单词 | to make or enter into a covenant |
释义 | > as lemmasto make or enter into a covenant a. A mutual agreement between two or more persons to do or refrain from doing certain acts; a compact, contract, bargain; sometimes, the undertaking, pledge, or promise of one of the parties. Phrases, to make or enter into a covenant; to hold, keep, break covenant (No longer in ordinary use, except when coloured by legal or theological associations.) ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > agreement > [noun] > an agreement forewardOE accordc1275 covenant1297 end1297 form1297 frettec1330 conjurationc1374 treatc1380 bargainc1386 contractc1386 comenaunt1389 compositionc1405 treaty1427 pact1429 paction1440 reconventionc1449 treatisea1464 hostage1470 packa1475 trystc1480 bond (also band) of manrent1482 covenance1484 concordance1490 patisement1529 capitulation1535 conventmenta1547 convenience1551 compact1555 negotiation1563 sacrament1563 match1569 consortship1592 after-agreementa1600 combourgeoisie1602 convention1603 comburghership1606 transaction1611 end-makingc1613 obligement1627 bare contract1641 stipulation1649 accompackmentc1650 rue-bargaina1657 concordat1683 minute1720 tacka1758 understanding1803 meet1804 it's a go1821 deal1863 whizz1869 stand-in1870 gentlemen's agreement1880 meeting of minds1883 α. β. 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 3722 Al þat lond By certeyn conuenant was in Kyng Artures hond.a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 2352 Our lauerd him held for treu conuenand.a1555 D. Lindsay Tragedie in Dialog Experience & Courteour (1559) sig. Svii Haistelie my conuenent I brak.γ. c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 57 Suane..to þat conant him bond.a1400–50 Alexander 5543 He [Alexander] makis a conand with his kniȝtis.1483 Cath. Angl. 74 To breke Conande, depacisci..To make Conande, pacisci.1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) viii. l. 1345 To Bruce sen syne he kepit na connand.1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) iii. 753 Ye cunnand on yis wys was maid.a1522 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid (1959) viii. Prol. 102 Quhou mony crakkyt cunnand!1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. KKKvi Their eares also hath made a conuencion or conande with reason.δ. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 108 Cumnawnte [v.rr. comnawnt, cunaunt], pactum, fedus, convencio.c1315 Shoreham 64 Hit is wykked condicioun, Covenaunt of schrewead-hede. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 7484 ‘Sir King’, he said, ‘hald me couenand’. c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Franklin's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 871 Haue I nat holden couenant vn to thee. 1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 103 They made couenaunt that they sholde slee him. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 999 Ne he keppid no couenaund to þe kynd maydon. 1549 Bk. Common Prayer (STC 16267) Matrimonie f. xiiii*v So these persons may surely perfourme and kepe the vowe and couenaunt betwixt them made. 1611 Bible (King James) Gen. xxi. 27 And Abraham tooke sheepe and oxen, and gaue them vnto Abimelech: and both of them made a couenant [1535 Coverdale bond together] . View more context for this quotation 1643 J. Caryl Nature Sacred Covenant 7 A Covenant..is more than a promise, and lesse than a Oath. 1645 Directory Publique Worship 61 Who are now to be joyned in the honourable Estate of Marriage, the Covenant of their God. 1782 W. Cowper Conversation in Poems 246 Bad men, profaning friendship's hallow'd name, Form, in its stead, a covenant of shame. 1841 M. Elphinstone Hist. India II. vi. i. 17 He had entered into a covenant for mutual support with forty of the king's other slaves. < as lemmas |
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