单词 | to make conscience |
释义 | > as lemmasto make (a) conscience P4. to make (a) conscience: to make something a matter of conscience (see Phrases 9), to have scruples about something. to make no conscience: to have no scruples about something (cf. to think it no conscience at Phrases 7). Now archaic. rare. ΘΚΠ society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > do one's duty [verb (intransitive)] > act conscientiously > make something a matter of conscience to make (a) consciencea1402 a1402 J. Trevisa tr. R. Fitzralph Defensio Curatorum (Harl.) (1925) 46 Ȝif þei made conscience to þe menyng of þe lawe, þei schulde enforme hem þat beþ yschryue to hem, wher of þei schulde teþe. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Rom. xiv. 23 He that maketh conscience [1611 doubteth] is dampned if he eate. 1586 Let. Earle Leycester 25 Therefore have we litle reason to trust her in that, wherof shee maketh so small a conscience. 1625 S. Purchas Pilgrimes II. viii. viii. 1276 They will..make more conscience to breake a Fast, then to commit a Murther. 1671 H. M. tr. Erasmus Colloquies 69 I make conscience to say thou lyest. 1685 H. More Cursory Refl. 21 For my part, I should make a conscience in abusing the World with such Trash. 1685 R. Baxter Paraphr. New Test. Matt. xxvii. 6 Arch-hypocrites make conscience of Ceremony, and make no conscience of Perjury. 1722 D. Defoe Jrnl. Plague Year 12 If he be one that makes Conscience of his Duty. 1788 J. Priestley Lect. Hist. i. ii. 24 A man who made no conscience of any villany. 1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits ix. 146 [He] makes a conscience of persisting in it. 1872 Phrenol. Jrnl. Dec. 422/1 Those who make conscience of speaking the truth, generally prosper in the world. 1916 Homiletic Rev. Mar. 237/2 The prevalent tendency is to make no conscience of the sins of omission. < as lemmas |
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