| 单词 | in witness |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin witness a. in witness: as a testimony or piece of evidence. Now rare or Obsolete except as in sense 3. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > [adverb] > as testimony in witnessc950 witnessinga1300 testea1845 c950 Lindisf. Gosp. Matt. viii. 4 In cyðnisse vel witnesa. c1000 West Saxon Gospels: Luke (Corpus Cambr.) ix. 5 Þonne ge of þære ceastre gað, asceacað eower fota dust ofer hig on witnesse.] a1325 Statutes of Realm (2011) xlii. 110 In witnesse of wche þinges we habbez don maken þues oure opene lettres. 1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman A. viii. 95 In two lynes hit lay..And was I-writen riht þus In witnesse of treuþe. 1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 34 In tokne and in witnesse That ilke ymage bar liknesse Of man and of non other beste. 1528 W. Tyndale Briefe Declar. Sacraments a ij b They cast vp an heape of stones in wytnesse & called it Gylyad: ye heape of wytnesse. a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) iii. ii. 1 Hang there my verse, in witnesse of my loue. View more context for this quotation 1657 Earl of Monmouth tr. P. Paruta Politick Disc. 113 Venice doth at this day enjoy many great priviledges, in witness of her great worth and singular merit. < as lemmas |
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