| 单词 | to be to purpose |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto be to (the) purpose a. Also †unto purpose. With relevance to the subject or point at issue. to be to (the) purpose (also †to fall to purpose): to be pertinent, apposite, or to the point. Cf. sense 3. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > efficacy > efficacious [phrase] unto purposea1387 of availc1450 to good (also great, some, little, no, etc.) purpose1525 to (the) purpose1525 the world > relative properties > relationship > relevance or pertinence > [adjective] to (the) purposea1387 pertinentc1390 appliablec1429 relevantc1540 appliant1548 incident1557 relative1579 home1607 effectual1608 ad rem1680 adaptable1718 to the point1817 pointful1898 the world > relative properties > relationship > relevance or pertinence > [adverb] to (the) purposea1387 pertinentlyc1425 to the matter1534 relevantly1536 pat1578 effectually1581 germanely1823 a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1869) II. 171 (MED) But here it is more to purpos þat poetes feyneþ oon þat was somtyme al ful of eyȝen in eueriche a side and heet Argus. c1395 G. Chaucer Clerk's Tale 573 He no word wol to that purpos seye. c1430 (c1386) G. Chaucer Legend Good Women 954 Of his aventures..Nis nat to purpos for to speke of here. a1450 (a1401) Chastising of God's Children (Bodl.) (1957) 95 (MED) I wole shewe ȝou..remedies, wiþ sum oþer matiers þat liȝtli wol falle to purpos. c1475 tr. C. de Pisan Livre du Corps de Policie (Cambr.) (1977) 84 (MED) We will shewe some examples to the purpos. c1475 (a1449) J. Lydgate Minor Poems (1934) ii. 662 (MED) Vnto [v.rr. Unto our, Unto this] purpos, by cleer experyence Beute wol shewe, thogh hornys wer away. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Job xxxiv. 34 As for Iob he hath nether spoken to the purpose ner wysely. 1577 R. Holinshed Chron. II. 1576/1 She..receiued him with many apt wordes and thankes, as was most to purpose. 1624 R. Montagu Gagg for New Gospell? xxv. 201 Secondly, read it how you will, it is not to purpose. 1673 B. Makin Ess. to revive Antient Educ. Gentlewomen 13 Some think I have hardly spoke to the Purpose yet. 1719 D. Defoe Farther Adventures Robinson Crusoe 62 I'll tell you a Story to the Purpose. 1763 F. Brooke Hist. Lady Julia Mandeville I. Epistle 49 But what is all this to the purpose, my dear? Now I protest I think it is vastly to the purpose. 1774 'Twas Right to marry Him I. xxvii. 157 All this talking was certainly very reasonable; so much to the purpose, indeed, that I began to look on myself as a consummate coxcomb. 1814 J. Austen Mansfield Park I. x. 211 She longed to be able to say something more to the purpose . View more context for this quotation 1868 T. H. Key Philol. Ess. 261 The examples..quoted by Bopp, are at first sight more to the purpose. 1914 Dial. Notes 4 162 Bull, talk which is not to the purpose; ‘hot air’. 1982 ‘E. Peters’ Virgin in Ice i. 11 It is possible that you may have heard from them something which may be to the purpose. < as lemmas |
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