单词 | to deraign battle |
释义 | > as lemmasto deraign battle a. To maintain (a wager of battle or single combat) in vindication of a claim, right, etc. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed encounter > contending in battle > contend in battle or give battle [verb (intransitive)] > offer challenge of single combat or duel > engage in single combat or duel to deraign battlec1380 kemp?a1400 to measure swords (also one's sword) (with)a1616 duellize1624 duel1647 to come to points1762 c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 265 Ȝif he miȝte ffor þat batail to dereyne profry hym forþ to fiȝte. c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 773 Two harneys..suffisaunt and mete to darreyne The bataille in the feeld bitwix hem tweyne. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry IV Introd. f. iiiv Henry of Lancastre duke of Herfforde appellante: and Thomas duke of Norffolke defendante, haue..been redy to darraine the batteill like two valiant knightes and hardy champions. 1586 J. Ferne Blazon of Gentrie 309 To vnderstand the order of the derayning, gaging and ioyning of those battailes, or single combates. 1600 Tate in J. Gutch Collectanea Curiosa (1781) I. 7 Combats personal that are derrained for causes capital. ΚΠ 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry V f. xlvij The Kyng of Englande..chose a place mete and conveniente for twoo armies to darrayne battail. ?c1550 tr. P. Vergil Three Bks. Eng. Hist. (1844) 88 When Duke Richard had hearde the ambassadours..he was afeard to darraigne battaile. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. ii. sig. O3v Three valiaunt knights to see..To darraine A triple warre with triple enmitee. 1602 R. Carew Surv. Cornwall ii. f. 125 Then darrayning a kinde of battell (but without Armes) the Cæsarians got the ouerhand. 1609 T. Heywood tr. Sallust Hist. Warre of Iugurth iii. 20 in tr. Sallust Two Worthy & Notable Hist. This happened towards the Euening, no fit time to darraigne a battaile. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 (1623) ii. ii. 72 Darraigne your battell, for they are at hand. View more context for this quotation 1654 R. Vilvain tr. Enchiridium Epigr. i. 54 The..Kings..darraind battle with 4 Forreners. 1739 G. West Canto of Fairy Queen xx. 5 As if he meant fierce Battle to darrain. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > put in (proper) order [verb (transitive)] > reduce to order > give structure to or organize edifya1340 beset1413 reduce?a1425 institutea1538 compile1596 to deraign battle1596 modelize1600 skillc1610 organize1632 formalize1646 model1652 modulize1656 structure1664 economize1691 regiment1698 structurize1912 pattern1967 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene iv. ix. sig. H8v He gan aduise how best he mote darrayne That enterprize, for greatest glories gayne. View more context for this quotation 1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe 50 The lesser pigmeis..thought it meete to..elect a king amongst them that might deraine them to battaile. a1618 J. Sylvester tr. Battail of Yvry in tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Diuine Weekes & Wks. (1621) 1095 Every Chief, apart, Darrains his Troops with order, speed, and art. a1618 J. Sylvester tr. Little Bartas in tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Diuine Weekes & Wks. (1621) 775 To serve Thee, as Hee [sc. man] is sole ordain'd; So, to serve Him, Thou hast the rest [sc. creatures] derrain'd. 1727 J. Asgill Metamorph. Man 45 God admitted Man to insert this Seed-Royal into the Genealogy of the World, and to deraign his Pedigree in form amongst the Descendants of Adam. < as lemmas |
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