单词 | to set little , much , less, least, more, most by |
释义 | > as lemmasto set (so) little (or †lite), (so) much (or mickle, a great deal), less, least, more, most by a. to set (so) little (or †lite), (so) much (or mickle, a great deal), less, least, more, most by. Obsolete exc. archaic or dialect.Originally substantival or pronominal, little, much, etc. were capable of being taken as adverbial; whence the substitution of adverbs of equivalent meaning (see 18f). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > evaluation, estimation, appraisal > estimate [phrase] > value at specific rate to set (so) little (or lite), (so) much (or mickle, a great deal), less, least, more, most byc1374 to set at (much, little) storec1386 to set (great, etc.) store byc1386 to set little, more, nought, not, of1390 to make much (also little, nothing, too much, etc.) of (or on)c1395 accounta1450 to set greatly, littly, lightly, so, etc. by1530 to conceive well, ill, etc. (of)1535 count1602 to set —— value on also upon1625 c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde ii. 432 I se ful wel þat ye sette lite of vs Or of oure deth. c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 109 Þey sette more by here lawes..þan þey dude by þe lawe þat God ȝaf to hem. c1380 Antecrist in J. H. Todd Three Treat. Wycklyffe (1851) 151 And more þei shal be sett by and wurshiped. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 26997 Litel he sette be his life. 14.. Why I can't be a Nun 220 in Early Eng. Poems & Lives Saints (1862) 144 But alle..set not by her nether most ne lest. c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 32 Tynsale of the body..that is lytill to sett by. 1545 R. Ascham Toxophilus i. f. 31v Howe moche the Persians..set by shotinge. 1627 M. Drayton Battaile Agincourt 4 What set that Conqueror, by their Salique Lawes. 1665 S. Pepys Diary 9 Mar. (1972) VI. 53 He did..give me one of Lillys grammer..which I shall much set by. 1690 C. Ness Compl. Hist. & Myst. Old & New Test. I. 23 A pretious soul was no more set-by by them. 1740 S. Richardson Pamela II. 173 He was sure I should set more by it, than the richest Diamond in the World. 1785 B. Tupper in J. Sparks Corr. Amer. Revol. (1853) IV. 118 A visit, which I shall set more by than the interest I possess in Massachusetts. 1845 S. Judd Margaret ii. i. 208 God knows how hard it is to help setting a good deal by one's children. 1894 Advance (Chicago) 5 Apr. A man much set-by. < as lemmas |
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