| 单词 | to draw lots |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto draw lots (also †lot) (b) to draw lots (also †lot): to select one or more of a set of lots from a receptacle at random, in order to make a decision, foretell the future, etc.; (more generally) to decide something by random selection. Frequently with following phrase or clause specifying the issue or question being decided. Cf. to draw straws at straw n.1 5h, to draw cuts at cut n.1 1a. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > casting of lots, sortilege > divine or decide by casting lots [verb (intransitive)] to cast lots (also lot)a1275 cavelc1375 to draw lots (also lot)c1425 sorta1500 the mind > will > free will > choice or choosing > types of choice > make types of choice [verb (intransitive)] > choose or decide by lot to cast lots (also lot)a1275 to draw lots (also lot)c1425 lot1483 to draw valentines?1553 draw1634 to draw a straw or straws1832 to draw short and long1870 c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) v. l. 1631 (MED) On þe morwe, lik as þe lot be drawe, Eueryche of hem vndirfonge his lawe. c1460 (?c1400) Tale of Beryn Prol. l. 703 Wee shuld now be-gyn [for] to draw [en] lott. c1500 (?a1475) Assembly of Gods (1896) l. 1569 (MED) Mathy and Barnabe, drawyng lottys, stood. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 526/2 I drawe lottes, or drawe cuttes, as folkes do for sporte, je joue au court festu [short straw]. 1596 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1848) II. 146 For effectuating therof, the persones..convenit nominat the..prouest to draw the lott for thame. 1639 in Rec. Parl. Scotl. to 1707 (2007) C1639/8/37 Act ordaining the commissioners of shyris to draw lottis and valentines yeirlie at ilk parliament for their places. 1699 J. Somers in Remarks Eminent Antimonarchical Authors i. 71 Can he prove..that ever in England they balloted for the Crown, or drew Lots for the Kingdom. 1725 H. Bourne Antiquitates Vulgares xx. 174 It is a Ceremony, never omitted among the Vulgar, to draw Lots, which they Term Valentines, on the Eve before Valentine-day. 1744 in Colonial Rec. Pennsylvania (1851) IV. 722 The several Nations had drawn Lots for the performance of the Ceremony. 1826 J. Banim Boyne Water II. xi. 328 Your goodmen fat fellows, especially your aldermen, shall first draw lot, by the rood! 1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) III. 341 Some ingenious kind of lots which the less worthy may draw. 1905 in Westm. Gaz. 5 Oct. 12/1 All the young men of the Empire..[have] to appear at the recruiting offices and draw lots. 1976 S. Lloyd Mr Speaker, Sir iii. 93 The Speaker..cannot adopt the Swedish practice under which, when the votes are equal, the Talsmand of the Riksdag has to draw lots. 2001 M. Hughes et al. World Food: India 116 Groups of women..draw lots to see who will get the kitty and the responsibility of hosting the next lunch. < as lemmas |
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