| 单词 | in case to |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin (a) case to (also for) (a) in (a) case to (also for): in a condition or position to do something; prepared, ready. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > [adjective] > prepared or ready i-radc888 yarec888 i-redec1000 i-redya1175 boundc1175 graith?c1225 aready1250 alreadyc1275 readyc1275 armedc1300 prestc1300 bentc1330 ripec1330 purveyed1435 mature?1440 apt1474 habile1485 in (a) case to (also for)1523 provided1533 in procinct1540 weeping-ripe1548 furnished1553 fit1569 preta1600 expedite1604 predy1613 procinct1618 foreprepared1642 presto1644 apparated1663 (ready) in one's gears1664 fallow1850 standby1893 organized1926 (to be) all set1949 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. cxxx. f. xlivv We be nat wel ordred to fyght this day, for we be nat in the case to do any great dede of armes [Fr. Si dirent a leur connestable quilz nestoient mye ordonnez adoncques de faire nul grant exploit de bataille]. 1593 G. Markham Disc. Horsmanshippe iv. sig. I4v Iudge in what temper aud state hys body standeth, and howe farre he is eyther out of case or in case, for the running of a course. a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) iii. ii. 25 I am in case to iustle a Constable. View more context for this quotation 1653 H. Cogan tr. F. M. Pinto Voy. & Adventures viii. §2. 23 When thou art in better case to hear me I will tell thee. 1663 S. Butler Hudibras: First Pt. i. iii. 219 Quoth Ralph, I should not, if I were In case for action, now be here. 1744 J. Willison Afflicted Man's Compan. (new ed.) vii. 137 God frequently hides his People from the Temptations and Troubles that are coming on the Earth. Why? he sees many of them not in Case to endure them. 1826 M. R. Mitford Our Village II. 56 Even if they escaped hanging for that exploit, I should greatly doubt their being in case to attempt another. 1865 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia V. xviii. ix. 229 Breslau; which is in no case to resist and be bombarded. 1903 W. D. Howells Lett. Home xi. 67 At the house of an editor who has made so much money with his paper..that he is now in case to clean up. 1932 R. Macaulay They were Defeated i. viii. 58 Prudence tells me she's five months forward, and in no case to care for innocent children. < as lemmas |
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