单词 | to be in use |
释义 | > as lemmasto be in use P10. Chiefly Scottish. to be in use: (with to and infinitive, or †of and gerund) to be in the habit of doing something. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > in habitual or customary use [phrase] > in the habit (of) to be in use1504 in a way ofc1704 in the habit (habits) of doing1801 by way of1824 1504 in C. Innes Liber Sancte Marie de Melros (1837) 601 That the said schirref was in vse of calling of the said landis..in thare courtis. 1566 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1877) 1st Ser. I. 492 The Personis of Glasgow hes alwayis bene in use to furneis breid. 1574 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1878) 1st Ser. II. 389 He has bene in use of pament of the soume of fourtie pundis yeirlie. 1581 in D. Masson Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1880) 1st Ser. III. 399 They wer nevir in use of setting of new takkis befoir the expyring of the auld. a1646 T. Hope Minor Practicks (1726) 26 The Executors..are in Use..to protest that [etc.]. 1759 W. Robertson Hist. Scotl. (1761) II. 77 The respect, with which the Scots were in use to receive her ministers. 1780 Mirror No. 101 He too had been in use to talk of feeling and of sentiment. a1805 A. Carlyle Autobiogr. (1860) ii. 44 I was in use of going to my father's on Saturdays. 1829 J. Bentham Justice & Codification Petitions iii. 82 A multitude of distinguishable sources, out of which complexity is in use to arise. 1862 Chambers's Encycl. III. 608/2 The emperors were in use expressly to confer upon the universities the right of appointing doctors of laws. 1907 Sc. Law Reporter 43 152/1 The chips are in use to be cleared away by boys directed by the said foreman. < as lemmas |
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