单词 | at one's own will |
释义 | > as lemmasat one's own will (i) With possessive, in at one's own will (also (now rare) at one's will). Also †at God's will.at one's own sweet will: see sweet adj. 8d. ΚΠ c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 11458 He shall himm brinngenn onn. To don summ hæfedd sinne. All hise þannkess. all unnnedd All att hiss flæshess wille. c1330 (?c1300) Speculum Guy (Auch.) (1898) l. 19 Al at his wille he wole þe lede. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 6136 Ma sacrifice your lauerd vntill, Quar yee wil at your aun will. a1500 (?c1400) Sir Triamour (Cambr.) (1937) l. 257 At goddys wylle muste hyt bene. 1570 T. Norton tr. A. Nowell Catechisme 67 b God alone is able at his owne will to geue what soeuer he hath appointed. a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) ii. i. 17 We put a Sting in him, That at his will he may doe danger with. View more context for this quotation 1651 N. Bacon Contin. Hist. Disc. Govt. 218 Allowing the Pope Power to grant to such his Bulls or Pall at his own will. a1721 M. Prior Poems Several Occasions (1742) II. 133 Enjoying sweetest Liberty, And roving at my Will. 1825 tr. C.-M. Catherinet de Villemarest Hermit in Italy III. xlv. 107 I was able to meditate at my own will, without dreading any disturbance. 1927 B. Vanzetti Let. 25 Apr. in N. Sacco & B. Vanzetti Lett. (1997) ii. iv. 249 Few days ago it was stenographated, with the understanding that we will correct and modify it at our own will. 2002 S. Blackhall Fower Quarters i. 10 Gilderoy herriet Cromar at his will frae the weet, dreepin waas o yon cave. 2018 Pakistan Law Reporter (Nexis) 7 Dec. The victim stated that she at her own will went out with the accused petitioner. < as lemmas |
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