单词 | to beg, borrow, or steal |
释义 | > as lemmasto beg, borrow, or steal a. transitive. Const. of, from (formerly at). Also in colloquial phrase to beg, borrow, or steal. The early instances are closely connected with sense 1. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > render instrumental [verb (transitive)] > find means to beg, borrow, or stealc1386 1399 W. Langland Richard Redeles iii. 149 Beggith and borwith of burgeis in tounes Ffurris of ffoyne, and oþer felle-ware. 1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 3219 Þai may nathyng begg ne borowe, To help þam, þat þai war out broght [of purgatory].] c1386 G. Chaucer Man of Law's Tale 6 Thou most for Indigence Or stele, or begge, or borwe thy dispence. < as lemmas |
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