| 单词 | to grant one his boon | 
| 释义 | > as lemmasto grant one his boon  a.  transferred. The matter prayed for or asked; esp. in  to have one's boon,  to grant one his boon. (Cf. use of prayer, request.) Obsolete or archaic. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > request > 			[noun]		 > that which is asked for boonc1175 prayera1425 petitionc1451 c1175    Lamb. Hom. 37  				Ȝif þu wult habben bone to drihten. c1385    G. Chaucer Legend Good Women 2337  				God..sende the thyn bone. a1400						 (a1325)						    Cursor Mundi 		(Vesp.)	 l. 8414  				He yatte hir freli al hir bone. c1405						 (c1385)						    G. Chaucer Knight's Tale 		(Hengwrt)	 		(2003)	 l. 1811  				Mars hath his wyl, his knyght hath al his boone. c1440    Promptorium Parvulorum 43  				Bone, or graunte of prayer. 1488    W. Caxton Chastysing of Goddes Chyldern 95  				Thou shalt haue thy askynge and thy boone. a1535    T. More Hist. Richard III in  Wks. 		(1557)	 60/1  				God loued her better, then to graunt her her bone. 1645    J. Milton Tetrachordon 50  				If the law come downe..to grant lust his boon. 1823    W. Scott Peveril I. v. 141  				Cousin, you must grant me my boon. < as lemmas | 
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