单词 | set by |
释义 | > as lemmasto set by b. to set (also†let) little (nought, etc.) by: to put little, nothing, etc. in comparison with; to value, esteem little, etc.; also absol. to set by (obsolete): to esteem highly. See set v.1 91b and let v.1 16. ΚΠ 1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman A. xi. 29 Luytel is he loued or leten bi. a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Isa. liii. 3 Wherfore ne wee setteden by hym. 1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. vi. 3 Cloþed as a lollere, And lytel y-lete by. c1400 Mandeville's Trav. xxvii. 272 Thei sette not..by Caw~teles. 1407 Songs Costume (1849) 57 Ye be so lewyd your selfe there setteth no man you bye. c1440 York Myst. xxxi. 105 Sette I noght be hym. c1450 How Wise Man tauȝt Sonne (Lamb. 853) in Babees Bk. (2002) i. 52 Bi oþir richesse sette no greet price. 1549 Psalm xv. 4 (Prayer Bk.) He that setteth not by himself, but is lowly in his own eyes. 1637 J. Bastwick Vanity & Mischeife Old Letany iii. 13/2 That booke was highly set by and commended. 1729 Bp. J. Butler 15 Serm. (ed. 2) 540 In all lowliness of mind we set lightly by ourselves. 1839 T. Keightley Hist. Eng. (new ed.) I. 102. He also set by the hares, and they must go free. to set by —— to set by —— see 91c. to set by to set by ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > relinquishing > casting or laying aside > [verb (transitive)] to let awaya1000 forcast?c1225 to lay downc1275 forthrow1340 flita1375 removea1382 to cast away1382 understrewc1384 castc1390 to lay awaya1400 to lay asidec1440 slingc1440 warpiss1444 to lay from, offc1480 way-put1496 depose1526 to lay apart1526 to put off1526 to set apart1530 to turn up1541 abandonate?1561 devest1566 dispatch1569 decarta1572 discard1578 to make away1580 to fling away1587 to cast off1597 doff1599 cashier1603 to set by1603 moult1604 excuss1607 retorta1616 divest1639 deposit1646 disentail1667 dismiss1675 slough1845 shed1856 jettison1869 shake1872 offload1900 junk1911 dump1919 sluff1934 bin1940 to put down1944 shitcan1973 the mind > mental capacity > memory > effacement, obliteration > cancellation, revocation > annul, cancel, revoke [verb (transitive)] > set aside to strike off1597 to set by1603 open1792 1603 W. Shakespeare Hamlet v. ii. 236 Set it by [1623 Set by a-while], I'le haue another bowt first. 1631 B. Jonson Staple of Newes iii. ii. 194 in Wks. II To be separated, and set by For Vshers, to old Countesses. a1642 J. Suckling Goblins i, in Wks. (1874) II. 16 Set him by, till he's sober. 1654 E. Wolley tr. ‘G. de Scudéry’ Curia Politiæ 12 You have forced him not onely to set by his Mil[i]tia, and to depose his Crown. 2. To lay up or lay by for future use. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > supply > storage > store [verb (transitive)] > reserve reservea1382 keepa1400 sparea1400 savea1450 to put by1568 to put aside1569 to set byc1595 sepose1609 seposit1657 to lay aside1711 to set away1747 to lay by1786 to lay (also put) past1847 to put away1861 c1595 T. Maynarde Sir Francis Drake his Voy. (1849) 8 To trimme his shippes..set by some new pinnaces. 1726 G. Leoni tr. L. B. Alberti Architecture I. 100/2 The Pantry for setting by what is left after meals. 1819 W. Scott Bride of Lammermoor xii, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. II. 307 Let the house be redd up, the broken meat set bye. 1851 S. Warner Wide Wide World II. xxxvii. 103 After that many a basket of apples..was set by for her. a. To reject, dismiss; to disregard, scorn. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > ignoring, disregard > ignore, disregard [verb (transitive)] > dismiss from consideration to put out of ——a1250 to lay awaya1400 to set asidec1407 to lay by1439 to lay asidec1440 to let (something) walkc1450 to set apart?1473 reject1490 seclude?1531 to let go1535 to put offc1540 to set by1592 sepose1593 to think away1620 to look over ——a1640 prescind1650 seposit1657 decognize1659 inconsider1697 to set over1701 shelf1819 sink1820 shelve1847 eliminate1848 to count out1854 discounta1856 defenestrate1917 neg1987 1592 T. Nashe Strange Newes in Wks. (1910) I. 294 No more set by, but set by, thrust aside. 