> as lemmas

the rather

†1. the rather: (all) the more quickly, (all) the sooner. Obsolete.In some instances not clearly distinguishable from sense 4a.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > [adverb] > soon or quickly > earlier or sooner > the sooner

the ratherOE

the sooner1303

the sooner1763

OE Old Eng. Martyrol. (Corpus Cambr. 41) 26 Dec. 5 Hi him micle þe reðran on wær[o]n and þe raþor hine oftorfod hæfdon.

OE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Tiber. B.i) anno 1009 [Hi] ða buruh raðe geeodon, gif hi ðe hraðor [lOE Laud þe raðor] to him friðes to ne gyrndon.

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) 1767 Of me he habben scal goudne reæd bute ich beo þe raðer ded.

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) 10803 Ȝif Ardur neore þe rader icumen, þenne weoren Houwel inumen.

c1300 All Souls (Harl.) 95 in C. D'Evelyn & A. J. Mill S. Eng. Legendary (1956) 466 (MED) Me miȝte þurf Godes help þe raþere [?a1425 Julius sonnor] in ioye hem bringe.

c1330 (?c1300) Bevis of Hampton (Auch.) 431 Boute þow þe raþer hennes te, I schel þe greue!

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 26735 Þis men þat penis tas Draus tuin at ans witvten hon, þat þai þe raþer [a1400 Fairf. þe sonir] mai ha done.

c1450 (a1400) R. Lavynham Treat. Seven Deadly Sins (Harl. 211) (1956) 2 (MED) For þt same man scholde þe sunner se his owne seknesse, & be þe raþer euyl payd wt hym silf an oþer tyme þt he was so presumptuows.

?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. xxii^v Yf thou put a lytell tarre in his eye he wyll mende the rather.

1530 Thorpe's Examinacion sig. Ei The pilgrimage that now is vsed is..a good meane to come the rather to grace.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) i. vii. 62 When Duncan is asleepe, (Whereto the rather shall his dayes hard Iourney Soundly inuite him).

1631 R. Bolton Instr. Right Comf. Affl. Consciences 412 The sorer and heavier thy burden is, the rather shouldest thou come.

extracted from ratheradv.

the rather

a. the rather: the more readily (for this reason); (all) the more. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > putting forward for discussion > [adverb] > more strongly or readily

the rathereOE

eOE King Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Otho) xxxii. 73 [Þeah] þu [nu] hwæm fæger ðince, ne [bið hit no] þy hræðor swa.

OE King Ælfred tr. Psalms (Paris) (2001) iv. 5 Þeah hit gebyrige þæt ge on woh yrsien, ne scule ge hit no þy hraþor þurhteon, þe læs ge syngien.

c1200 Serm. in Eng. & Germanic Stud. (1961) 7 61 Ich wille heov mid lute vordes iseggen þet ȝe hit maȝen þe raþeren urdenstonden [read understonden].

a1250 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Nero) (1952) 84 Heie monnes messeger, me schal..makien him glede chere, & so muchel þe raðer [c1230 Corpus Cambr. nomeliche] ȝif he is priue mid his louerde.

?1387 T. Wimbledon Serm. (Corpus Cambr.) (1967) 81 How hast þou entrid..into þin offis?.. For it is to drede last þer ben manye þat desiren suche states þat þey may þe rapere [MS raþere] oppresse þilke þat þey hateþ.

?a1425 tr. Catherine of Siena Orcherd of Syon (Harl.) (1966) 353 (MED) Þe moore þei forsake hemsilf þe raþir þei fynde me.

c1475 ( Surg. Treat. in MS Wellcome 564 f. 46^v (MED) J þinke to ordeyne here a schort recapitulacioun of hem to maken hem come þe raþere to mynde & þe liȝtloker to be vndirstonde.

a1500 (c1447) in C. Monro Lett. Margaret of Anjou (1863) 93 We shall the rather for our said chapellein sake have you in tendre remembrance.

?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. xliii The weight of the bowes shall cause theym to be the rather cutte downe.

1576 W. Lambarde Perambulation of Kent 208 The true place of this conflict, should be Stouremouthe..in this Shyre, the rather for that it is deriued of y^e mouth of the riuer Stoure.

