单词 | to pass, go, or run current |
释义 | > as lemmasto pass, go, or run current 8. to pass, go, or run current (senses 5 – 7): to be in circulation or in common use; to be generally related, reported, or accepted; to be received as genuine. (Formerly to pass for current or to go for current.) ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > circulation of money > be in circulation [verb (intransitive)] gangOE run1399 pass1475 servec1475 go1504 to pass, go, or run current1596 to take vent1641 circulate1691 float1778 the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > be generally applicable [verb (intransitive)] > be general or prevalent pass1475 runa1500 tain?1536 to go for current1596 to pass for current1596 prevail1617 obtain1619 1596 J. Harington New Disc. Aiax Prol. sig. B4v And so now it passeth currant to be spoken & written AJAX. 1600 Abp. G. Abbot Expos. Prophet Ionah 3 Which opinion hath gone so currant, that..some of the new writers haue accepted it for a truth. 1611 M. Smith in Bible (King James) Transl. Pref. 4 Why the Translation of the Seuentie was allowed to passe for currant. 1614 W. Camden Remaines (rev. ed.) 16 But most true this may seeme which runneth currant euery where. 1619 E. M. Bolton tr. Florus Rom. Hist. iii. iii. 253 That inuincible rage, and furious onset, which goes current with the barbarous for true valour. 1629 J. Rous Diary (1856) 46 It went for currant that the Spanyards had killed the French and Dutch. 1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World ii. 27 It went current among the Seamen, that the Spanish Doctor was an Englishman. 1727 A. Hamilton New Acct. E. Indies I. xxi. 250 Their Language [Portuguese] goes current along most of the Sea-coast. 1828 T. B. Macaulay Hallam's Constit. Hist. in Edinb. Rev. Sept. 102 If such arguments are to pass current, it will be easy to prove [etc.]. < as lemmas |
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