| 单词 | to eke or pair |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto eke (also add) or pair 1. transitive. To make worse; to harm, damage; to cause diminution to; = impair v. 1. Also intransitive: to effect a diminution or deterioration. In later use frequently in to eke (also add) or pair and variants (Scottish): to add or subtract, to increase or diminish. Sc. National Dict. records this sense as still in use in Shetland in 1965. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > worse > [verb (transitive)] worsec1175 worsena1250 appair1297 impair1297 pairc1330 aggregea1382 appalea1500 emperish1509 empyre1566 worser1590 worst1602 improve1609 pejorate1653 vilioratea1722 misimprove1847 nastify1873 c1330 Adam & Eve (Auch.) 290 in C. Horstmann Sammlung Altengl. Legenden (1878) 142 (MED) Ich wald þat þou wost me telle Whi þou inwest me and mi wiif And art about to pair our liif? a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1876) VI. 399 He..amended citees þat were i-peyred [v.r. appayred; L. mutilatas]. c1390 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Vernon) (1867) A. iii. 123 Heo makeþ men misdo moni score tymes..Apoysende Popes and peyreþ [v.rr. peyrid, parys; appaireth, enpaires; c1400 B text peired; c1400 C text apeireþ] holy chirche. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 8407 He þat better can mend þen pere [a1400 Gött. payre; a1400 Trin. Cambr. peire]. c1475 (?c1400) J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. (1871) III. 433 (MED) Þus bi process of tyme is þe Chirche peyred, by turnyng fro Cristis lawe. a1500 Sir Degrevant (Cambr.) (1949) 1903 (MED) Was neuer peres myȝth hym peyr. ?1504 S. Hawes Example of Vertu sig. cc.ii For that wyll payre and yll thy name. 1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue ii. viii. sig. Kiiv I will..mende this house, and payre an other. 1573 J. Tyrie Refut. Ansuer Knox To Rdr. sig. ☩viv Nother eikand nor pearand ane word. 1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 140 Euer it mends Some, and paires Other. 1683 Kirkcudbright Sheriff Court Test. 10 July With protestatione to eek or pair unto the abon wryttin testament [etc.]. 1897 Shetland News 28 Aug. Dat can nedder add or pare. 1932 A. Horsbøl tr. J. Jakobsen Etymol. Dict. Norn Lang. in Shetland II. 646/2 Pard..to de bens, lean, skinny. < as lemmas |
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