单词 | to shorten the arm or hand of |
释义 | > as lemmasto shorten the arm or hand of e. figurative. In Biblical phrase, to shorten the arm or hand of: to limit the power of. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of power > deprive of power [verb (transitive)] > reduce the power of weaken1530 to shorten the arm or hand of1535 weaken1568 emasculate1608 to pare the claws of1884 defang1919 declaw1940 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Num. xi. E The Lorde sayde vnto Moses: Is the Lordes hande shortened then? 1583 P. Stubbes Second Pt. Anat. Abuses sig. N4v Doe they thinke that his arme is shortened, or his power weakened? 1645 R. Harwood Loyall Subiects Retiring-roome 28 Why should we think his hand will be shortned towards any of us? 1647 J. Trapp Comm. Epist. & Rev. (Rev. xx. 3) God will shorten your hand of cruelty. 1833 H. F. Lyte Poems 157 Thine arm can never shortened be. < as lemmas |
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