单词 | to add faith to |
释义 | > as lemmasto add faith to b. transitive. to add faith to [compare classical Latin addere fidem, Middle French, French ajouter foi (12th cent. in Old French)] : to give credence to; to believe or make believable. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > believe [verb (intransitive)] weenc888 believea1225 aglea1325 to give credence toc1395 faithc1438 to add faith to?1483 to give credit to something1533 credit1557 to take (large etc.) stock in (rarely of)1870 ?1483 W. Caxton tr. Caton ii. sig. fiiijv Thou oughtest not euer to byleue that that men sayen and reporten to the ne to adde feythe to hit. 1560 T. Becon Sycke Mans Salve (1561) 406 Iudas repented & confessed his sinne,..but..because he added not faith vnto his repentaunce, confession and satisfaction, all was in vaine. 1680 P. Belon tr. S. Brémond Pilgrim 116 All this did seem so ridiculous unto the Governour, and to Donna Barbara, that in lieu of adding faith unto it, they did believe that he was crack-brain'd. 1733 in tr. Anc. Accts. India & China Remarks 66 It is not very natural to suppose that these Combs..should combine into..Heaps of such Bulk that a small Vessel might have been laden therewith; nay, a Number of Ships, if we can add Faith to the Report of a French Captain. 1823 G. Nelson Jrnl. 5 June in J. S. H. Brown & R. Brightman Orders of Dreamed (2004) ii. 105 Tho' I did certainly both hear and see [some activity attributed to the dead owner of a house], several times this winter,..yet I do not feel much inclined to add faith to this assertion of Davy's. 1956 C.F. Romanus & R. Sunderland Stilwell's Command Probl. i. i. 42 Adding faith to this estimate were the circumstances of complete U.S. air superiority over the Hukawng-Mogaung valleys..and the host of friendly Kachin informants. < as lemmas |
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