| 单词 | to wax in age or eld |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto wax in age or eld ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > age > [verb (intransitive)] > advance in age forthgoa1325 throc1325 to wax in age or eld1340 grow1477 aspire1576 accrue1586 the world > people > person > adult > be adult [verb (intransitive)] > become adult > become adult man bearda1425 to wax to man's estate1590 unboy1611 to write oneself man1641 1340–70 Alex. & Dind. 943 A weih woxen on elde. c1385 G. Chaucer Legend Good Women 727 That, as they wex in age, wex here loue. a1400 St. Alexius (Laud 622) 136 Þe more he wex in elde & lengþe, To seruen god he dude his strengþe. 1588 R. Greene Pandosto sig. D As it [sc. the child] waxed in age, so it increased in beauty. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. x. sig. X6v When her sonne to mans estate did wex. 1916 G. W. Robinson Willibald's Life St. Boniface ii. 31 After he waxed in age..and the glory of boyhood came. < as lemmas |
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