单词 | in special |
释义 | > as lemmasin special in special adv. [Compare post-classical Latin in speciali in particular (from 13th cent. in British sources), Anglo-Norman en especiale, Anglo-Norman and Middle French en especial in particular, individually, in detail (all second half of the 14th cent. or earlier).] extracted from specialadj.adv.n. a. Specially, especially, particularly. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or extraordinary > especially or particularly [phrase] hure and hurea1175 in special1389 in especialc1390 in speciallyc1450 with (also by, in, of) specialtyc1450 in particular1502 in speciality1543 in peculiar1607 of (also with) a specialty1686 1389 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith Eng. Gilds (1870) 52 (MED) Ordeynd it was..on þe same day in special to haue a messe of requiem. a1413 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (Pierpont Morgan) (1881) i. l. 894 Se þat þow yn special Requere not þat is a-yen hire name. c1470 J. Hardyng Chron. c. ii The Kynges inspeciall Vnder his rule. 1483 ( tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage of Soul (Caxton) iv. xxxiii. f. lxxxiv The fourth counceylour ben other that haue for to sene in special to gouernaunce of his propre goodes. a1500 (?a1450) Gesta Romanorum (Harl. 7333) (1879) 211 The Emperour made a generall feste, to the whiche þe Erle was I-bede in speciall. a1513 H. Bradshaw Lyfe St. Werburge (1521) i. xxxii. sig. l.v Prepared by the kyng, and ordeyned inspeciall. 1551 R. Robinson tr. T. More Vtopia sig. Bvi Chyefelye suche thynges as shalbe profytable to be knowne, as in specyall be thoese decrees and ordinaunces. 1603 T. Bodley in Buccleuch MSS (Hist. MSS Comm.) (1899) I. 44 We have a speech given out, among Papists in special, of a match..between our Prince and the King of Spain's..daughter. 1680 W. Allen Perswasive to Peace & Unity (ed. 2) 134 He singles out this in special as the matter of his request. b. In an individual, separate, or distinctive manner. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > individual [phrase] in speciala1393 a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) i. l. 1501 Bot such a thing in special, Which to hem alle in general Is most plesant. c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 159 But by hir Cote armures and by hir geere The heraudes knewe hem best in special. 1469–70 in Hist. MSS Comm.: 10th Rep.: App. Pt. V: MSS Marquis of Ormonde &c. (1885) 307 in Parl. Papers (C. 4576-I) XLII. 1 If ony suete or chalange be..so done in commene or in speciall. ?1507 W. Dunbar Tua Mariit Wemen (Rouen) in Poems (1998) I. 54 To euery man in speciall speke I sum wordis. a1586 in W. A. Craigie Maitland Folio MS (1919) I. 238 And thocht I say in generale Sum sall it tak in speciale. c. In detail; so as to enter into particulars. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > the quality of being specific > specifically [phrase] > in detail from point to pointa1393 in speciala1398 specialityc1485 in particularity1559 in piecemeal1561 in (the) detail1603 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. ii. 59 Of þe propirtees of aungels, we schal bigynne to speke of hem fir[st] in general and þanne in special. c1415 (c1390) G. Chaucer Melibeus (Corpus Oxf.) (1872) §2424 Ȝe han wel taught me as in generalle how I schal gouerne me... But now wolde I fayn þat ȝe wolde condescende in special [c1405 Hengwrt especial]. a1450 ( in J. Kail 26 Polit. Poems (1904) 11 I speke not in specyale Of oo kyngdom the lawe to telle; I speke hool in generale. 1573 J. Davidson Breif Commendatioun Vprichtnes xl. 106 That this may be maid mair manifest, I will discurs sum thing in speciall Tuiching this Lamp. < as lemmas |
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