单词 | in despite of |
释义 | > as lemmasin despite of 5. phr. in despite of. extracted from despiten.ΚΠ 1292 Britton i. v. §1 En despit et damage de nous et de noster poeple.] c1290 Beket 1903 in S. Eng. Leg. I. 161 Þeos þreo bischopus..to þe kinge heo come..And tolden..hov in despit of him, he dude swuch luþer dede. c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 5807–9 He..haþ now in dispyt of me My bysshop y-bete sore: And afterward, in þe dyspyt of crysst, Spet on þe fant. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. clxxxxviii. f. cxiii Indyrision [sic] and despyte of the Danys. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. clxxxiijv And sent all their heddes..to be set vpon poles, ouer the gate of the citie of Yorke in despite of them, and their lignage. a1593 C. Marlowe Massacre at Paris (c1600) sig. B1v In despite of thy Religion, The Duke of Guise stampes on thy liueles bulke. 1628 E. Coke 1st Pt. Inst. Lawes Eng. 139 a A departer in despight of the Court..when the Tenant or Defendant after appearance..makes departure in despight of the Court..It is called a retraxit. 1641 Termes de la Ley 110 b Departure in despight of the Court, is when the Tenant or Defendant appeareth to the action brought against him, &..is called after..in the same term, if he do not appeare, but make default, it is a departure in despight of the Court, and therefore he shall be condemned. 1727 J. Arbuthnot John Bull ii. xvi, in J. Swift et al. Misc. in Prose & Verse ii. 174 Let it never be said, that the famous John Bull has departed in despite of Court. ΚΠ 1292 Britton ii. xv. §2 En despit de lour defaute. transl. By way of punishment for the default of the parties.] 1528 D. Lindsay Dreme 1100 In dispyit of his Lycherous leuyng, The Romanis wald be subiect to no kyng. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > in the face of or in opposition [phrase] > defiance to one's face, teethc1000 in spite of (despite, maugre, etc.) one's teethc1230 in the teeth1297 maugre a person's head (also beard, cheeks, eyes, heart, neck, teeth, will, etc.)c1325 maugre his nosec1325 despitec1380 in (the) maugre (of)c1450 in spite of (also maugre) a person's beard?1537 in the teeth of1792 malgré lui1796 c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 2192 Now haþ he my dore y-broke ous alle in dispyte. c1425 Wyntoun Cron. viii. xii. 67 A gret ost..in þe north of Ingland past In dyspyt of þat Tyrand. 1601 Bp. W. Barlow Serm. Paules Crosse Martij 1600 40 To see Gods word alleadged in despight of Gods ordinance. d. Notwithstanding the opposition or adverse efforts of (a person). Now rare except with reflexive pronouns ( in despite of himself, etc.). ΚΠ 1576 W. Lambarde Perambulation of Kent 108 They [sc. the Danes]..landed in despight of the people. 1610 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes (ed. 2) 1159 Collonitz in despight of the enemie, in safetie brought backe his souldiours. 1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre v. xii. 250 At last this warre ended it self in despite of the Pope. a1822 P. B. Shelley Let. to — in Posthumous Poems (1824) 69 We..in despite of *** and of the devil, Will make our friendly philosophic revel Outlast the leafless time. 1876 ‘Ouida’ In Winter City vii. 198 The lottery tries to allure in very despite of themselves the much wider multitude. e. Notwithstanding, in spite of (opposition, some opposing force). ΚΠ c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) lii. 175 In dyspyte of his teth I wyll se my nece. 1600 E. Blount tr. G. F. di Conestaggio Hist. Uniting Portugall to Castill 132 To assaile the entrie of the mouth of Lisbone, in despite of all the fortresses that were there. a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) v. v. 124 A receiu'd beleefe, in despight of the teeth of all rime and reason, that they were Fairies. a1631 J. Donne Poems (1650) 17 Love which in dispight of darkness brought us hither, Should in dispight of light keep us together. 1664 S. Butler Hudibras: Second Pt. ii. i. 3 Some force whole Regions, in despight O' Geography, to change their site. 1747 T. Carte Gen. Hist. Eng. I. Pref. 6 Learning..cultivated by private persons in despight of all difficulties. 1824 W. Irving Tales of Traveller I. 116 Seized my hand in despite of my efforts to the contrary. 1868 M. E. Braddon Dead-Sea Fruit I. i. 2 In despite of its solemn tranquility, this Villebrumeuse is not a dreary dwelling-place. f. archaic const. in his, her, their, others', one's own despite: in the various preceding senses. ΚΠ 1591 E. Spenser Daphnaïda 442 Why doo I longer live in lifes despight. 1594 W. Shakespeare Titus Andronicus i. i. 358 What would you burie him in my despight. ?a1600 Beggars D. of Bednall Green xxxiii Thus was faire Bessey matched to the knight And then made a lady in others despite. 1681 J. Dryden Absalom & Achitophel 17 Born to be sav'd, even in their own despight. 1725 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey II. ix. 250 Some rustic wretch, who liv'd in heav'n's despight, Contemning laws, and trampling on the right. 1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Odyssey in Iliad & Odyssey II. iii. 272 Much evil perpetrate in thy despight. 1794 W. Blake Clod & Pebble in Songs of Experience in Compl. Poetry & Prose (1982) 19 Love seeketh only Self to please..And builds a Hell in Heavens despite. 1849 J. Stephen Ess. Eccl. Biogr. Pref. (1850) 5 I am thus an author in my own despite. 1871 J. S. Blackie Four Phases Morals i. 127 Bearding two of the thirty tyrants, and pursuing quietly his labours of love in their despite. < as lemmas |
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