms ….
Lenders were apoplectic. They warned CFPB officials that such a tight restriction, however well-intentioned, could cut off access to mortgages for many home buyers and damage the housing market further.
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wont
adjective
accustomed; used (usually followed by an infinitive): He was wont to rise at dawn.
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The history of the adjective, noun, and verb wont is as confused as its three modern pronunciations. The Middle English adjective has many variant spellings, among them wont, woned, wonde (the root vowel is short, as in one of the modern pronunciations). Wont, woned, and wonde (and many other variants) are the past participle of the verb wonen (with many variant spellings) 鈥渢o inhabit, live (somewhere); to continue to be (in a state or condition); to be accustomed.鈥� Wonen comes from Old English (ge)wunod, past participle of (ge)wunian, (ge)wunigan 鈥渢o dwell, inhabit, remain, be (in a certain condition).鈥� Old English (ge)wunian is akin to Old High German 飞辞苍脓苍 鈥渢o dwell, remain鈥� and German 驳别飞枚丑苍别苍 鈥渢o accustom.鈥� Wont (adjective) first appeared in writing in the 9th century; the noun wont in the 14th century; and the verb wont in the first half of the 15th century.
how is wont used?
Ahab was wont to pace his quarter-deck, taking regular turns at either limit, the binnacle and mainmast ….
Young people are the primary drivers of language change, but even we 鈥渙lds鈥濃�攁s the young are wont to put it鈥攍ike to change things up now and then.
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