单词 | to cast a figure, horoscope, nativity |
释义 | > as lemmasto cast a figure, horoscope, nativity a. To calculate astrologically, as to cast a figure, horoscope, nativity, etc.; also absol. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > astrology > [verb] > calculate castc1374 calk1401 set1570 planet1596 calculatea1616 astrologizea1734 the world > the universe > astrology > judicial astrology > horoscope > [verb] to cast a figure, horoscope, nativity1591 horoscope1673 to rule a planet1888 the world > the universe > astrology > judicial astrology > horoscope > [verb] > nativity constellate1611 to cast a figure, horoscope, nativity1624 horoscope1888 c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde ii. 25 [He] cast, and knew in good plyte was the Mone To do viage. 1430 J. Lydgate tr. Hist. Troy i. vi She gan anone to casten and deuyse When that the moone on heauen would aryse. 1591 E. Spenser Prosopopoia in Complaints sig. N3 Or cast a figure for a bishoprick. 1624 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy (ed. 2) Democritus to Rdr. 49 For casting a Natiuity. 1668 J. Dryden Sr Martin Mar-all Epil. sig. A4v We by to morrow will our Fortune cast. 1823 New Monthly Mag. 8 257 Casting figures and preventing the butter from coming when they churn. 1841 D. Brewster Martyrs of Sci. iii. ii. 221 Drawing an income from casting nativities. 1855 E. Smedley et al. Occult Sci. 312 Cardan..has cast the horoscope of our Saviour. < as lemmas |
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