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on that note
a. An expressive or significant sound. Chiefly in extended use: a quality or tone, esp. in speech or writing, which expresses a mood or attitude, or indicates the significance of the words or situation (frequently with of). Also in phrase on that note. In early use also: import, tenor. Cf. sense 7c.to change one's (also a person's) note: see change v. Phrases 1b.
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society > communication > correspondence > letter > [noun] > tenor or purport of letter
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c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) 1719 (MED) Now sall I neuen vs here next þe note of his lettir.
1484 W. Caxton tr. G. de la Tour-Landry Bk. Knight of Tower (1971) cxxxi. 173 She wold neuer here ne vnderstand the noote and wordes of none, sauf one tyme that a knyghte prayd her.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) iv. 0. 14 The Armourers.., With busie Hammers closing Riuets vp, Giue dreadfull note of preparation. View more context for this quotation
1702 C. Mather Magnalia Christi iii. i. iii. 43/1 The Gentry at the Table were at their Old Notes.
1839 T. Carlyle Chartism vi. 49 The terror and horror they inspire is but the note of preparation for the truth they are to teach.
1877 ‘H. A. Page’ Detectioun Quincey I. viii. 151 We can catch clearly enough the note of extreme, almost austere self-dependence.
1891 T. Hardy Tess of the D'Urbervilles I. xv. 194 Reflectiveness passed into her face, and a note of tragedy at times into her voice.
1915 W. S. Maugham Of Human Bondage cxv. 609 Mrs. Athelney poured tea out of a lustre teapot which gave a note of England and the country-side to the festivity.
1954 N. Marsh Spinsters in Jeopardy viii. 165 ‘And upon that note,’ said Alleyn, ‘we may return to Rocqueville and make our plans.’
1960 Times 9 Dec. 21/2 Here a note of caution must be sounded.
2001 Terrorizer Sept. 7/3 On a happier note, Metallica's Lars Ulrich has proved that he does have some lead in his pencil after all.
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