单词 | rewarder |
释义 | rewardern. A person who rewards another person or thing; one who requites another. Frequently (esp. in early use) with reference to God. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > reward or a reward > [noun] > rewarder yielder1382 rewarderc1384 premiour1493 remunerator1638 c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Heb. xi. 6 God..is rewarder [L. remunerator] of men ynsekinge. ?a1425 tr. Catherine of Siena Orcherd of Syon (Harl.) (1966) 332 (MED) I am ȝoure God, rewardir of al ȝoure labour and traueyle. c1460 Tree & 12 Frutes (McClean) (1960) 98 For þe rewarder of þi mede sitte an high and biholdeth þi batayle forto rewarde þe yif þou haue þe victorie. a1530 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfeccyon (1531) iii. f. Clxxxvii That he is the rewarder of all good dedes. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III i. iii. 124 A liberall rewarder of his friends. View more context for this quotation 1620 J. Ford Line of Life 92 This man not only liues, but liues well, remembring alwayes the old adage; that God is the rewarder of Aduerbes not of Nownes. 1670 G. Havers tr. G. Leti Il Cardinalismo di Santa Chiesa ii. iii. 182 He is..no great rewarder of his Servants. 1730 J. Knight Judgement & Justice 13 To enjoy the pleasure of the blameless conduct of a wise people; and encourage merit by becoming the rewarder as well as the witness and proclaimer of it. 1772 J. Priestley Inst. Relig. I. 115 God, who is..the most munificent rewarder of real worth. 1875 M. Arnold Ess. Crit. (ed. 3) ix. 373 The belief that God is..a rewarder of them that seek him. 1963 P. Hilty tr. J. Burckhardt Hist. Greek Culture iii. 101 The government..was to be under a single lawgiver, permanently installed, a universal protector, rewarder, reprimander. 2008 Washington Times (Nexis) 11 Sept. e5 The Crowes are peerless rewarders of the tribe: Each night promises a dramatically different set list. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1384 |
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