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单词 what maketh matter but that?
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what maketh matter but that..?
a. transitive. To amount to, count as, avail, signify (much, little, nothing, etc.) in relation to the question under consideration. Now frequently in to make no matter (somewhat archaic in standard English): to make no difference, not to matter; (also intransitive, chiefly Scottish): to matter, be of consequence. †Formerly with for, to (obsolete). †what maketh matter but that..? = ‘what prevents that..?’ (obsolete). Cf. sense 55b.to make sense, it makes no odds: see the nouns.
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the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [verb (transitive)]
bea1400
forcea1400
to stand (a person) in store?1463
makea1466
concerna1475
nigh1490
import1561
cerna1616
boot1752
mean1860
the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > be unimportant [verb (intransitive)]
it is no forcec1369
to be not (nought) to charge138.
to make no mattera1466
it maketh no force1551
to make nothing1551
a1466 R. Taverham in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 322 Though my Lorde Cromwel hath taken Thomas Tauerham, my yonger brother, as warde for the same enheritaunce that maketh no mater to me, in so moche as I am helder brother.
?1478 W. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 649 I beseche yow to sende me a hose clothe,..how corse so euer it be it makyth no matyr.
c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 266 And suppos sum jgnoraunt men wald say, gold js metall, and na coloure, that makis nocht.
1548 H. Latimer Notable Serm. sig. A.iii In deed it toucheth not monkerye, nor maketh any thing at all for any such matter.
1563 J. Man tr. W. Musculus Common Places Christian Relig. 284 What maketh matter but that the Jewe, which is so often washed in the lawe, might be washed agayne if he come to Christ?
1574 J. Whitgift Def. Aunswere to Admon. ii. 106 Those things which..make something to exhort vnto a better life.
a1600 ( W. Stewart tr. H. Boece Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) 31668 Quhat makis that to the?
1611 M. Smith in Bible (King James) Transl. Pref. sig. ⁋3 The course which he intended made much for the glory of God.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) ii. vi. 118 I thinke the policy of that purpose, made more in the Marriage, then the loue of the parties. View more context for this quotation
1631 W. Gouge Gods Three Arrowes iii. §9. 202 Circumstances make much to the goodnesse or badnesse of an action.
1697 C. Leslie Snake in Grass (ed. 2) 299 That he was a Loose Man, &c. which makes nothing to the business.
1726 A. Ramsay Tea-table Misc. (1876) II. 118 Gi'e me a lass with a lump of land,..though daft or wise, I'll never demand, Or black or fair, it maksna whether.
1768 L. Sterne Sentimental Journey II. 70 By what magic he could [etc.], makes nothing in this account.
1826 A. Balfour Highland Mary II. 235 An' I could tell wha let you see the road; but it maksna.
1846 R. C. Trench Notes Miracles xxxiii. 449 It makes something for the current view that..Nathanael..is Bartholomew..thus to find him named, not after, but in the midst of, some of the very chiefest apostles.
1915 W. Cather Song of Lark i. iv. 27 ‘It makes no matter what you think,’ replied her teacher coldly.
1918 W. B. Morren Hert's aye 12 The man 'at says it's fail't is blin' Ti mony a thing 'at mak's.
1947 E. Partridge Usage & Abusage 353/1 A girl or a gigolo may possess glamour: and it makes no matter whether the girl is glamorous in her own right or by the catch-guinea arts of her dressmaker or her cinematographic producer.
1970 P. Moyes Who saw her Die? xiv. 183 Funny, isn't it, Miss Threep ending up in the hospital with Billing? Well, not with him, of course, but as near as makes no matter.
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