单词 | etc purpose |
释义 | > as lemmasto this (also that, the same, etc.) purpose 6. Meaning, effect, import, esp. of words; = purport n. 1. Chiefly in to this (also that, the same, etc.) purpose. Cf. cross-purpose n. 1. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > meaning of linguistic unit > drift, tenor, purport > [noun] sentence?c1225 intent1303 tenora1387 intendment1390 strengthc1390 porta1393 meaningc1395 process1395 continencea1398 purposec1400 substance1415 purport1422 matterc1450 storyc1450 containing1477 contenu1477 retinue1484 fecka1500 content1513 drift1526 intention1532 vein1543 importing1548 scope1549 importance1552 course1553 force1555 sense?1556 file1560 intelliment?1562 proporta1578 preport1583 import1588 importment1602 carriage1604 morala1616 significancy1641 amount1678 purview1688 sentiment1713 capacity1720 spirit1742 message1828 thrust1968 messaging1977 c1400 (?c1380) Pearl 185 (MED) I hope þat gostly watz þat porpose. 1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida i. iii. 261 He bad me take a Trumpet, And to this purpose speake. View more context for this quotation 1611 Bible (King James) Judith xiii. 3 She spake to Bagoas according to the same purpose [1895 R.V. words] . View more context for this quotation 1662 J. Glanvill Lux Orientalis xi. 113 These places have bin more diffusely urged in a late discourse to this purpose. 1726 J. Swift Gulliver II. iii. iv. 54 With other common Topicks to the same Purpose. 1789 W. Belsham Ess. I. 5 The advocates for philosophical liberty..reply to the following purpose:—‘As all mankind’ [etc.]. a1817 J. Austen Northanger Abbey (1818) II. x. 195 It [sc. the letter] was from Oxford; and to this purpose . View more context for this quotation 1892 R. L. Stevenson & L. Osbourne Wrecker xxv. 406 ‘I forgive you, sure enough; and much good may it do you!’ The others spoke to the same purpose. 1925 D. Garnett Sailor's Return 45 I had heard him say a great deal to the same purpose. 1930 Times 11 July 12/2 The best [drawing] of all, ‘The Mole’..is mainly in wash... Another drawing to the same purpose is ‘On the Front, Alassio’. to good (also great, some, little, no, etc.) purpose c. to purpose: so as to secure the result or effect desired; in an effective manner, effectively. Now chiefly in to good (also great, some, little, no, etc.) purpose: to good (great, some, little, no, etc.) effect; with a (good, etc.) result. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > efficacy > efficacious [phrase] unto purposea1387 of availc1450 to good (also great, some, little, no, etc.) purpose1525 to (the) purpose1525 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > in vain [phrase] in (or on) idlenessc825 in (earlier on, an) idlec1000 in idleshipa1250 in vaina1300 over tomeheda1300 (all) for noughtc1300 in waste1340 in deveyn(ec1400 to little availc1450 without availc1450 in fruster1488 to good (also great, some, little, no, etc.) purpose1525 for nothing1560 sans fail1597 for vaina1616 1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. f. ccxxiv/1 It is a fayre countre and shall come to you to good purpose [Fr. vous viendra a point], for it marcheth nere to the Realme of Arragone. 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. ccxxxvijv In hys opynion a generall counsel shuld be to little porpos. 1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 127 It was not the great multitude of ships..that could stande them to purpose, against noble harts. 1587 J. White Fourth Voy. in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (1589) 765 It was to no purpose to touch there in any place, at this voyage. 1611 M. Smith in Bible (King James) Transl. Pref. ⁋6 These..were worthily and to great purpose compiled together by Origen. 1642 T. Fuller Holy State v. xiv. 411 Yet perchance he may get some almes of learning..but nothing to purpose. 1680 Bp. G. Burnet Some Passages Life Rochester (1692) 132 I wrote a letter to the best purpose I could. 1718 Free-thinker No. 59. 1 His Letter may be made Publick to Good Purpose. 1761 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy IV. xxvii. 169 To snatch the cudgels..to bemawl Yorick to some purpose. 1833 H. Martineau Tale of Tyne vii. 129 I used to insist on this..but..to no purpose. 1886 J. Ruskin Præterita II. vii. 230 Another young draughtsman in Florence, who lessoned me to purpose. 1923 P. G. Wodehouse Inimitable Jeeves ii. 22 It seemed to me that young Bingo must have boosted me to some purpose. 1989 Times Lit. Suppl. 14 July 769/1 Rousseau's writings, which Starobinski knows so well and has already discussed to such admirable purpose. 2002 C. D. Ringwald Soul of Recovery x. 243 An addict must become who he or she really is in order to live to good purpose. < as lemmas |
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