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单词 lippen
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lippenv.

/ˈlɪpən/
Forms: Chiefly Scottish. Forms: Middle English lipnen, lipnien, Middle English, 1500s lipnin, lypnin, (Middle English lepnyn, 1500s lippne), Middle English–1500s lippin, lyppin, lyppyn, (1600s lipen, 1800s lippin), 1500s– lippen.
Etymology: Of obscure origin; compare the synonymous licken v. and litten v.1
1. intransitive. To confide, rely, trust. Const. to, till; occasionally in, into, of, on, unto. Also in indirect passive. to lippen for: To look confidently for.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > hope > confident hope, trust > trust, have confidence in [verb (intransitive)]
lippenc1175
trustc1225
trustena1382
hang1393
licken1535
confide1654
c1175 Lamb. Hom. 37 Ne lipnie ȝe no al to eower festene.
a1200 Moral Ode 22 Ne lipnie na mon to muchel to childe ne to wiue.
1508 Golagros & Gawane (Chepman & Myllar) sig. ciiv Thus may ye lippin on the lake throu lair yt I leir.
a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 68 To thy auld serwandis haff e, That lang hes lipinit into the.
1563 J. Davidson Answer to Tractiue Kennedy in D. Laing Misc. Wodrow Soc. (1844) I. 208 Thay disseave baith thaim selves and all uthers quha lippinnis in thaim.
1577 G. Buchanan Let. Aug. in Vernac. Writ. (1892) 58 Yf ye gett it not or thys winter be passit, lippin not for it.
1637–50 J. Row Hist. Kirk Scotl. (Wodrow Soc.) 456 We must lippen much to the old charter, Providebit Dominus.
1685 T. Sharp Let. 5 Mar. in R. Thoresby Diary (1830) I. 68 I lippened, as we say, of you, else [etc.].
1789 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 490 I lippen'd to the chiel in trouth.
1816 W. Scott Old Mortality ix, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. II. 228 I jaloused him..no to be the friend to government he pretends: the family are not to lippen to.
1868 G. MacDonald Robert Falconer I. 49 A gude-hertit crater, but ye cudna lippen till him.
1893 R. L. Stevenson Catriona ii. 23 I would lippen to Eli's word—ay, if it was the Chevalier, or Appin himsel'.
2. transitive. To entrust. Const. dative or to, (till), occasionally in. Also, to trust (a person) with (a thing).
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > hope > confident hope, trust > trust in, rely on [verb (transitive)] > entrust to another
recommandc1380
putc1390
recommendc1405
lippenc1480
rely1585
recommit1658
c1480 (a1400) St. Lawrence 128 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 405 Þat þu before lepnyt to me, of godis burd þe priwete.
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid v. xiv. 46 Or quhat in windis sa dissaitfull to ws,..Wald thow I lipnit the maist noble Enee?
a1525 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 456 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 109 I love ȝou mair for yat loiss ȝe lippyn me till.
1636 S. Rutherford Lett. (1863) I. 179 Christ will lippen the taking you to heaven, neither to yourself, nor any deputy, but only to Himself.
1883 W. Black Four MacNicols v The people would say I had done wrong in lippening a boat to such a young crew.
1887 D. Donaldson Jamieson's Sc. Dict. Suppl. Addenda I'll lippen ye wi' my siller.
3. To expect with confidence. Also with sentence as object †to lippen (a thing) in, upon (a person): To expect from.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > be sure about [verb (transitive)]
lippenc1425
speculate1797
c1425 Wyntoun Cron. vii. iv. 554 Than is to lyppyn sum remede.
1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 150 Lyp [n] ing richt lang that tha suld thame reskew.
1552 Abp. J. Hamilton Catech. i. xi. f. 29v To traist vpon God, lippin all gud vpon him.
1559 Ld. Hume in R. Sadler State Papers (1809) II. 137 To sende to me zour resolut answer,..that I may perfitlie understand quhat I may lyppin.
a1572 J. Knox Hist. Reformation Scotl. in Wks. (1846) I. 74 Your cord and lousie coit and sark, Ye lippin, may bring yow to salvatioun.
1637 S. Rutherford Lett. (1863) I. 444 I can yet lippen that meikle good in Christ as to get a suspension.
1763 ‘T. Bobbin’ Toy-shop (new ed.) 44 Hoo lipp'nt her Feather wur turn'd Strackling.
1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess 47 But some cheeld ay, upon us keeps an eye, An' sae we need na lippen to get free.

Derivatives

ˈlippening n.
ΚΠ
1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xii. 238 Thai ar cummyn heir, For lypnyng [1489 Adv. lyppynnyng] in thair gret power.
1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) III. 289 All his beleif and lipning wes in thame.
1565 Postscr. to Q. Mary's Let. in Keith Hist. Ch. Scot. (1845) II. 328 This we doubt not bot ze will do according to oure lippinnins with all possible haist.
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