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| 释义 | > as lemmasat all PhrasesΚΠ eOE tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. (Tanner) iii. ii. 158 Ond he se cyning his monungum..lustlice in eallum þingum [L. in omnibus] hyrsum wæs.] ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 311 Twa wimmen..beon obedient to hare dame inalle þing. c1330 (?a1300) Sir Tristrem (1886) l. 3202 (MED) Marke, in al þing Brengwain þanked he. a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) i. l. 2024 A King Wys and honeste in alle thing. c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 6 (MED) Many popis han synnyd..þerfor þei are not to be folowid sympli in al þing. c1480 (a1400) St. Clement l. 628 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 391 Clement..empleysit wele in godis serwice In althing, at al dewise. c1550 in J. G. Dalyell Scotish Poems 16th Cent. (1801) II. 130 Hee is fair, sober and bening, Sweet, meek, and gentle in all thing. a1568 R. Ascham Scholemaster (1570) i. f. 21 Good order in all thyng. P2. all one. In predicative use. Cf. alone adj., adv., and n. a. One and the same; all the same thing. Cf. all a case at case n.1 Phrases 12, all of a piece at piece n. Phrases 8b. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > identity > [adjective] > identical oneOE all oneOE alikea1393 all like1477 indifferent1530 selfsame1582 identical1601 same1621 identitial1635 identica1657 indistinguishable1658 identifical1673 undistinguishable1679 tautological1689 indistinctible1781 the world > relative properties > relationship > identity > [adverb] > all one or quite the same all oneOE OE Byrhtferð Enchiridion (Ashm.) (1995) ii. i. 62 Gyf hyt byð embolismaris oððe embolismus (þæt ys eall an). lOE King Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Bodl.) (2009) I. xxxiii. 315 Swiðe wunderlic is þæt gecynd þines godes forþam ðe hit is eall an, þu & þin godnes. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 3090 Þatt wass inoh all an wiþþ þatt Þatt godess enngell seȝȝde. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. xii. iv. 609 It semeþ þat alietus and a litil sparhauk is al one, þat is iclepid muskete in frensche, or ellis hit hiȝte þe sparhauk. a1450 (?a1390) J. Mirk Instr. Parish Priests (Claud.) (1974) 372 Vsure and okere þat beth al on. 1546 Wycklyffes Wycket sig. A.iiii It is..all one to denye Christes wordes for Heresye and Christe for an heretyke. 1636 King & Queenes Entertainement Richmond 24 If you aske me how he comes, I answere after the French Post-coach, or Post-horse, though he come a foot 'tis all one. 1691 J. Ray Acct. Errors in Coll. Eng. Words 154 As for the vulgar and illiterate it is all one to them. 1719 D. Defoe Farther Adventures Robinson Crusoe 62 It was all one, he could not sleep. 1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. IV. 20 What persons are, or are not, capable of committing crimes; or, which is all one, who are exempted from the censures of the law. 1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering II. 273 It's a' ane to Dandie. 1881 W. Besant & J. Rice Chaplain of Fleet II. iii. 51 A well-dressed woman and a draggletail are all one to them. 1930 C. Williams War in Heaven iii. 35 I gather it's all one to you whether we take it or leave it? 1981 S. McAughtry Belfast Stories i. 11 Interviews could come and interviews could go: it was all one to the punters. ΚΠ c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 14512 Þa weoren heo al an. c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) ii. 6019 Calchas..to Achilles he went... After sone þei [were] confederat, Swor to-gidre be bonde & assuraunce To ben al on. 1462 T. Howes in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 273 God graunt we may overcome theym; and so we shuld, I dought not, if we were alle oon. P3. of all: out of everyone or everything (previously specified or implied). See also of prep. 56. a. As an intensive modifier of a superlative adjective. Cf. alder- prefix 1b. ΚΠ OE Judgement Day II 297 Heo let þurh þa scenan scinendan ricu, gebletsodost ealra, þæs breman fæder..rice rædwitan.] c1225 (?c1200) St. Juliana (Bodl.) l. 526 (MED) He, kempene king, haueð to dei ouercumen helles bule belial, baldest of alle. c1300 Vision St. Paul (Laud) in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen (1874) 52 35 (MED) Seue dawes aren þat men callez þe sonenday is best of alle. a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vi. l. 1206 (MED) He which goth the pass Defyed best of alle was. ?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 1v First of al was Ipocras, which, as it is radde in introductorio medicine, ouercome alle. a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xvi. 186 Hayll, the worthyest of all! To the must I bow. 1549 H. Latimer 2nd Serm. before Kynges Maiestie 4th Serm. sig. Mviiv He by vnrepentaunce fel from euyll to worse, and from worse, to worste of al. a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) iii. ii. 181 Through this, the wel-beloued Brutus stabb'd..This was the most vnkindest cut of all . View more context for this quotation 1674 J. Wallis Let. 14 Feb. in H. Oldenburg Corr. (1975) X. 478 Considering ye Annual as, by much, the most praedominant of all. 1749 T. Smollett tr. A. R. Le Sage Gil Blas I. iii. i. 181 The best joke of all was, I did not know my master's name. 1816 J. Austen Emma I. xi Hardly any degree of personal compliment could have made her regardless of that greatest fault of all . View more context for this quotation 1900 H. L. Keeler Our Native Trees 356 Lateral lobes are obovate,..the middle ones usually the largest of all. 1943 N.Y. Times 24 Jan. x. 16/3 I cannot leave the subject of squash without mentioning what we consider the best flavored of all. 2004 H. Strachan Make a Skyf, Man! x. 99 Van Wuurwapen's evidence on the use of this vehicle was the most puzzling of all. b. Used as an intensive modifier of a superlative adverb to form adverbial phrases, as best of all, first of all, most of all, etc. Cf. alder- prefix 1a. ΚΠ OE Paris Psalter (1932) cviii. 28 Him si abrogden swa of brechrægle hiora sylfra sceamu swyþust ealra.] a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) ii. l. 775 Wherof thei merveile everychon, Bot Elda wondreth most of alle. a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1957) ii. iii. 147 And, first of all, the mannakillis and hard bandis Chargit he lows of this ilk mannis handis. a1652 S. Foster Elliptical Horologiography (1654) 187 This I shall adde as a Corollary to that which hath last of all been delivered in general for all Plains and Indexes. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 135. ¶4 First of all by its abounding in Monosyllables. 1792 E. Burke Corr. (1844) III. 391 My party principles..must lead me to detest the French revolution, in the act, in the spirit, in the consequences, and most of all, in the example. 1848 J. C. Hare & A. W. Hare Guesses at Truth 2nd Ser. (ed. 2) 4 One may develope an idea..But one cannot add to it, least of all in another age. 1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia I. iv. iii. 407 ‘Genius’..means transcendent capacity of taking trouble, first of all. 1933 D. Thomas Let. 15 Apr. (1987) 115 The composition of my own letter and—best of all—the having of yours, has become the greatest event of the week. 1966 E. Palmer Plains of Camdeboo viii. 141 Of all our vanished creatures we mourn these quaggas most of all. 2011 Independent 27 July (Viewspaper section) 7/3 No one else, Mr Clegg least of all, has the integrity and public trust to revive a moribund political force. ΚΠ a1593 C. Marlowe Edward II (1594) sig. H3 Vilde wretch, and why hast thou of all vnkinde, Borne armes against thy brother? 1605 L. Andrewes Serm. (1841) II. 158 From each part;—but of all, from the last part. 1649 R. Lovelace Lucasta: Epodes, Odes, Sonnets, Songs 30 She Whom thou of all ador'st. P4. With a noun denoting category or type, and usually of: many different types, or every different type, of the specified category. a. With a singular noun, as all kind of, all manner of, all sort of, etc. Cf. alkin adj. ΚΠ c1300 St. Barnabas (Laud) l. 82 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 29 (MED) Alle manere turmenz huy him duden. ?a1425 (c1400) Mandeville's Trav. (Titus C.xvi) (1919) 140 Spices & all manere of marchandises. a1500 ( J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. (Lamb.) 193 The ije caus is that matremony ys to be comend is the oldennysse of hit..of oldennys hit passith all manner of orderis in erth. 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Pref. 14 Void of almaner parcialitie of affection. 1583 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1882) IV. 277 Yorkschyre clayth, cairsayes, and all sort of schrynking clayth. 1609 W. Shakespeare Louers Complaint in Sonnets sig. K3v All kinde of arguments. c1680 W. Beveridge Serm. (1729) II. 21 Avoid all manner of evil. 1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 32. ⁋2 I shall be quite out of all manner of Shape. 1799 J. Duncan Libertine & Infidel led to Refl. (new ed.) v. 332 The germination of all manner wickedness and depravity continues still to shoot forth. 1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India II. v. iv. 437 Orders which might be construed all manner of ways. 1878 A. Trollope Is he Popenjoy? I. xiii. 174 I hate all kind of strictness and duty and self-denying. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. 137 Our galleys,..laden with all manner merchandise furrow the waters of the known globe. 1979 J. Muirden Sidgwick's Amateur Astronomer's Handbk. (ed. 4) xxi. 387 This affects all type of cell. 2002 Eastern Eye 26 July (Classifieds section) Helping and guiding people of all nations with all kind of social and psychological problems. b. With a plural noun, as all kinds of, all sorts of, etc. ΚΠ a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. vi. vi. 302 In alle kyndes of bestis þe femel is more febil þan þe male. 1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 127 She was all expert in alle maners of enchantemens & of sorceries. a1500 (?c1425) Speculum Sacerdotale (1936) 125 Alle kyndes of presoynes, of peynes of jayles and of jebbet. ?1520 A. Barclay tr. Sallust Cron. Warre agaynst Iugurth xxx. f. xliv Iugurth..anone prepared the greattest army that he coude of all sortes of people. 1529 J. Frith Pistle Christen Reader sig. lvv Doth not the pope..Curse, excommunicate, & rebuke with all kindes of checkes the hyghest kinges and ruelars when he liste? 1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. ii. xxxvi. 