| 单词 | to tithe out |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto tithe out 4. transitive. to tithe out: to select by lot (every tenth person or thing) from a group. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > ten > [verb (transitive)] > select every tenth titheOE to tithe out1538 1538 T. Elyot Dict. Exdecimo,..to tythe out. 1608 A. Willet Hexapla in Exodum xxxii. 759 If a whole band or companie of souldiers had run away,..the Emperour would tithe them out, and put euerie tenth man..to death. 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage v. iii. 391 Which Armie..he [sc. the King of Brama] tythed out of his people, taking one onely of tenne. 1645 W. Greenhill Expos. Five First Chapters Ezekiel (iv. 16) 410 His [sc. Cambyses'] army was in such a strait for victualls, that they were forc'd to tithe out every tenth man, and to live upon them. < as lemmas |
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