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单词 all-wise
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all-wiseadj.n.

Brit. /ˌɔːlˈwʌɪz/, U.S. /ˈɔlˈˌwaɪz/, /ˈɑlˈˌwaɪz/
Forms: see all adj., pron., n., adv., and conj. and wise adj.; also 1500s– alwise.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: all adv., wise adj.
Etymology: < all adv. + wise adj. Compare German allweise (a1653). Compare earlier all-witty adj.
Esp. as an attribute of God: completely or surpassingly wise. Also occasionally as n.: God, as characterized by this attribute.
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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).
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