| 单词 | the wit of man |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe wit of man a. The faculty of thinking and reasoning in general; mental capacity, understanding, intellect, reason. archaic (now esp. in the wit of man = human understanding).For the corresponding pregnant uses see 5, 6. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intellect > [noun] i-witc888 anyitOE witOE thoughtOE inwitc1305 intention1340 mindc1384 understandingc1384 intentc1386 intelligencec1390 intellecta1398 minda1398 understanda1400 intellectionc1449 ingeny1477 intellectivec1484 mind-sight1587 intellectual1598 notion1604 intelligency1663 mental1676 nous1678 grasp1683 thinker1835 Geist1871 noesis1881 the mind > mental capacity > thought > [noun] witOE thoughtOE cogitation1557 thinkingness1672 thinkfulness1674 thoughtsomeness1674 cogitativity1722 cogitancy1759 maiden-thought1818 cogitativeness1823 thought centre1846 thought-consciousness1901 the mind > mental capacity > understanding > [noun] witOE understandinga1050 intention1340 intendmentc1374 knowledgea1387 intelligencec1390 conceitc1405 intellect?a1475 perceiverancea1500 perceiverationa1500 receipta1500 intendiment1528 reach1542 apprehension1570 toucha1586 understandingnessa1628 apprehensivenessa1639 ingenuity1651 comprehensiona1662 intelligibility1661 intelligency1663 uptake1816 the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > [noun] redeOE witOE skillc1175 skillwisenessa1200 reason?c1225 witsa1300 intellecta1398 rationala1398 understandinga1425 natural reason1440 rationabilitya1500 judgement1749 noesis1881 the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > [noun] > faculty of sensation > a sense witOE sensibility?a1425 sense?1504 sensation1657 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > [noun] i-witnessc888 knowledging?c1225 wittinga1300 beknowing1340 sciencec1350 bekenningc1380 knowinga1398 knowledgea1398 meaninga1398 cunningshipa1400 feela1400 understanda1400 cognizancec1400 kenningc1400 witc1400 recognizancec1436 cognition1447 recognitionc1450 cognoscencec1540 conscience1570 comprehension1597 comprehense1604 cognizant1634 sciency1642 scibility1677 OE Beowulf 589 Þæs þu in helle scealt werhðo dreogan, þeah þin wit duge. c1230 Hali Meid. (1922) 21 Hwil þi wit atstond & chastieð þi wil..ne harmeð hit te nawiht. 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 9389 Is brayn & wit is so feble, þat þer nis of him no drede. c1305 St. Kenelm 220 in Early Eng. Poems & Lives Saints (1862) 53 A dombe best wiþoute witte. c1375 Lay Folks Mass Bk. (MS. B) 343 My lyue, my lymmes þou has me lent, My right witt þou has me sent. 1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xx. 266 Kynde witte me telleth, It is wikked to wage ȝow. c1400 Pety Job 184 in 26 Pol. Poems 127 To gouerne me thow yaue me wyt. 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) xii. l. 481 To mychty god..sen I had wit off man Befor my werk to ȝeild me I began. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) 1 Cor. xiv. 20 Brethren be not children in witte. 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 193 He was verie pregnant and had an excellent wyt. 1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream iv. i. 203 I haue had a dreame, past the wit of man, to say; what dreame it was. View more context for this quotation 1661 J. Glanvill Vanity of Dogmatizing xiv. 134 A good will, help'd by a good wit, can find truth any where. 1675 R. Baxter Catholick Theol. ii. viii. 167 God were not God, if mans shallow wit could comprehend him. 1733 A. Pope Epitaph Gay in Gentleman's Mag. June 319 A Manly wit, a child's simplicity, The morals blameless, and the temper free. 1842 R. I. Wilberforce Rutilius & Lucius 139 We profess not to discover the truth by our own wit. 1879 J. McCarthy Hist. our Own Times II. xx. 98 The wit of man could suggest nothing satisfactory. 1879 E. Arnold Light of Asia viii. 232 Shun drugs and drinks which work the wit abuse. < as lemmas |
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