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单词 to have a face
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to have a face
e. to carry a face of: to have an appearance of. †to carry a great face: to have an appearance of importance. †to have a face: to have a promising appearance, give promise of success. Cf. sense 16a. Obsolete.
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the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [verb (intransitive)] > have appearance of importance
to carry a great face1674
1572 Treat. Treasons against Q. Elizabeth ii. f. 131 The whole body and corps of this Coniuration..are made yet to beare and carry a face and shew..of a Sacrifice to your Pallas or Diane.
1644 T. Edwards Antapologia 3 At the first view and reading of it, it carries a face of fairenesse,..especially to such who know not the Authours.
1674 R. Godfrey Var. Injuries in Physick Pref. That is a thing carries a great face with it.
1760 S. Foote Minor i. 45 Pillory me, but it [sc. a plan] has a face.
1782 J. Wesley Wks. (1872) XIII. 419 It carries no face of probability.
1827 W. Scott Jrnl. 13 Sept. (1941) 102 Cadell explained to me a plan for securing the copyright of the novels, which has a very good face.
1866 H. Bushnell Vicarious Sacrifice i. i. 39 Vicarious..is a word that carries always a face of substitution.
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