单词 | from want of |
释义 | > as lemmasfrom (also by, through, etc.) (the) want of a. For lack of; because of the absence or deficiency of. Also similarly from (also by, through, etc.) (the) want of.See also for want of a better name at name n. and adj. Phrases 5; for want of a nail at nail n. Phrases 1d. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > non-possession > non-possession [phrase] > through lack of for (the) fault ofc1290 for default ofc1300 for (occasionally by, from, through) lack ofc1386 for want ofa1425 in want of1556 in defect of1563 in failance ofa1627 in neglect of1807 a1425 (?a1400) G. Chaucer Romaunt Rose (Hunterian) (1891) l. 4116 Whanne I thenke vpon the kisse And how mych Ioye and blisse I hadde thurgh the sauour swete For wante of it I grone and grete. c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy (2002) f. 182v Antenor..denyet hym onon þat noqwere he knew Þat comuly be keppet ne in cloese haldyn Þen wrathid þo worthi [Agamemnon] for wont of þe burde. 1544 R. Tracy Supplycacion to Kynge Henry VIII sig. Avi For through the want of preachyng of Godes worde..mennes tradycyons be crept into the conscyences of ye symple innocentes in the steade of the lawe of God. 1552 J. Caius Bk. against Sweatyng Sicknesse f. 33v Nature is weke, ij. waies, either in the selfe, or by the annoiance of an other. In the selfe, by wante of strength consumed by sicknes or other wise. 1573 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) f. 12v For want of seede, lande bringeth weede. a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) ii. i. 156 For often haue you writ to her: and she in modesty, Or else for want of idle time, could not againe reply. View more context for this quotation a1633 G. Herbert Outlandish Prov. (1640) sig. C2v For want of a naile the shoe is lost, for want of a shoe the horse is lost, for want of a horse the rider is lost. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 120 'Twas then that Buffalo's, ill pair'd, were seen To draw the Carr of Jove's Imperial Queen For want of Oxen. View more context for this quotation 1732 J. Gay Let. 13 Mar. in J. Swift Corr. (1913) IV. 285 I find myself dispirited, for want of having some pursuit. 1766 Ld. Kames Remarkable Decisions Court of Session 1730–52 55 When a man is pinched for want of money, he will submit to any conditions, however hard, to come at it. 1808 E. S. Barrett Miss-led General 136 They could not pursue them for want of cavalry. 1876 T. Bryant Pract. Surg. (ed. 2) I. xv. 642 Umbilical Hernia..is common in children from want of closure of the umbilicus. 1889 ‘J. S. Winter’ Mrs. Bob (1891) x. 125 He..had no notion of losing anything for the want of asking for it. 1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 820/1 The latter mission..failed, through want of support, to secure a foothold. 1920 J. Masefield Enslaved 52 The lamp-flame purred from want of oil. 1935 I. Compton-Burnett House & its Head v. 67 She was always so short of money; we had always to see her troubled for the want of it. 1968 Bull. School Oriental & Afr. Stud. 31 100 The missionaries believed that the new literates that they produced allowed their skills to rust away from want of use. 1975 Independent Jrnl. (San Rafael, Calif.) 3 Dec. 50/2 They have sought..to topple foreign governments and to murder foreign leaders. If they failed, it was not for want of trying. 1991 Jrnl. Southern Afr. Stud. 17 392 We frequently get cases of marasmus due to improper feeding, often simply through want of knowledge. 2007 Daily Tel. 23 July 5/1 Bored siblings lay into one another for want of anything better to do. < as lemmas |
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