单词 | as to |
释义 | > as lemmasas to a. as to: as it regards, so far as it concerns, with respect or reference to. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > [adverb] > in relation or with reference to or concerning forasmuch1297 as to1340 as fora1393 nentesa1400 accordingc1430 as respects1543 in (also with) relation to1551 relatively1609 quoad1622 referently1650 on, upon the score (of)1651 on account of1653 schetically1678 with a view to1692 apropos1749 as regards1797 in the matter of1881 in aid of1918 wise1942 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 8 (MED) Þe ilke þet hateþ his broþer, he is manslaȝþe ase to his wylle. c1475 Antichrist & Disciples in J. H. Todd Three Treat. J. Wycklyffe (1851) p. cxvii He shal be lyoun as to violence; as a lyoun in his chouche as to trecherie. 1505 Instr. Henry VII to Ambassadors in Facsimiles National MSS (1865) I. 66 Item, to note welle hir ies, &c.—As to thys articule, the ies of the saide Quyne be of colore browne. 1648 W. Lilly Astrol. Predict. 42 High Windes are signified (as to the Weather) Seditions, Tumults, Hurlyburlies, and the Pestilence (as to the City). 1689 J. Moyle Abstr. Sea Chyrurg. ii. xxi. 76 The Quintessenses of Cloves and Colocynthis are great arcanums as to the Tooth-ach. 1749 D. Hartley Observ. Man i. i. §1 ⁋5 As to myself, I am not satisfied. 1797 A. Radcliffe Italian I. i. 14 The nobility were divided..as to the merits of the musical genius, whom she patronized, and those of another candidate for fame. 1856 T. Hook Gilbert Gurney i [He] was questioned as to what efforts he had made to rescue his companion. 1857 A. Helps Friends in Council 1st Ser. I. 18 My only doubt was as to the mode. 1906 Q. Jrnl. Econ. 20 480 Its members have the right at any time to make inquiry as to the entire business. 1994 Rhetoric Soc. Q. 23 111 Horner informs us as to the condition of the manuscripts. as to 18. Expressing comparison: In comparison with, as compared with. Also †as to (obsolete). (See also A. 21.) ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > comparison > marking comparison [preposition] withc888 toc1000 againsta1225 atweenc1400 toward1527 towards?1555 vis-à-vis1755 c1000 Ælfric Homilies II. 13 Ðes is ure God, and nis nan oðer geteald to him. 1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur i. xxii. 69 Your myghte is nothyng to myn. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. cclxviii. 396 His enemyes were but a handfull of men, as to the nombre of his. 1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue ii. ii. sig. Fivv There is no foole to the olde foole. 1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet i. ii. 140 So excellent a King, that was to this Hiperion to a satire. View more context for this quotation 1666 S. Pepys Diary 21 Apr. (1972) VII. 106 It was so thick to its length. 1741 S. Richardson Pamela III. xxxvii. 351 Now, by..good Physick,..pretty well, to what they had been. 1863 C. C. Clarke Shakespeare-characters viii. 202 The men are noodles to her. < as lemmas |
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