单词 | i pray you |
释义 | > as lemmasI pray you (also thee, ye) a. I pray you (also thee, ye): (used to add urgency, solicitation, or deference to a question or request) ‘I beg of you’; ‘please’. Now archaic. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > request > [phrase] > courteous expressions I pray you (also thee, ye)c1330 I praya1350 pray you (also thee, ye)c1439 by your leave1914 c1330 (?c1300) Speculum Guy (Auch.) (1898) 601 (MED) Þenk in þin herte, i preie þe, Off þe wrong and þe vilte. a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) i. 1829 (MED) Ches for ous bothen, I you preie. c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) 254 (MED) Liȝt luflych adoun, & lenge, I þe praye. c1475 Mankind (1969) 86 (MED) Cum forth, goode fader, I yow prey! ?1520 J. Rastell Nature .iiii. Element sig. Biiij Syr I pray you be contente It is not vtterly myne intente your company to exyle. 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection Pref. sig. Aiiv Ascribe it I pray you to my insufficiency and ignoraunce. a1596 Sir Thomas More (1911) i. ii. 69 I pray ye,..Goe not aboute to vndermine my life. a1640 J. Fletcher & P. Massinger Prophetesse v. iii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Ffff2v/1 Yes, yes: we'll all be handsom, and wash our faces. Neighbour, I see a remnant of March dust that's hatch'd into your chaps: I pray ye be carefull and mundifie your muzzell. a1652 R. Brome City Wit v. sig. F6v, in Five New Playes (1653) I pray you what is Lady Luxury? A woman regenerative. 1706 Mare of Collingtoun in J. Watson Choice Coll. Scots Poems i. 43 I pray you, Duncan, thole me here, Until the outcum of the Year. 1760 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy II. xii. 83 Forgive, I pray thee, this rash humour. 1816 S. T. Coleridge Christabel i. 14 O weary lady, Geraldine, I pray you, drink this cordial wine! 1859 Ld. Tennyson Lancelot & Elaine 968 in Idylls of King I pray you, use some rough discourtesy To blunt or break her passion. 1897 B. Stoker Dracula xvii. 223 Read all, I pray you, with the open mind. 1953 A. Hosain Phoenix Fled 121 Don't ask the men at the police station, I pray you. 1990 P. Wiat Child Bride (BNC) 64 Look not so dismayed, I pray you—or it will be construed that I have made some unwelcome proposal. < as lemmas |
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