whilstadv.conj.prep.

Brit.

/wʌɪlst/, U.S.

/(h)waɪlst/

Forms: Middle English quilest, quilist, quylest, quylist, Middle English qwhilste, whylst, Middle English–1500s whylest, 1500s whillest, whylyst, wylst, Scottish quhylest, 1500s–1600s whilest, 1600s whil'st, 1500s– whilst.

Etymology: < whiles n., conj., and adv. + -t as in amongst, amidst.

a. In adverbial phrase the whilst (obsolete or archaic), also (rare) †to whilst, in the whilst, or as simple adverb whilst (obsolete exc. dialect): During that time, meanwhile. Also †a whilst: for a time.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > [adverb] > meanwhile

all the whilec888

to whilec950

the whilec960

amongOE

emethena1300

to whilesa1300

therewhilesc1320

that whilesc1330

i-whilesa1340

in (that, this, which, etc.) meantime1340

in the meanwhilea1375

(all) the (also this, that) meantimea1382

in the mean season (also space)a1382

the mean seasona1382

the meanwhilea1382

in the meantimec1384

for the meanwhilec1390

in the mean(s) whilesc1390

the whilesa1400

the whilsta1400

whilsta1400

(in) the meanwhile that?1418

therewhilec1430

mesne1439

meanwhile1440

for the meantime1480

while1508

in the while1542

in the mean1565

in the mean way1569

interim1580

in (that, this, which, etc.) meanwhilea1593

meantimea1593

this while1594

mean space1600

among-hands?1609

between (betwixt obsolete or archaic) whiles1647

ad interim1701

per interim1724

interimistically1890

the world > time > duration > [adverb] > for a time

(for) a spacec1405

for a long, short, etc. season1465

a whilst1595

for a spell1745

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 6417 Þe quilest moises helde vp his hende hit was wele in þe batel kende. for ay to quilest witerly had goddis folk þe ouer maistri.

1595 in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1846) 3rd Ser. IV. 116 I served a whilest with the late Erle of Leycester.

1615 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Cupids Revenge ii. sig. E3 Goe runne, And tell the Duke; And whilst Ile close her eyes.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) iv. ii. 3 Doe it quickly. Ile call sir Toby the whilst .

1646 H. Lawrence Of Communion & Warre with Angels 113 If God would doe all, and men might sleepe the whilest.

1671 H. M. tr. Erasmus Colloquies 228 Alway, except that in the whilest at the first, I lived four years at Padua.

c1672 in Roxburghe Ballads (1888) VI. 500 Though present you be, all the whilst that they dine.

1683 in 10th Vol. Walpole Soc. (1922) 67 Pray..forget not the proposal of Sr: Yours Really whilst F. Place.

1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe I. x*. 209 But a small sum; something in hand the whilst.

1895 J. Prior Renie xxi Why don't you send for the p'liceman whilst?

b. the whilst, conj. phr. (also with that): During the time that, while; †when. Obsolete or rare (archaic).

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > [adverb] > meanwhile

all the whilec888

to whilec950

the whilec960

amongOE

emethena1300

to whilesa1300

therewhilesc1320

that whilesc1330

i-whilesa1340

in (that, this, which, etc.) meantime1340

in the meanwhilea1375

(all) the (also this, that) meantimea1382

in the mean season (also space)a1382

the mean seasona1382

the meanwhilea1382

in the meantimec1384

for the meanwhilec1390

in the mean(s) whilesc1390

the whilesa1400

the whilsta1400

whilsta1400

(in) the meanwhile that?1418

therewhilec1430

mesne1439

meanwhile1440

for the meantime1480

while1508

in the while1542

in the mean1565

in the mean way1569

interim1580

in (that, this, which, etc.) meanwhilea1593

meantimea1593

this while1594

mean space1600

among-hands?1609

between (betwixt obsolete or archaic) whiles1647

ad interim1701

per interim1724

interimistically1890

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 2966 Þe folk ware ful of pride þe quylest he dwelled ham bi-side.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 15461 Þe quilist þat ȝe me se him kis. lay hande on him.

1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis iii. 53 Thee whilst fayre Phœbus thee yeers course roundlye reuolued.

a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) iv. ii. 195 I saw a Smith stand with his hammer (thus) The whilst his Iron did on the Anuile coole.

1640 J. Fletcher & J. Shirley Night-walker i. sig. B3 Make your mirth, the whilst I beare my misery.

1798 Anti-Jacobin 30 Apr. 196/2 Each his head..Shakes, the whilst his tale is told.

a. conj. (†also with that) = while conj. 1b, 1d, whiles n., conj., and adv. 4.

