| 单词 | free to confess | 
| 释义 | > as lemmasfree to confess (also admit)  b.  With infinitive: ready to do something; eager, willing. Now Scottish and in  free to confess (also admit), where the adjective is now understood as sense  A. 5b. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > willingness > 			[adjective]		 > ready or prompt radeOE rekenOE ratheOE freshc1175 gradelyc1275 quickc1300 freea1393 readya1425 promptc1425 forward1523 forwards1598 cheerful1600 alacritous1821 up to ——1849 a1393    J. Gower Confessio Amantis 		(Fairf.)	  i. 752 (MED)  				To love is every herte fre. c1405						 (c1390)						    G. Chaucer Pardoner's Tale 		(Hengwrt)	 		(2003)	 Prol. l. 73  				Is al my prechyng for to make hem free To yeuen hir pens. 1629    H. Burton Truth's Triumph xi. 167  				Surely, I finde not Vega very free to explaine himselfe in this point. 1660    Exact Accompt Trial Regicides 22  				I shall be very free to open my Heart. 1699    W. Dampier Voy. & Descr.  i. v. 94  				He was very free to talk with me, and first asked me my business thither? a1716    O. Blackall Wks. 		(1723)	 I. xxix. 276  				To part with any thing in this World..and to be free to suffer any temporal Loss..rather than live in a State of strong Temptation to Sin. 1722    W. Sewel Hist. Quakers 		(1795)	 I.  iii. 191  				But they were not free to consent thereto. 1784    New Spectator xvi. 6/2  				For my own part, I will be free to confess, that, in my opinion, [etc.]. 1821    J. Clare Village Minstrel I. 40  				Mark..his generous mind; How free he is to push about his beer. 1834    A. Smart Rambling Rhymes 120  				His maister's free to gie his aith He didna dee a fair strae death. 1874    J. Ruskin Fors Clavigera IV. xxxvii. 4  				I am free to confess I did not quite know the sort of creature I had to deal with. 1921    C. E. Mulford Bar-20 Three xiv. 179  				An' I'm free to admit that I'm cussed glad to be settin' here. 1942    Times 27 Feb. 7/5  				I am free to confess that I never made a major decision without consultation with him. 1975    Daily Courier 		(Connellsville, Pa.)	 2 Oct. 25/2  				I decided to give your system a month's test, though I am free to admit I didn't think it would change our home into a happy one. < as lemmas  | 
	
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