单词 | to offer battle |
释义 | > as lemmasto offer battle (also war, etc.) c. transitive to offer battle (also war, etc.). Now chiefly archaic or historical.Perhaps related to sense 5. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed encounter > contending in battle > fight (a battle, etc.) [verb (transitive)] > offer (battle) profferc1380 to offer battlea1475 present1579 a1475 ( S. Scrope tr. Dicts & Sayings Philosophers (Bodl. 943) (1999) 26 (MED) Whenne thou offriste bataile, first lete thi peple bee set therfore. 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. lxiiij So great a number of ennemies are assembled to offer battell. 1576 A. Fleming tr. Panaetius Rhodius in Panoplie Epist. 218 To keepe off Fortune furiously offering the combate. a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) v. ii. 167 I am asham'd that women are so simple, To offer warre, where they should kneele for peace. View more context for this quotation 1817 W. Scott Rob Roy II. vi. 128 The trades..offered downright battle to the commons. 1839 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece VI. li. 239 Darius..was about to meet him and to offer battle. 1987 N. Tranter Flowers of Chivalry (BNC) 136 When you have to face King Edward's assault, it would be with an armed host, offering battle. < as lemmas |
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