单词 | at point |
释义 | > as lemmasat point b. [after Middle French a point (French à point) in the desired state (c1245 in Old French), in a suitable manner (c1275 in Old French).] at point. extracted from pointn.1ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > suitability or appropriateness > [adverb] wellOE tidily1340 avenantlya1375 covenablyc1384 featlya1400 propera1400 queema1400 congruelyc1400 conably1411 cordingc1420 convenablyc1430 competentlyc1440 fitc1440 accordantlyc1443 accordinglyc1443 conveniently1447 at pointc1485 congruentlya1529 appliablyc1530 afferandly1536 suitingly1540 aptly1548 answerably1549 fitlyc1550 agreeingly1563 suitable1584 not unfitly1586 aptitudinallyc1600 handsome1600 sortfully1606 sortably1607 congruouslya1620 accommodately1623 adaptlya1648 inabusivelya1677 suitably1681 agreeably1753 appropriately1795 suitly1913 righteous1948 c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 106 Ane gude knycht..suld sett all his study, till arme him at poynt, and hors him. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) vi. 406 He wes arayit at poynt clenly, Outakyn that his hede wes bair. a1530 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Royal) vii. l. 2884 Thare wes oure Kyng ressawyd well..And all at poynt and lykyn lede. a1547 Earl of Surrey tr. Virgil Certain Bks. Aenæis (1557) ii. sig. Aii The fame wherof so wandred it at point [L. ea fama vagatur]. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > in preparation [phrase] > in a state of preparation or readiness in a readiness1511 in procinct1540 in readiness1541 at a point1611 on the nail1623 c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Knychthede (1993) iii. 24 Ane othir poynt of the office of knychthede is, to halde his armouris clene and faire, and wele at poynt. c1550 Clarodius ii. 1467 When he thocht everie thing was at poynt. 1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Essere in punto, to be in a readinesse, to be at a point. a1616 W. Shakespeare King Lear (1623) i. iv. 304 'Tis politike, and safe to let him keepe At point a hundred Knights. (c) at (the) point to: (with infinitive) ready to, on the point of, just about to (now archaic and rare). ΘΚΠ 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 c1432 in PMLA (1934) 49 458 (MED) Þees twey men..buþ at poynt to be hange, draw, & quartered þer fore. c1450 (c1400) Julian of Norwich Revelations Divine Love: Shorter Version (1978) 70 (MED) The saule..in the bodye..es euer atte the poynte to be taken. 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection i. sig. Eiiii Whan they were at the poynt to haue passed ouer the seconde flod called Iordayn. 1564 N. Haward tr. Eutropius Briefe Chron. ii. sig. D.vii Pyrrhus was at the poynte to have fled. 1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear viii. 24 Who alreadie..are at point to shew their open banner. View more context for this quotation 1685 R. Thorold tr. Agis in J. Dryden tr. Plutarch Lives IV. 566 Agis being now at the point to die, perceiv'd one of the Serjeants bitterly bewailing his Misfortune. 1765 C. Smart tr. Psalms David cvii. 108 The vital pulse Was at the point to stop. 1808 R. Cumberland Jew of Mogadore ii. 35 Because I am a man, and could not bear to see a lovely creature at the point to die. 1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise: Pt. III 228 He seemed at point his whole desire to gain. 1925 E. Blunden Eng. Poems 93 The time will come when, at the point to die I'll wish a spirit-stream as cool and clear. < as lemmas |
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