ΚΠ

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 2085 (MED) He liued lelly quylist [Vesp. quils] he moȝt.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 5491 Quylest atte Ioseph regned þare his breþer in egipte regnande ware.

R. Misyn tr. R. Rolle Fire of Love 91 Slike frenschyp is fenyd, for it may not last bot qwhilste lust & profett bydis.

?c1450 in G. J. Aungier Hist. & Antiq. Syon Monastery (1840) 308 A clothe, up on the which the professours must lygh prostrat whylst the letany is in syngyng aftyr masse.

1569 Reg. Privy Council Scott. 1st Ser. II. 4 The parliament held quhylest scho wes in Lochlevin.

1578 J. Lyly Euphues f. 52 Whilst that the childe is young lette him bee instructed in vertue, and lyterature.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) i. i. 165 Ile nere be drunk whilst I liue againe, but in honest, ciuill, godly company.

a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1958) IX. 326 Woe unto us, if we seeke him not whilest he affords us these helpes.

1635 T. Jackson Humiliation Sonne of God viii. viii. 73 During the time of his humiliation here on earth, or whilest hee became hostage for our Redemption.

1669 J. Worlidge Systema Agriculturæ 222 The Trees..and Fields are now naked, unless cloathed in white, whilest the Countrey-man sits at home, and enjoyes the Fruit of his past labours.

1702 D. Defoe Reformation of Manners 12 With lame pretences they revive Those Lines when Dead, he blush'd at whilst alive.

1782 E. Blower George Bateman III. 7 All in less time than whilst one could cry—‘A good riddance’.

1819 W. Scott Bride of Lammermoor viii, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. II. 172 Fetch us up a bottle of the Burgundy,..And I say, Craigie—you may fetch up half-a-dozen whilst you are about it.

1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xxv. 211 Be quiet whilst the tempest lasts.

1918 Act 8 & 9 Geo. V c. 17 Sched. i. ii Such revocation shall not be made whilst the Bill..is pending in either House.

†b. prep. During. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1591 F. Sparry tr. C. de Cattan Geomancie 186 Whilest the time that the Emperour Charles the fift was at Nece..I was requested..to make him a fygure.

3. transferred. = while conj. 2.

ΚΠ

1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Matt. vi. 26 Whilest they catche after a vayne reward here, they be disapointed of that, whiche onelye aught to be desyred.

1586 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. I. 16 Whilest they [sc. the Stoics] granted to mans power such an excellent and diuine disposition, they lift him vp in a vaine presumption.

1609 W. Shakespeare Sonnets xxxvii. sig. C4^v I am not lame, poore, nor dispis'd, Whilst that this shadow doth such substance giue.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) ii. i. 87 His company must do his minions grace, Whil'st I at home starue for a merrie looke.

1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. i. 1 There is a place..where..thousands of the Heads of Oxen were digged up, whereat the Ignorant wondred, whilest the Learned well understood them to be the proper Sacrifices to Diana.

1699 S. Garth Dispensary ii. 20 Portia..Laments her barren Curse, and begs a Son. Whilst Iris, his cosmetick Wash, must try, To make her Bloom revive, and Lovers dye.

1741 C. Middleton Hist. Life Cicero I. iii. 152 The Knights..considered him as the pride and ornament of their order, whilst he, to ingratiate himself the more with them, affected always..to boast of that extraction.

1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xxix. 253 Whilst her appearance was an utter failure..Mrs. Rawdon Crawley's début was, on the contrary, very brilliant.

1890 L. C. D'Oyle Notches Rough Edge Life 4 One day the right leg would be disabled, whilst the next day it would be the left leg that suffered.

1907 Athenæum 3 Aug. 129/2 It is not to be found in the Boston,..or the Congress Libraries, whilst the copy at Harvard is imperfect.

4. conj. Till, until: = while conj. 3, whiles n., conj., and adv. 5. Obsolete exc. dialect.

ΚΠ

a1529 J. Skelton Magnyfycence (?1530) sig. Bi I pray you larges here to remayne whylest I knowe what this letter dothe contayne.

a1529 J. Skelton Magnyfycence (?1530) sig. Ci Tary whylyst that I come agayne.

