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单词 the more
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(all) the more
f. With ellipsis of the word or sentence modified. Now frequently with anaphoric so (see so adv. and conj. 4a) in more so (also, chiefly U.S., moreso). (all) the more: the rather, the more so (as, because, etc.).
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the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > greatly or very much [phrase] > to a greater extent
more thanc1485
more so1735
more by token1816
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 127 He ssolde by..yblissed ine þise wordle and more ine þe oþre.
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1963) 1 Kings xiv. 30 Ȝou self han seen for my eeȝen ben liȝtned, for þi þat I tastide a litil of þis hony; myche more [a1425 L.V. hou myche more; L. quanto magis] if þe puple hadde etyn of þe prey of þeir enemys.
?1463 R. Cutler in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 260 And heuery man wyl sey wel þer-of, þe more cause he is a gentyl-man..and in gret penure.
1554 F. van Brunswick tr. A. de Montulmo Ryghte Excellente Treat. Astron. sig. E vj Mars..signifieth that mortal war shall happen amongest men, and the more because of his retrogradacion.
1561 T. Hoby tr. B. Castiglione Courtyer ii. sig. Aa.iiiv I will we defar the wholl vntill to morow, the more for I thinke it well done we folow the L. Iulians counsell.
1640 O. Sedgwick Christs Counsell 84 How much more, when thy crowne is losing!
1724 J. Henley et al. tr. Pliny the Younger Epist. & Panegyrick I. i. x. 22 I may at this Day admire 'em the more, because I understand 'em somewhat better; tho' even still I am far from pretending that I sufficiently do so.
1735 G. Berkeley Def. Free-thinking in Math. §28 This is so plain that nothing can be more so.
1788 J. Madison in Federalist Papers lvii. 158 The districts in New Hampshire in which the senators are chosen immediately by the people, are nearly as large as will be necessary for her representatives in the congress. Those of Massachusetts are larger than will be necessary for that purpose. And those of New-York still more so.
1816 J. Austen Emma I. xii. 209 ‘I only want to know that Mr. Martin is not very, very bitterly disappointed.’ ‘A man cannot be more so,’ was his short, full answer.
1852 M. Arnold Farewell viii I too have wish'd, no woman more, This starting, feverish heart away.
1862 G. Borrow Wild Wales lii ‘Are the Welsh..as clannish as the Highlanders?’ said I. ‘Yes’, said he, ‘and a good deal more’.
1876 W. Besant & J. Rice Golden Butterfly I. Prol. i. 7 The English servant was dressed like his master, but ‘more-so’.
1927 Dict. National Biogr. 1912–21 306/2 He loved Sir Walter Scott, all the more because he shared Scott's infinite love and sympathy with humanity.
1955 M. Allingham Beckoning Lady xi. 161 The only artists I've ever met were just like me only more so.
1980 P. O'Brian Surgeon's Mate (1992) iv. 120 He regretted it all the more because with the years Sir Joseph's tendency to prolixity had grown.
1997 C. Shaw Sc. Myths & Customs x. 223 Anyone perceived as being different from society's norms was a potential target—no-one moreso than the local wise-woman.
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c. Scottish and Irish English (northern). the more: although. Sc. National Dict. (1965) records the conjunction as still in use in south-west Scotland.
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1833 J. Kennedy Geordie Chalmers v. xv No praising mysel the mair I say't.
1880 W. H. Patterson Gloss. Words Antrim & Down at The more He did it, the more he said he wouldn't.
1996 C. I. Macafee Conc. Ulster Dict. (at cited word) I don't approve of the local dialect, the more it is spoken very widely in the community.
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