| 单词 | to steal a marriage |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto steal a marriage ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > [verb (intransitive)] > marry secretly to steal a marriagea1500 a1500 (?c1450) Merlin xxi. 363 This mariage wolde he haue stole hadde no Merlin I-be. 1562 in F. J. Furnivall Child-marriages, Divorces, & Ratifications Diocese Chester (1897) 189 They did steale a mariage without banes askinge. 1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 133. ⁋7 A story I had heard of his intending to steal a marriage without the privity of us his intimate friends. 1738 J. Swift Compl. Coll. Genteel Conversat. 130 You have stolen a Wedding it seems... How does your Lady unknown? 1782 F. Burney Cecilia V. x. vi. 287 ‘Your daughter..has made a little change in her situation, which she was anxious you should hear from myself.’ ‘Ha! ha! stolen a match upon you I warrant!’ cried the facetious Mr. Hobson. a1797 H. Walpole Mem. George III (1845) III. x. 326 He..had stolen a marriage with an idiot sister of the Spanish Charles Townshend. c1820 S. Rogers Marguerite de Tours in Italy 45 They stole a match and fled. < as lemmas |
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