单词 | betravail |
释义 | † betravailv. Obsolete. 1. transitive. To work at; to compose (a book). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > art or occupation of writer or author > be the author of or write (a work) [verb (transitive)] setc888 adighteOE awriteeOE writeeOE dightc1000 workOE makelOE brevea1225 ditea1300 aditec1330 indite1340 betravail1387 compone1393 saya1475 compile1477 compose1483 comprise1485 recite1523 pen1530 contex1542 invent1576 author1597 context1628 to make up1630 spawn1631 1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (1865) I Þis storie is bytrauailled by cause of Brytayne. 1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (1865) i. xlviii. (1527) 47 b Cyte of legyons there this Cronycle was bytravaylled. 2. To work for; to earn by labour. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > getting or making money > get or make money [verb (transitive)] > earn earneOE fangOE i-earnOE winc1175 getc1300 betravail1393 to knock out1873 to pull downa1902 to knock down1929 pull1937 1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. ix. 242 With swot and swetynge face By-tulye and by-trauaile treuly oure lyf-lode. 1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. xvi. 210 For no bred þat ich by-trauaile. 3. To do violence to, to violate. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > loss of chastity > deprive of chastity [verb (transitive)] > rape to do (a) shamec1275 afforcec1330 beforcec1375 misusea1382 oppressa1382 enforcec1386 ravisha1387 forcea1400 betravaila1425 trespass1427 supprisea1450 violatec1450 viole?c1450 stuprate?1526 devour1530 stupre1548 constuprate1550 rape1574 suppress1590 harry1591 constrain1594 abripe1623 obstuprate1658 spoil1678 to rip off1967 a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Judges xx. 5 Thei bitraueliden my wijf with vnbileueful woodnesse of letcherie. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < v.1387 |
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