单词 | to full |
释义 | > as lemmasto full c. to the full (formerly also †to full): to the greatest possible extent, completely, fully, quite; †to the point of satiation or repletion (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > completeness > completely [phrase] > in full or to fullest extent to the full1340 at the fulla1375 at one's righta1425 in (the) wholea1475 every (each) whit1526 full due1574 in gross1606 in full habitudea1661 to capacity1958 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 156 Þe sergons..nome steues and byete þane asse riȝt to þe uolle. a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) iv. l. 948 (MED) I ne mai noght to the fulle Atteigne to so hih a lore. c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. xiv. l. 178 (MED) Þo creatures þat..selde soupen to þe fulle. ?a1425 Constit. Masonry (Royal 17 A.i) l. 682 in J. O. Halliwell Early Hist. Freemasonry in Eng. (1844) 37 The angele Gabryelle, Wol kepe hem to the ful welle. c1430 N. Love Mirror Blessed Life (Brasenose e.9) (1908) 134 Oure lorde Jesu multiplied a fewe loues of brede and therwith fedde many thowsandes of men to the fulle. c1450 (?c1408) J. Lydgate Reson & Sensuallyte (1901) l. 4560 (MED) Ther is no man this day so wys That to the fulle kan yive aprys Of hir myght. ?1529 R. Hyrde tr. J. L. Vives Instr. Christen Woman i. ix. sig. I.iijv One of Satanas officers, that usest..so many chosen meates to the ful, bulkyng out capons. 1574 St. Avstens Manuell in Certaine Prayers S. Augustines Medit. sig. Tiv Although I cannot do it to the full in this lyfe: yet let me profite from day to day untill it may come to the full. 1611 Bible (King James) Exod. xvi. 3 When we did eate bread to the full . View more context for this quotation 1629 J. Gaule Panegyrick 60 in Practique Theories Christs Predict. Done, Done to full, whatsoe're he came to doe. 1648 T. Gage Eng.-Amer. xxi. 190 We thought our money had satisfied them..to the full. 1701 W. Penn in Mem. Hist. Soc. Pennsylvania (1870) IX. 53 I must expect my right to the full. 1798 G. Washington Let. in Writings (1893) XIV. 73 To keep them out of it; or which is to the full as likely, to direct them into another course. 1855 Harper's Mag. July 209/1 Clive..shared to the full his sire's antipathy against his cousin. 1885 Liverpool Daily Post 1 June 5/4 The University match promises to illustrate to the full the delightful uncertainty of cricket. 1918 Times 16 Dec. 9/2 Saturday showed that women realize to the full their new position in the State. 1955 R. Kee tr. H. H. Kirst Revolt Gunner Asch 46 The relatively small garrison town was hardly an ideal place in which to enjoy one's leisure to the full. 2002 C. C. Jones Year Russ. Feasts (2003) 47 Everyone is free to enter and imbibe to the full. 2013 Smith Jrnl. Winter 39/2 Living life to the full wasn't something Ralph Izzard had ever struggled with. < as lemmas |
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