| 单词 | by might |
| 释义 | > as lemmasby might a. adverbial, †by cas, by chance, by force, by guess, by hook or by crook, by might; and others for which an adverb might easily be substituted, as by consequence, †by cover (= covertly), †by matter in deed (? = as an actual fact), by metaphor, †by name (= especially), †by occasion, †by particular, by stealth. [Here French has usually par.] See the various substantives. ΚΠ 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. 490 He vel of is palefrey, & brec is fot bi cas. c1460 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Laud) l. 10700 Vow that is made by right Ow no man to breke by might. 1475 Bk. Noblesse 31 Provided that..no man take vitaile beforce. 1531 St. German's Secunde Dyaloge Doctour & Student (new ed.) liv. f. cxlvii Yt ys not alleged in the Indyctment by matter in dede that he had such wepon. 1544 T. Phaer Regim. Lyfe (1560) R vij Hitherto have I declined by occasion. 1565 in J. A. Picton City of Liverpool: Select. Munic. Rec. (1883) I. 113 That no..person..succour by cover or operte, any apprentice. 1583 P. Stubbes Second Pt. Anat. Abuses sig. D5v Either by hooke, or crooke, by night or day. a1586 Answ. Cartwright 17 He alleadgeth another proofe by peraduenture. 1604 G. Babington Comf. Notes: Exod. i. (Exod.) xvi. 263 This Manna followed the Israelites whatsoeuer the earth was: and by name in the wildernesse. 1620 J. Wilkinson Treat. Statutes conc. Coroners & Sherifes (new ed.) 117 These persons by particular are said to be by the statute rogues. 1660 T. Fuller Mixt Contempl. i. v. 8 Ponderous, and by Consequence probable to settle..on the Earth. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iv, in tr. Virgil Wks. 145 Some prying Churl had..thence, By Stealth, convey'd th' unfeather'd Innocence. View more context for this quotation 1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 145. ⁋6 He snatches Kisses by Surprise. 1751 J. Jortin Serm. (1771) V. v. 90 They might not imagine that the world was..made by chance. 1836 W. S. Landor Pericles & Aspasia I. 224 I am not speaking by metaphor and asiatically. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 649 (note) I have therefore been forced to arrange them [the events] by guess. by might P7. by might: by wrongful force or violence; by force of arms. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > violent behaviour > [phrase] > by violence or force strong handOE by forcec1320 through, with, of forcec1320 by or with strifec1330 by way of feat1362 by (also with, by) fine forcea1375 by mighta1425 by force and armsa1481 by way of deed1535 by (the) head and shoulders1571 by (the) head and ears1590 sting and ling1816 a1425 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (1987) iv. 548 This town hath al this werre For ravysshyng of wommen so by myght. a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll. 13) (1990) I. 65 Balyne dud nat this adventure..by myght but by wycchecrauffte. 1559 W. Baldwin et al. Myrroure for Magistrates Richard Dk. York f. lixv To kepe by murder that they get by might. 1569 W. Samuel Abridgem. Old Test.: 1 Kings iv. sig. G.vi The Philistian hoste twise bet them down and took their Ark by might. 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene iv. ix. sig. H8v He her vnwares attacht, and captiue held by might . View more context for this quotation 1603 M. Drayton Barrons Wars iii. lvi. 67 Entring now by force, thou hold'st by might. 1672 J. Dryden Conquest Granada i. ii. 19 Justice distributes to each man his right, But what she gives not should I take by might? 1723 R. Blackmore Alfred v. 167 And Artolan in solemn Manner swore..To rule the Land by Law and not by Might, Defend his Subjects and protect their Right. 1778 H. Brooke Little John & Giants ii. iv. 42 Like gods we've past o'er ev'ry stop and stay, That Law could raise, or peevish Patriots lay; O'erturn'd their moralizing mounds by might, And proved, to Power, that every road is right. a1811 R. Cumberland Sybil i, in Posthumous Dramatick Wks. (1813) II. 8 Why not..shew these sullen nobles, Who murmur at our greatness, that the race Of Tarquins reigns by valor as by might. 1892 E. Arnold Potiphar's Wife 99 She [sc. the British Empire] alone knew, of victors first and best..To gather 'neath her wings, in one great brood, The tribes of Man, by might, then love, subdued. 1915 H. D. Rawnsley European War 1914–15 163 Then I remember they who take the sword Must perish by the sword,—might crushed by might. a1961 H. Doolittle Helen in Egypt (1974) 197 He takes his way by might, By stealth, by cunning, by betrayal, From star-house to house. 1995 C. Smith Before & After 51 In the end, Like villagers cowed by might Who sense the nervous flesh behind the steel, We turned on her. < as lemmas |
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