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单词 to adopt the face of
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to adopt (also assume, put on, etc.) the face of
a. External appearance, look; (also) semblance of (anything); an instance of this. Formerly used both of material and immaterial objects; now usually of immaterial things, esp. in to adopt (also assume, put on, etc.) the face of.
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the world > space > shape > [noun]
hue971
shapec1050
form1297
casta1300
entailc1320
fashionc1320
featurec1325
tailc1325
suitc1330
figuringc1385
figure1393
makinga1398
fasurec1400
facea1402
makec1425
proportionc1425
figuration?a1475
protracture1551
physiognomy1567
set1567
portraiturea1578
imagerya1592
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plasmature1610
figurature1642
scheme1655
morphosis1675
turn1675
plasma1712
mould1725
format1936
a1402 J. Trevisa tr. R. Fitzralph Defensio Curatorum (Harl.) (1925) 39 (MED) Demeþ nouȝt by þe face, but riȝtful doom ȝe deme.
c1430 (c1380) G. Chaucer Parl. Fowls (Cambr. Gg.4.27) (1871) l. 317 As aleyn In the pleynt of kynde Deuyseth nature In aray & face.
a1535 T. More Hist. Richard III in Wks. (1557) 41/1 His part should haue the face and name of a rebellion.
1565 J. Jewel Def. Apol. Churche Eng. (1611) 137 This tale hath some face of truth.
1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments 771 Monuments..which beare any face of comelinesse or antiquity.
1702 R. L'Estrange tr. Josephus Jewish Antiq. iv. vi, in Wks. 88 There was hardly any face left of the Order, Piety, and Devotion of Former times.
1725 I. Watts Logick Introd. 3 So Knavery puts on the Face of Justice, Hypocrisy and Superstition wear the Vizard of Piety.
1762 D. Hume Hist. Eng. to Henry VII II. 218 France began gradually to assume the face of a regular civil government.
1765 T. H. Croker et al. Compl. Dict. Arts & Sci. II Face of Plants, among botanists, signifies their general appearance.
1860 H. Gouger Two Years' Imprisonm. Burmah 41 I professed my ignorance of the touch of gold and the face of silver.
1997 CLIO (Nexis) 22 June Once the violence of the ideal becomes naturalized—that is, when violence adopts the face of propriety.
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