431 All..have made vse of..his Bookes, as of a Seminarie, a Spring-garden or Store-house of all kinds of sufficiency and learning. 1677 A. Yarranton England's Improvem. 185 The Wyer must be..drawn and made sizeable and fit to make all sorts of Pins. 1713 Boston News-let. 30 Mar. 2/2 To be sold by Mr. Zabdiel Boylston, at his Apothecaries Shop in Dock-Square, Boston, viz... All sorts of Snuff, Brazil, Barcelona, Spanish, Perfum'd, or Plain. 1799 J. B. Bordley Ess. & Notes Husbandry xvi. 211 It is a rule applicable to all sorts of livestock. 1849 Southern Literary Messenger 15 626/1 Toryism, feudalism, medievalism, all manners of retrogradism and rottenness in opinion. 1900 G. Patten Rockspur Nine v. 50 Man after man came up to bat against him, but he sent in all kinds of curves, shoots, drops, and rises. 1976 I. Murdoch Henry & Cato i. 18 There are all kinds of growing up and getting educated which are not academic kinds. 2011 Independent 18 Aug. (Viewspaper section) 7/1 There are all sorts of interesting ways to humiliate yourself publicly on Facebook. P5. In phrases with and and an adjective designating an individual or distinct part. a. all and some. See also all and summyn at summyn n. [Not (as sometimes suggested) an alteration of either i-same adv. or insame adv., as shown by the phonology of examples such as the following (showing insame adv.) from the same text as quot. a1450: a1450 (?a1300) Richard Coer de Lyon (Caius) (1810) l. 4386 Among the toun folk was no game; To counsayl they gaderyd hem insame. ΚΠ c1330 Otuel (Auch.) (1882) l. 231 (MED) Tel me nou, alle & some, In what message artou come? a1400 (c1303) R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne (Harl.) l. 169 (MED) Þe tale ys wrytyn, al and sum, In a boke of ‘Vitas Patrum’. c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Wife of Bath's Tale (Ellesmere) (1872) Prol. l. 91 This is al and som [v.rr. sum, some, somme]. c1485 (?a1400) Child Bristow l. 338 in C. Horstmann Altengl. Legenden (1881) 2nd Ser. 319 By that the fourtenyght was come, His gold was gon, al & some. a1542 T. Wyatt Coll. Poems (1969) cvi. 103 Hens fourth, my Poynz, this shalbe all and some. 1568 V. Skinner tr. R. González de Montes Discouery Inquisition of Spayne Pref. sig. B.iv Herein resteth all and some concerning these matters. 1753 True Briton 23 May 425 Where a Legacy is given him, that implies he shall have no more, otherwise he would have all and some. 1891 W. Morris Poems by Way (1892) 100 The lord that owneth all and some Would send his men to fetch us home. (b) One and all; every one. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > [noun] > the generality > each and every one thing each oneOE everya1250 still and boldc1300 all and somea1350 all and somea1350 one and all (also all and one)a1400 all and sundry1428 all the sort of1535 every or each several?a1562 first and last1582 each and singular1668 all and singular1669 every man jack1807 a1350 in G. L. Brook Harley Lyrics (1968) 42 (MED) Þis oþer [read oþes] swore alle ant some..þat so nes hit nout ryht. c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 1329 Thise lordes alle and some Been on the Sonday to the Citee come. a1450 (?a1300) Richard Coer de Lyon (Caius) (1810) l. 5846 They that wolde nought Crystene become, Richard leet slen hem alle and some. a1475 Friar & Boy (Brogyntyn) in J. O. Halliwell Early Eng. Misc. (1855) 51 The boy pypyd throwȝ the town; The bestes hym foloyd alle and some. ?a1525 (?a1475) Play Sacrament l. 402 in N. Davis Non-Cycle Plays & Fragm. (1970) 70 Whyle they were all togethere and sum..Comedite Corpus meum. a1550 ( G. Ripley Compend of Alchemy (Bodl. e Mus.) f. 43v Tese be our menstrualles all and some. 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxvii. xiii. 637 e To endeavour and strain themselves, both all and some [L. singulis universisque]. 1682 N. Tate & J. Dryden 2nd Pt. Absalom & Achitophel 14 Now stop your noses Readers, all and some. 1849 Dublin Univ. Mag. July 103 We [were]..Enjoined perpetually, all and some, Sub prohibitione superum. 1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise: Pt. III 478 Two hours after midnight all and some Into the hall to wait his word should come. 1919 J. L. Lowes Convent. & Revolt in Poetry iii. 103 The balade could cry peccavi to these stern indictments all and some. 2010 D. Meier Season Second Chances 223 Did you just leave my bag here for all and some to take? b. Originally Scottish. all and sundry. (a) In adjectival use: every one of, all. Formerly also occasionally †all sundry.In quot. OE probably showing the compound adjective eallsyndrig entirely separate, used as a noun. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > [adjective] > not specified > of every kind > each or every eacheOE anyOE allOE everyOE ilkc1175 ilkac1175 ilkinc1175 all and sundry1389 ever alla1513 all sundry1562 OE (Northumbrian) Lindisf. Gospels: Luke ii. 3 Et ibant omnes ut profiterentur singuli in suam ciuitatem : & gaað alle þæt foreondetande weron ða syndrigo uel æl syndrio in his ceastra.] 1389 in W. Fraser Memorials Family Wemyss (1888) II. 24 Til there thyngys al and syndry lelily and fermly to be fulfyllyt and yhemmyt. 1480 in J. Stuart & G. Burnett Exchequer Rolls Scotl. (1886) IX. 120 (note) All and sendri oure liegis and subditis. 1552 Abp. J. Hamilton Catech. Pref. (heading) Till all & sindry Personis. 1562 A. Scott Poems (1896) i. 95 To ceis all sindrye sectis of hereseis. 1597 Reg. Mag. Sig. Scot. 303/2 Togidder with all and sindrie the teindscheves. 1621 First & Second Bk. Discipline (Church of Scotl.) 2 Inhibition shall be made to all and sundry persons, now Serving in the Ministery, who hath not entered into their charges by the order..appointed. 1682 London Gaz. No. 1682/1 To have forfault..all and sundry his Lands, Heretages, Liffrents, and Rents. 1707 J. Spotiswood Introd. Knowl. Stile Writs Scotl. 157 With all and sundry other Commodities, Liberties, Privileges, Easements, and righteous Pertinents whatsoever. 1816 W. Scott Old Mortality vii, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. IV. 137 All and sundry his moveable goods and gear..inbrought to his Majesty's use. 1926 Melody Maker Aug. 35 One arranged..in such a manner that it can be played by all and sundry combinations. 1990 N. Payne Grenadian Childhood 40 His dog Nero chased all and sundry intruders with such vigour that people were always scattering..at terrific speeds. (b) In pronominal use: every single one, one and all; everybody of all classes. Formerly also occasionally †all and sundries. [Compare post-classical Latin omnes et singuli (see all and singular at Phrases 5f).] ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > [noun] > the generality > each and every one thing each oneOE everya1250 still and boldc1300 all and somea1350 all and somea1350 one and all (also all and one)a1400 all and sundry1428 all the sort of1535 every or each several?a1562 first and last1582 each and singular1668 all and singular1669 every man jack1807 1428 in C. Innes Liber Sancte Marie de Melros (1837) 519 Till all & syndry to quham þe knawlage of þir presentz lettris sall to cum. 1442 in Reg. Mag. Sig. Scot. 63/2 Till al and sindri that thir presentez lettrez sall here or see. 1550 J. Knox Let. Mary Dowagire 4 Apr. (1556) sig. f.vi Ye should haue power to appli..the merites of Christes passion, to all & sondry, who tolde or numbred money to you for yt purpose. 1665 Acts Sederunt 1661–81 7 in J. Dalrymple Decisions Lords of Council & Session (1683) In time coming, no Charges, nor Letters of Horning shall be direct Generally, against all and sundrie. 1783 W. Gordon tr. Livy Rom. Hist. iv. ii. 310 Sedition never failed to procure honour and respect to all and sundries, its authors and abettors. 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian xiv*, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. IV. 366 Join wi' Rob Roy..and revenge Donacha's death on all and sundry. 1835 N. Hawthorne Rill from Town Pump in Twice-told Tales (1837) 202 I cry aloud to all and sundry, in my plainest accents. 1901 Scotsman 13 Mar. 12/2 The city must advertise for estimates from all and sundry. 1967 F. Hardy Billy Borker yarns Again 135 Some half-shrewd mug, usually a barber, would set himself up to advise all and sundry. 2005 Cycling Plus Apr. 24/3 There was no way I would leave my road bike outside for all and sundry to dismantle! c. one and all: see one adj., n., and pron. Phrases 3b. d. all and each: see each adj. and pron. Phrases 4. e. all and every: see every adj. and pron. Phrases 2. f. all and singular. [Compare post-classical Latin omnes et singuli (5th cent. in Augustine).] (a) In adjectival use: every one of, all. In later use chiefly in the context of the law of property. ΚΠ 1472 in H. Littlehales Medieval Rec. London City Church (1905) 17 To..fulfille all & singuler my..willes & ordenaunces herevnder wreten. 1535–6 Act 27 Hen. VIII c. 42 §1 The tenthe of all and singuler dignyties. 1549 Forme & Maner consecratyng Archebishoppes sig. C.iijv All and synguler actes & Statutes. 1583 in A. Feuillerat Documents Office of Revels Queen Elizabeth (1908) 360–1 Summa Totallis of..all & singuler the paimentes. 1622 R. Sanderson Two Serm. Boston i. 48 All and singuler the 39. Articles. 1696 tr. G. Croese Gen. Hist. Quakers i. 95 Judging, Condemning, Sadding, and Cursing of all and singular Persons, who did not agree with them in their matters. 1739 in Colonial Rec. Pennsylvania (1851) IV. 346 Inviolably observed in all and singular the parts thereof. 1781 Articles of Confederation U.S. §13 Each and every of the said Articles.., and all and singular the matters..therein contained. 1838 W. Bell Dict. Law Scotl. 558 All and singular the felonies,..and all and singular other the premises. 1838 W. Bell Dict. Law Scotl. 558 The truth..of all and singular articles and circumstances. 1910 C. A. Hawkins Legal Counselor & Form Bk. (rev. ed.) 48/1 Grant, bargain, sell, assign, transfer and set over, unto the said party of the second part..heirs and assigns forever, all and singular lands, tenements, real estate [etc.]. 1971 Express (Port-of-Spain) 16 Dec. 19 All and singular those two pieces or parcels of land. (b) In pronominal use: every single one, one and all; everybody. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > [noun] > the generality > each and every one thing each oneOE everya1250 still and boldc1300 all and somea1350 all and somea1350 one and all (also all and one)a1400 all and sundry1428 all the sort of1535 every or each several?a1562 first and last1582 each and singular1668 all and singular1669 every man jack1807 1669 King Charles II Let. in E. Ashmole Inst. Order of Garter (1672) viii. 244 To all and singular to whom these presents shall come Greeting. 