单词 | in answer |
释义 | > as lemmasin answer (to, archaic also of) P1. in answer (to, archaic also of): as an answer (to) (in various senses), in reply or response (to). ΚΠ a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vii. l. 5184 Sche was somouned and assent To come in presence of the king And stonde in ansuere of this thing. 1527 Statutes Prohemium Iohannis Rastell (new ed.) f. lii Yf not he shalbe put to a nother answer yf he haue not hys warrante in presence that wyll warrant hym and incontynent enter in answer sauyng to the demaundant hys excepcions agayns hym. 1555 tr. P. M. Vermigli Treat. Cohabitacyon Faithfull f. 33v In answer to these men: furst I saye, that this booke entitled Baruch is none of the Canonicall scriptures. 1571 W. Fulke Confut. Popishe Libelle (new ed.) f. 54 I haue spoken sufficiently, in aunswere of your tenth argumente, out of the scriptures. 1581 R. Parsons (title) A Brief censvre vppon two bookes written in answere to M. Edmonde Campions offer of disputation. 1590 W. Segar Bk. Honor & Armes i. 4 Euerie deniall is a repulse of iniurie, being spoken to that which was iniurie: But if the same be vttered in answere of any words, wherin was no offence, the same becommeth iniurious. 1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet v. ii. 216 If Hamlet giue the first or second hit, or quit in answere of the third exchange. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) i. ii. 249 In answer of which claime, the Prince our Master Sayes, that you fauour too much of your youth. View more context for this quotation 1646 T. Juxon Jrnl. (1999) (modernized text) 101 The king..told them they well knew how he had, by many messages, invited the parliament to a treaty and had received nothing in answer from them but scorns. 1674 J. Wallis Let. 12 Jan. in H. Oldenburg Corr. (1975) X. 432 In answere to yours by ye last post, of Jan. 10. 1708 tr. L. de Argensola Discov. & Conquest Molucco & Philippine Islands iii. 77 A Soldier fired a Piece at some Birds, and in Answer to the Gun, certain Indians, near a Mountain, on the other Side of the Bay, gave horrid shouts. 1753 H. Rimius Candid Narr. Rise & Progress Herrnhuters (ed. 2) 110 Having made some Representations at Stutgard, he received in Answer from the Herrnhuters that lived there, that they would report the Case to the Society at Herrnhut. 1798 J. Wentworth Compl. Syst. Pleading VI. 490 Indictment against an attorney for perjury in an affidavit in answer to interrogatories. 1840 T. B. Macaulay in Edinb. Rev. Jan. 357 Ordinary criminal justice knows nothing of set-off. The greatest desert cannot be pleaded in answer to a charge of the slightest transgression. 1897 tr. V. Hugo Sel. Poems 261 Distant cannon roared In answer to the Tocsin. 1920 L. Spence Encycl. Occultism (2003) II. 280/1 He told the story of his experiences and conversion again and again in his Appeal to the Public, published in answer of the abuse heaped upon him. 1944 Sa-eeda Wog 16/1 In answer to the challenge the Enzed one-pipper in charge yelled ‘Waipukurau!’ and drew a volley in reply. 1970 A. K. Armah Fragments iii. 87 Large, new buildings slid unhurriedly by. Baako asked the driver what they were and in answer got a small flow of strangely casual answers. 2010 C. L. Burton How to Pray ii. 24 In answer to our prayer, God may make salvation more enticing to the sinner. < as lemmas |
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