| 单词 | the rathest |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe rathest 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 eOE Bede Glosses (Tiber. C.ii) in H. D. Meritt Old Eng. Glosses (1945) 7/2 [Ad martyrium] ocius [pervenire] : þi hradost. eOE King Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Otho) xxxiv. 91 Ælc wyrt & ælc wudu wile weaxan on þæm lande selest,..þær hit gefret þæt hit hraðost weax[an] mæg & latost wealowian. OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 1st Ser. (Royal) (1997) xxxiv. 470 Þone fisc þe hine [sc. þinne angel] hraðost forswylhð, geopena his muð. OE tr. Pseudo-Apuleius Herbarium (Vitell.) (1984) lxiii. 106 Þæt hy wyllon þas wyrte etan swa hy hraþost [?a1200 Harl. 6258B raðost] to cuman mægen. a1250 Wohunge ure Lauerd in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 279 (MED) Te þoure [read poure] þu raðeste cheas; pouerte þu luuedes. a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vi. 1511 (MED) Fortune..whan a man is most on heyhte..makth him rathest forto falle. c1400 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Trin. Cambr. R.3.14) (1960) A. v. 183 Whoso repentiþ raþest [v.rr. raþes; sonnest] schulde rise aftir And grete sire glotoun. 1437 in J. Stevenson Lett. & Papers Illustr. Wars Eng. in France (1864) II. Pref. 69 I beseech you..to purvey some way how I shall mowe rathest neghe payment..of the said somme. c1450 (?a1400) Quatrefoil of Love (BL Add.) (1935) 49 When I wene ratheste For to fynde lufe beste..It fares all on flyghte. a1500 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Trin. Dublin) 726 (MED) The hyest thyng raþeest heldes oþer while. 1556 N. Grimald tr. Cicero Thre Bks. Duties i. f. 47 What race of life they wolde the rathest runne. 1597 F. Bacon Of Coulers Good & Euill (Arb.) i. 139 Whome next themselues they would rathest commend. c1598 King James VI Basilicon Doron (1944) I. 85 Beginning euer rathest at him that ye loue best. < as lemmas |
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