单词 | to see, think fit |
释义 | > as lemmasto see, think fit b. In phrases, to see, think fit. ΘΠ society > morality > dueness or propriety > [verb (intransitive)] > consider morally fitting to see, think fit1611 the world > action or operation > advantage > expediency > be expedient or advisable [verb (intransitive)] > think fit to see, think fit1611 1611 Bible (King James) 2 Macc. iv. 19 Which..the bearers therof thought fit not to bestow vpon the sacrifice. View more context for this quotation a1687 W. Petty Polit. Arithm. (1690) 95 All these things may be done, if it be so thought fit by the Sovereign Power. 1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 43. ⁋3 Where and in what manner we see fit. 1761 D. Hume Hist. Eng. III. lxi. 322 Cromwell thought fit to indulge a new fancy. 1812 M. M. Sherwood Susan Gray 82 If God sees fit..that I should marry, in his due time he will provide me with a worthy husband. 1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) I. 477 The Athenians have thought fit to condemn me. < as lemmas |
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