1767 W. Dodd Poems 163 To all and singular each one, To whom these presents shall be known. 1843 ‘G. Eliot’ in J. W. Cross George Eliot's Life (1885) I. 123 To say to all and singular, ‘Swallow my opinions and you shall be whole’. 1875 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. II. xiv. 152 The common concordant and unanimous consent of all and singular. 1900 Academy 24 Nov. 495/1 There passed four or five unhappy-looking demonstrators, whose sashes of green and gold proclaimed to all and singular that they were Free Foresters or Ancient Druids. 1925 N. Wilkinson (title) To all and singular. g. all and odd: every single one, one and all; everybody. ΚΠ 1556 W. Lauder Compend. Tractate Dewtie of Kyngis sig. B Cause ȝour prechours, all and od Trewlie sett furth, the wourd of God. P6. In pleonastic or emphatic combination with whole or (Scottish) hale. Cf. all whole adj. and adv. a. With all preceding and whole following a determiner or (formerly) possessive, esp. as all the whole. Also occasionally with whole following the modified noun. ΚΠ a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 184 (MED) & al his hole meyne. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xix. cxxvii. 1369 Al þe hole worlde haþ a round schap. 1448 in S. A. Moore Lett. & Papers J. Shillingford (1871) i. 63 (MED) The Mayer and all the hole Communalte of Excetre recommaunded tham unto his gode and gracious lordship. c1450 ( G. Chaucer Bk. Duchess (Fairf. 16) (1871) l. 554 I wol do alle my power hool. 1530 R. Whitford Werke for Housholders (new ed.) sig. A ij Our owne conscyence..shall clerely confesse al our hole lyfe, and euery wryncle & parte therof. 1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. i. xi. 26 b The fountaine of al this whole mischiefe is an vnorderly counterfaiting. 1579 W. Fulke Heskins Parl. Repealed in D. Heskins Ouerthrowne 154 All the whole vpper house is manifestly contrarie vnto it. 1641 Plymouth Col. Rec. (1855) I. 169 The Court hath graunted vnto Willm Thomas..all that whole neck of vpland. 1693 J. Evelyn tr. J. de La Quintinie Compl. Gard'ner i. iii. 77 As for the Fruits that are for the spending both during the End of Autumn, and all the whole Winter. 1766 Compl. Farmer at Surveying Then may you measure all the whole chains by your regulated chain. a1771 T. Gray tr. Dante in Wks. (1884) I. 159 All that whole Day, or the succeeding Night. 1844 A. W. Kinglake Eothen xvii. 272 All the whole earth that I could reach with my utmost sight, and keenest listening was still. 1911 W. S. Churchill Let. 29 June in W. S. Churchill & C. S. Churchill Speaking for Themselves (1999) iii. 50 Of course all the whole route I was cheered and in places booed vigorously. 1984 A. Copland & V. Perlis Copland: 1900–1942 xv. 339 All this whole section sounds like warmed-over Scriabin. 1991 P. O'Brian Nutmeg of Consol. (1993) x. 313 In all the whole class of..mammalia. b. all and whole (also hale). Cf. Phrases 5. (a) Originally and chiefly Scottish. As an adjectival phrase: the whole of. Chiefly, and now only, Scots Law. ΚΠ 1438 in R. W. Cochran-Patrick Charters of Friars Preachers of Ayr (1881) 48 Al and hale the ta halfe of the tenement. 1493 in W. Fraser Lennox (1874) II. 149 All and hall the lafe of the Iandis. 1563 L. Humphrey Nobles or of Nobilitye Ep. Ded. sig. A.iiv To whose becke, worde, and prouidence, all and whole this wondrous facte (howesoeuer greate) must freelye and wholy be imputed. 1566 in J. R. N. Macphail Papers Sir William Fraser (1924) 225 Quhare the said maister Thomas hes lyt..all and haill the auchtene parte of landis. 1611 in C. C. Harvey Cal. Writs Yester House (1930) 300 All and whole that salmon fishing and tugnet. 1641 in Rec. Parl. Scotl. to 1707 (2007) 1641/8/284 The charter and infeftment granted..to Thomas Forbes..of all and whole the lands, fortalice and manor place of Abbotshall of Ellon. 1696 Famous Tryal between T. Neale & Lady Ivy 7 To have and to hold all and whole the said Wharf. 1713 in R. Renwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Glasgow (1908) IV. 511 All and haill the milners service. 1773 Edinb. Evening Courant 18 Jan. All and whole these two Husband Lands and Half a Husband Land in Newton. 1803 in C. D. Bentinck Dornoch Cathedral & Parish (1926) 303 Heretable State and Sasine real, actual and Corporal possession to the said Capt. William Falconer of all and whole the foresaid House and Garden. 1896 in Session Cases (1948) 95 We as trustees foresaid dispone to the said company and their assignees heritably and irredeemably All and Whole the subject. a1912 in Scots Law Times (1913) I. 62/2 All and Whole my whole heritable and moveable Estate. 2010 Session Cases 733 The Pursuers validly exercised their Option to purchase all and whole that area of ground known as Dalgig Plantation. (b) As a pronominal phrase: everything; the whole of. Formerly also occasionally used adverbially: †entirely, wholly (obsolete). Now rare (Scottish in later use). ΚΠ 1565 B. Googe tr. ‘M. Palingenius’ Zodiake of Life (new ed.) vii. sig. W.iiii He is all and whole, the rest but part. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. xiii. xxv. 402 The lower sort of these trees the floud covereth all and whole. 1696 G. Keith Exact Narr. Proc. Turners-Hall 26 Neither W. Burnet, nor no Baptist, place the all and whole of our Justification on Christ's outward Sufferings. a1752 R. Erskine Script. Songs (1754) iii. xxi. 139 Their righteousness Is all and whole of me. 1938 Scotsman 23 Mar. 17/2 I wish all and whole to be given to Montrose Town Council to improve the town in whatever way they think best. P7. a. all both: both. In later use U.S. (in African-American usage).Now chiefly in the areas of South Carolina where Gullah is spoken. ΚΠ a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 851 (MED) Gon þan to þat gome a god pas al boþe. a1450 St. Edith (Faust.) (1883) l. 3567 Þey weron as bleynd alle bothe y-wys As euer was ony stok or stone. 1533 J. Heywood Play of Wether sig. Civv Ye passe them all both in your owne conceyt and myne. 1571 T. Fortescue tr. P. Mexia Foreste 129 Yet would he retain with hym still Silan and Sasilas, all both Lacedemonians. 1927 E. C. L. Adams Congaree Sketches v. 10 He sho' is wase' up a lot of hell fire on all both un 'em. 1967 in Dict. Amer. Regional Eng. (1985) I. at All both If you hurt a snake so he can't go, a green snake or doctor snake will be there shortly to help him and all both of them gone. b. Chiefly U.S. (esp. in African-American usage) and Caribbean. all two: both. Also with further addition of both, as all two both, both all two (cf. Phrases 7a). [Probably reflecting a variety of different foreign-language models: compare French tous les deux, German alle beide. With African-American and Caribbean usage compare also similar constructions in several West African languages, e.g. Yoruba méjèèjì ( < an extended form with the sense ‘all together’ of ma-, prefix forming certain numerals + éjì, -èjì two), Twi abien nyinaa ( < abien pair, two (not human) + nyinaa all, entire).] ΚΠ 1755 J. Shebbeare Lydia I. x. 120 He left all two of them alone till the Child was grown up. 1838 C. Gilman Recoll. Southern Matron xiv. 94 Sister Nelly begin for sing till Maus Ben and him fell asleep, all two. 1888 C. C. Jones Negro Myths Georgia Coast vii. 17 Buh Wolf an Buh Rabbit all two bin a spark at um an a cote um. 1904 Penny Cuts (Trinidad) 19 Nov. Miss Janie Zingar is a ooman way cud feed oll two ah dem. 1925 G. Stratton-Porter Keeper of Bees 239 Both all two of 'em make me sick! 1938 M. K. Rawlings Yearling xxix. 381 I'll tear down all two of you. Now git down and pick up ever' one o' them peas and wash 'em off. 1953 G. Lamming In Castle of my Skin iii. 51 But there it wus, all two both lost. 1975 T. Callender It so Happen 9 Well, I know this is going to be fight grandmother, a fight to watch, 'cause all two of them is giants at stick-licking. 1998 J. Deaver Coffin Dancer 266 All two of you go back a ways? P8. at all. Also (usually Irish English and Caribbean) reduplicated.In Caribbean and U.S. regional use, also written atall, a-tall, etc. a. In affirmative use: in every way; altogether, wholly; (later also) only, solely. Now U.S. regional and Irish English.In later, regional use esp. after a superlative; cf. of all at Phrases 3. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > completeness > completely [phrase] > altogether, entirely, or completely bedenec1175 all outc1300 downrightc1330 downrightsc1330 at alla1375 whole together1551 in all sorts1559 right out1578 clear1600 neck and heels1647 to rights1663 head over ears1774 neck and crop1791 fair and square1870 in total1965 a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 283 I þe coniure & comande att alle. c1450 (?a1422) J. Lydgate Life Our Lady (Durh.) (1961) v. l. 272 Myrre declareth vnto us at all Of his manhode that he was mortell. a1522 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid (1957) i. Prol. 31 My waverand wyt, my cunnyng febill at all. a1555 H. Latimer 27 Serm. (1562) ii. f. 133 They were carelesse at all, they thought all things were cocksure. 1898 G. M. Hopkins in Eng. Dial. Dict. I. 86/2 [Ireland] It's the greatest fun at all. 1906 Watson's Mag. May 418/1 I think it the best time at all. 1916 Dial. Notes 4 302 He is the greatest man at all. 1976 in Dict. Amer. Regional Eng. (1985) I. 103/2 Use one statement at all. b. In negative or conditional use: in any way; to any degree; in the least; whatsoever. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > degree or relative amount of a quality, action, etc. > [adverb] > in any degree or at all anythingeOE aughteOE oughtsOE anywisea1225 anyc1300 anywaya1400 at all1476 ever1548 anywhat1576 anyways1673 earthly1833 aughtways1878 the world > existence and causation > existence > non-existence > [phrase] > nothing, no one, not any > not at all na whonc1275 at all1476 no point1542 like hell1776 not‥a speck1843 not‥a hang1861 my fanny1935 1476 B. Burgh tr. Cato's Distichs (Caxton) i Ayenst woordy folk ay ful of wynde Stryve not at al It may not the profite. 1515 Everyman sig. C3 Game lyketh me not at all. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Jer. vi. 14 Sayenge: peace, peace, when there is no peace at all. 1611 Bible (King James) 1 Sam. xx. 6 If thy father at all misse me. View more context for this quotation 1664 H. Oldenburg Let. 25 Aug. in R. Boyle Corr. (2001) II. 301 He affirms, that the Earthdamp is a vapor not at all visible, though this kind be the most dangerous and destructive. 