| 单词 | for due |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfor due 5. Of a person's fate, destiny, etc.: inevitable, preordained; unavoidably allotted to a person. †for due: as inevitable (obsolete). Now rare (chiefly archaic in later use). ΘΚΠ the mind > will > necessity > [adjective] > absolutely compulsory duec1400 compulsory1581 compulsive1611 unelective1666 must1912 c1400 (?c1380) Patience l. 49 Ȝif me be dyȝt a destyne due to haue, What dowes me þe dedayn oþer dispit make? c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 2180 To maken vertu of necessitee And take it wel, þt we may nat eschue And nameliche that [sc. death] to vs alle is due. 1491–2 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VII (Electronic ed.) Parl. Oct. 1491 §5. m. 2 Deth is due to every creature born in this world. c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy (2002) f. 42v It was desteynid by dome, & for due holdyn. 1632 J. Vicars tr. Virgil XII Aeneids v. 144 Or else (great sire) if it be my due fate, Strike me..to death with lightning fierce. 1763 R. Lloyd tr. F. G. Klopstock Death of Adam ii. iii. 28 Grieve not, my daughter, death is due to all. 1855 A. Poole Spare Moments with Word of God 181 The curse of death is due to all! 1899 R. N. Stephens Gentleman Player xiv. 246 A properly bred thief, brought up to regard the hempen rope as his due destiny. 2011 A. Verity tr. Homer Iliad xviii. 300 His due destiny and Hera's cruel anger beat him down. < as lemmas |
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