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单词 sure keeping
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sure keeping
a. Of a state of being under guard or protection: affording security from theft, loss, escape, etc.; (also occasionally) providing defence against attack. Frequently in sure keeping (cf. safekeeping n.). Cf. safe adj. 6b. Now rare.
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1431 in H. Nicolas Proc. & Ordinances Privy Council (1835) IV. 95 Ordeint for þe defense, seure and saufgarde of þe said land.
c1450 (c1425) Brut (Cambr. Kk.1.12) 359 Þe Duk brouȝt King Richard..to London, and put hym yn the Tour, vndir sure kepyng as a prisoner.
1539 in Abstr. Protocols Town Clerks Glasgow (1807) IV. 119 To put it [sc. 10s. yearly] in suyr kepyng.
1544 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1844) I. 199 The consell ordanis thair chartour keyst..to be put in suir fermans for keping in secreit manir.
1572 J. Higgins Huloets Dict. (rev. ed.) (at cited word) To put ye prysoners or captiues in sure ward.
1683 Case Earl of Argyle 123 For preserving the remembrance of so odd a Transaction..some Memorials should be drawn, and deposited in sure keeping.
1771 G. Muir Parable Tares ii. ix. 218 It may allude to the sure ward, under which malefactors are put, to prevent their escape.
1861 H. G. Moke & A. Wilmere Belgian Episodes 30 Treated as a captive and kept under sure guard in one of the towers of the castle, he never for an instant thought of saving his life by unmanly concessions.
1870 Manch. Weekly Times 19 Feb. 3/5 What they asked for was that for the future he should be committed to sure custody, so that it might be impossible for him afterwards to inflict injuries upon anyone.
1919 I. C. Clarke Elstones i. 10 Had she not entrusted to their sure keeping the secret and delicious memories of those years.
1977 W. K. Muir Police (1979) iii. 202 It was an accepted part of the police code in Laconia that once a man was in sure custody, manhandling him was taboo.
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