ProphetesAI is thinking...
interloping
Answers
MindMap
Loading...
Sources
interloping
▪ I. interloping, vbl. n. (-ˈləʊpɪŋ) [f. interlope v. + -ing1.] The action of the vb. interlope; esp. unauthorized trading within the sphere of action of a chartered company.1615 [see interlope v.]. 1641 Milton Animadv. ii. Wks. (1851) 206 You should have given so much honour then to the word preach...
Oxford English Dictionary
prophetes.ai
interlopation
interloˈpation nonce-wd. [f. next + -ation.] The action of interloping or intruding within the domain of another.1803 M. Charlton Wife & Mistress III. 278 Her domestic plans having been rather discomposed by the interlopation of three or four people in the house and premises. 1881 Edinburgh Courant ...
Oxford English Dictionary
prophetes.ai
Nicholas Woodcock
Angry over the fact he wasn't chosen to go on this expedition, he shipped aboard an interloping vessel from Hull, the Hopewell, Thomas Marmaduke, master
wikipedia.org
en.wikipedia.org
How Old Are Saturn's Rings? The Debate Rages On - Live Science
Sure, the planet could have shredded a passing cometin whole or in part, scattering the stripped remains into rings; or, yes, maybe an interloping object smashed into one of Saturn's moons ...
www.livescience.com
interloperie
† interˈloperie Obs. rare. [f. interloper: see -ery.] The practice of interloping; the trade of interlopers.1612–13 J. Wheeler in Buccleuch MSS. (Hist. MSS. Comm.) I. 122 [Our Company (i.e. the Merchant Adventurers) languishes,] for the town of Amsterdam, in maintaining the Interloperie, sucketh the...
Oxford English Dictionary
prophetes.ai
East India Company v Sandys
He held that Sandys and the other interloping merchants had never been possession of the East India trade, and they had suffered no loss of freedom or
wikipedia.org
en.wikipedia.org
interlope
▪ I. interlope, v. (ɪntəˈləʊp) [Evidently f. inter- 1 + lope, dial. form of leap v., as in land-loper, or the cognate MDu. and LG. lôpen, Du. loopen, to run. See note below.] 1. intr. ‘To run between parties and intercept the advantage that one should gain from the other; to traffick without a prope...
Oxford English Dictionary
prophetes.ai
Musophilus
conceptualized as 6-line stanzas (as modern editions do), the resulting rime scheme ABABCB is only 1 rime removed from the main stanza of the poem, the interloping
wikipedia.org
en.wikipedia.org
Edward Michelborne
Indulging in plunder as well as seeking out trade, his activities upset the EIC who complained to the Privy Council about his interloping, following his
wikipedia.org
en.wikipedia.org
burp
▪ I. burp, v. slang (orig. U.S.). (bɜːp) [Imitative.] 1. intr. To belch. Hence ˈburping vbl. n. and ppl. a., belching or making a similar sound.1932 Amer. Speech VII. 330 Burp, to belch. 1934 Etude Aug. 456/3 Saxophonists also go in for this slapping effect; when done by the larger members of the fa...
Oxford English Dictionary
prophetes.ai
The Alley Bar
Boston magazine says, "You won't find interloping bachelorette parties at this veteran watering hole, secreted away downtown.
wikipedia.org
en.wikipedia.org
John Evans (bishop)
Governor Pitt, one of his old interloping friends, jokes upon this appointment in a letter to Sir E. Littleton (Madras, 8 November 1702).
wikipedia.org
en.wikipedia.org
perisystole
‖ perisystole Physiol. (pɛrɪˈsɪstəliː) [mod.L. perisystole (Bartholine 1651), f. Gr. περί around + συστολή contraction; in F. périsystole (1762 in Dict. Acad.).] ‘The short interval of time between the systole and the following diastole of the heart; inappreciable except when the heart's action is f...
Oxford English Dictionary
prophetes.ai
George Hayne
Hayne, with his partner, operated the navigation as a strongly defended monopoly, causing discontent among merchants and encouraging interloping.
wikipedia.org
en.wikipedia.org
Bookmice
Only Lee, a lonely boy who has just moved into the area, and an interloping, decrepit cat know of the existence of the Bookmice.
wikipedia.org
en.wikipedia.org