单词 | to make interest |
释义 | > as lemmasto make interest 6. Influence due to personal connection; power of influencing the action of others; personal influence with (†in) a person or body of persons. to make interest, to bring personal influence to bear. ΘΠ society > authority > power > influence > [noun] powerc1300 authorityc1405 voice1433 swaya1510 gravity1534 force1582 bias1587 interest1600 prevalence1612 prevailance1631 pondus1638 prevailancya1649 prevailency1650 influence1652 prevalency1652 weight1710 prevailingness1757 holding1770 mojo1923 clout1958 muscle1965 society > authority > power > influence > have influence [verb (intransitive)] > exert influence labour1442 to make labour1603 influence1670 to make interest1709 to weigh in1909 1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice iii. ii. 219 Lorenzo and Salerio, welcome hether, if that the youth of my newe intrest heere haue power to bid you welcome. View more context for this quotation] 1600 E. Blount tr. G. F. di Conestaggio Hist. Uniting Portugall to Castill 202 Those magistrates were mechanicke men, in whom feare hath a more interest, then the respect of a King. 1653 Act Govt. Commw. 45 Several persons of Interest and Fidelity in this Commonwealth. 1676 tr. G. Guillet de Saint-Georges Acct. Voy. Athens 365 Her interest with him is such, that she governs him absolutely. 1709 J. Strype Ann. Reformation ii. 50 Early interest was made with Elizabeth for the continuance of the old religion. 1723 Duke of Wharton True Briton No. 56. ¶17 The Author made no Interest (as the Phrase goes) That is to say, was so Civil to..his Cotemporaries, as to suppose they were qualify'd to hear and see for themselves. 1761 D. Hume Hist. Eng. II. xxxvi. 293 To raise the people in the counties..where his interest lay. < as lemmas |
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