| 单词 | to threaten kindness |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto threaten kindness (upon a person) 6. to threaten kindness (upon a person): apparently an altered form of the phrase to threap kindness upon at threap v. 4b. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. ccxlvij The byshop of Rome sendeth his letters to the Swisses, & threatning vpon them kindnes, for the frenship that had ben betwene them & his predecessours. 1578 J. Lyly Euphues f. 26v Philautus..threateneth suche kindenesse at my handes, and such courtesie at yours, that hee shoulde accompte mee his wyfe before hee woe mee. 1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. 144/1 The moonks being ouercome with the kings words, threatning kindnesse vpon them, fulfilled his request. < as lemmas |
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