| 单词 | give faith |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto give (one's) faith 2. A pledge, a formal declaration, a solemn promise; esp. in to give (one's) faith. See also Phrases 2b. Now rare and archaic. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > agreement > promise > [noun] > pledge or assurance wordOE costOE earnest1221 fayc1300 certainty1303 wager1306 plighta1325 pledge1371 assurancec1386 undertaking?a1400 faithc1405 surementc1410 to make affiancec1425 earnest pennya1438 warrant1460 trow1515 fidelity1531 stipulation1552 warranty1555 pawn1573 arrha1574 avouchment1574 assumption1590 word of honour1598 avouch1603 assecurance1616 preassurance1635 tower-stamp1642 parole of honour1648 spondence1657 honour1659 the mind > language > speech > agreement > promise > promise, vow, or pledge [verb (intransitive)] > give assurances assurec1386 avouch1532 to give (one's) faith1558 c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Summoner's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 431 Lo here my feith in me shal be no lak. c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) iv. l. 2176 As sittyng is to femynyte Of nature nat be vengable, For feith nor oþe, but raþer mercyable. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. clxxxiijv Emongest men of warre, faith or othe, syldome is perfourmed. 1558 Bp. T. Watson Holsome Doctr. Seuen Sacramentes xxviii. f. clxxiiii Jane, here I geue to thee my faythe and truthe..I wyll marrye thee. 1634 J. Ford Chron. Hist. Perkin Warbeck ii. iii. sig. E Cease perswasions, I violate no pawnes of faythes, intrude not On private loues. 1663 tr. G. Biondi Penitent Bandito sig. D6v Father, I give you my faith, that I do not, at all, bewail my death. 1721 E. Young Revenge iii. i. 32 O sacred Faith! How dearly I abide thy Violation! 1787 J. Reeves Hist. Eng. Law (ed. 2) I. vii. 406 In common cases..the essoniator gave his faith, that he would produce his principal at another day. 1834 G. R. Gleig Allan Breck (1835) I. xiv. 110 I will not press you to a pledge. I do not now ask you to give your faith to Allan. 1901 Junior Munsey July 687/1 If your highness will give me your faith not to attempt escape, I have no wish to deprive you of your sword. 2011 A. E. Smith Queen by Right 112 I take you as my wife, for better or worse..; and of this I give you my faith. to give faith to give faith: to create credibility.extracted from faithn.int.< as lemmas |
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