1615 W. Lawson Country Housewifes Garden (1626) 29 You shall finde them stirring in the morning or euening, and the rather in moist weather.

1632 in L. B. Taylor Aberdeen Council Lett. (1942) I. 361 And that so muche the rather that the delay..is of ane dangerous consequence.

?c1663 B. Whitelocke Diary (1990) 199 Wh[itelocke]..was..invited to eate with them, which he did the rather to find out how they stood inclined in the buisnes of the L[ord] Willoughby.

1710 Tatler No. 253. ⁋8 A Case..which I the rather mention, because both Sexes are concerned in it.

1766 S. Scott Sir George Ellison II. iv. vi. 219 This portion seldom failed of getting these maidens good husbands, and the rather as it was a testimonial of their good qualities.

1818 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. (ed. 2) II. 218 It ought not to be in the heir's power..to charge the lands..the rather because of the covenant [etc.].

1885 R. Bridges Eros & Psyche i. xx. 9 On earth he must maintain it as her son: The rather that his weapons were most fit.

1913 W. D. Howells Familiar Spanish Trav. iii. 50 I owe him this notice the rather because he almost alone did not beg of us in a city which swarmed with beggars.

extracted from ratheradv.

the rather

b. With than (Scottish nor; also †the rather).

ΚΠ

1405 in J. Slater Early Scots Texts (Ph.D. thesis, Univ. of Edinb.) (1952) No. 59 Yhe sulde..callys thaim rather brekaris of the trew than me.

?c1430 (c1400) J. Wyclif Eng. Wks. (1880) 118 It were raþere almes to lordis to hire..þan to holde hem [etc.].

c1460 (?c1400) Tale of Beryn 2908 Þe Romeyns were in poynt to pas; Til ther were a þowsand—rathir mo þen les—Men I-armyd cleen.

a1536 W. Tyndale Doctr. Treat. (1848) 390 A thing begun rather than finished.

1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. cx^v This demaunde of his..rather maketh them afrayde of a counsell, than prouoketh them to it.

1567 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1877) 1st Ser. I. 578 Usurpand the rather the office of Princes nor liegis.

1602 J. Colville Parænese Ep. 65 Ve seme rether to be degenerat nor ingenerat of such parents.

1612 T. Shelton tr. M. de Cervantes Don-Quixote: Pt. 1 iii. xiii. 249 It is rather a poetical Endearment, than an approv'd Truth.

1657 R. Ligon True Hist. Barbados 102 The Inhabitants..build their dwellings, rather like stoves, then houses.

1705 Boston News-let. 9 Apr. 2/2 On the 12th. Instant the Weather was extraordinary Cold for the Season; the frozen Earth and Water, rather resembled February, than April: and on the 6th & 10th of this Month there were severe Frosts.

1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 49. ⁋3 Their Entertainments are derived rather from Reason than Imaginaryination.

1762 H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting I. ii. 31 The portrait..was rather a work of command and imagination than of authenticity.

1816 J. Wilson City of Plague ii. iii. 190 Her face..seem'd the face of sorrow Rather than of death.

1857 H. T. Buckle Hist. Civilisation Eng. I. vii. 332 The new king, from levity rather than from reason, despised the disputes of theologians.

1888 T. Hardy Wessex Tales I. 44 The lanterns, which seemed rather to dazzle their eyes and warn the fugitive than to assist them in the exploration, were extinguished.

1954 I. Murdoch Under Net xviii. 245 Then I walked down the middle of the room, feeling rather than seeing the dark bulks of the iron bedsteads on each side.

1982 B. Chatwin On Black Hill xxx. 154 The twins never ventured out, rather from force of habit now than fear of the outside world.

extracted from ratheradv.

the rather

c. Without than, in contrast to a preceding (sometimes implied) assertion. Used to indicate an alternative course of action, state of affairs, etc. Also the rather (rare), but rather.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > free will > choice or choosing > types of choice > [adverb] > in preference to something else

ratherc1300

heldera1400

tittera1400

ererc1425

soon1457

rathest1556

would rather1557

first1580

preferablya1645

choosingly1651

preferable1683

ruther1809

c1300 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Otho) 1967 Raþir ich wolle þe slean mid mine spere.

