newsed
simple past tense and past participle of news
• Sweden, endews, snewed
Source: Wiktionary
News, n Etym: [From New; cf. F. nounelles. News
1. A report of recent occurences; information of something that has lately taken place, or of something before unknown; fresh tindings; recent intelligence. Evil news rides post, while good news baits. Milton.
2. Something strange or newly happened. It is no news for the weak and poor to be a prey to the strong and rich. L'Estrange.
3. A bearer of news; a courier; a newspaper. [Obs.] There cometh a news thither with his horse. Pepys.
New, a. [Compar. Newer; superl. Newest.] Etym: [OE. OE. newe, AS. niwe, neowe; akin to D. nieuw, OS. niwi, OHG. niuwi, G. neu, Icel. n, Dan. & Sw. ny, Goth. niujis, Lith. naujas, Russ. novuii, Ir. nua, nuadh, Gael. nuadh, W. newydd, Armor. nevez, L. novus, gr. nava, and prob. to E. now. Now, and cf. Announce, Innovate, Neophyte, Novel.]
1. Having existed, or having been made, but a short time; having originated or occured lately; having recently come into existence, or into one's possession; not early or long in being; of late origin; recent; fresh; modern; -- opposed to old, as, a new coat; a new house; a new book; a new fashion. "Your new wife." Chaucer.
2. Not before seen or known, although existing before; lately manifested; recently discovered; as, a new metal; a new planet; new scenes.
3. Newly beginning or recurring; starting anew; now commencing; different from has been; as, a new year; a new course or direction.
4. As if lately begun or made; having the state or quality of original freshness; also, changed for the better; renovated; unworn; untried; unspent; as, rest and travel made him a new man. Steadfasty purposing to lead a new life. Bk. of Com. Prayer. Men after long emaciating diets, fat, and almost new. Bacon.
5. Not of ancient extraction, or of a family of ancient descent; not previously kniwn or famous. Addison.
6. Not habituated; not familiar; unaccustomed. New to the plow, unpracticed in the trace. Pope.
7. Fresh from anything; newly come. New from her sickness to that northern air. Dryden. New birth. See under Birth.
– New Church, or New Jerusalem Church, the church holding the doctrines taught by Emanuel Swedenborg. See Swedenborgian.
– New heart (Theol.), a heart or character changed by the power of God, so as to be governed by new and holy motives.
– New land, land ckeared and cultivated for the first time.
– New light. (Zoöl.) See Crappie.
– New moon. (a) The moon in its first quarter, or when it first appears after being invisible. (b) The day when the new moon is first seen; the first day of the lunar month, which was a holy day among the Jews. 2 Kings iv. 23.
– New Red Sandstone (Geol.), an old name for the formation immediately above the coal measures or strata, now divided into the Permian and Trias. See Sandstone.
– New style. See Style.
– New testament. See under Testament.
– New world, the land of the Western Hemisphere; -- so called because not known to the inhabitants of the Eastern Hemisphere until recent times.
Syn.
– Novel; recent; fresh; modern. See Novel.
New, adv.
Definition: Newly; recently. Chaucer.
Note: New is much used in composition, adverbially, in the sense of newly, recently, to quality other words, as in new-born, new-formed, new-found, new-mown. Of new, anew. [Obs.] Chaucer.
New, v. t. & i.
Definition: To make new; to renew. [Obs.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 November 2024
(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”
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