单词 | in a tale |
释义 | > as lemmasin a (= one) tale d. in the same tale, in a (= one) tale, in the same enumeration, statement, or category; hence, in agreement; so in two tales. archaic. ΚΠ a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 683 Þe bestes weren in samen tale [Vesp. war samer-tale] wit-outen hurt in herde ay hale. 1577 R. Holinshed Chron. II. 1656/1 Thou art a false knaue to be in two tales, therfore said he, hang him vp. 1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing iv. ii. 31 Fore God they are both in a tale . View more context for this quotation 1641 R. Carpenter Experience, Hist., & Divinitie i. v. 14 Truth must needs be one..and can never be found in two contrary tales. 1860 C. Reade Cloister & Hearth lv Which did accuse heavenly truth of falsehood for not being in a tale with him. 1887 A. Lang Myth, Ritual & Relig. II. 333 The Wesleyan missionary..is in the same tale with the Jesuit. < as lemmas |
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