c1300 St. Thomas Becket (Laud) 134 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 110 (MED) Heo seide heo wolde raþer tuyrne aȝen In-to hire owene londe.

c1330 (?a1300) Arthour & Merlin (Auch.) (1973) 2324 (MED) I nam no þef To breke mi treuþe oȝain mi lord; Raþer ich wald hing bi a cord.

c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. iv. 5 But resoun rede me þer-to, rather [c1400 A text erst; v.rr. leuere, first] wil I deye.

c1450 King Ponthus (Digby) in Publ. Mod. Lang. Assoc. Amer. (1897) 12 5 He said..‘Ye muste beleve on Mahounde or elles ye muste dye;’ And thei answeryd their wold not, bot rather to dye.

a1500 (a1470) in C. Monro Lett. Margaret of Anjou (1863) 125 Ye..wol not applie you..unto the said mariage..but rather induce yo^r said doghter to the contrarye.

1596 T. Danett tr. P. de Commynes Hist. viii. xiv. 361 There died Monsieur de Montpensier himselfe, some say of poyson, others of an ague, which I rather beleeue.

1630 Bp. J. Hall Occas. Medit. §liiii I had rather to see a plot lesse faire, and more yeilding.

1703 N. Rowe Fair Penitent iv. i. 47 I cou'd ev'n wish, we rather had been wreckt.

1792 J. Belknap Foresters xv. 197 Some persons are of the mind that it is not best to seek these beasts in their dens, but rather to guard the fields and take care of the poultry at home.

1819 P. B. Shelley Cenci i. i. 7 Which now delights me little. I the rather Look on such pangs as terror ill conceals.

1881 B. Jowett tr. Thucydides Hist. Peloponnesian War I. 122 I do not now commiserate the parents of the dead who stand here; I would rather comfort them.

1912 Pop. Sci. Monthly Apr. 320 The process has..not been checked. It is the rather to be feared that it has gone forward with a quickened pace.

1989 L. Kennedy On my Way to Club iii. 66 He had a habit of digging things out of me I would rather have left unsaid.

extracted from ratheradv.

