单词 | to set little by |
释义 | > as lemmasto set (also†let) little (nought, etc.) by b. to set (also†let) little (nought, etc.) by: to put little, nothing, etc. in comparison with; to value, esteem little, etc.; also absol. to set by (obsolete): to esteem highly. See set v.1 91b and let v.1 16. ΚΠ 1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman A. xi. 29 Luytel is he loued or leten bi. a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Isa. liii. 3 Wherfore ne wee setteden by hym. 1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. vi. 3 Cloþed as a lollere, And lytel y-lete by. c1400 Mandeville's Trav. xxvii. 272 Thei sette not..by Caw~teles. 1407 Songs Costume (1849) 57 Ye be so lewyd your selfe there setteth no man you bye. c1440 York Myst. xxxi. 105 Sette I noght be hym. c1450 How Wise Man tauȝt Sonne (Lamb. 853) in Babees Bk. (2002) i. 52 Bi oþir richesse sette no greet price. 1549 Psalm xv. 4 (Prayer Bk.) He that setteth not by himself, but is lowly in his own eyes. 1637 J. Bastwick Vanity & Mischeife Old Letany iii. 13/2 That booke was highly set by and commended. 1729 Bp. J. Butler 15 Serm. (ed. 2) 540 In all lowliness of mind we set lightly by ourselves. 1839 T. Keightley Hist. Eng. (new ed.) I. 102. He also set by the hares, and they must go free. < as lemmas |
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