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单词 at point
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at 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.
(a) Aptly, fitly, properly, suitably, conveniently. Obsolete.
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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].
(b) In readiness; prepared (also at a point). Obsolete.
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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).
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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.
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