单词 | benevolence |
释义 | benevolencen. 1. Disposition to do good, desire to promote the happiness of others, kindness, generosity, charitable feeling (as a general state or disposition towards humankind at large). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > kindness > [noun] goodshipOE goodnessOE well-willingnessOE goodlaikc1175 charity?c1225 courtesy1297 kindnessc1300 meeknessc1300 kindheada1325 benignityc1374 benevolencec1384 kindshipa1393 betternessa1400 homeliness1402 goodliness1405 courteousnessc1430 kindliness1440 kindlaikc1450 beneficialness1528 beneficence1531 benevolency1545 beneficency1576 kindheartedness1583 benefiting1594 candidness1643 benefacture1651 geniality1652 candour1653 hearta1656 obliging1676 benevolentness1736 affectionateness1751 warm-heartedness1808 Samaritanism1843 sweet-heartedness1865 benignancy1876 c1384 T. Hoccleve Mother of God 10 Sauer of vs by thy beneuolence. 1423 Kingis Quair xcix Hye Quene of Lufe! sterre of beneuolence. 1481 W. Caxton tr. Myrrour of Worlde iii. xii. 159 Of the fader..he [Plato] sayde the power and puissaunce, of the sone, the sappyence, and of the holy gost the bienueullaunce. a1555 D. Lindsay Tragedie in Dialog Experience & Courteour (1559) sig. Siij With supporte of sum Lordis beneuolens. 1605 F. Thynne Advocate in Animaduersions (1875) p. cxi By the..support of your Maiesties benevolence and liberallity. 1726 Bp. J. Butler 15 Serm. i. 8 If there be any Affection in Human Nature, the Object and End of which is the Good of another, this is itself Benevolence, or the Love of another. 1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall III. l. 142 Benevolence is the foundation of justice. 1876 J. B. Mozley Serm. preached Univ. of Oxf. ix. 192 The poor and dependent..exercise our active benevolence. a. Favourable feeling or disposition, as an emotion manifested towards another; affection; goodwill (towards a particular person or on a particular occasion). to do one's benevolence: to lend one's friendly offices. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > liking or favourable regard > [noun] loveeOE well-likinglOE favoura1340 liking1340 greea1400 study?c1400 benevolence1423 lustc1430 carec1540 goût1586 like1589 infection1600 predilection1626 notion1789 grá1833 shindy1855 hard-on1949 1423 Kingis Quair cviii Though I geve the beneuolence, It standis noght ȝit in myn aduertence. c1430 J. Lydgate tr. Bochas Fall of Princes Tab. Contents (1554) Bij Roboam..loste the benevolence of his people. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) 1 Cor. vii. 3 Let the man geve vnto the wyfe due benevolence. a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) i. i. 29 I..will be glad to do my beneuolence . View more context for this quotation 1645 J. Ussher Body of Divin. (1647) 284 When due benevolence is not yielded, although there be aptness there~unto. 1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India II. iv. ii. 70 His dislike of application and control prevented his acquiring the benevolence of his superiors. b. love of benevolence: see love n.1 2. 3. concrete. An expression of goodwill, an act of kindness; a gift or grant of money; a contribution for the support of the poor. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > kindness > [noun] > act of kindness goodOE loveOE estdedea1325 bounty1330 benefice1340 benefit1377 while1382 whileness1382 officec1384 excellencec1385 goodshipa1393 kindnessc1400 benevolencec1425 benignityc1534 obligement1611 obligation1618 friendlinessa1633 benevolenta1639 beneficence1654 amability1655 benefactiona1662 knight-service1675 kindliness1883 humanity1985 the mind > possession > giving > gift or present > [noun] > a contribution > (promise of) contribution to a cause benevolencec1425 pledge1887 c1425 Wyntoun Cron. vii. vii. 157 Recoveryd þe benevolens Wyth trawayle. 1622 Sir J. Ley in S. R. Gardiner Fortescue Papers (1871) 175 What Benevolence we would willingly bestow towardes the Palatinate. 1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine iii. 400 Convenient for such as went up to sacrifice, to cast in their benevolence. 1766 J. Entick Surv. London in New Hist. London IV. 58 Towards the charge whereof the companies gave great benevolences. 1868 H. H. Milman Ann. St. Paul's Cathedral xi. 282 The City of London gave first a great benevolence. 4. English History. A forced loan or contribution levied, without legal authority, by the kings of England on their subjects. First so called in 1473 when astutely asked by Edward IV., as a token of goodwill towards his rule. Sometimes loosely applied to similar impositions elsewhere. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > subsidy > [noun] witereden688 commorth1402 aid1419 subsidy1422 subside?a1425 prest?c1430 loan1439 subventiona1475 benevolence1483 loan-money1523 gratitude1535 press money1561 subsidy money1577 malevolence1592 succour1605 oblation1613 1483 Act 1 Rich. III ii. §1 A newe imposicion named a benevolence. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. ccxxv He rode aboute ye more parte of the lande, and vsed the people in suche fayre maner that he Reysed therby notable Summes of money, The whiche way of the leuyinge of this Money was after named a Benyuolence. ?c1550 tr. P. Vergil Three Bks. Eng. Hist. (1844) 161 Perchance very many gave that benevolence with evil will. 1640 Ld. Digby in J. Rushworth Hist. Coll.: Third Pt. (1692) I. 31 The granting of Subsidies, and that under so preposterous a name as of a Benevolence, for that which is a malevolence indeed. 1661 S. Pepys Diary 31 Aug. (1970) II. 167 The Benevolence proves..an occasion of so much discontent everywhere, that it had better it had never been set up. 1775 Chatham in Parl. The spirit which now resists your taxation in America is the same which formerly opposed loans, benevolences, and ship-money in England. 1875 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. III. xviii. 213. 1882 F. W. Farrar Early Days Christianity I. 56 Resentment was kept alive by the benevolences and imposts which Nero now demanded. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.c1384 |
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