| 单词 | to give faith to |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto give (one's) faith to (also †unto) a. to give (one's) faith to (also †unto): to place trust in; to give credence to. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > accept as true, believe [verb (transitive)] ylevec888 leve971 ween971 i-weneOE takec1175 trowc1175 truth?c1250 thinka1275 believec1300 trustc1325 hold1340 trist1340 to give (one's) faith to (also unto)c1405 accept?c1430 admitc1449 credencea1529 to take a person at his (also her) word1535 credit1547 faith1576 to take a person's word1576 receive1581 creed1596 understand1751 Adam and Eve1925 buy1926 c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Parson's Tale (Ellesmere) (1877) §607 God suffreth it for folk sholden yeue the moore feith and reuerence to his name. 1457 in A. Clark Lincoln Diocese Documents (1914) 97 (MED) I haue bee present where suche articles and opinions haue bee taught..& yaf faith, credence and beleve to hem att diuers tymes. 1556 tr. J. de Flores Histoire de Aurelio & Isabelle sig. K4 One oughte to geue more feithe vnto the secrete consentment of the soule, than [etc.]. 1653 H. Cogan tr. F. M. Pinto Voy. & Adventures xxxv. 140 Opinions..unto which they give so much faith. 1717 A. Pope Fable of Dryope in Wks. 278 If to the wretched any faith be giv'n. 1797 A. Radcliffe Italian I. vii. 178 You believe..that I am willing to give faith to wonderful stories. 1849 R. Cobden Speeches 69 Now, don't give faith to the idea..that self-government for the colonies is the same thing as dismemberment of the empire. 1939 Oshkosh (Wisconsin) Daily Northwestern 30 Dec. 6/2 To give faith to the communique is to believe that the Russian military authorities deliberately made their task infinitely harder. 2005 H. Prather Morning Notes 361 I freely give my faith to rumors, stories in the news, and the latest nutritional supplement. < as lemmas |
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