单词 | to incline one's ear |
释义 | > as lemmasto incline one's ear to incline one's ear and variants: to turn one's attention towards someone or something; to listen favourably to. [Compare post-classical Latin inclinare aurem suam (Vulgate), Old French engligner sa oreille a, Anglo-Norman and Middle French, French †encliner son oreille à (first half of the 12th cent.).] ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > hear [verb (transitive)] > listen to > give (ear) to to incline one's eara1393 leana1627 a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) iv. l. 3565 (MED) You deigneth noght to plie, Ne toward me youre Ere encline. 1447 O. Bokenham Lives of Saints (Arun.) (1938) l. 172 (MED) That holy virgyne Wych to synful prayers lyst hyr ere enclyne. a1500 Hymnal in R. S. Loomis Medieval Stud. in Memory G. S. Loomis (1927) 444 (MED) Cryst..Enclyne tyll vs thyne earys of mercye. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms xvi. A Enclyne thine eares to me, and herken vnto my wordes. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Jer. vii. C They were not obedient, they inclyned not their eares there vnto. 1549 Bk. Common Prayer (STC 16267) Svpper of the Lorde f. cxxxiiv We beseche thee mercifully to inclyne thyne eares to vs. 1611 Bible (King James) Prov. iv. 20 My sonne,..incline thine eare vnto my sayings. View more context for this quotation 1648 J. Quarles Fons Lachrymarum 118 Come real-hearted Mourners, and incline Your ears to my sad story. 1713 A. Pope Ode Musick 8 When the full Organ joins the tuneful Quire, The Immortal Pow'rs incline their Ear. 1750 Universal Mag. Oct. 182/2 Great God of mercy! while I bend In supplication to thy throne, Incline thine ear. 1847 C. Brontë Jane Eyre II. xi. 292 I daresay you have many a time inclined your ear to gossip about the mysterious lunatic kept there under watch and ward. 1860 J. L. Motley Hist. United Netherlands II. xii. 122 It was unwise, that he should incline his ear..to those who counselled severe measures. 1900 Athenæum 17 Mar. 328/2 Miss Caddick..inclined her ear to the suggestion that before going home she should visit the great lakes of Central Africa. 1988 R. Salutin Man of Little Faith i. 11 They prefer to incline their ear to the cultivated tones of Abba Eban, Israel's ambassador. 2014 Erie (Pa.) Times-News (Nexis) 1 Aug. Just incline your ears toward the sweet and soulful sounds of the Erie Art Museum's 22nd annual Blues & Jazz Festival. < as lemmas |
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