1701 N. Grew Cosmol. Sacra iv. v. §38 Snowy, or whatever else he [sc. Spinoza] means by Glacial Air, or Clouds, may serve to darken the Day, but not at all to prolong it. 1762 S. Foote Orators (1780) ii. 57 I'll wager you three thirteens to a rap, that it is no such matter at all, at all. 1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker II. 219 I am not at all surprised that these Scots make their way in every quarter of the globe. 1831 S. Lover Paddy the Piper in Leg. & Stor. Irel. 156 I cut a brave long wattle, that I might dhrive the man..without bein' near her at all at all. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 557 If he refuses to govern us at all, we are not bound to remain..without a government. 1897 A. Barrass Pitman's Social Neet 18 Me mother's ne nusence at a'. 1924 J. Galsworthy White Monkey i. viii There are rules of the game which must be observed, if society is to function at all. 1954 Harder Coll. in Dict. Amer. Regional Eng. (1985) I. 102/2 Them chillern ain't a'tall good. 1971 J. Updike Rabbit Redux i. 50 You're nice to put up with us at all. 1975 Rev. in Amer. Hist. 3 320 I have no problem at all with that. 1996 R. Allsopp Dict. Caribbean Eng. Usage 23/2 [Guyana] If you bother me at all at all today, you go nowhere. 2006 Wall St. Jrnl. 17 Mar. (Central ed.) w9/6 He's not much of an actor and can't dance at all. c. In interrogative use. (a) Modifying the verb: in any way, to any extent; under any circumstances, for any reason; in the least. ΚΠ 1566 T. Becon New Postil ii. f. 125v For what power can it haue on you at all? 1600 B. Jonson Every Man out of his Humor v. i. sig. Oiiv But shall I not vse Tabacco at all ? View more context for this quotation 1683 C. Wase tr. Cicero Five Days Deb. Tusculum v. xxxii. 325 What great need hath he for Money, or rather why should he at all regard it? 1730 Let. to Sir W. Strickland relating to Coal Trade 28 How rare a thing was it to hear of any body who stood to talk about the Price before-hand at all? 1782 W. Cowper John Gilpin 167 Say why bareheaded you are come, Or why you come at all? 1810 I. Harby Gordian Knot iv. iii. 67 If, with no thought of meeting Madalena,—You entered the convent,—why, to what end, Did you go there at all? 1870 E. Money Cultiv. & Manuf. Tea (1878) xxiv. 108 Why wither at all? 1912 Outlook 19 Oct. 356/1 How do they even manage to ‘hold down’ the job of writing about the Olympic Games at all? 2008 Esquire Sept. 150/1 Why should people care about football at all? (b) Frequently Irish English and Caribbean. Modifying the question: in any event, indeed; ‘may I ask?’, ‘would you say?’. Cf. anyway adv. 2b. ΚΠ 1842 S. Lover Handy Andy xxii And what was it at all? an upset, was it? 1894 H. Caine Manxman 56 Is the woman mad at all? 1895 J. Barlow Strangers at Lisconnel 262 And what at all have you got there? 1914 J. Joyce Dubliners 154 ‘Is he a priest at all?’ ‘Mmmyes, I believe so.’ 1964 I. Khan Obeah Man 37 What happen to you at all? 1992 P. McCabe Butcher Boy (1993) 104 How is he at all at all? Oh he's the best, I said, never better. 2002 J. Mercurio Bodies (2003) 201 The niece says, ‘Can we see him at all?’ P9. all's well that ends well: see well adj. and n.3 Phrases 2. P10. to be all things to all men and variants: to please everyone, typically by fitting in with their needs or expectations.Before the 19th cent. usually with reference or allusion to 1 Corinthians 9:22. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > be able to [verb (intransitive)] > be versatile to be all things to all menc1384 c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) 1 Cor. ix. 22 To alle men I am maad alle thingis. a1500 tr. Thomas à Kempis De Imitatione Christi (Trin. Dublin) (1893) 112 Poule studied to plese all men in oure lorde, & was made all þinges to all men. 1611 Bible (King James) 1 Cor. ix. 22 To the weake became I as weake, That I might gain the weake. I am made all things to all men, that I might by all meanes save some. View more context for this quotation 1683 E. Hooker in J. Pordage Theologia Mystica Pref. Epist. 59 To become all things to all men, with the Doctor of the Gentiles, that Omniformist. 1763 C. Churchill Prophecy of Famine 11 If they, directed by Paul's holy pen, Become discreetly all things to all men, That all men may become all things to them, Envy may hate, but justice can't condemn. 1784 J. Wesley Let. 28 June (1931) VII. 224 Accommodableness is only the art of becoming all things to all men without wounding our own conscience. 1873 J. A. Symonds Stud. Greek Poets iii. 89 Theognis bids his friend (Cyrnus) be as much as possible all things to all men. 1907 E. Charteris in D. Elcho Short Acct. Affairs Scotl. 29 Grant..was all things to all men, a Jacobite to Jacobites, a Georgite to Georgites, and an agreeable companion to every one. 1940 P. G. Wodehouse Quick Service ix. 86 I pointed out to him that it is of the essence of a barmaid's duties that she be all things to all men. 1999 L. Norfolk in A. Holgate & H. Wilson-Fletcher Test of Time 125 Our increasing geographical homogeneity makes it easier for a book to be all things to all men. P11. a. in all. (a) In total, in sum, all together. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > the whole or all > that is all or the whole [phrase] > in all or altogether by numbera1375 in numbera1375 in allc1380 first and lastc1390 all wholea1393 in companya1393 in sum1399 full and whole1402 in great1421 whole and somec1425 in (the) whole1432 one with another1436 in (the) hale1437 all in great1533 up and down1562 one and other1569 in (the) aggregate1644 all told1814 c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 4387 V. hundred knyȝtis in al þay wore. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1871) III. 363 He lived in alle þre and sixti ȝere. 1442 in R. Willis & J. W. Clark Archit. Hist. Univ. Cambr. (1886) I. 387 xvj Skaynys of grete packethrede..at ob a pec; in al viij d. 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. cccxiiiv Ther be in al .ii. sacrifices of christ. 1611 Bible (King James) 1 Chron. ii. 6 Fiue of them in all . View more context for this quotation 1674 C. Cotton Compl. Gamester xi. 116 If either side are at eight Groats he hath the benefit of calling Can-ye, if he hath two Honours in his hand, and if the other answers one, the Game is up, which is nine in all. 1743 Sel. Trans. Soc. Improvers Knowl. Agric. Scotl. 32 The Infield is divided into three Shots or Parts, much about eighteen Acres in all. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth III. 137 The fawns continue to follow the deer eight or nine months in all. 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. II. vi. i. 370 There will not have arrived, at the set day, Three thousand of them in all. 1897 Epicure Nov. 400/2 Each section, however, was served by a cuisine comprising in its personnel: three chefs, five helpers, two ice-makers—forty men in all. 1901 N.Y. Times 27 Aug. 3/1 Capt. Sycamore kept the crew busy setting jib topsails. Five in all were set. 1993 R. Rao On Ganga Ghat ix. 93 His much-holed mattress of sorts, and his tattered blankets three in all. (b) In the whole (as opposed to the part). ΚΠ 1423 in J. B. Paul Registrum Magni Sigilli Scotorum (1882) II. 31/2 Nothir in al na in part. 1512 in M. Livingstone Reg. Secreti Sigilli Regum Scotorum (1908) I. 365/2 The landis..in all or part. 1639 R. Gentilis tr. P. Sarpi Hist. Inquisition 64 It is received either in part, or in all, or in part, or in all laid aside. 1795 Ship Owner's Man. (ed. 7) 45 The master, or owner, who undertakes to let out to freight the ship or vessel in all, or in part. 1853 Rep. Supreme Court Texas 8 326 This judgment could not be the ground, in all nor in part, of the plaintiff's right of action. 2010 L. Athens Building Emerald City iii. 43 The innovation may be rejected in all or in part. b. all in all. (a) All things in all respects; all things altogether in one; everything. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > the whole or all > [noun] > absolutely all all in allc1475 the world > relative properties > wholeness > the whole or all > that is all or the whole [phrase] > in respect of everything or part > in every respect through all thingeOE at all pointsa1375 from point to pointa1393 at all rightsc1405 in high and lowc1405 in generala1413 every incha1450 all in allc1475 at all sorts1612 all round1867 c1475 Wisdom (Folger) (1969) l. 754 (MED) Cum slepers, Rekleshede and Idyllnes, All in all, Surfet and Gredynes. 1494 W. Hilton Scala Perfeccionis (de Worde) ii. iv. sig. i.vv Thenne shall Ihesu bothe god and man be all in all. 1539 Bible (Great) 1 Cor. xv. 28 That God maye be all in all. [So 1611; Wyclif, alle thingis in alle thingis, Tindale, all in all thinges.] 1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares f. 10v Without any care, fore-cast, or plotting on thy part..I shall bee to thee all in all. 1614 R. Carew Excellencie Eng. Tongue in W. Camden Remaines (rev. ed.) 44 Will you haue all in all for Prose and verse? 1658 tr. J. Ussher Ann. World 309 Every man cast in his mind, that Eumenes would be all in all. 1718 M. Prior Alma i, in Poems Several Occasions (new ed.) 320 The Mind,..Throughout the Body squat or tall Is, bonâ fide, All in All. 1766 J. Fordyce Serm. Young Women I. i. 27 Mirth and diversion are all in all. 1824 T. Campbell Lines on receiving Seal in Theodoric 77 The all-in-all of life—Content! 1832 Ld. Tennyson New Year's Eve vi, in Poems (new ed.) 97 Their Flemish go-between And all-in-all. 1922 Q. Jrnl. University North Dakota 12 177 Value, distinction, artistry, quality, do not count, while mere quantitative production is made the all in all. 1998 B. J. Nelson Keepers 197 She knew at a certain level I had excluded her, that she'd never been my all-in-all. (b) As an adverbial phrase: when everything is considered; in summation, in total; on the whole. Also occasionally: entirely, absolutely. ΚΠ 1826 T. Flint Francis Berrian II. i. 5 He was, all in all, singular in character, and as singular in fortune. 1859 Ld. Tennyson Vivien in Idylls of King 114 And trust me not at all or all in all. 1938 R. W. Lawson tr. G. von Hevesy & F. A. Paneth Man. Radioactivity (ed. 2) xxv. i. 265 All in all, the correct application of the method..entails the careful selection of well-preserved minerals. 1948 Life 23 Aug. 107 Many others who, all in all, have won 17 Pulitzer prizes. 1954 N. Tomalin in Granta 6 Nov. 23/2 All in all the most amazing thing about the show is the preponderance of lavatory jokes. 