单词 | to erect into |
释义 | > as lemmasto erect into 11. to erect into [compare French ériger en] : to constitute or form into (e.g. an organization, municipality, territorial division, etc.); to set up as (a rule or precedent); to invest with the rank or character of; †to represent as. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > [verb (transitive)] > fashion, shape, or form > work up edify1382 builda1425 to erect into1670 manufacture1683 1670 S. Wilson Lassels's Voy. Italy (new ed.) Pref. sig. ā I had not the least thought..of erecting my selfe into an Author. 1710 R. Steele Tatler No. 56. ⁋1 For the Sharpers..are by Custom erected into a real and venerable Body of Men. 1718 in Colonial Rec. Pennsylvania (1852) III. 58 The sd. town might be Erected into a Borough by a Charter, etc. a1768 J. Erskine Inst. Law Scotl. (1773) I. 345 By secularizing, or, in our law-style, erecting most of the monasteries into temporal lordships. 1796 H. Hunter tr. J.-H. B. de Saint-Pierre Stud. Nature (1799) III. 455 The Officers of an inferior order..erected themselves into seignorial proprietors. 1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India II. v. viii. 669 He could erect every interference in that sovereignty into an act of guilt. 1821 W. Scott Kenilworth I. vii. 195 Her majesty was minded to erect the town into a Staple for wool. 1822 M. A. Kelty Osmond I. 158 You..erect him into a standard of right and wrong. 1847 J. Yeowell Chron. Anc. Brit. Church xi. 110 Valentia..was erected into a province. 1861 J. S. Mill Considerations Representative Govt. vii. 134 That portion..whom the institutions of the country have erected into a ruling class. < as lemmas |
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