rightwise

发音

UK /ˈɹaɪtwaɪz/
US /ˈɹaɪtˌwaɪz/

词形变化

rightwises 三单 rightwising 现在分词 rightwised 过去式 rightwised 过去分词 more rightwise 比较级 most rightwise 最高级

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    Archaic spelling of righteous (“make righteous; justify religiously, absolve from sin”).

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    God's righteousness is what it must be as the power which rightwises the sinner, namely, God's victory over against the rebellion of the world.

    […] God's righteousness is shown in the rightwising of sinners.

    In other words, God rightwises or reconciles humans to Him by infusing them with faith.

adj.
  1. 1.

    Obsolete spelling of righteous .

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  2. 1.

    Rightward (to or from the right side); on the right side.

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    […] that, abutting against the end of H, or nearly so, it will lock said bar as against a return or rightwise motion, and then said bar will be locked as against a reverse motion, and, being locked, its flop D cannot be rotated back, […]

  3. 2.

    Clockwise, moving clockwise.

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adv.
  1. 1.

    Rightly (correctly or justly); rightfully.

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  2. 1.

    By a rightward path; rightwards, rightwardly; clockwise (in a clockwise manner).

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词源

From Middle English rightwise, rightwis, from Old English rihtwīs (“righteous, just; right, justifiable”), corresponding to right + -wise. The second element was later confused with or assimilated to -ous, leading to the modern spelling righteous.

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