1594 T. Lodge & R. Greene Looking Glasse sig. B4^v My wife might blow whilst she burst.

1653 Cloria & Narcissus 308 There to remaine,..whilst she heard some newes of Narcissus.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	whilst
释义	whilstadv.conj.prep. Brit. /wʌɪlst/, U.S. /(h)waɪlst/ Forms: Middle English quilest, quilist, quylest, quylist, Middle English qwhilste, whylst, Middle English–1500s whylest, 1500s whillest, whylyst, wylst, Scottish quhylest, 1500s–1600s whilest, 1600s whil'st, 1500s– whilst. Etymology: < whiles n., conj., and adv. + -t as in amongst, amidst. 1. a. In adverbial phrase the whilst (obsolete or archaic), also (rare) †to whilst, in the whilst, or as simple adverb whilst (obsolete exc. dialect): During that time, meanwhile. Also †a whilst: for a time. ΘΚΠ the world > time > [adverb] > meanwhile all the whilec888 to whilec950 the whilec960 amongOE emethena1300 to whilesa1300 therewhilesc1320 that whilesc1330 i-whilesa1340 in (that, this, which, etc.) meantime1340 in the meanwhilea1375 (all) the (also this, that) meantimea1382 in the mean season (also space)a1382 the mean seasona1382 the meanwhilea1382 in the meantimec1384 for the meanwhilec1390 in the mean(s) whilesc1390 the whilesa1400 the whilsta1400 whilsta1400 (in) the meanwhile that?1418 therewhilec1430 mesne1439 meanwhile1440 for the meantime1480 while1508 in the while1542 in the mean1565 in the mean way1569 interim1580 in (that, this, which, etc.) meanwhilea1593 meantimea1593 this while1594 mean space1600 among-hands?1609 between (betwixt obsolete or archaic) whiles1647 ad interim1701 per interim1724 interimistically1890 the world > time > duration > [adverb] > for a time (for) a spacec1405 for a long, short, etc. season1465 a whilst1595 for a spell1745 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 6417 Þe quilest moises helde vp his hende hit was wele in þe batel kende. for ay to quilest witerly had goddis folk þe ouer maistri. 1595 in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1846) 3rd Ser. IV. 116 I served a whilest with the late Erle of Leycester. 1615 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Cupids Revenge ii. sig. E3 Goe runne, And tell the Duke; And whilst Ile close her eyes. a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) iv. ii. 3 Doe it quickly. Ile call sir Toby the whilst . View more context for this quotation 1646 H. Lawrence Of Communion & Warre with Angels 113 If God would doe all, and men might sleepe the whilest. 1671 H. M. tr. Erasmus Colloquies 228 Alway, except that in the whilest at the first, I lived four years at Padua. c1672 in Roxburghe Ballads (1888) VI. 500 Though present you be, all the whilst that they dine. 1683 in 10th Vol. Walpole Soc. (1922) 67 Pray..forget not the proposal of Sr: Yours Really whilst F. Place. 1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe I. x. 209 But a small sum; something in hand the whilst. 1895 J. Prior Renie* xxi Why don't you send for the p'liceman whilst? b. the whilst, conj. phr. (also with that): During the time that, while; †when. Obsolete or rare (archaic). ΘΚΠ the world > time > [adverb] > meanwhile all the whilec888 to whilec950 the whilec960 amongOE emethena1300 to whilesa1300 therewhilesc1320 that whilesc1330 i-whilesa1340 in (that, this, which, etc.) meantime1340 in the meanwhilea1375 (all) the (also this, that) meantimea1382 in the mean season (also space)a1382 the mean seasona1382 the meanwhilea1382 in the meantimec1384 for the meanwhilec1390 in the mean(s) whilesc1390 the whilesa1400 the whilsta1400 whilsta1400 (in) the meanwhile that?1418 therewhilec1430 mesne1439 meanwhile1440 for the meantime1480 while1508 in the while1542 in the mean1565 in the mean way1569 interim1580 in (that, this, which, etc.) meanwhilea1593 meantimea1593 this while1594 mean space1600 among-hands?1609 between (betwixt obsolete or archaic) whiles1647 ad interim1701 per interim1724 interimistically1890 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 2966 Þe folk ware ful of pride þe quylest he dwelled ham bi-side. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 15461 Þe quilist þat ȝe me se him kis. lay hande on him. 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis iii. 53 Thee whilst fayre Phœbus thee yeers course roundlye reuolued. a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) iv. ii. 195 I saw a Smith stand with his hammer (thus) The whilst his Iron did on the Anuile coole. View more context for this quotation 1640 J. Fletcher & J. Shirley Night-walker i. sig. B3 Make your mirth, the whilst I beare my misery. 