| 单词 | to be lighted |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto be lighted (of a child) b. transitive. Chiefly in passive and frequently with of in to be lighted (of a child): to give birth (to a child). Also: to cause (a woman) to give birth; to assist (a woman) in childbirth. Obsolete (English regional (midlands) in later use). ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > birth > confinement > confine or deliver [verb (transitive)] bestowc1320 light?a1425 laya1500 to lay downa1500 to bring abed1523 to bring to bed, abeda1533 ?a1425 (c1400) Mandeville's Trav. (Titus C.xvi) (1919) 46 Where oure lady rested hire after sche was lyghted of oure lord. a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xiii. 140 I shall say thou was lyght Of a knaue-childe this nyght. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. xxvii Leuynge his Wyfe with hir modyr tyll she were lyghted of Chylde. c1600 (?c1395) Pierce Ploughman's Crede (Trin. Cambr. R.3.15) (1873) l. 79 Þat þe lace of oure ladie smok liȝteþ hem of children. 1717 in W. Scott Rob Roy (1829) Introd. p. xlv My wife was obliged to provid herself to finish her bed before she was lighted. 1774 Churchwardens' Accts. Norton & Lenchwick, Worcestersh. (MS) Pd Mrs. Sanders for liting Ben Turner wife. 1886 R. Holland Gloss. Words County of Chester (at cited word) Is your wife lighted? < as lemmas |
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