单词 | in point of |
释义 | > as lemmasin point of g. in point of: as regards; with reference or respect to; in the matter of. in point of fact: see fact n., int., and adv. Phrases 2. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > in relation to [phrase] > in respect of or with regard to in wise ofc1290 by (also for) reason ofa1350 as to (the) regard ofc1392 in regard of or toc1392 upon the side ofa1393 with regard toc1392 in respect of?a1425 in this (also that) behalf1458 upon the feat of1483 for (the) respect of1489 as pertains to1526 in order to1526 with respect1556 ad idem1574 on this behalf1581 in or with reference to1593 quoad hoc1601 in point of1605 with intuition to (of)1626 in the mention of1638 in terms of1704 how and about1753 as regards1797 as concerns1816 w.r.t.1956 1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning i. sig. D2v States were too busie with their Lawes, and too negligent in point of education. View more context for this quotation 1656 Earl of Monmouth tr. T. Boccalini Ragguagli di Parnasso i. iii. 6 France may vie and weigh even with Greece it self, in point of Learning. 1718 Free-thinker No. 18. 1 Madam Dacier has the Advantage in Point of Erudition. 1777 A. Hamilton Let. 29 July in Papers (1961) I. 296 He agrees with me, in point of the enemy's numbers. 1812 View State Parties in U.S. (ed. 2) 32 In point of date, the two events correspond with a singular exactness. 1892 Forum (N.Y.) July 585 He [sc. Hardy] is, in point of diction, the most Latinical writer we have had since Dryden and Milton. 1949 J. I. M. Stewart Char. & Motive in Shakespeare 109 Bradley is really right in point of dramatic feeling. 1992 J. M. Kelly Short Hist. Western Legal Theory ii. 42 Elected magistrates, ranging in political weight from the annually elected pair of consuls (or, in point of dignity, from the quinquennially elected censor) through the praetors, [etc.]. in point to (also of) h. [Compare post-classical Latin in puncto (1228, 1377; 1375 in a British source), in punctu (c1340, c1390 in British sources)] in point to (also of): in a position ready to, on the point of; in immediate peril or danger of. Now rare (archaic and poetic). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > there is danger in a course of action [phrase] > in danger of in point to (also of)c1330 in danger to or of1377 in were of1412 in weres to1804 the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > [adverb] > near in time > about to or on the point of in point to (also of)c1330 at (the) point toc1432 at the point ofa1450 go1483 on the pop of1922 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > there is danger in a course of action [phrase] > in danger of > in immediate danger of in point to (also of)c1330 c1330 in T. Wright Polit. Songs Eng. (1839) 343 That al Engelond i-wis was in point to spille. c1390 G. Chaucer Man of Law's Tale 331 My sone in point is for to lete The holy lawes of oure Alkaron. ?a1425 Mandeville's Trav. (Egerton) (1889) 57 (MED) He..was in poynt to drowne. 1479 Presentm. Juries in Surtees Misc. (1888) 28 The crosse in the merkythe place, that it is in pounte to fall. c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 82 [He] put all the lave jn poynt of perdicioun. a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid iv. xi. 55 Dido standis redy to cum in point to de. 1573 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1878) 1st Ser. II. 189 Quhairof he hes lyne continewalie bedfast sensyne, and in poynt and dangeare of his lyff. 1641 W. Hakewill Libertie of Subj. 90 The people were in point to rebell had not the king stayed the proceedings. 1906 C. M. Doughty Dawn in Brit. II. v. 49 The old moon now in point to set, they pass The sacred bornes. < as lemmas |
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