umbecastとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA^(key): /ˌʌmbəˈkæst/, /ˌʌmbəˈkɑːst/

動詞

umbecast (三人称単数 現在形 umbecasts, 現在分詞 umbecasting, 過去形および過去分詞形 umbecast)

1. (transitive, intransitive, obsolete or dialectal) To cast about; make a circuit; travel around (a place).
2. (transitive, intransitive, obsolete or dialectal) To consider, ponder.
3. To hunt, search for the spoor, explore, seek, sniff around.
   • a. 1472, Thomas Malory, “(please specify the chapter)”, in [Le Morte Darthur], (please specify the book number), [London: […] by William Caxton], published 31 July 1485, OCLC 71490786; republished as H[einrich] Oskar Sommer, editor, Le Morte Darthur […], London: David Nutt, […], 1889, OCLC 890162034:

     […] and the dog came after, and umbecast about, for she had lost the very perfect feute of the hind.

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