subreption

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Under Roman law, the act of giving false testimony. countable,historical,uncountable
  2. The act of obtaining a favour or grant by unfair representation through suppression or fraudulent concealment of facts. countable,uncountable
    — lest there should be any subreption in this sacred business, it is ordered, that these Ordinations should be no other than solemn
  3. The act of obtaining a gift or favor by concealing the truth. countable,uncountable
  4. The conflation of a condition under which it is possible to intuitively understand an object, and a condition under which an object can possibly exist; the confusion of knowing with experiencing. countable,uncountable

词形变化

subreptions plural

词汇关系

相关词
subreptive
并列词
obreption surreptition

词源

From Latin subreptio, from subripere, subreptum (“to snatch or take away secretly”). Compare French subreption. See surreptitious, surreptition.
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