Sometimes a word will change meaning seductively, as when a famous writer takes it by the neck, shakes it a few times, and by great force of will give it a new meaning (this doesn’t happen as often as we’d like to think it does). Other words take on new meanings in less appealing ways, such as when people simply misinterpret them because of their appearance.
For hundreds of years, the main meaning of bear fruit is “the pleasant use or possession of something.” But in the end, enough people seem to reason that any word that begins with these five letters must be related to fruit, and thus the word has the additional meaning of “a state of fruitfulness”. And from Boarding originally meant only “marked by slaughter” until Samuel Johnson misinterpreted the prefix burial– as meaning “reciprocal” and giving rise to the present meaning of the word “of, relating to, or relating to conflict within a group” (although burial– usually means “between” or “reciprocal”, it can also be used to indicate the completion of an action). Similar to these two words is the case of against.
The word has gone from “stubborn” to “restless” over the past century and a half.
Based on the fact that it is an adjective starting with rest-, people will sometimes assume that this word is like jitter. Although there is enough semantic overlap that such confusion is understandable, the words are distinct from each other.
recuperate used in English in the 15th century, derived from Anglo-French guard, which means “to stop, resist, or maintain.” Its original meaning was “stubbornly resisting control or guidance; stubbornly refusing,” and for a time the word was mainly applied to animals such as horses.
Nowe if wee do so; then what is said in the second and third Psalme must be practiced vppon vs, wittily speaking, that God will treat the strong and stubborn as with wild horses and mad moyles crazy.— Jean Calvin, Lectures by M. Iohn Caluin1583
In the next few hundred years against There are several other meanings (such as “inflexible”, “sluggish” and “obstinate”) that are closely related, and the word is often used to refer to humans as well as animals. In the mid-19th century, this semantic drift began to include the meaning “marked by impatience or annoyance”.
However, at 9 o’clock the next day, the man showed up, row after row being brought up and emptied on the table, until serious thousands counted.—The merchant, somewhat protested, but honored with credit, took the silver, presented a check for the amount, with seven percent added…— Middlebury Register (Middlebury, VT), December 2, 1845
He was right when he preached to women: men would not listen to him. Yes, Miss Joy Blewins, and Mrs. M’Murphy, are very objectionable.— George Meredith, Richard Feverel’s Challenge1859
Although the oldest meaning of against (“balky”) has not completely disappeared, it is overshadowed by the more recent (“fidgety”). There are still instructions for use that advise you not to use it against in this modern sense, but there is more than a century and a half of evidence of such use, by writers of all levels. Modern senses of bear fruit And Boarding equally fine. If you are among the opponents (previous meaning) who fight against adding new senses based on incorrect usage, we apologize if this news upsets you (newer) ).
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