1989 Baby Winter 55/1 All-in-all, it was a pretty inelegant way of capturing action on film. 2001 Observer 15 July (Food Monthly Suppl.) 53/1 The empenadas were made the night before and took about four hours all in all. c. when all comes to all and variants: when all is said and done; when everything has been looked at or cleared up. Formerly also †(let) all go to all: let what happens pass; let events take their course (obsolete). ΚΠ 1519 W. Horman Vulgaria xi. f. 123 Whan it cometh all to all. a1529 J. Skelton Magnyfycence (?1530) sig. Eiiii For your sake what so euer befall I set not a flye and all go to all. 1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 179 When all came to all, nothing was done. 1607 T. Middleton Michaelmas Terme iii. sig. E2v Is she but your vnderput Maister Lethe? Leth. No more of my credit..when all comes to al tis but a plaine Pung. 1668 S. Pepys Diary 19 Aug. (1976) IX. 283 When all came to all, a fit of jealousy about Tom. 1690 J. Clark Serm. Kirk of Auldhamstocks 6 Let all go to all, let Gods Honour still be minded. 1733 London Mag. June 277/2 When all comes to all, it is no more than a second Part of the Putney-Bridge Plot. 1794 Kentish Reg. Sept. 344/1 Bishops and parsons.., when all comes to all, are the sole object of his malice. 1832 Tait's Edinb. Mag. Aug. 596 Do they ken who, when all comes to all, is master o' the house? 1862 Illustr. Dublin Jrnl. 8 Mar. 431/2 Don't you stir until the worst comes; and when all goes to all, you can make for the coal-hole. 1919 ‘L. Malet’ Deadham Hard vi. 270 When all came to all, this was hardly good enough. 2007 M. Frazer Play of Lords ii. 16 When all came to all, what mattered was the same as what always mattered. P12. In phrasal conjunctions with the subjunctive of to be and it as subject (in inverted order). Cf. sense D. Now only in albeit conj. a. all be it: see albeit conj. ΚΠ a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) iv. l. 2920 (MED) Many a swevene hath be certein, Al be it so that som men sein [etc.]. a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vii. l. 5062 (MED) Of thilke wickednesse Which was unto hire bodi wroght, Al were it so sche myhte it noght, Nevere afterward the world ne schal Reproeven hire. ?c1400 (c1380) G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (BL Add. 10340) (1868) v. pr. vi. l. 5090 Al be it so þat ȝe seen and byholden þat oon and þat oþer to-gidre. c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Merchant's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 381 Ther was a mayden..Which þt of beautee hadde greet renoun Al were it so she were of smal degree. c1450 ( J. Walton tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Linc. Cathedral 103) 89 Now vnderstond: all were it so..Þat goodes whiche þat fortune haþ bestowen [etc.]. 1529 T. More Dyaloge Dyuers Maters iii. v. f. lxxviiv/1 I trowe we be agreed both, yt al were it so yt ye man had ben fautlesse in dede [etc.]. (a) Even though it were; although it were. Cf. albeit conj. 2. Also (Scottish) all was it. Obsolete. ΚΠ c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Pardoner's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) Prol. l. 121 I wol haue moneye..Al were it yeuen of the pouerest page Or of the pouereste widwe in a village. a1425 (?a1400) G. Chaucer Romaunt Rose (Hunterian) (1891) l. 6099 For what word that hem prikke or biteth In that word noon of hem deliteth Al were it gospel. 1479 Earl Rivers tr. Cordyal (Caxton) iii. iii Al were it neuer so delicious, it coude not lye in his power continually to endure hit. 1560 H. Cole Let. in J. Jewel & H. Cole True Copies Lett. sig. G.i We broughte more then ye were able to answere, all were it not Scriptures, nor doctours, nor Councelles. 1567 T. Stapleton Counterblast iii. xxix. f. 334v Al were it true, that they wrote in the fauoure of Lewys the .4. then Emperour, yet were you neuer the nerer of your purpose by one iote. c1580 ( tr. Bk. Alexander (1921) II. ii. 4167 All was it maugre thairis baith. (b) Though it were true that; although. Frequently with that. Cf. albeit conj. 1. Obsolete. ΚΠ c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Wife of Bath's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 1145 Al were it that myne Auncestres weren rude Yet may the hye god..Graunte me grace to lyuen vertuously. c1450 tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Lyfe Manhode (Cambr.) (1869) 16 He clepede grace dieu with an haunteyn vois, al were it she was not fer. 1580 J. Stow Chrons. of Eng. 810 Al were it that hys owne conscience well shewed him that they talked no good, yet [etc.]. P13. As an emphatic modifier of conjunctions. Earliest, and now only, in although conj. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > qualification > on condition that [conjunction] > although thoughc888 thoughc1050 allc1225 when1297 how so?c1330 althougha1350 ifa1400 if alla1400 though all?a1400 andc1400 suppose1400 albeit?a1425 albec1450 wella1470 even though1697 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 1991 Al if [a1400 Vesp. And þof, a1400 Gött. And if] na rayne on erþ felle. a1425 (a1400) Prick of Conscience (Galba & Harl.) (1863) l. 3045 Þe saul, al-if it haf na body. ?a1425 (c1400) Mandeville's Trav. (Titus C.xvi) (1919) 8 Ȝif all it be so þat men seyn þat this croune is of thornes. 1446 in L. Morsbach Mittelengl. Originalurkunden (1923) 37 (MED) The said john meuerell said he was neuer holdon to hym, all yff they were Cosyns, ffor his lyuelod. c1475 Antichrist & Disciples in J. H. Todd Three Treat. J. Wycklyffe (1851) p. cxlv Þat þise bischops kunnen hem boþe [sc. the old law and the new] betokeneþ her mytres; if al þei kepen neiþer, but oonly þe popis. ?1520 A. Barclay tr. Sallust Cron. Warre agaynst Iugurth Prol. f. iiiiv All if he haue power so to do. c1530 A. Barclay Egloges ii. sig. Kij All yf I woulde it were but shame. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > qualification > on condition that [conjunction] > although thoughc888 thoughc1050 allc1225 when1297 how so?c1330 althougha1350 ifa1400 if alla1400 though all?a1400 andc1400 suppose1400 albeit?a1425 albec1450 wella1470 even though1697 ?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) ii. 37 (MED) Þof alle Edgar þe gate, Estrild þi moder ware. c1443 R. Pecock Reule of Crysten Religioun (1927) 495 Þouȝ al þer be difference in accidentals. 1551 J. Bale Actes Eng. Votaryes: 2nd Pt. ii. f. cxviv Thus maye these. iij. bokes be knowne dyuerse..though all they procede out of one only argument of Englysh votaryes. ΚΠ c1440 (?a1400) Morte Arthure l. 2235 Thane þe Romayns releuyde, þat are ware rebuykkyde, And all torattys oure men with theire riste horsses. a1535 T. More Dialoge of Comfort (1553) iii. xi. sig. P.ii She fell in hand with him..& al to rated him. 1538 H. Latimer Let. 25 June in Serm. & Remains (1845) (modernized text) II. 397 We be fallen into the dirt, and be all-to dirtied, even up to the ears. 1570 B. Googe tr. T. Kirchmeyer Popish Kingdome iv. f. 54v Poore knaue into some ryuer than, they cast him cruellie, And all to souse him in the streame. 1589 R. Greene Menaphon sig. H2v Her cheekes all to be blubbered with her iealous teares. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Papilloteux, All-to-bespangled..set thicke with spangles. 1637 J. Milton Comus 14 Her wings..Were all to ruffl'd, and sometimes impair'd. 1647 J. Cleveland Char. London-diurnall 3 I wonder my Lord..is not once more all-to-be-traytor'd. 1682 N. O. tr. N. Boileau-Despréaux Lutrin i. 314 Him too the bounteous Dean All-to-be-Blesses. 1684 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress 2nd Pt. ii. 48 She all-to-be-fooled me. View more context for this quotation P15. and all. a. And everything else; and all connected or additional things.boots, the devil, one, warts and all: see the first element.and all that: see that pron.1, adj.1, adv., and n. Phrases 1c(b). ΚΠ ?c1450 in G. Müller Aus Mittelengl. Medizintexten (1929) 125 (MED) Take ȝonge swalowys owte of þe neste and putte hem, fediris and all, in-to þe potte. c1535 W. Tyndale in Wks. (1849) II. 11 He will save Devils and all. a1554 J. Croke tr. Thirteen Psalms (1844) li. 18 The walles, and all, shalbe made newe. 1653 H. More Antidote against Atheisme iii. x. 130 Down came John, Pipe and all. 1681 Arraignm.,Tryal & Condemnation S. Colledge 29 Jeff. Who were the All? Dugdale. King and Clergy-men and all. 1702 J. Savage Compl. Hist. Germany 479 He fell Horse and all into the Ditch. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth VII. 328 After furrowing up the sand, it hides itself under it, horns and all. 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth v, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. I. 133 With smithy, bellows, tongs, anvil, and all. 1892 H. E. Wright Handy Bk. Brewers i. 20 The copper is ‘turned out’ or ‘struck’, the boiling wort, hops and all, rushing out through an opened valve. 1933 D. L. Sayers Murder must Advertise x. 182 My dear! and got up regardless..fish-net stockings and all. 1989 T. Parker Place called Bird xvi. 186 House moving is just what it says, moving people's houses for them: the whole house, contents and all. 2004 Sunday Times Trav. Feb. 39/1 I clocked the room prices. How reasonable, I mused—fluffy robes, giant beds and all. b. colloquial and regional (chiefly Scottish). Used at the end of a sentence, clause, etc., for emphasis: ‘also’, ‘too’, ‘as well’. Also used adverbially: ‘really’, ‘truly’, ‘indeed’.Often written elliptically or as one word, as an a, an aw, anaw, an all, anall, enal, etc. ΚΠ ?1750 Tom-tit 8/2 Was not she very well off, That was Woo'd and Married and a. 1810 A. Cunningham et al. Remains Nithsdale & Galloway Song 108 The red, red rose is dawning and a'. 1864 Ld. Tennyson Northern Farmer: Old Style xi, in Enoch Arden, etc. 133 I..runn'd plow thruff it an' all. 1887 T. Darlington Folk-speech S. Cheshire ‘Th' Tories binna gotten in, bin they?’ ‘They bin, an aw.’ 1899 Angler's Rec. Oct. 21/1 Mr Gallon shouted... ‘At him, good dogs!’ And they did an' all. 1945 M. James Cherokee Strip 4 You know what a claim-jumper a cowbird is—laying its eggs in other birds' nests and all. 1952 T. Armstrong Adam Brunskill ii. 55 I've enjoyed myself an' all. 1977 Sniffin' Glue Apr. 11/1 Yeah, I thought that enal. 2010 J. McGregor Even Dogs (2011) ii. 20 A pigeon..settled on the edge of the bin... You can fuck off an all, Sammy said. P16. once for all, once and for all: see once adv., conj., adj., and n. Phrases 3. P17. for good and all: see for good and all at good adj., n., adv., and int. Phrases 3a(b). P18. a. all at once. (a) With everything happening in one go or simultaneously; at one and the same time; all together. ΚΠ ?1499 J. Skelton Bowge of Courte (de Worde) sig. Bvv Thenne I astonyed of that sodeyne fraye Sterte all at ones. 1531 G. Joye tr. Prophete Isaye xxvii. sig. G.ij Who then maye so move me to be so grete an enymye to hyr that..I wolde set hyr a fyer all at once with thornes & bryers? 