单词 | all-wise |
释义 | all-wiseadj.n. Esp. as an attribute of God: completely or surpassingly wise. Also occasionally as n.: God, as characterized by this attribute. ΚΠ 1566 J. Rastell Treat.: Beware of M. Iewel i. iv. sig. Liiii What a Miserable felow are you, which dare so to speake of him, that is Alwyse, and Almightie? 1574 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Job (new ed.) xciv. 481/2 The holy Scripture doth so oftentimes adde tytles to him, and is not contented with his single name, but termeth him the Almightie, the Alwise, the Alrightuous [sic]. 1613 T. Cooper Estates of Hypocrite 91 The absolute, allwise, & allseeing God. 1643 J. Milton Doctr. Divorce 27 The all-wise purpose of a deliberating God. 1670 J. Eachard Grounds Contempt of Clergy 41 The all-wise Patron, or all-understanding Justice of the Peace. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 121. ¶8 It would..not a little redound to the Glory of the All-wise Contriver. 1786 tr. A. Beuvius Henrietta of Gerstenfeld xxix. 183 We must resignedly submit to the dispensations of an all-wise Providence. 1853 New Englander (New Haven, Connecticut) Aug. 394 It must be by the predeterminate counsel, the intentional permission, and the all-wise appointment of God. 1862 E. Bulwer-Lytton Strange Story II. xxxiii. 258 Is not the Creator omniscient? if all-wise, all-foreseeing? If all-foreseeing, all pre-ordaining? 1900 Critique (Denver) 7 392 By the divine dispensation of the Alwise Father, we are called to mourn the loss of our well-beloved sister and colleague. 1929 D. H. Lawrence Pansies 30 The All-wise has tired us of wisdom. 1997 Spy (N.Y.) Aug. 29/1 The Church has always presented the Creator as an all-wise architect, an I. M. Pei of the cosmos. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.n.1566 |
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