| 单词 | to hold in fee |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto hold in fee b. figurative esp. in phrase to hold in fee, to hold as one's absolute and rightful possession. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > have tenure of or hold as tenant [verb (transitive)] > in absolute possession to be seized (seised) of or with1477 to hold in feea1556 a1556 N. Udall Ralph Roister Doister (?1566) iii. iv. sig. E.iijv One madde propretie these women haue in fey, When ye will, they will not. 1639 G. Daniel Ecclus. xxiv. 64 My ffee [1611 King James inheritance] Is sweeter then Virgin-Combes. 1673 J. Milton Sonnets xii, in Poems (new ed.) 56 Which after held the Sun and Moon in fee. 1807 W. Wordsworth Poems I. 132 Once did She hold the gorgeous East in fee. 1846 R. C. Trench Notes Miracles Prelim. Ess 35 Powers..which were his own in fee. 1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam lxxvii. 108 I know thee of what force thou art, To hold the costliest love in fee. View more context for this quotation < as lemmas |
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