| 单词 | with the first |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswith the first ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > pre-eminence > [adverb] highlyOE overalla1225 with the firstc1300 principally1340 principalc1390 in principala1393 chiefly14.. ratherestc1400 rathestc1400 primarily1587 kat' exochen1588 paravant1590 pre-eminently1590 primely1610 cardinally1631 transeminently1642 paramountly1798 par eminence1823 the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or extraordinary > especially or particularly [phrase] > especially or chiefly with the firstc1300 c1300 (?c1225) King Horn (Cambr.) (1901) l. 1119 Quen so hende..Þu ȝef vs wiþ [Laud Myd] þe furste, Þe beggeres beoþ ofþurste. a1413 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (Pierpont Morgan) (1882) iv. l. 63 This þing a-noon was kouth in euery strete..And with þe firste it cam to Calkas ere. 1573 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry f. 21v Who peskods delighteth, to haue with the furst, if now he do sowe them, I think it not wurst. 1611 J. Ussher Let. 4 Oct. in R. Parr Life J. Usher (1686) Coll. vii. 15 Of which we will not fail to certifie you with the first. 1621 T. Bedford Sinne unto Death 34 This is apprimè necessarium, necessary with the first. 1660 F. Brooke tr. V. Le Blanc World Surveyed 270 The servant..coming in with the first. 1748 S. Richardson Clarissa VI. lxxxiv. 308 Pray, when he does come, let me hear of it with the first. with the first b. Followed by the and a superlative used absol.: As well or thoroughly as; (as) one of, ‘among’, ‘of’: forming adverb (or †predicative) phrases denoting ‘to the full or fullest extent’, ‘(nearly) as —— as any or as possible’, ‘very ——’, ‘highly ——’: e.g. with the best: see best adj., n.1, and adv. Phrases 3f; with the first, as one of the first, very early, chiefly, especially (see first adj., adv., and n.2 Phrases 1a); with the least = at the lowest estimate; † with the most inclined = highly inclined. Obsolete or archaic. ΚΠ a1300 K. Horn (Harl.) 1119 Þou shen[c]h vs wiþ þe vurste. a1400 Seuyn Sages (W.) 1656 The king..kep the leuedi with the best. 1445 tr. Claudian's De Consulatu Stilichonis in Anglia (1905) 28 281 Why is not he redde with the worthiest? 1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur x. lxviii. 531 Soo that nyghte they were lodged with the best. 1477 J. Pympe in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 415 I wold have hym [sc. a horse] sumwhat large, not wyth the largist. c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) clxii. 634 Thyne armure is good and thy sworde is with the best. 1556 N. Grimald tr. Cicero Thre Bks. Duties i. f. 41v If ther be anie sommewhat with the moste enclined to pleasures. 1573 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) f. 21v Who pescods delighteth, to haue with the furst, if now ye do sowe them, I think it not wurst. 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry i. f. 45 Not to mowe your Grasse with the latest, but before the seede be ripe. a1592 R. Greene Sc. Hist. Iames IV (1598) i. sig. C2 A young stripling..that can sleep with the soundest, eate with the hungriest. 1629 J. Gaule Practique Theories Christs Predict. 376 Of all the difficulties of Truth and Faith, the Article of Christs Resurrection is with the formost. 1671 H. M. tr. Erasmus Colloquies 494 There was no year, wherein he did not gain a thousand Duckats, to speak with the least. 1826 Priestley's Rudim. 55 The preposition with is..sometimes used in conversation, to express a degree..something less than the greatest; as ‘They are with the widest.’ 1864 Ld. Tennyson Grandmother v, in Enoch Arden, etc. 116 At your age, Annie, I could have wept with the best. < as lemmas |
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