单词 | to make strife |
释义 | > as lemmasto make strife f. to make strife: to cause dissension. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > be in dissension or at variance [verb (intransitive)] > cause dissension to make strife1303 to make the feathers flyc1430 to stir the coals1539 to make mischiefc1572 to blow the bellows1590 to blow the fire1670 to stir the pot1826 to stir (also rouse) the possum1900 to mix it1950 1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 1192 Take no wyfe For to make betwyxe ȝou stryfe. c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (1839) ii. 11 Thei seyd, that he made Discord and Strif amonges hem. 1822 Ld. Byron Heaven & Earth i. iii, in Liberal 1 189 Get thee hence, son of Noah; thou mak'st strife. to make strife 3. Competition, emulation; an effort or exertion of rivalry, a contest of emulation. †to make strife: to contend or compete (for). †by strifes: in emulation or rivalry. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > competition or rivalry > [noun] rivality1528 strife1530 envy1541 emulation1552 contention1576 pinglinga1578 countermatch1581 paragon1590 competency1594 corrivality1598 rivalry1598 concurrence1603 contestation1603 competitiona1608 rivalling1607 concurrency1609 strift1612 corrivalry1614 rivalty1631 contest1648 corrivalty1649 coping1678 co-rivalry1835 rivalism1850 society > society and the community > dissent > competition or rivalry > compete with [verb (transitive)] > compete for to make strife1530 dispute1655 contest1726 opposea1822 to race off1897 society > society and the community > dissent > competition or rivalry > in competition or rivalry [phrase] at (a) vie1591 in vie (of)1591 on vie1591 by strifes1630 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 277/1 Stryfe bytwene two, brigue. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 277/2 Stryfe who shall do best, estriue a lestriuee. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 630/1 I make stryfe to gette an offyce that gothe by election, je brigue. 1561 T. Hoby in tr. B. Castiglione Courtyer Ep. Translatour sig. A.iiii With an honest strife of matching others. 1593 W. Shakespeare Venus & Adonis sig. Ciij His Art with Natures workmanship at strife, As if the dead the liuing should exceed. View more context for this quotation 1594 W. Shakespeare Lucrece sig. M3v Then sonne and father weep with equall strife, Who shuld weep most for daughter or for wife. View more context for this quotation 1623 B. Jonson in W. Shakespeare Comedies, Hist. & Trag. sig. A1v Wherein the Grauer had a strife with Nature, to out-doo the life. 1630 R. Norton tr. W. Camden Hist. Princesse Elizabeth i. 56 The wealthier Inhabitants also of the Sea-coasts..built them ships of warre by striues who should exceede. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Pastorals vii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 31 Great was the strife betwixt the Singing Swains. 1709 J. Johnson Clergy-man's Vade Mecum: Pt. II p. cx In those Ages, when..the Laity did as it were by strifes run into Monasteries. 1710 W. Congreve Ode to Ld. Godolphin in Wks. III. 1099 Thus Gods contended, (noble Strife! Worthy the heav'nly Mind) Who most should do to soften anxious Life. 1836 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece II. 305 Let us still be rivals: but let our strife be, which can best serve our country. < as lemmas |
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