| 单词 | to be in purpose |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto be (later also to have it) in purpose a. to be (later also to have it) in purpose: to intend, to be minded to do something. Obsolete (archaic in later use). ΘΚΠ the mind > will > intention > intend [verb] > intend to do something weenOE willOE thinkOE tightc1300 to be (later also to have it) in purpose1340 tend1340 cast138. reckona1450 aimc1450 willc1450 esteema1533 suspect1629 predeterminea1641 the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > tendency > tend or incline [verb (intransitive)] > to do something to bear one's heartc1175 to take the wayc1330 to be (later also to have it) in purpose1340 bend1567 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 115 (MED) He is ine wylle and ine porpos uor to uoryeuene mid herte. c1450 Alphabet of Tales (1905) II. 262 How he was in purpos to destroy hys roalm. ?a1475 (a1396) W. Hilton Scale of Perfection (Harl. 6579) i. lxxii. f. 52 (MED) Þe grace of oure lord..kepiþ hym fro dedli synne..if he..crieþ after merci and is in purpos speciali for to gainstonde alle swilk lustes fleschli. 1517 R. Torkington Oldest Diarie Englysshe Trav. (1884) 47 The Sawdon was in porpuse to a removyd those pyllers. c1565 R. Copland Seuen Sorowes Women sig. B.iiij She dothe forget hys waywerde folyshnes And dot[h]e performe the tenour of hys wyl And is in purpose hys mynd to fulfyl. a1626 F. Bacon New Atlantis (1627) 3 We were sometimes in purpose to turn back. 1630 Earl of Manchester in Buccleuch MSS (Hist. MSS Comm.) (1899) I. 271 We are in purpose to have a commission to send Councillors and Judges. 1856 J. H. Newman Office & Work Univ. i. 1 I have it in purpose to commit to paper..various thoughts of my own, seasonable, as I conceive. < as lemmas |
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