as lemmas

单词	the rather
释义	> as lemmas the rather †1. the rather: (all) the more quickly, (all) the sooner. Obsolete.In some instances not clearly distinguishable from sense 4a. ΘΚΠ the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > [adverb] > soon or quickly > earlier or sooner > the sooner the ratherOE the sooner1303 the sooner1763 OE Old Eng. Martyrol. (Corpus Cambr. 41) 26 Dec. 5 Hi him micle þe reðran on wær[o]n and þe raþor hine oftorfod hæfdon. OE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Tiber. B.i) anno 1009 [Hi] ða buruh raðe geeodon, gif hi ðe hraðor [lOE Laud þe raðor] to him friðes to ne gyrndon. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) 1767 Of me he habben scal goudne reæd bute ich beo þe raðer ded. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) 10803 Ȝif Ardur neore þe rader icumen, þenne weoren Houwel inumen. c1300 All Souls (Harl.) 95 in C. D'Evelyn & A. J. Mill S. Eng. Legendary (1956) 466 (MED) Me miȝte þurf Godes help þe raþere [?a1425 Julius sonnor] in ioye hem bringe. c1330 (?c1300) Bevis of Hampton (Auch.) 431 Boute þow þe raþer hennes te, I schel þe greue! a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 26735 Þis men þat penis tas Draus tuin at ans witvten hon, þat þai þe raþer [a1400 Fairf. þe sonir] mai ha done. c1450 (a1400) R. Lavynham Treat. Seven Deadly Sins (Harl. 211) (1956) 2 (MED) For þt same man scholde þe sunner se his owne seknesse, & be þe raþer euyl payd wt hym silf an oþer tyme þt he was so presumptuows. ?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. xxii^v Yf thou put a lytell tarre in his eye he wyll mende the rather. 1530 Thorpe's Examinacion sig. Ei The pilgrimage that now is vsed is..a good meane to come the rather to grace. a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) i. vii. 62 When Duncan is asleepe, (Whereto the rather shall his dayes hard Iourney Soundly inuite him). View more context for this quotation 1631 R. Bolton Instr. Right Comf. Affl. Consciences 412 The sorer and heavier thy burden is, the rather shouldest thou come. extracted from ratheradv. the rather a. the rather: the more readily (for this reason); (all) the more. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > putting forward for discussion > [adverb] > more strongly or readily the rathereOE eOE King Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Otho) xxxii. 73 [Þeah] þu [nu] hwæm fæger ðince, ne [bið hit no] þy hræðor swa. OE King Ælfred tr. Psalms (Paris) (2001) iv. 5 Þeah hit gebyrige þæt ge on woh yrsien, ne scule ge hit no þy hraþor þurhteon, þe læs ge syngien. c1200 Serm. in Eng. & Germanic Stud. (1961) 7 61 Ich wille heov mid lute vordes iseggen þet ȝe hit maȝen þe raþeren urdenstonden [read understonden]. a1250 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Nero) (1952) 84 Heie monnes messeger, me schal..makien him glede chere, & so muchel þe raðer [c1230 Corpus Cambr. nomeliche] ȝif he is priue mid his louerde. ?1387 T. Wimbledon Serm. (Corpus Cambr.) (1967) 81 How hast þou entrid..into þin offis?.. For it is to drede last þer ben manye þat desiren suche states þat þey may þe rapere [MS raþere] oppresse þilke þat þey hateþ. ?a1425 tr. Catherine of Siena Orcherd of Syon (Harl.) (1966) 353 (MED) Þe moore þei forsake hemsilf þe raþir þei fynde me. c1475 ( Surg. Treat. in MS Wellcome 564 f. 46^v (MED) J þinke to ordeyne here a schort recapitulacioun of hem to maken hem come þe raþere to mynde & þe liȝtloker to be vndirstonde. a1500 (c1447) in C. Monro Lett. Margaret of Anjou (1863) 93 We shall the rather for our said chapellein sake have you in tendre remembrance. ?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. xliii The weight of the bowes shall cause theym to be the rather cutte downe. 1576 W. Lambarde Perambulation of Kent 208 The true place of this conflict, should be Stouremouthe..in this Shyre, the rather for that it is deriued of y^e mouth of the riuer Stoure. 1615 W. Lawson Country Housewifes Garden (1626) 29 You shall finde them stirring in the morning or euening, and the rather in moist weather. 1632 in L. B. Taylor Aberdeen Council Lett. (1942) I. 361 And that so muche the rather that the delay..is of ane dangerous consequence. ?c1663 B. Whitelocke Diary (1990) 199 Wh[itelocke]..was..invited to eate with them, which he did the rather to find out how they stood inclined in the buisnes of the L[ord] Willoughby. 1710 Tatler No. 253. ⁋8 A Case..which I the rather mention, because both Sexes are concerned in it. 1766 S. Scott Sir George Ellison II. iv. vi. 219 This portion seldom failed of getting these maidens good husbands, and the rather as it was a testimonial of their good qualities. 1818 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. (ed. 2) II. 218 It ought not to be in the heir's power..to charge the lands..the rather because of the covenant [etc.]. 