单词 | to put to death |
释义 | > as lemmasto put to death d. to put to death: to kill, esp. as a sentence at the end of a judicial process; to execute. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > execute [verb (transitive)] slayc1175 to put to deatha1450 to hang, draw, and quarter1465 strikec1480 execute1483 justify1531 execution1565 scaffold1716 to have or get one's gruel1797 a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Merlin (1904) I. l. 1294 (MED) That schal neuere lyn Jn thy powere My modyr to deth to putten. 1504 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VII (Electronic ed.) Parl. Jan. 1504 §21. m. 18 They were..overcome and dyvers put to deth. c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy (2002) f. 180 The knightes..The pepull with pyne puttyn to dethe. 1631 W. Gouge Gods Three Arrowes iii. §60. 295 Ministers of Justice in putting capitall malefactors to death. a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1734) II. 189 By the Portian Law, no Citizen could be put to Death for any Crime whatsoever. 1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1749 I. 106 She was carried off to be put to death behind the scenes. 1847 G. Grote Hist. Greece IV. ii. xxxiv. 352 They were all put to death. 1910 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 15 434 The Makhelchel and Nishinam Indians of California formerly put their women to death for marrying or committing adultery with white men. 1963 M. L. King Strength to Love x. 79 He was put to death..as a martyr for Christ in Rome. 2008 C. Newkey-Burden in J. Burchill & C. Newkey-Burden Not in my Name 47 When a mass-murdering dictator was put to death for his crimes, suddenly the death sentence was barbaric. < as lemmas |
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