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单词 to brother it
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to brother it
3. transitive. To be a brother to (a sibling); to act as a brother to (a person), esp. in providing care or protection. Also in †to brother it: to act or behave as a brother (obsolete. rare).
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > sibling > brother > relationship of brothers > act as a brother [verb (intransitive)]
to brother it1611
society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > sibling > brother > relationship of brothers > be brother to [verb (transitive)]
brother1611
1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliad xiii. 183 She that brought thee forth, not vtterly left me Without some portion of thy spirit to make me brother thee.
1643 Ld. Herbert Let. in Life (1826) 327 There remains now but you and I to brother it.
1748 S. Richardson Clarissa VI. lxii. 230 That admirable Somebody..whose misfortune [is] to be brother'd and sister'd by a couple of creatures, who are not able to comprehend her excellencies.
1897 Westm. Gaz. 27 Sept. 2/1 The experience of those who have personally shepherded, mothered, or brothered ex-prisoners is conclusive.
1913 H. MacGrath Parrot & Co. iv. 57 A great yearning to brother her came into his heart.
1996 W. N. Herbert in H. Ritchie New Sc. Writing 211 Been uncled-an-auntied by thum, bullied An brithered by thum.
2008 St. Louis (Missouri) Post-Dispatch (Nexis) 28 Dec. d2 A son who calmly brothered his siblings, who cooked family dinners..and who adventured with them on Sunday outings into the Missouri woods.
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