| 单词 | constitution of things |
| 释义 | > as lemmasconstitution of things a. The way in which anything is constituted or made up; the arrangement or combination of its parts or elements, as determining its nature and character; make, frame, composition. constitution of nature, constitution of the world, constitution of the universe, constitution of things (the actual existing order); so constitution of society, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > [noun] shapec1050 composition1382 temperc1400 confectionc1420 temperament1471 frame?1520 compage1550 architecture1590 compacture1590 structure?1591 fabricaturec1600 constitution1601 membrature1606 composture1614 compositure1625 contexturea1639 composure1639 economy1644 fabric1644 conformation1646 composier1648 constructurea1652 compages1660 mechanism1662 compound1671 construction1707 componency1750 formation1774 make-up1821 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 529 Vnlesse the constitution of the tract and qualitie of a country require the contrary. a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) i. iii. 127 By the excellent constitution of thy legge. View more context for this quotation 1722 W. Wollaston Relig. of Nature ii. 38 That an inferior being may in opposition to His will break through the constitution of things. 1736 Bp. J. Butler (title) The analogy of religion..to the constitution and course of nature. 1832 H. Martineau Life in Wilds ix. 118 That..is the fault of the constitution of society. 1839 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece (new ed.) I. x. 377 The constitution, functions, and authority of the council. 1850 R. W. Emerson Plato in Representative Men ii. 51 Philosophy is the account which the human mind gives to itself of the constitution of the world. 1868 M. Pattison Suggestions Acad. Organisation 6 Before any further change is made in the constitution of the University. < as lemmas |
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