单词 | true-born |
释义 | true-bornadj. Of legitimate birth (now rare); (also) truly or genuinely so by birth. Also in extended use: real, genuine; worthy of its origin. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > foundation in fact, validity > [adjective] > accurately so named > of blood, breeding true?a1425 true-born1578 true-bred1595 genuinea1727 pur sang1846 true to form (also type)1868 1578 J. Lyly Euphues f. 48v The childe shoulde be true borne, no bastarde. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II i. iii. 272 Though banisht, yet a true borne English man. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) ii. iv. 27 Let him that is a true-borne Gentleman..From off this Bryer pluck a white Rose with me. View more context for this quotation 1645 T. Fuller Good Thoughts in Bad Times iii. xxv. 192 He will acknowledge us to be no Bastards but his True-born Children. 1701 D. Defoe (title) The True-Born Englishman. 1775 Hibernian Mag. May 270/2 Diametrically opposite to the exercise of every noble, true-born feeling of the soul. 1814 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Cantos I & II (ed. 7) ii. lxxxiii. 110 If Greece one true-born patriot still can boast. 1882 Ballou's Monthly Mag. Sept. 264/2 How well he sought to be a Christian to his latest breath, With true-born majesty! 1926 I. M. Pagan From Pioneer to Poet (ed. 2) i. xi. 170 The affections of the true-born Aquarian are certainly far-reaching and widespread. 1970 P. Walcot Greek Peasants iii. 50 He was treated in the same way as the true-born sons while his father lived. 2000 White Dwarf May 11/1 Each of the trueborn Vampires decided upon their own course of action. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1578 |
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