1582 in Bible (Rheims) 1 Cor. xiv. 23 (note) Singing Psalmes,..one in this language, and another in that, all at once like a blacke saunts, and one often not vnderstood of another. 1588 W. Kempe Educ. Children sig. F2v A sillable of eight letters, being too hard for a childe to learne all at once, he may learne letter by letter. a1617 P. Baynes Comm. Ephes. (1643) i. 334 Not all at once, but by ounces, as we say. 1662 R. Mathews Unlearned Alchymist (new ed.) §82. 109 She..popt it into her mouth, and swallowed it all at once. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) at Orgues Several Musket-Barrels set in a row within one wooden Stock, to be discharged either all at once, or separately. 1759 S. Johnson Idler 21 Apr. 121 She must not rid herself of them all at once. 1827 J. Farey Treat. Steam Engine v. 358 By releasing the catches..the expansion-valve b, the exhausting-valve i, and injection-valve j, are opened all at once. 1894 A. B. Gomme Trad. Games I. 66 You throw down the cubes all at once, then toss the ball. 1930 Lancet 27 Sept. 686/2 The recently prepared solution is warmed to body heat and may be quite safely injected all at once provided it is injected slowly. 1995 Daily Mirror 23 Feb. 6/4 Transfer of other powers to the new Assembly likely to be phased in rather than introduced all at once. (b) Suddenly; all of a sudden. ΚΠ 1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas IV. x. vi. 77 He assumed the start of a man who all at once hits upon a circumstance which had hitherto escaped his recollection. 1816 J. Wilson City of Plague ii. iii. 108 All at once the hurricano ceased. 1883 Harper's Mag. June 131/2 All at once something seemed to sift away from before my eyes. 1906 U. Sinclair Jungle vii. 91 At last he fell to pieces, all at once and in a heap. 1945 I. Gershwin All At Once (song) in Compl. Lyrics (1993) 317/1 All at once, My lucky star was flowing; All at once, I knew I'd met my Once-for-All. 2000 M. Kneale Eng. Passengers (2001) v. 125 All at once the captain strode back on to the platform looking fierce. b. all-at-onceness n. the fact of happening all at once; the experiencing of a number of things at the same time, or (esp. through electronic media) of events while or immediately after they occur; simultaneity, immediacy. ΚΠ 1913 P. H. Wicksteed Dante & Aquinas ix. 263 It is in this eternal life of all-at-onceness..that Dante and Aquinas alike find heaven. 1967 Spectator 6 Oct. 394/3 One of the many tiresome aspects of the Marshall McLuhan cult is the assumption that ‘all-at-onceness’ occurs when real events are televised live. 1991 M. Heim Erotic Ontology of Cyberspace in M. Benedikt Cyberspace (1993) 69 The temporal simultaneity, the all-at-once-ness of God's knowledge. 2003 C. Lienhardt et al. in M. Gandy & A. Zumla Return of White Plague xi. 203 The ‘all-at-onceness’ of social context can make it difficult to grasp in applied research. P19. all yours: (a) wholly devoted, dedicated, or attentive to you, and you alone; chiefly in I'm all yours; (b) ready or available for you (used esp. when the speaker has finished with the person or thing in question); chiefly in it's all yours; (c) (as int.) ‘your turn’; ‘go ahead’; ‘over to you!’ ΚΠ 1509 H. Watson tr. S. Brant Shyppe of Fooles (de Worde) xlvii. sig. M.i Yf there is ony thynge that I can do for you I am all yours bothe body & godes. 1605 G. Chapman et al. Eastward Hoe i. sig. B2 Sir, I am all yours:..to your wisedome I wholy dispose my selfe. 1661 R. Flecknoe Erminia v. xii. 95 Cy. I shall alwayes claim a friends part in her. Cle. She is all yours Madam. 1702 W. Burnaby Modish Husband v. 61 A little Air, my dear, will recover me, and then I'll be all yours. 1851 Internat. Mag. Sept. 204/2 ‘I ask your friendship.’ ‘It is all yours,’ said the Count. 1895 Atlantic Monthly May 588/2 Now listen, Robert, while I tell you something; and I beg you not to be angry—oh, do not be angry, for I am all yours. 1959 H. Pinter Birthday Party ii. 34 Goldberg: Now, Mrs Boles, it's all yours. Meg.: I don't know what to say. 1972 A. Ross London Assignment 17 ‘Go ahead, old boy,’ he said plummily, ‘He's all yours.’ 1983 M. Magorian Goodnight Mister Tom (BNC) 136 Tom climbed down the ladder. ‘All yours,’ he said. 2002 E. Wooff Mud Puppy xiv. 129 Dad checks his watch. ‘Right then. I just need to catch the library before it closes, then I'm all yours,’ he says. P20. all of a. Cf. all of a sudden at sudden n. 1a. a. With reference to physical condition or appearance: entirely covered in; consisting wholly of; completely characterized by. Now colloquial.In early use sometimes with all in other positions typical of its use as an adjective (or, by ellipsis, pronoun); cf., e.g., quot. 1668 and sense A. 2b. ΚΠ 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 16v There was no rocke or hyll that coulde be seene, but the same was all of a smoke [L. Nulla erat specularis rupes ex qua fumus non egrederetur]. 1602 R. Shelford Lectures (new ed.) 92 Before their eyes all was of a smoake and burning fire. 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Britain i. 66 Whiles Commodus was Emperour, Britannie, was all of a Garboile. 1653 H. Cogan tr. F. M. Pinto Voy. & Adventures v. 12 The masts and sail yards were all of a flame. 1668 Duchess of Newcastle Descr. New World (new ed.) 143 When the Tide came in, all their Houses were of a Fire, which did so rarifie the Water, that the Tide was soon turn'd into Vapour. 1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World xv. 414 The Sea seemed all of a Fire about us. 1707 Boston News-let. 20 Oct. 2/2 The House was all of a smoke, and a very strong smell of Brimstone. 1719 D. Defoe Farther Adventures Robinson Crusoe 232 The House, which was by this Time all of a light Flame, fell in upon them, and they were smother'd or burnt together. 1747 H. Glasse Art of Cookery xvi. 147 Mill the Cream till it is all of a thick Froth. 1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield I. ix. 83 She observed, that..she was all of a muck of sweat. 1827 B. Disraeli Vivian Grey IV. vi. i. 10 The poor man, Sir, was all of an ague. 1830 F. Marryat King's Own II. vi. 90 The master..finds one day that his sextant case is all of a smudge. 1884 S. W. Linc. Gloss. (at cited word) The corn had grown that length, and was all of a cot. 1915 W. S. Maugham Of Human Bondage civ. 547 The sweat stood in heavy beads on her painted face. ‘Look at me,’ she said. ‘I'm all of a perspiration.’ 1938 Sun (Baltimore) 8 June 8/8 Later in the season they [sc. crabs] drop off almost altogether until late July,..when they seem to come back all of a rush. 1980 J. Aiken Weeping Ash 85 She is all of a sweat, it will do her good to walk her for a mile, till she dries off. b. colloquial. With nouns denoting a personal, usually temporary, condition of agitation, confusion, or nervous excitement or anticipation: entirely overtaken by; completely succumbing to.all of a dither, doodah, mizmaze, quiver, tremble, etc.: see the nouns. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > be in a specific state or condition [phrase] > in a temporary state or condition all of a1744 1744 M. Collyer Lett. Felicia to Charlotte x. 110 I am sure I am all of a flame now, added she..O Madam, cried Lucius, with a design to make her change the subject, that modest blush becomes you incomparably. 1769 H. Brooke Fool of Quality IV. xvii. 11 I am all of a tremble. 1802 G. Colman Poor Gentleman (new ed.) i. i. 5 If I ben't all of a twitter to see my old John Harrowby again! 1848 J. R. Lowell Biglow Papers 1st Ser. iv. 57 In the Tower Victory sets, all of a fluster. 1895 Cassell's Family Mag. Apr. 336/2 I can't wittle a bit o' stick but mai hed is all of a muzz. 1898 S. J. Weyman Castle Inn v. 42 Oh Lord, I have such a head this morning!.. I am all of a twitter. 1918 Chambers's Jrnl. May 299/1 I feel all of a doo-dah, all of a wonk. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. 387 Bless me, I'm all of a wibblywobbly. 1996 J. Trollope Next of Kin xv. 193 Velma's just been in, all of a tizz. 2001 C. Glazebrook Madolescents 302 He's got me all of a wag, narmean? P21. colloquial. all for: strongly in favour of, fully on the side of. Cf. for prep. 7a. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > [adjective] goodeOE agreeable1448 approbatory1548 better1566 favouring1586 approbative1611 applausive1628 pro1650 pleasing1652 favourable1655 approving1702 enthusiastic1777 all for1864 1594 T. Nashe Terrors of Night sig. Eiij The diuell..hath left forme and is all for matter. 1608 G. Markham & L. Machin Dumbe Knight iv. sig. G3 The Queene is all for reuelles, her light heart..Bestowes it self vpon delightfulnesse. 1659 D. Pell Πελαγος sig. a3v The Age wee live in is all for novelties, and high-strained Jigs of Musick. 1700 J. Dryden Chaucer's Cock & Fox in Fables 249 The wight..Who true to Love, was all for Recreation, And minded not the Work of Propagation. 1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1775 I. 467 Mrs. Thrale was all for..according to the vulgar phrase, making the best of a bad bargain. 1819 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto I iv. 5 The Prince is all for the land-service, Forgetting Duncan, Nelson, Howe, and Jervis. 1864 A. Trollope Can you forgive Her? I. xix. 150 I am all for Mr. Cheesacre..I can't abide anything that's poor. 1919 C. Dawson Test of Scarlet v. 49 In watching him they will feel a thrill of excitement; they, too, will become ‘all for it’. 1934 D. L. Sayers Nine Tailors 105 I'm all for a treasure-hunt. 1945 J. B. Priestley Three Men in New Suits iii. 38 ‘You've got to..see that the country's run properly.’ ‘I'm all for that,’ said Herbert. 2004 K. Gregory Winning Clients in Wired World ii. 32 I'm all for delegating; but abdicating is a different story. P22. all of all n. (frequently with capital initial, with the, †thou) God, viewed as the macrocosm, encompassing all of existence. Also in extended use. Cf. sense B. 7a. ΚΠ 1598 J. Marston Metamorph. Pigmalions Image To Good Opinion sig. A3 Sole Regent of Affection, perpetuall Ruler of Iudgement,..the All of all. 1652 E. Benlowes Theophila viii. li. 115 In God, the All of All, we see. 1866 E. E. Salisbury tr. Sulaiman First Ripe Fruit in Jrnl. Amer. Oriental Soc. 8 282 Thy face is my Kiblah, towards which, from every quarter, I direct my prayer, O thou all of all. 1914 A. H. Stroh & F. Sewall tr. E. Swedenborg Wisdom & Love of God i. 84 From Him are all things, because He is All of All. 1993 N. W. Smith Greek & Interbehavioral Psychol. (rev. ed.) iii. 78 He is the source of all living beings, all the gods, all the universe, the All of all. P23. all but. Cf. all-but n. a. As an adverbial phrase: almost, very nearly, well-nigh. