单词 | beyond reclaim |
释义 | > as lemmasbeyond (also past) reclaim 2. The action, fact, or process of reclaiming or saving a person from a state of vice, an immoral way of life, etc.; the state of being so reclaimed; reformation, redemption (now rare). Now chiefly in weakened sense: restoration of a previous state; improvement. Frequently in beyond (also past) reclaim.In early examples perhaps an extended use of sense 1a. ΘΚΠ society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > reform, amendment, or correction > [noun] chastyinga1300 amendmentc1300 risingc1350 castigationc1397 reclaima1400 reformation1425 emendationc1540 emendingc1542 recovery1542 reparence1556 emendment1569 reduction1610 reclamation1629 reclaimer1650 reform1738 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 1578 (MED) Was nan þam moght bring to reclaim. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. lxixv He..buylded newe the cytie & Castell of Beau Maryse, and broughte the vnsteadfast Walshmen to newe reclayme. 1582 in Bible (Rheims) Pref. 11 For the better preseruation or reclaime of many good souls endangered thereby. a1656 J. Hales Golden Remains (1659) i. 103 Let him examine his own conscience, and Impartially sift all the manner of his reclaim. 1682 E. Ravenscroft London Cuckolds iii. i. 26 To stay longer to give you good Counsell would be loss of time, for I perceive you are past reclaim. 1736 A. S. Catcott Supreme & Inferiour Elahim 30 The heathen nations were abominably wicked, cruel, past reclaim, and therefore not fit to live on the earth. 1783 tr. Virgil Aeneid iv. 11 in New Transl. Virgil's Eclogues If he to honour Deaf, beyond reclaim, Hear not the Call—why, from his promis'd Fame, His Son withheld? 1806 in T. P. Bunting Life Jabez Bunting (1859) 252 The reclaim of three notorious sinners in this circuit; one under the ministry of Mr. and Mrs. Wilshaw. 1844 Rep. Executive Comm. Amer. Temperance Union 27 in Bioletti Pamph. Coll. on Temperance II. The reclaim of the drunkard is of greatest moment to him. 1891 J. Aitchison Signa Christi vi. 225 [Christ is] the real Originator of societies for reclaim of the fallen. 1921 R. Graves in Lit. Digest 8 Oct. 38/3 Richard Roe wished himself Job the prophet, Sunk past reclaim in stinking rags and shame. 1995 Mail on Sunday (Nexis) 5 Mar. 48 The character Nell is wildly different, a freak of nature apparently damaged beyond reclaim, afflicted by a uniquely isolated upbringing. 2007 Santa Fe New Mexican (Nexis) 7 May a7 [It] is not a tacit admission that neither he nor anybody else in the Bush administration is capable of assuming responsibility, and that the situation there [sc. in Iraq] is beyond reclaim. < as lemmas |
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