1798 Anti-Jacobin 30 Apr. 196/2 Each his head..Shakes, the whilst his tale is told. 2. a. conj. (†also with that) = while conj. 1b, 1d, whiles n., conj., and adv. 4. ΚΠ a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 2085 (MED) He liued lelly quylist [Vesp. quils] he moȝt. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 5491 Quylest atte Ioseph regned þare his breþer in egipte regnande ware. R. Misyn tr. R. Rolle Fire of Love 91 Slike frenschyp is fenyd, for it may not last bot qwhilste lust & profett bydis. ?c1450 in G. J. Aungier Hist. & Antiq. Syon Monastery (1840) 308 A clothe, up on the which the professours must lygh prostrat whylst the letany is in syngyng aftyr masse. 1569 Reg. Privy Council Scott. 1st Ser. II. 4 The parliament held quhylest scho wes in Lochlevin. 1578 J. Lyly Euphues f. 52 Whilst that the childe is young lette him bee instructed in vertue, and lyterature. a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) i. i. 165 Ile nere be drunk whilst I liue againe, but in honest, ciuill, godly company. View more context for this quotation a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1958) IX. 326 Woe unto us, if we seeke him not whilest he affords us these helpes. 1635 T. Jackson Humiliation Sonne of God viii. viii. 73 During the time of his humiliation here on earth, or whilest hee became hostage for our Redemption. 1669 J. Worlidge Systema Agriculturæ 222 The Trees..and Fields are now naked, unless cloathed in white, whilest the Countrey-man sits at home, and enjoyes the Fruit of his past labours. 1702 D. Defoe Reformation of Manners 12 With lame pretences they revive Those Lines when Dead, he blush'd at whilst alive. 1782 E. Blower George Bateman III. 7 All in less time than whilst one could cry—‘A good riddance’. 1819 W. Scott Bride of Lammermoor viii, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. II. 172 Fetch us up a bottle of the Burgundy,..And I say, Craigie—you may fetch up half-a-dozen whilst you are about it. 1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xxv. 211 Be quiet whilst the tempest lasts. 1918 Act 8 & 9 Geo. V c. 17 Sched. i. ii Such revocation shall not be made whilst the Bill..is pending in either House. †b. prep. During. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1591 F. Sparry tr. C. de Cattan Geomancie 186 Whilest the time that the Emperour Charles the fift was at Nece..I was requested..to make him a fygure. 3. transferred. = while conj. 2. ΚΠ 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Matt. vi. 26 Whilest they catche after a vayne reward here, they be disapointed of that, whiche onelye aught to be desyred. 1586 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. I. 16 Whilest they [sc. the Stoics] granted to mans power such an excellent and diuine disposition, they lift him vp in a vaine presumption. 1609 W. Shakespeare Sonnets xxxvii. sig. C4^v I am not lame, poore, nor dispis'd, Whilst that this shadow doth such substance giue. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) ii. i. 87 His company must do his minions grace, Whil'st I at home starue for a merrie looke. View more context for this quotation 1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. i. 1 There is a place..where..thousands of the Heads of Oxen were digged up, whereat the Ignorant wondred, whilest the Learned well understood them to be the proper Sacrifices to Diana. 1699 S. Garth Dispensary ii. 20 Portia..Laments her barren Curse, and begs a Son. Whilst Iris, his cosmetick Wash, must try, To make her Bloom revive, and Lovers dye. 1741 C. Middleton Hist. Life Cicero I. iii. 152 The Knights..considered him as the pride and ornament of their order, whilst he, to ingratiate himself the more with them, affected always..to boast of that extraction. 1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xxix. 253 Whilst her appearance was an utter failure..Mrs. Rawdon Crawley's début was, on the contrary, very brilliant. 1890 L. C. D'Oyle Notches Rough Edge Life 4 One day the right leg would be disabled, whilst the next day it would be the left leg that suffered. 1907 Athenæum 3 Aug. 129/2 It is not to be found in the Boston,..or the Congress Libraries, whilst the copy at Harvard is imperfect. 4. conj. Till, until: = while conj. 3, whiles n., conj., and adv. 5. Obsolete exc. dialect. ΚΠ a1529 J. Skelton Magnyfycence (?1530) sig. Bi I pray you larges here to remayne whylest I knowe what this letter dothe contayne. a1529 J. Skelton Magnyfycence (?1530) sig. Ci Tary whylyst that I come agayne. 1594 T. Lodge & R. Greene Looking Glasse sig. B4^v My wife might blow whilst she burst. 1653 Cloria & Narcissus 308 There to remaine,..whilst she heard some newes of Narcissus. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adv.conj.prep.a1400
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