| 单词 | to keep good quarter |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto keep good quarter a. to keep good quarter [probably < sense 13] : to keep good watch, to preserve good order (in a place). Obsolete. [With the context of quot. 1608 compare Middle French quartier de sauveté (see main etymology).] ΘΚΠ society > authority > control > be in control [verb (intransitive)] > regulate to keep good quarter1608 direct1611 regulate1661 the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > watching or keeping guard > watch or keep guard [verb (intransitive)] > perform duty of watchman > keep good watch to keep good quarter1608 1608 E. Grimeston in tr. J. F. Le Petit Gen. Hist. Netherlands xvi. 1294 All prisoners to be released, and good quarter kept, with other conditions. a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) v. v. 20 Well: keepe good quarter, & good care to night. View more context for this quotation 1653 H. More Antidote against Atheisme ii. viii. 76 To have made Man that he might be a Lord over the rest of the Creation. & keep good quarter among them. < as lemmas |
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