单词 | to take a ply |
释义 | > as lemmasto take a (also the, one's) ply ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > tendency > [noun] > a tendency spirita1425 inclination1526 bias?1571 vein1585 habitude1603 ply1605 nitency1662 result1663 tend1663 penchant1673 nisus1699 hank1721 squint1736 patent1836 subjectivism1845 lurch1854 biasness1872 tilt1975 1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. sig. Ccc3v In some other it is..a conceite that they can bring about occasions to their plie . View more context for this quotation 1612 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 160 It is true that late learners cannot so well take the plie. 1673 W. Wycherley Gentleman Dancing-master iv. i When once they have taken the French plie (as they call it) they are never to be made so much as Englishmen again. 1706 tr. J. B. Morvan de Bellegarde Refl. upon Ridicule 117 They have taken their Ply, and will never be set right. 1749 J. Cleland Mem. Woman of Pleasure I. 75 You may be sure, in the ply I was now taking, I had no objection to the proposal, and was rather a tiptoe for its accomplishment. 1873 H. Rogers Superhuman Origin Bible (1875) viii. 356 The natural bent and ply of man's nature. 1880 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People IV. viii. iv. 107 England took a ply which she has never wholly lost. 1881 Cent. Mag. Nov. 58/1 Her mind had taken its ply, and..she never sought again the old means of grace. < as lemmas |
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