单词 | to do a grace |
释义 | > as lemmasto do (a person) a grace ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > kindness > [noun] > graciousness > favour or grace > instance or act of douthOE wel-dedeOE gooddeedOE boonc1175 fordeedc1230 gracec1300 good turna1375 gratitude?a1513 gratuity1523 favour1605 vouchsafement1629 veniality1655 c1300 St. Thomas Becket (Laud) l. 1344 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 145 Ȝe [sc. the pope] moten us grace don sumdel of þis þinge: Ȝe moten, ȝif it is ower wille, ane legat wis us sende. a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vi. l. 1076 Sithe it so is, That Lazar mai noght do me this..I wolde preie an other grace. a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll. 13) (1990) II. 561 Thou haste a fayre grace of me this day that I sholde rescowe the. 1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 45 Andronicus..proudly rejected the graces offered. 1797 R. Cumberland False Impressions iv. 53 I was willing to do her a grace by thus preferring you. 1859 Ld. Tennyson Elaine in Idylls of King 167 Do me this grace, my child, to have my shield In keeping till I come. 1871 R. Ellis tr. Catullus Poems lxvi. 71 A grace I here implore thee, if any Word should offend. 1909 J. H. McCarthy God of Love viii. 118 She condescended to do a grace, for kindness' sake, to one whose revenues were of small estate. < as lemmas |
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