单词 | to make good cheer |
释义 | > as lemmasto make good (glad, merry etc.) cheer b. to make good (glad, merry etc.) cheer; (also simply) to make cheer. Also reflexive. extracted from cheern.1ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > merriment > be merry [verb (intransitive)] blissc897 spilea1000 merryOE to make good cheera1275 blithea1400 gleea1400 to play the goodfellow1563 jolly1610 to keep Hilary term1618 gaya1629 jovialize1640 a1275 in C. Brown Eng. Lyrics 13th Cent. (1932) 40 Ful ney is herte wolde to-breken & þan he madam glade chere. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 5097 Bes noght rad bot mas godd chere, For your hele drightin sent me here. 1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) iii. 300 He..fenȝeit to mak better cher Yen he had mater to be fer. a1500 (a1450) Generides (Trin. Cambr.) l. 571 He cowde not make no chere but alwey mourn. 1693 W. Robertson Phraseologia Generalis (new ed.) 327 To make good chear, genialiter agere. (b) To feast, make merry. Now archaic and rare. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > feasting > feast [verb (intransitive)] to make good (glad, merry etc.) cheerc1330 festya1382 feastc1400 junket1607 convive1609 obligure1623 to make a feast of (also upon)1624 regale1678 smouse1775 to make feast1868 c1330 (c1250) Floris & Blauncheflur (Auch.) (1966) l. 30 Al þai made glade chere, And ete and dronke echon wiȝ oþer. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xiv. 453 That nycht thai maid thame merye cher. 1533 J. Frith Bk. answeringe Mores Let. sig. Niv The Corinthians..cam to feade their fleshe and to make carnall chere. 1633 J. Done tr. ‘Aristeas’ Aunc. Hist. Septuagint 126 All the Company betooke them to make cheare and to jouisance. 1693 W. Robertson Phraseologia Generalis (new ed.) 327 To make good chear, Epulari hilariter. 1830 Edinb. Lit. Jrnl. 30 Jan. 71/2 Green-coat, limber, pranky folks Were making cheer, and cracking jokes. 1958 D. M. Frame tr. M. de Montaigne Compl. Ess. iii. xiii. 849 Alcibiades, a connoisseur in making good cheer, banished even music from the table, so that it should not disturb the pleasure of conversation. to make (also give, do) (a person) (good) cheer c. to make (also give, do) (a person) (good) cheer and variants: to give a kindly welcome to; to receive and entertain. Now archaic and rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > hospitality > show hospitality to [verb (transitive)] gestena1300 lodgec1325 cherishc1330 guestc1330 to give cheera1393 harbry14.. callc1430 uptakea1470 recueil1477 host1485 entertain1490 to set forth1526 harbour1534 retainc1540 treata1578 water1742 sport1826 have1868 hospitize1895 a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) ii. l. 991 (MED) He makth the Messager no chiere..This Messager was yifteles. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 5328 Quen iacob sagh þat hall plenar And all a-bute to mak him cher. c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Man of Law's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 904 Greet cheere dooth this noble Senatour To kyng Alla. c1405 (c1387–95) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 747 Greet cheere made oure hoost vs euerichon..He serued vs with vitaille at the beste. 1483 ( tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage of Soul (Caxton) (1859) iv. xxxviii. 63 To doo yow suche chere as to youre estate bylongeth. 1550 R. Crowley One & Thyrtye Epigrammes sig. Av What occasion was here, To provide for learninge and make pouertye chere? 1594 W. Shakespeare Lucrece sig. B3 Shee securely giues good cheare, And reuerend welcome to her princely guest. View more context for this quotation 1697 W. Pope Life Seth, Lord Bishop of Salisbury xxi. 163 If these poor Orfan Books at Rome appear, Make them a hearty Welcome, and good Chear. 1874 St. Nicholas Jan. 139/2 The king's heart grew so merry, that all who came were made welcome, and given good cheer. 1915 Christian Reg. (Boston) 7 Jan. 22/1 It [sc. a hall] was used a third time by the Charity Club of the city, to give good cheer to seventy-five poor children who had not been otherwise provided for. 1952 C. S. Lewis Voy. Dawn Treader iii. 51 Bern and his gracious wife and merry daughters made them good cheer. < as lemmas |
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