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > similarity > [adverb] > almost or nearly nigheOE well-nigheOE forneanc1000 well-nearc1175 almostc1261 nighwhatc1300 nearhandc1350 nigh handa1375 nigh handsa1375 as good asc1390 into (right) littlea1413 unto litea1420 nigh byc1430 nearbyc1485 near handsa1500 as near as1517 mosta1538 next door1542 wellmost1548 all but1590 anewst1590 uneath1590 next to1611 nearlya1616 thereaboutsa1616 welly1615 thereabout1664 within (an) ames-ace ofa1670 anear1675 pretty much1682 three parts1711 newsta1728 only not1779 partly1781 in all but name1824 just about1836 nentes1854 near1855 nar1859 just1860 not-quite1870 nearabouta1878 effectively1884 nigh on1887 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. i. sig. Cc3v All were faire knights, and goodly well beseene, But to faire Britomart they all but shadowes beene. 1598 J. Bastard in E. Farr Sel. Poetry Reign Elizabeth (1845) II. 306 Man..All but resembleth God, all but his glasse, All but the picture of his maiestie. 1612 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 235 Walled Towns,..Masse of treasure, Number in Armies.., are all but a Sheep in a Lions skin, except the..disposition of the people be militarie. a1678 A. Marvell Poems in Wks. (1776) III. 412 Society is all but rude To this delicious solitude. 1772 ‘Junius’ Let. 21 Jan. (1772) II. 313 He is no longer that all-but-convicted felon..who by law is not bailable at all. 1795 J. Woodforde Diary 11 Apr. (1929) IV. 189 Mr. Thorne..dressed my Ancle, pronouncing it to be now all but well. 1810 M. L. Weems Let. in Ford's M. L. Weems: Wks & Ways (1929) III. 14 Doctor Fendall..sold 60 doll[ar]s all but. 1878 R. B. Smith Carthage 203 The best and all-but-sufficing answer. 1941 G. de Poncins & L. Galantière Kabloona (1942) i. iv. 101 You were assailed by a warm stink that all but strangled you. 1996 High Country News 15 Apr. 5/1 The purpose was..to scour out backwater areas critical to wildlife habitat, especially that of the all but extinct humpback chub. b. As an adjectival phrase: almost complete or entire. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > approximate quantity or amount > [adjective] > almost complete or entire all but1816 1816 J. K. Tuckey Narr. Exped. River Zaire (1818) i. 18 Negro washerwomen, whose state of all but nudity. 1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus ii. ii. 33/2 The all but omnipotence of early culture. 1881 W. S. Gilbert Patience ii. 31 Col. (apologetically). I'm afraid we're not quite right. Ang. Not supremely, perhaps, but, oh so all-but! Oh, Saphir, are they not quite too all-but? 1920 ‘W. S. Palmer’ Christianity & Christ 43 Until the great all-but-men brought forth true men. 1935 W. Empson Poems 3 Our all-but freedom. 1999 S. M. Novick in J. R. Bradley Henry James & Homo-erotic Desire i. 13 The subordinate halves of these couples are often financially dependent on their all-but-spouses. P24. all for one and one for all (also one for all and all for one) [compare post-classical Latin unus pro omnibus, omnes pro uno (1575 or earlier)] : used to express unity and loyalty amongst group members, esp. in defence of a common cause.In later use particularly associated with the musketeers in Alexandre Dumas père's novel Les Trois Mousquetaires (1844); cf. quot. 1846. ΚΠ 1594 W. Shakespeare Lucrece sig. B4v In this ayme there is such thwarting strife, That one for all, or all for one we gage. View more context for this quotation 1607 J. Norden Surueyors Dialogue i. 34 All for one, and one for all, should seke, examine and declare the vttermost truth of euerything. 1798 tr. F. Kratter Natalia & Menzikof iii. x. 129 Blood and life, one for all, and all for one! 1831 Amer. Ann. Educ. & Instr. 1 242 The welfare and misfortune of each teacher became the welfare or misfortune of the whole, in the spirit of that beautiful maxim; ‘All for one and one for all’. 1846 W. Barrow tr. A. Dumas Three Musketeers ix. 34/1 All for one, and one for all [Fr. tous pour un, un pour tous]; that's our maxim, I believe? 1921 McClure's Mag. Aug. 14/1 We'll give a fine exhibition of a happy family, one for all and all for one! 1958 Jet 16 Oct. 17 In our squadron we're all for one and one for all. 2010 G. Obama & D. Lewis Homeland xvi. 202 All for one and one for all. No one fucks with the Huruma brothers and gets away with it. P25. a. all or nothing: everything or nothing, when presented as the only available or permitted choices or possible outcomes. Cf. all-or-nothing adj. 2. ΚΠ 1614 E. Grimeston tr. P. Matthieu Hist. Lewis XI vii. 226 Hee would not haue been satisfied with halfe Europe. All or nothing. 1649 S. Richardson Divine Consol. 87 To be saved by Christ, and to be saved by works, are contrary, the one excludes the other, Christ will be all, or nothing. 1703 Life William III (new ed.) 39 His natural fury and Ambition sparred him to gain all or nothing, which did not end well with him. 1793 B. Vaughan Lett. Concert Princes Pref. p. xxii. Liberty will no longer seek to build its temple upon the sands of democracy; nor ambition pursue that deep game, of all or nothing. 1862 R. W. Emerson Jrnl. Jan. (1914) IX. 361 My estimate of my own mental means and resources is all or nothing; in happy hours, life..infinitely rich, and sterile at others. 1891 A. D. Waller Introd. Human Physiol. iii. 90 ‘All or nothing’ is the motto of the heart's contraction under these circumstances. 1922 Encycl. Brit. XXXII. 104/2 In the case of the heart muscle, this fact has long been known and was given the name of the ‘law of all-or-nothing’... This law has now been shown to hold for voluntary muscle and for nerve. 1950 B. Wootton Test. Social Sci. iii. 49 Questions which (like nearly all the significant issues in life) cannot but be matters of more or less are constantly answered in terms of yes or no, all or nothing. 1996 Beverly Press 4 July 17 Why is it all-or-nothing? b. all or none: = all or nothing at Phrases 25a. In early use chiefly with reference to God or Christ. Cf. all-or-none adj., dictum of all and none n. at dictum n. 3a. ΚΠ 1656 J. Beadle Jrnl. Thankful Christian iv. 77 Christ will admit of no corrivals, he will be all or none. 1721 Henry's Expos. Epist. New Test. (Rom. i. 19–32) 6/1 God will be all or none. 1856 T. H. Benton Thirty Years' View II. 672/2 They turn upon the principle of all or none! 1889 J. Le Conte Evol. & its Relation to Relig. Thought iii. vi. 317 Mind is either all or none; so also mechanics is all or none. 1912 E. H. Starling Princ. Human Physiol. v. 230 The rule of ‘all or none’..was first enunciated for heart muscle. 1934 Theosophist Jan. 374 My remark..was based upon the rule of ‘all or none’. 2003 E. D. Schlenker in S. R. Williams & E. D. Schlenker Essent. Nutrition & Diet Therapy (ed. 8) v. 98/1 If one [sc. amino acid] is missing, the protein is not formed—the law of ‘all or none’. P26. it is all (that) one can do: (with infinitive as complement) it is the best one can do or the most one can achieve in the circumstances. ΚΠ a1665 K. Digby Jrnl. Voy. to Mediterranean (1868) 14 It was all that both the watches could do together to tacke about the sailes. 1711 J. Swift Jrnl. to Stella 25 Dec. (1948) II. 446 Making honourable mention of her; which is all I can do to serve her memory. 1719 G. London & H. Wise J. de la Quintinie's Compl. Gard'ner (ed. 7) 44 So great a quantity of Fruit..that 'twill be all we can do to spend them before the Rottenness..surprizes them. 1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xxi. 181 It was all I could do to prevent myself from throwing the sofa cushion at her. 1901 W. Hargreaves Lost & Found! v. 32 As for saving, it is all I can do to..make ends meet. 1942 W. Faulkner Go down, Moses & Other Stories 213 The colt was missing and it was all he could do to get the frantic mare into the lot. 2003 F. Shaw Sweetest Thing 312 The snow was falling so hard,..it was all I could do to see my way round past the station and on to The Mount. P27. a. all very well: fine or acceptable as far as it goes or up to a point (with the implication that the thing under discussion may be considered unsatisfactory when viewed in a different context or from another perspective). Frequently used in criticizing or rejecting a remark, observation, etc.Sometimes, e.g. in quot. 1898, with the sense of approbation further attenuated by the addition of in his (her, their, etc.) way; cf. way n.1 and int.1 Phrases 6c(b). ΚΠ 1702 Plain Man's Relig. 12 Now this is all very well..but alack! We see it turned to no account. 1779 J. Warner in J. H. Jesse G. Selwyn & his Contemp. (1844) IV. 283 It is all very well, sir; I know what you will say—that you [etc.]. 1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 1st Ser. I. 16 As to the curate, he was all very well; but..the curate wasn't a novelty, and the other clergyman was. 1837 C. F. Partington Brit. Cycl. Nat. Hist. III. 746/2 As a curiosity the black swan is all very well..but it has none of the beauty and grace of the white swan. 1853 C. Brontë Villette II. xx. 67 This would have been all very well, if he had not added to such kindly and unobtrusive evidence a certain wilfulness in discharging what he called debts. 1898 ‘H. S. Merriman’ Roden's Corner xxvii. 288 Mr. Cornish is all very well in his way. But we're not fools. 1961 Ess. & Stud. 21 It is all very well to scoff at H. G. Wells because much of his writing betrays a perky mediocrity. 1985 New Yorker 19 Aug. 27/2 One has heard of holiday romances, which are all very well, but really, in one's own home! 2010 Church Times 29 Oct. 24/5 Debating was all very well 20 months ago; now it is time for action. b. all very fine (and large): = all very well at Phrases 27a. Also attributive designating the feeling that something is fine only up to a point. Cf. fine adj. 7c.In use with large, now somewhat archaic. ΚΠ 1819 J. Poole Short Reign & Merry One ii. iii. 49 That may be all very fine; but don't think I'm to be done out of my estate. 1861 T. A. Trollope La Beata I. iv. 74 It is all very fine, but one must live. 1887 Referee 7 Aug. 2/4 How many people passed the turnstiles at the Alexandra Palace I am not in a position to say, but that the attendance was all very fine and large is beyond dispute. 