1885 R. Bridges Eros & Psyche i. xx. 9 On earth he must maintain it as her son: The rather that his weapons were most fit. 1913 W. D. Howells Familiar Spanish Trav. iii. 50 I owe him this notice the rather because he almost alone did not beg of us in a city which swarmed with beggars. extracted from ratheradv. the rather b. With than (Scottish nor; also †the rather). ΚΠ 1405 in J. Slater Early Scots Texts (Ph.D. thesis, Univ. of Edinb.) (1952) No. 59 Yhe sulde..callys thaim rather brekaris of the trew than me. ?c1430 (c1400) J. Wyclif Eng. Wks. (1880) 118 It were raþere almes to lordis to hire..þan to holde hem [etc.]. c1460 (?c1400) Tale of Beryn 2908 Þe Romeyns were in poynt to pas; Til ther were a þowsand—rathir mo þen les—Men I-armyd cleen. a1536 W. Tyndale Doctr. Treat. (1848) 390 A thing begun rather than finished. 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. cx^v This demaunde of his..rather maketh them afrayde of a counsell, than prouoketh them to it. 1567 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1877) 1st Ser. I. 578 Usurpand the rather the office of Princes nor liegis. 1602 J. Colville Parænese Ep. 65 Ve seme rether to be degenerat nor ingenerat of such parents. 1612 T. Shelton tr. M. de Cervantes Don-Quixote: Pt. 1 iii. xiii. 249 It is rather a poetical Endearment, than an approv'd Truth. 1657 R. Ligon True Hist. Barbados 102 The Inhabitants..build their dwellings, rather like stoves, then houses. 1705 Boston News-let. 9 Apr. 2/2 On the 12th. Instant the Weather was extraordinary Cold for the Season; the frozen Earth and Water, rather resembled February, than April: and on the 6th & 10th of this Month there were severe Frosts. 1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 49. ⁋3 Their Entertainments are derived rather from Reason than Imaginaryination. 1762 H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting I. ii. 31 The portrait..was rather a work of command and imagination than of authenticity. 1816 J. Wilson City of Plague ii. iii. 190 Her face..seem'd the face of sorrow Rather than of death. 1857 H. T. Buckle Hist. Civilisation Eng. I. vii. 332 The new king, from levity rather than from reason, despised the disputes of theologians. 1888 T. Hardy Wessex Tales I. 44 The lanterns, which seemed rather to dazzle their eyes and warn the fugitive than to assist them in the exploration, were extinguished. 1954 I. Murdoch Under Net xviii. 245 Then I walked down the middle of the room, feeling rather than seeing the dark bulks of the iron bedsteads on each side. 1982 B. Chatwin On Black Hill xxx. 154 The twins never ventured out, rather from force of habit now than fear of the outside world. extracted from ratheradv. the rather c. Without than, in contrast to a preceding (sometimes implied) assertion. Used to indicate an alternative course of action, state of affairs, etc. Also the rather (rare), but rather. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > free will > choice or choosing > types of choice > [adverb] > in preference to something else ratherc1300 heldera1400 tittera1400 ererc1425 soon1457 rathest1556 would rather1557 first1580 preferablya1645 choosingly1651 preferable1683 ruther1809 c1300 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Otho) 1967 Raþir ich wolle þe slean mid mine spere. c1300 St. Thomas Becket (Laud) 134 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 110 (MED) Heo seide heo wolde raþer tuyrne aȝen In-to hire owene londe. c1330 (?a1300) Arthour & Merlin (Auch.) (1973) 2324 (MED) I nam no þef To breke mi treuþe oȝain mi lord; Raþer ich wald hing bi a cord. c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. iv. 5 But resoun rede me þer-to, rather [c1400 A text erst; v.rr. leuere, first] wil I deye. c1450 King Ponthus (Digby) in Publ. Mod. Lang. Assoc. Amer. (1897) 12 5 He said..‘Ye muste beleve on Mahounde or elles ye muste dye;’ And thei answeryd their wold not, bot rather to dye. a1500 (a1470) in C. Monro Lett. Margaret of Anjou (1863) 125 Ye..wol not applie you..unto the said mariage..but rather induce yo^r said doghter to the contrarye. 1596 T. Danett tr. P. de Commynes Hist. viii. xiv. 361 There died Monsieur de Montpensier himselfe, some say of poyson, others of an ague, which I rather beleeue. 1630 Bp. J. Hall Occas. Medit. §liiii I had rather to see a plot lesse faire, and more yeilding. 1703 N. Rowe Fair Penitent iv. i. 47 I cou'd ev'n wish, we rather had been wreckt. 1792 J. Belknap Foresters xv. 197 Some persons are of the mind that it is not best to seek these beasts in their dens, but rather to guard the fields and take care of the poultry at home. 1819 P. B. Shelley Cenci i. i. 7 Which now delights me little. I the rather Look on such pangs as terror ill conceals. 1881 B. Jowett tr. Thucydides Hist. Peloponnesian War I. 122 I do not now commiserate the parents of the dead who stand here; I would rather comfort them. 1912 Pop. Sci. Monthly Apr. 320 The process has..not been checked. It is the rather to be feared that it has gone forward with a quickened pace. 1989 L. Kennedy On my Way to Club iii. 66 He had a habit of digging things out of me I would rather have left unsaid. extracted from ratheradv. < as lemmas
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