Talk:sear
Latest comment: 3 years ago by Kiwima in topic RFV discussion: September–October 2021
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Rfv-sense: To wither; to dry up. - apparently there's a Shakespeare quote out there. Possibly this one, but I can't decipher it. Roger the Rodger (talk) 15:25, 28 September 2021 (UTC)
- Shakespeare used one of the other senses figuratively. First "these petty brands that calumny doth use" then "calumny will sear virtue itself". Searing is what a brand does. Vox Sciurorum (talk) 16:41, 28 September 2021 (UTC)
- The Walter Scott quote at sere actually has the spelling sear though, so we could either add that quote to the relevant sense of sear, or simply define this sense as ‘an alternate spelling of sere’, with a link to the sere article. Overlordnat1 (talk) 02:25, 29 September 2021 (UTC)
- I’ve copied and pasted the Walter Scott quote onto the sear page, so that’s one supporting quotation, we just need two more. (Though perhaps it should also be removed from the original sere page. Overlordnat1 (talk) 00:38, 3 October 2021 (UTC)
- I moved the Walter Scott quote to the adjective (it was not used as a verb). However, I added four quotes to the verb, so this is cited Kiwima (talk) 20:45, 3 October 2021 (UTC)
- Excellent! It’s not relevant here as you’ve found the cites but even though we class participles as adjectives not verbs here in Wiktionary, I think we should be allowed to use participles as evidence for the existence of a verb if an RFV is made as we otherwise risk deleting quite obviously valid senses for verbs where no quotes with other forms of the verb can be found. Overlordnat1 (talk) 22:10, 3 October 2021 (UTC)
- I moved the Walter Scott quote to the adjective (it was not used as a verb). However, I added four quotes to the verb, so this is cited Kiwima (talk) 20:45, 3 October 2021 (UTC)
- I’ve copied and pasted the Walter Scott quote onto the sear page, so that’s one supporting quotation, we just need two more. (Though perhaps it should also be removed from the original sere page. Overlordnat1 (talk) 00:38, 3 October 2021 (UTC)
- The Walter Scott quote at sere actually has the spelling sear though, so we could either add that quote to the relevant sense of sear, or simply define this sense as ‘an alternate spelling of sere’, with a link to the sere article. Overlordnat1 (talk) 02:25, 29 September 2021 (UTC)
RFV-passed Kiwima (talk) 10:11, 11 October 2021 (UTC)