| 单词 | to give congee |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto give congee ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > use formal courtesy in act or expression [verb (intransitive)] > bid farewell to take leavelOE to latch one's ease, one's leave1377 to take congee1377 fangc1400 adieua1500 to get one's leave?a1513 to take adieu (also farewell)1539 to shake hands1546 congeea1616 to give congeea1645 farewell1930 sayonara1949 1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xiii. 202 Clergye to conscience no congeye wolde take. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. clx. f. lxxxixv [They] toke Coungy of Father & mother, and retornyd agayne into Italy. 1598 J. Marston Scourge of Villanie To Peruser sig. I3v I take a solemne congee of this fusty world. 1639 G. Daniel Ecclus. xxxii. 41 Rise, and take Civill Congee, not the last. a1645 W. Browne tr. M. Le Roy Hist. Polexander (1647) iii. iv. 113 Zabaim and Almanzaira..presently withdrew, giving congey to Polexander. 1831 J. Sinclair Corr. II. 359 When you leave any town, send cards, p.p. Congé, to every body, as a proper mark of attention to those you have been obliged to. < as lemmas |
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