单词 | to make exemplary |
释义 | > as lemmasto make exemplary ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > [verb (transitive)] > inflict disciplinary or corrective punishment > specific to make an example of to make exemplarya1601 exemplifya1637 example1639 a1601 W. Lambarde Archion (1635) 216 These offences might be made exemplary, and forewarnings to other men. 1659 T. Burton Diary 12 Feb. (BL Add. MS. 15862) iv. f. 106v L[et] h[im] b[e] Xemplary i[n] h[is] punishment send h[im] to [the] tower fine h[im] 1000l. 1669 London Gaz. No. 411/4 The Ring-leaders in the late Tumult, whom he intends to make exemplary. 1702 R. L'Estrange tr. Josephus Jewish Antiq. iv. ii, in Wks. 79 That dark way of proceeding ought to be made Exemplary in time, before it breaks out into open practices upon the state. < as lemmas |
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