| 释义 |
forgiver|fəˈgɪvə(r)|
[f. forgive v. + -er1.]
One who forgives.
a1225Ancr. R. 256 note (MS. Titus), Hire forȝeouere. 1388Wyclif Rom. iii. 25 Whom God ordeynyde forȝyuer [1382 an helpere; Vulg. propitiationem]. c1449Pecock Repr. iii. v. 306 Ful grete forȝeuers of dettis. 1557Primer, Godly Prayers O ij, Not onlye a forgever but also a revenger. 1625Ussher Answ. Jesuit 102 [He] is the forgiver of sinnes. 1742Richardson Pamela III. 69, I was thus lifted up to the State of a sovereign Forgiver, and my lordly Master became a Petitioner. 1872J. G. Murphy Comm. Lev. xvi. ad fin., The great Forgiver. |