单词 | to hear rather |
释义 | > as lemmasto hear rather b. to hear rather: to prefer to hear, to prefer to be addressed or called. (A Latinism.) ΘΚΠ the mind > language > naming > give a name to [verb (transitive)] > have or bear (name) > prefer to be called to hear rather1829 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iii. 7 Or hear'st thou rather pure Ethereal stream, Whose Fountain who shall tell? View more context for this quotation 1829 C. Lamb Let. 10 Nov. (1935) III. 231 Dear Fugue-ist, or hear'st thou rather Contrapuntist—? < as lemmas |
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