1636 T. Heywood Challenge i, in Wks. (1874) V. 9 Birth wee set by. 1660 T. Fuller Mixt Contempl. ii. xiv. 23 Being now set by, layd aside as uselesse, and not sett by. 1704 J. Norris Ess. Ideal World II. i. 36 To set by this conclusion for a while. 1758 S. Hayward Seventeen Serm. xvi. 481 'Tis indisputable... Devils cannot set it by, and the judge will not. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being exclusive > [noun] > exclusion from a category, etc. > non-inclusion or omission overleapOE omissiona1440 overskippingc1450 setting bya1592 omittancea1616 elision1812 Passover1822 a1592 R. Greene Comicall Hist. Alphonsus (1599) i. sig. A3v Setting by Alphonsus power diuine, What man aliue..Could counteruail his courage. 1657 P. Heylyn Vndeceiving of People 7 Setting by all children which live under their parents [etc.]..the number of the residue will be found so small. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > unaccustomedness or state of disuse > give up a habit or practice [verb (transitive)] leaveeOE forsakec1175 waive1340 twinc1386 refuse1389 to set aside1426 relinquish1454 abuse1471 renouncec1480 disaccustom1483 to break from1530 to lay aside1530 disprofess1590 dropa1616 to set bya1674 decline1679 unpractise?1680 slough1845 shake1872 sluff1934 kick1936 a1674 Earl of Clarendon Brief View Leviathan (1676) 282 To set by disputing with him, as one that is to be convinced only by himself. set by c. By substitution of not for nought, and by extension of the idiom to negative expressions generally, set by came to be equivalent to ‘esteem, regard’, and, by elimination of the negative, to ‘esteem or value highly, think or make much of’. Obsolete exc. archaic or dialect.Formerly to set not by sometimes = to have no scruples about. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > [verb (transitive)] haveeOE weenc1000 praisec1250 setc1374 set by1393 endaunt1399 prizec1400 reverencec1400 tender1439 repute1445 to have (also make, take) regard to or that1457 to take, make, set (no) count of (upon, by)c1475 pricec1480 to make (great, etc.) account (also count, esteem, estimation, reckoning, regard, store) of1483 force1509 to look upon ——c1515 to have (also hold) in estimationc1522 to make reckoning of1525 esteem1530 regard1533 to tell, make, hold, set (great, little, no) store of1540 value1549 to make dainty of (anything)1555 reckon1576 to be struck on1602 agrade1611 respect1613 beteem1627 appreciate1648 to put, set (an) esteem, a high, low esteem upon1665 to think small beer of1816 to think the world of1826 existimate1847 reckon1919 rate1973 the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [verb (transitive)] > attach importance to weigh?c1225 chargec1320 set by1393 to attribute (much)1586 to stand upon ——1587 moment1598 to lay weight upon1600 reflecta1616 to take (large etc.) stock in (rarely of)1870 1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. x. 302 Men setten nat by songewarie. a1400 Minor Poems from Vernon MS 692/10 Now is þe selue I-set not by. c1400 Rule St. Benet (Verse) 459 Þai wil set bi no man saw. c1426 J. Audelay Poems (1931) 2 Avowtre ne lechory men set not by. 1467 M. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 335 Thei set not be a woman as thei shuld set be a man. a1500 (?a1400) Sir Torrent of Portyngale (1887) l. 1152 The kyng of Aragon sett her bye. a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Fox, Wolf, & Cadger l. 2006 in Poems (1981) 77 To beir ȝour office than wald I not set by. a1513 W. Dunbar Flyting in Poems (1998) I. 208 Quhat man settis by the? 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid xi. iv. 98 Onlesum war syk plesour I set by. 1561 T. Hoby tr. B. Castiglione Courtyer i. sig. Hijv They do not onelye not sett by letters, but they rather abhorre them. a1659 R. Brownrig 65 Serm. (1674) I. iv. 57 Men set by good servants. a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Northampt. 291 Set by and extolled. 1664 S. Pepys Diary 20 Jan. (1971) V. 20 Mr Pierce..tells me that my Lady Castlemaine is not at all set by by the King. 1848 J. R. Lowell Biglow Papers 1st Ser. ix. 135 Wite folks aint sot by half ez much. < as lemmas |
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