单词 | to be credibly informed |
释义 | > as lemmasto be credibly informed (also told) to be credibly informed (also told): to have received credible or reliable information (now somewhat archaic). ΚΠ 1431 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VI (Electronic ed.) Parl. Jan. 1431 §27. m. 5 As if thei wold..make sum persones of suche assent and covyne take an action ayenst hem, as þe saide suppliantz been credebly enfourmed thei ordeyne hem to do. 1486 Countess of Oxford in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 447 For as moche as I ame credebly [MS credebby] enfourmed. 1534 in State Papers Henry VIII (1834) II. 199 And as I am very credibly enfourmyd, the said Erles son, bretherne, kynesmen, and adherentes doo make theire avaunte and booste, that they bee of the Popes secte and bande. 1608 ‘J. Brereley’ Protestants Apologie Rom. Church (new ed.) Pref. 7 The examples whereof haue (as I am credibly informed) bene in former tymes certainly such. 1689 Indictment & Arraignm. J. Price 32 I had the sad Prospect of my Friends march towards Galloway-Gaol, who, as I was credibly told, had severe Usage. 1732 G. Berkeley Alciphron I. ii. xxvi. 150 I am credibly informed, that Jesuits..are admitted into their Clubs. 1806 E. Donovan Nat. Hist. Brit. Fishes IV. Pl. LXXIV Our Labrus lineatus is an occasional visitor, as we are credibly informed, to the coast of Cornwall. 1923 Humorist 1 Dec. 455/3 Gone, gone are the days of the slattern; The age of the ‘skivvy’ is past; For we're credibly told that the pattern Domestic is coming at last. 1970 G. Heyer Charity Girl iii. 46 I have..met your Uncle Jonas, and as I've been credibly informed that he closely resembles his father I am strongly of the opinion, my child, that you are better off with your aunt than you would be with your grandfather! < as lemmas |
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