1953 C. Day Lewis Ital. Visit iii. 34 Terribly apt to ask what Our all-very-fine sensations were in aid of. 2003 M. Amis Yellow Dog 160 That's all very fine and large. Because the wound's in you, my son. 2003 Daily Tel. 17 Mar. 15/4 This is all very fine, except that even, [his] best friends could not, hand on heart, argue that his performance has been much cop. P28. Five (also Four) Alls: the five (or occasionally four) social groups or classes into which society can be notionally divided, from the monarchy to the poor countryman; an image or representation of these, esp. on an inn sign (see quot. 1788). Hence: (the name given to) any of various public houses having this sign. ΚΠ 1718 England's Witty & Ingenious Jester (ed. 17) i. 28 What do you mean by these five Alls?.. I will tell you: The first All is, the Country hath sent All, the City hath lent All, the Court hath spent All; so if we don't mend All, it will be the worse for All. 1764 Gazetteer & London Daily Advertiser 13 Apr. Let them with Chearfulness repair to the Four-Alls..near Tower-Hill. 1788 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue (ed. 2) at Alls The five alls is a country sign, representing five human figures, each having a motto under him. The first is a king in his regalia; his motto, I govern all: the second a bishop in pontificals; motto, I pray for all: third, a lawyer in his gown; motto, I plead for all: fourth, a soldier in his regimentals, fully accoutred; fifth, a poor countryman with his scythe and rake; motto, I pay for all. 1846 ‘Lord Chief Baron’ Swell's Night Guide (new ed.) 109/1 The Five Alls is a country sign representing five human figures, 1st., a king with a regalia, motto ‘I govern all’; 2nd., a bishop in pontificals, motto ‘I pray for all’; 3rd., a lawyer, motto ‘I plead for all’; 4th., a soldier, motto ‘I fight for all’; 5th., a poor countryman with his scythe and rake, ‘I pay for all’. 1878 Birmingham Weekly Post 2 Feb. An inn in Marlborough has the sign ‘The Five Alls.’ They are—a king, with the motto, ‘I govern all;’ a bishop, with ‘I pray for all;’ a lawyer, ‘I plead for all;’ a soldier, ‘I fight for all;’ a labourer, ‘I pay for all.’ 1969 E. R. Delderfield Introd. Inn Signs i. 34 George VI appears on the Five Alls sign, Cheltenham (Glos), as does our present queen on a similar sign of the Four Alls, Ovington (Yorks). 2010 D. Cockrill Parallels 56 The elderly couple at the Five Alls were friendly with my parents and the place itself used to fascinate me. P29. all the same: see same adv. 2, same adj. 8. P30. colloquial. to be all oneself: to be in one's normal condition of body or mind; to be in one's accustomed state; frequently with again. ΚΠ 1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison VI. liii. 339 He took his seat..and was all Himself, the most graceful and obliging of men. 1787 World & Fashionable Advertiser 16 Apr. In the first part of the play, the Siddons found not scope for her great abilities; but whenever any energy..and marked expression brought her forth, she was there again all herself. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. v. 644 The chief justice was all himself. His spirits rose higher and higher as the work went on. 1884 Daily News 23 May 5/3 Mr. Grace was all himself [at cricket]. 1923 Quiver Sept. 1037/1 He was all himself again now, except that he felt horribly sick, and his feet hurt terribly. 1992 Hudson Rev. 45 226 He looked up at me, all himself again, and smiled. P31. all boys (or lads, etc.) together: applied to a situation or group in which only boys or men are present; frequently attributive, denoting a spirit of male camaraderie, solidarity, and cooperation; cf. (all) girls together at girl n. Phrases 2e. ΚΠ 1833 J. D. Hopkins Addr. Members of Cumberland Bar 53 The boy stopped, and..began to make his excuses. Run on, you rogue, said Mr. Parsons, never mind me—we are all boys together now. 1931 M. Allingham Look to Lady xxvi. 270 All boys together. What delightful neighbours we are. 1962 R. Jeffries Exhibit No. Thirteen vii. 70 A matey all-boys-together laugh. 1992 Today (BNC) The muck-and-bullets, all lads together wartime analogy that continues to dominate our sporting thinking. 2004 N. Puwar Space Invaders v. 85 As men move between various male spaces..an ‘all boys together’ atmosphere is forged. P32. U.S. regional (chiefly north-eastern). to be all day with (also for) (someone): to be all over or finished for (someone); to be a hopeless situation (now rare). ΚΠ 1836 Knickerbocker Aug. 205 Marlinspike now swore that it was all day with him; and as it was no use to veer or haul any longer, he might as well content himself. 1889 C. A. J. Farrar Up North Branch ix. 127 Some drift stuff had lodged a little way below where we were, and I knew if they went among that it was all day for me. 1912 Youth's Compan. 9 May 249/3 She'll hold the rail if any is to be found; if not, it's all day for me and her. 1931 Boys' Life July 6/1 Them keys look pretty much all alike, an' once you lose your bearin's it's all day with you. P33. regional (chiefly U.S.). all to once: = all at once at Phrases 18a. ΚΠ 1837 J. T. Irving Hawk Chief II. x. 121 I've got a carackter for shooting; and I don't want to lose it, all to once. 1896 S. Baring-Gould Dartmoor Idylls vii. 178 All to once her'll smell a snitch o' sage and ingins. 1921 Overland Monthly May 10/1 ‘Do you like the lines? Do they begin too pathetic all to once?’ asked the bard. 1950 Boston Sunday Globe 19 Nov. 18 a/6 Seems likely it would be easier takin' her time than tryin' to do it all to once. 2011 T. F. Platt Pig Iron Trucker viii. 102 We'd like to see a clean sweep of Rose, Maxine, Jo, Wynona, and Dosia, getting the business [sc. pregnancy] on the road all to once, you see. P34. In various formations modelled on damn all (see damn all n.), in which damn is replaced with other swear words, oaths, and expletives, or occasionally with a euphemism: nothing at all. Also as adj.: absolutely no, not any.bugger, eff-, fuck-, naff-, sod all: see the first element. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > non-existence > [noun] > nothing > nothing at all noughtOE neither tip nor toe1610 nix1781 damn the haet1787 no nothing1815 zero1823 all1842 neither hide nor hair1857 zip1900 nixie1906 damn all1910 fuck-all1916 Fanny Adams1919 bugger-all1921 S.F.A.1933 not a sausage1938 shit1949 zilch1956 eff-all1958 sod all1958 diddly-squat1963 diddly1964 jack-all1965 niente1969 zippo1973 feck-all1975 hee-haw1975 naff all1977 jack squat1986 1842 Sporting Mag. June 97 Dang all about twittering! 1939 J. Mulgan Man Alone iii. 31 There's —— all grows up here. 1948 P. Larkin Let. 9 Sept. in Sel. Lett. (1992) 150 I have had cock-all holiday so far & find myself getting edgy & nervy. 1984 G. Seymour In Honour Bound x.139 ‘You don't have a lot of chance to talk.’ ‘Here? I've shit all chance to talk.’ 1988 R. Hillis in G. Ursell Sky High 90 She can't see shit-all without her glasses. 1998 A. Campbell Diary 11 Sept. in Blair Years (2007) 323 [He] was smart but knew jack all about the economy. 2003 P. Kay et al. Peter Kay's Phoenix Nights: Scripts 1st Ser. Episode 3. 193/1 Well, someone's got to do your job: you've done piss all, that's what you've done! P35. Originally U.S. for all of: as far as (a person) is concerned; as regards the interest or opinion of (a person). Cf. for prep. 25b and sense B. 4. ΚΠ 1848 J. E. Jones Young Abolitionists 39 Stalk still I'd stand, and they might do their own work for all of me. 1854 M. J. Holmes Tempest & Sunshine xix. 124 No;—he may have her and go to the old boy for all of Josh. 1911 H. S. Harrison Queed xvii. 209 Thus they parted, almost precipitately, and, for all of him, might never have met again in this world. 1951 G. Heyer Quiet Gentleman iv. 60 I told him to his head his lady might go hang for all of me! 2010 K. Koja Under the Poppy 171 It can't be soon enough for all of me. P36. to be (not) all there: see there adv., n., and int. Phrases 2b. P37. all told: see tell v. Phrases 11. P38. all on: (in fox hunting) an exclamation used to signal that all the dogs are present or accounted for. ΚΠ 1892 E. P. Elmhirst Fox-hound, Forest & Prairie 280 Foxes have no manners; foxhounds no courtesy—and neither one nor the other have the grace to wait till ‘All On’ announces the muster roll. 1936 D. W. E. Brock ABC of Fox-hunting 231 The whipper-in who, on counting the Pack finds that every hound is present, reports to his huntsman: ‘All on, sir!’ 1980 Duke of Beaufort Fox-Hunting App. 207 A pack is said to be ‘all on’ when all the hounds are there. 2006 H. J. Robards Foxhunting (2011) ii. 36 As he passes the whipper-in, he hears, ‘All on, sir.’ P39. colloquial. all things ——: anything or everything relating to the specified subject. Π 1918 Moving Picture Weekly 17 Aug. 19/1 Bluebird has rescued from the oblivion which perforce overtakes all things cinema, another excellent photoplay. 1968 Direction Dec. 2/2 To be totally professional, a PAO [sc. public affairs officer] must keep pace with all things public affairs and all things Navy. 2022 macclesfield-express.co.uk (Nexis) 4 May May 4 has in recent years become the day to celebrate all things Star Wars, with people marking the day with the phrase May the 4th be with you. P40. (and) that's all she wrote: see write v. Phrases 3c. P41. colloquial (originally U.S.). all-singing, all-dancing (also all singing and dancing): (esp. of a device) possessing or equipped with a large number and variety of appealing or impressive features, functions, etc. (occasionally implying that their usefulness or effectiveness is exaggerated).From the use of the phrase in the billing given to stage or film musical productions: see quots. 1929, 1953. ΚΠ 1929 Lima (Ohio) News 5 Apr. 28/6 (advt.) You'll hear and see the first all singing—all dancing—all talking Broadway jazz revue. 1953 M. Renault Charioteer v. 106 The film of the evening was all singing, all dancing, and in technicolour.] 1968 Flying Sept. 54/2 [The plane] came equipped with the all-singing, all-dancing Piper Altimatic III autopilot. 1978 Science 14 July 136/3 ‘It [sc. a tank] was an all singing, all dancing, thing... but far..too complicated for any crew to handle,’ said one NATO observer. 1995 Independent 24 Apr. 16/7 ‘Multimedia software’—that all-singing all-dancing program whose aim is to excite and entertain. 2007 K. Wharton How to Have Baby on Ebay ii. 55 An all-singing all-dancing model [of child car seat] which may only last a few months. P42. to be all that: see that pron.1, adj.1, adv., and n. Phrases 1c(d). < as lemmas |
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