单词 | to make fine |
释义 | > as lemmasto make (a) fine P2. to make (a) fine: to make one's peace, to settle a matter; (also) to obtain exemption from punishment or release from captivity, esp. by paying a sum of money (cf. sense 6b). Frequently with with. Now historical and rare. [Compare post-classical Latin finem facere to settle a case before it comes to court (12th cent.), Anglo-Norman (also Middle French (Wallonia)) faire fin to reach an agreement (a1321 or earlier), to pay a fine (a1346 or earlier), to pay a fee (a1393 or earlier).] ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > agreement > make an agreement [verb (intransitive)] accord?a1160 to make (a) finec1325 covenantc1330 compound1419 packc1450 patisec1475 conclude1477 compone1478 bargain1483 article1526 make1530 compact1535 to dispense with1569 temporize1579 to make termsa1599 to strike (a person) luck1599 to be compromised1600 compacka1618 stipulatea1648 to come to terms1657 sort1685 paction1725 to cry off1775 pact1904 society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > compensation > pay compensation [verb] to make (a) finec1325 c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) 10526 Some hii lete honge Bi hor membres an hey in pines wel stronge Vort hii adde fin imad. c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 1731 Ȝe mote furst..þe truwage make fyn þat to þis brigge longeþ..do tell me wat is þe trow. ?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) (1996) i. l. 15246 Whan Penda had to Kadwalyn obligid him & mad his fyn. ?c1430 (c1400) in F. D. Matthew Eng. Wks. Wyclif (1880) 184 It is liȝttere to make a fyn for moche money þan to purge hym. a1500 ( J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. (Rawl.) (1898) 204 And there this Mcmahons with dyuers othyr enemys, fynes with hym makid, Pees forto haue. 1574 in W. H. Turner Select. Rec. Oxf. (1880) 351 Richard Lloyde..shall make fyne for his contemptuous..wordes. 1635 W. Lambarde & T. Lambarde Archeion (new ed.) 211 Then shall that Clarke both make Fine to the King, and satisfie the partie hurt, (if he be able). 1651 J. March tr. R. Brook Some New Cases of Time Hen. 8, Edw. 6 & Mary 109 If a man Indicted of Extortion, or Trespasse, puts himself upon the grace of the King, and makes a Fine, and after the party sues him for it.., and he pleades Not Guilty, hee shall have the Plea. 1746 C. Viner Gen. Abridgm. Law & Equity II. 447 Lord of a Leet made a Fine of 40s. because his Steward took Indictment of the Death of a Man in his Leet, which did not belong to his Leet. 1891 W. Page Three Early Assize Rolls Northumberland Pref. 25 The matter..settled by the Swethops making a fine with Dionisia for 20 marks. 1987 P. Morgan War & Society in Medieval Cheshire 1277–1403 i. 51 Radcliffe's complaints were by no means disinterested, for he had already made a fine with the king as a rebel. < as lemmas |
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