单词 | in the virtue of |
释义 | > as lemmasin the virtue of a. in virtue of (also in the virtue of): = by virtue of at Phrases 1c. [Compare post-classical Latin in virtute (with the genitive) in consequence (of) (frequently from 12th cent. in British sources), Anglo-Norman and Middle French, French en vertu de by the authority of (end of the 13th cent. or earlier), in consequence of (1668).] ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > cause or reason > [phrase] > because of in virtue ofa1250 by (also for) reason ofa1350 by the virtue ofa1375 by the cause ofc1405 by occasion ofc1425 for cause ofc1425 by way of1447 for suit of1451 in respect of1528 in consideration of1540 in regard of1600 in intuition to1626 by or in vigour of1636 along1680 in view of1710 the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > by the instrumentality of [phrase] in virtue ofa1250 by (also with) strength of1340 by the virtue ofa1375 by way ofa1393 by (also through) (the) means (also mean) ofa1398 by remedy ofa1398 by force of1411 by feat of1489 by (occasionally through) the benefit ofa1538 in the way of1622 by the way of1623 by (the) dint of1664 by the force of1697 perforce of1714 a1250 (?c1200) Hali Meiðhad (Titus) (1940) 160 (MED) Engel & meiden beon euening in uertu of meidenhades mihte. c1300 St. Edmund Rich (Laud) l. 460 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 444 Þe bischop..in vertue of obedience hiet him at þe laste Þat he ne scholde it nouȝht bi-leue godes wille to wurche. ?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) ii. 18 Þe kyng with þe maistrie went in to þe toun, Þe pris he had wonnen, in vertew of Criste's passioun. c1450 Med. Recipes (BL Add. 33996) in F. Heinrich Mittelengl. Medizinbuch (1896) 138 (MED) I coniure ȝow fyue croppes in þe verteu of þe v woundes þat crist suffred on þe roode treo. 1485 W. Caxton tr. Thystorye & Lyf Charles the Grete sig. kvi/1 Charles knewe not what to do but to praye god and saynt Iames for whom he went that in the vertu of hys name he myght take that cyte. 1617 in S. R. Gardiner Fortescue Papers (1871) 29 They should talke of the points of religion but by way of discourse, and not as in vertue of the commission [etc.]. 1660 Bp. J. Taylor Worthy Communicant i. iv. 75 Christ in heaven perpetually offers and represents that sacrifice to his heavenly Father and in vertue of that obtaines all good things for his church. 1686 J. Scott Christian Life: Pt. II II. vii. 781 By interceding for us as Priest in the vertue of his Sacrifice. a1701 H. Maundrell Journey Aleppo to Jerusalem (1703) 104 In vertue of which perswasion, the Olives, and Olive stones, and Oyl which they produce, became an excellent commodity in Spain. 1754 T. Sherlock Several Disc. preached at Temple Church I. ii. 77 He was the Head of all Creatures in virtue of having created them. 1833 H. Martineau Three Ages ii. 39 In virtue of an office which he held, he had liberty to pass through the palace garden. 1879 J. A. Froude Cæsar xiii. 188 He remained a senator in virtue of his quæstorship. 1918 Insurance Law Jrnl. 51 54 In the virtue of the fact that there was a personal occupancy of the dwelling the Supreme Court held that the dwelling did not become unoccupied. 1926 E. F. Scott First Age Christianity i. 16 In virtue of his priestly descent the Asmonaean king could also hold the office of high-priest. 2008 Ethical Theory & Moral Pract. 11 531 Words are not persuasive or propagandistic in virtue of their meaning, but in virtue of the conclusion they are used to implicitly support. < as lemmas |
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