单词 | to etc to nought |
释义 | > as lemmasto bring (also †do, etc.) (all) to nought a. to bring (also †do, etc.) (all) to nought: = to bring to naught at naught pron. 2a. Now archaic. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)] to bring to noughteOE forspillc893 fordilghec900 to bring to naughtOE astryea1200 stroyc1200 forferec1275 misdoa1325 destroyc1330 naught1340 dingc1380 beshenda1400 devoida1400 unshapea1400 to wend downa1400 brittenc1400 unloukc1400 perishc1426 defeat1435 unmake1439 lithc1450 spend1481 kill1530 to shend ofc1540 quade1565 to make away1566 discreate1570 wrake1570 wracka1586 unwork1587 gaster1609 defease1621 unbe1624 uncreate1633 destructa1638 naufragate1648 stifle1725 stramash1788 disannul1794 destructify1841 locust1868 to knock out1944 dick1972 eOE (Mercian) Vespasian Psalter (1965) lxxvii. 59 Ad nihilum redegit nimis Israhel : to nowihte gebegeð swiðe [Israhel]. c1175 ( Ælfric Let. to Sigeweard (De Veteri et Novo Test.) (Bodl.) 50 He to nohte dæð [OE Laud to nahte gedeð] ure derigendlicæ feond. c1230 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Corpus Cambr.) (1962) 138 [The Eucharist] bringeð to noht al þes deofles wiheles. c1300 Holy Cross (Laud) 4 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 1 (MED) Alle þe heþene men þat neiȝ him were, sone he dude to nouȝte. c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) 5466 (MED) Þe contreye folc com mid gret route & driue hom al to noȝte. a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) 2 Kings xxiii. 7 Þei schul ben brent vn to nouȝt [L. usque ad nihilum]. 1389 in R. W. Chambers & M. Daunt Bk. London Eng. (1931) 42 (MED) He schal be so tymelich vesited & holpen þat he ne schal..for defaute of help, be brouȝt to nouȝt. c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) 680 So had better haf ben þen britned to noȝt. a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll. 13) (1990) III. 1212 They shall by proces brynge us all to nought. a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 135 Wo wirth the fruct wald put the tre to nocht. 1533 W. Hilton Scale of Perfection ii. xlv Spoyleth hym & renteth hym al to nought. 1563 N. Winȝet Certain Tractates (1890) II. 21 Sen then nocht onlie smal thingis bot the maist heich wes doung almaist to nocht. 1581 J. Heywood tr. Seneca Troas (new ed.) iii. iii, in T. Newton et al. tr. Seneca 10 Trag. f. 112 The haughtiest heart at lengh they bring to nought. a1592 R. Greene Comicall Hist. Alphonsus (1599) iii. l. 5 [They] are now in armes, entending to destroy And bring to nought, the Prince of Aragon. c1650 J. Spalding Mem. Trubles Scotl. & Eng. I. 136 [They] brocht all to nocht. 1651 A. Weamys Contin. Sydney's Arcadia 90 The Treacherie of Plaxirtus was brought to nought, for Pyrocles and Musidorus were miraculously preserved. 1782 W. Cowper Conversation in Poems 232 Recov'ring..The faculties that seem'd reduc'd to nought. 1851 J. Baillie 2nd Pt. Ethwald i. iii. 172 Our good saint will bring to nought Their wicked machinations. 1871 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest IV. xviii. 186 Zeal and courage..brought to nought by..cowardice and selfishness. 1926 ‘H. MacDiarmid’ Drunk Man in Compl. Poems (1993) I. 121 The fond hope brocht to nocht. 1989 A. Livesey Great Battles of World War I (BNC) 41 The Austrians were not able to trap Plelive, and Conrad's plan was brought to nought. to come (also †go, etc.) to nought b. to come (also †go, etc.) to nought: = to come to naught at naught pron. 2b. Now archaic. ΚΠ eOE (Mercian) Vespasian Psalter (1965) lvii. 6 (8) Ad nihilum deuenient uelut aqua decurrens : to nowihte bicumad swe swe weter eornende. c1175 ( Ælfric's Homily on Nativity of Christ (Bodl. 343) in A. O. Belfour 12th Cent. Homilies in MS Bodl. 343 (1909) 82 Nu beð summe isceaftæ..swa isceapene þet heo..endæð & to nohte iwurðæþ [OE Julius to nahte gewurðaþ]. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 10960 Þær affterr warrþ itt efft to nohht. a1300 in C. Brown Eng. Lyrics 13th Cent. (1932) 81 (MED) Al shal gon þat her mon howet, al hit shal wenden to nout [v.r. bicome to naut]. a1464 J. Capgrave Abbreuiacion of Cron. (Cambr. Gg.4.12) (1983) 83 (MED) Þat empire wastid and went to nowt. a1500 (c1477) T. Norton Ordinal of Alchemy (BL Add.) (1975) 278 (MED) Many doctours..haue this science soughte, yet al theire labours haue tornyde in-to noghte. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) 1 Cor. ii. 6 Wisdom of this worlde..(which goeth to nought). 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 157 The maiestie of the Romane Jmpire..almaist was cum to nocht. 1602 R. Carew Surv. Cornwall i. f. 84 All which..is now growne to nought, or naught. c1680 W. Beveridge Serm. (1729) II. 301 Carried away by the next wind that blows and so comes to nought. 1776 J. Leacock Fall Brit. Tyranny iv. vii. 55 Such foolish councils, with no wisdom fraught, Must end in wordy words. and come to nought. 1869 R. Browning Ring & Bk. III. vii. 43 All human plans and projects come to nought. 1888 Sc. Serm. in Brit. Workman 34 19 Sae the precious seed cam' tae nocht ava. 1900 J. L. Robertson Hughie's Appraisement in Horace in Homespun 72 Thank Heaven! his howkin' cam' to nocht. 1984 Times 5 Dec. 19/6 The talks came to nought. < as lemmas |
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