单词 | on a party |
释义 | > as lemmason a party a. A side in a battle, dispute, lawsuit, etc.; a cause or interest; = part n.1 17a. on a party: on one side; (in quot. a1400) in a partnership or conspiracy. Obsolete.Now only as in senses 6a, 9a. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > party or faction > [noun] > side or cause halfa885 side?a1300 quarrel1340 partya1375 parta1382 cause1588 quality1598 society > society and the community > social relations > party or faction > [adverb] > on one side on a partya1375 unilaterally1858 a1375 [see sense 3b]. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 729 (MED) Bi-tuix þe warlau and his wijf, Adam es stad in strang strijf; Bath ar now on a partie to confund man wit trecherie. 1411 Rolls of Parl. III. 650/1 The ordenance..made betwen William Lord the Roos on that oon partie, and Robert Tirwhit..on that other partie. a1500 (?c1450) Merlin 113 (MED) Arthur..dide arme alle his meyne and..thei were well vij ml. on his partye. 1512 Act 4 Hen. VIII c. 10 A paire of Indentures made betwen your Highnes on the oon partie and William Courteney..on the other partie. 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Pref. 16 I cannot tell on whose partie first to commence. 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 289 Manye feates of armes were there done on both parties. c1595 Countess of Pembroke Psalme cxviii. 21 in Coll. Wks. (1998) II. 189 Iehoua doth my party take. 1649 G. Langbaine Answer Vniv. Oxford 44 What hath been said on either party. 1762 H. Fielding Jonathan Wild i. xi, in Wks. II. 253 By the contrary party men often made a bad bargain with the devil. 1854 H. H. Milman Hist. Lat. Christianity III. vii. v. 210 Rome was on that party which at the time could awe her with the greatest power or win her by the most lavish wealth. < as lemmas |
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