单词 | free-given |
释义 | > as lemmasfree-given free-given adj. ΚΠ a1425 (?a1400) G. Chaucer Romaunt Rose (Hunterian) (1891) l. 2379 But, in love, fre yeven thing Requyrith a gret guerdonyng. a1649 W. Drummond Poems (1656) 115 Thou didst lament and pitty humane Race, Bestowing on us of thy free-given Grace. 1747 J. Eaton Discov. most Dangerous Dead Faith 43 The Spirit may also convince us of free given righteousness. 1849 Dublin Univ. Mag. Sept. 254/1 What substitute will he suggest in the government of a nation for this amount of free-given, unpurchaseable devotion? 2007 Daily Tel. (Austral.) (Nexis) 29 May 16 Does ‘free given’ consent amount to consent given ‘voluntarily’? < as lemmas |
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