单词 | to have law to do |
释义 | > as lemmasto have (the) law to do d. In more comprehensive sense: Rules or injunctions that must be obeyed. to give (the) law (to): to exercise undisputed sway; to impose one's will †upon (another). †to have (the) law to do something: to be commanded. †law will I: arbitrary rule, making one's own will law. ΘΚΠ society > authority > [verb (intransitive)] to give (the) law (to)a1225 reignc1325 to rule the roastc1500 to bear (the) rooma1529 to have, bear, carry, strike the stroke1531 to bear (a or the) sway1549 to bear a (also the) rout1550 (to have) swing and sway1552 to rule the rout1570 master1656 carry1662 to lay down the law1762 to rule the roost1769 to carry (also hold) (big) guns1867 society > authority > command > command or bidding > [noun] > commandment or precept i-setnessec900 bibodc1000 lawa1225 commandmentc1250 lorea1300 preceptc1384 statutea1393 preception1620 rubric1891 society > authority > command > command or bidding > command or give orders [verb (intransitive)] > be commanded to have (the) law to doa1225 society > authority > control > [noun] > regulation > a regulation or rule lawa1225 precepta1325 line1340 observancea1382 rulea1387 reglec1475 regimentc1485 reuglec1485 instruction1526 maxima1564 maxim1578 preception1620 reglement1622 positure1624 gnomon1627 regulationa1640 parapegm1646 rubric1891 reg1904 a1225 Leg. Kath. 779 Ne lið hit nawt to þe to leggen lahe upon me. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 5729 Moyses had þe lagh to kepe. to his eldefadere shepe. þat was þe prest of madian. c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 306 Who shal yeue a louere any lawe. c1480 (a1400) St. Paul 202 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 35 To thre knychttis þane wes he tawcht, þat hym to sla son has lacht. 1564 T. Becon New Catech. in Wks. 495 To conuince them, not with fyre & fagot..or with lawe will I. 1601 R. Johnson tr. G. Botero Trauellers Breuiat 29 We haue seene the Portugals, by reason of their sea-forces..to haue giuen the lawe to those famous princes. 1617 F. Moryson Itinerary ii. 63 He hoped shortly to give law to their irregular humours. 1656 B. Harris tr. J. N. de Parival Hist. Iron Age i. iv. xxvi. 149 Every body stood mute, at the expectation of a successe, which was to give the Law. 1712 J. Swift Proposal for Eng. Tongue 20 A Succession of affected Phrases, and new, conceited Words..borrowed..from those who, under the Character of Men of Wit and Pleasure, pretended to give the Law. 1726–31 N. Tindal tr. P. Rapin de Thoyras Hist. Eng. (1743) II. 110 The Gantois seeing their neighbours so powerful and able to give them law. 1775 S. Johnson Taxation no Tyranny 79 No man ever could give law to language. 1844 W. M. Thackeray Barry Lyndon i. i, in Fraser's Mag. Jan. 38/1 For a time..Mrs. Barry gave the law at Castle Brady. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. iii. 397 In literature she gave law to the world. 1866 J. Conington tr. Virgil Æneid v. 133 The wind gives law, your toil is vain. < as lemmas |
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