单词 | time would fail |
释义 | > as lemmastime would fail c. To be inadequate or insufficient. Chiefly in phrase time would fail. Const. dative of person. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > insufficiency > be insufficient [verb (intransitive)] failc1400 to come short1579 insuffice1847 c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) l. 548 Tyl any water in þe worlde to wasche þe fayly. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward IV f. ccxliiii Kyng James would make no aunswere..knowing that his power now fayled..to performe the request demaunded. 1608 Bp. J. Hall Pharisaisme & Christianity 57 The day would faile mee if I should [etc.]. 1611 Bible (King James) Heb. xi. 32 The time would faile mee to tell of Gedeon. View more context for this quotation < as lemmas |
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