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单词 sifflicate
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sifflicate

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Verb

sifflicate (third-person singular simple present sifflicates, present participle -ing, simple past and past participle -ed)

  1. (transitive or intransitive) To supplicate, petition, importune, or wheedle
    • 1792, Thomas Holcroft, Anna St. Ives. a Novel:
      To be sure! This will do! I shall be fain to think a summut of ee, now you can flamgudgin 'em a thisn. I did'nt a think it was innee. Why you will become a son of my own begettin. I write to tellee the good news, and that ee mightn't a kick down the milk. You have a sifflicated Sir Arthur. I could a told ee afore that you had a sifflicated Missee. But I was afeard as that you wur a too adasht. But I tellee it will do! Father's own lad! An ear-tickler! Ay, ay! That's the trade! Sugar the sauce, and it goes down glibly.
    • 1822, Walter Scott, The fortunes of Nigel:
      ...the citizen, remembering with some resentment the airs of equality which Richie had assumed towards him in the commencement of the scene which had just taken place, could not forbear to retaliate, by congratulating him with an ironical smile on his favour at Court, and his improved grace in presenting a supplication.
      "Never fash your beard about that. Master Greorge Heriot," said Richie, totally undismayed; " but tell me when and where I am to sifflicate you for eight hundred pounds sterling, for which these jewels stood engaged?"
  2. (transitive or intransitive) To criticise
    • 1792, Thomas Holcroft, Anna St. Ives. a Novel:
      Your noble onnur knows that I'm a be apt to let my tongue mag a little, when my wits be a set a gaddin; and whereupon the case is as witch your noble onnur was pleased to sifflicate me upon, in your last rite onnurable and mercifool letter.
  3. (transitive or intransitive) To suggest
    • 1792, Thomas Holcroft, Anna St. Ives. a Novel:
      Madam Clifton wonnot a budge a finger, to the signin and sealin of her gratification of applause, whereby as if so be as that the kole a be not a forth cummin, down on the nail head. And where now might Timothy Tipkin sifflicate that it may behappen to be for to come from? Pummel thy pumkin, and a tell me that, Peter Grievous.

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