单词 | without controversy |
释义 | > as lemmaswithout (also beyond, †out of) controversy P2. without (also beyond, †out of) controversy [compare classical Latin sine contrōversia] : without or beyond dispute, question, or doubt. ΚΠ c1475 Mankind (1969) l. 842 (MED) Trowthe may not so cruelly procede in hys streyt argument But þat Mercy schall rewle þe mater wythowte contrauersye. 1547 J. Harrison Exhort. Scottes 218 He without al doubt or controuersy, was very Emperor of al Britayn. 1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius ii. f. 136v It is out of all controversie that Adam..was endued with wonderfull and absolute freedome of will. 1611 M. Smith in Bible (King James) Transl. to Rdr. sig. A5v S. Hierome..the best linguist without controuersie, of his age. 1644 J. Milton Of Educ. 8 That it should be plain, healthfull, and moderat I suppose is out of controversie. 1654 W. Charleton Physiologia Epicuro-Gassendo-Charltoniana i. v. 40 Until they have evinced beyond controversie, that Nature doth not endure any Emptiness. 1745 Gentleman's Mag. July 341/2 That every man..grows rich by the war, may be proved beyond controversy. 1777 R. Watson Hist. Reign Philip II I. xiii. 442 Vitelli, who was, without controversy, the ablest and most experienced general. 1827 T. Jarman Powell's Ess. Learning of Devises (ed. 3) II. 89 This case was considered to have fixed, beyond controversy, the rule of law upon this subject. 1907 Texas Court Reporter 17 471 The evidence shows, without controversy, that appellant and his companion obtained some $76. 2003 Independent 27 Aug. (Review section) 21/5 What is beyond controversy is Kissinger's capacity for inspiring loathing. without controversy d. In such phrases as without comparison, without controversy, without doubt, †without nay, etc. the meaning apparently varies between ‘beyond’ (sense 2 or 2c) and ‘involving the absence of’, ‘not admitting of’, ‘so that there is or can be no…’. ΚΠ 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 81 Þe ymage of his sseppere, þet is uayr wyþoute comparysoun. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 2053 Cham wit-outen dout Sal be his brothers vnderlote. 1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos xv. 55 Eneas appyered aboue all the other wythout ony comparyson the most fayre. 1547 J. Harrison Exhort. Scottes 218 He without al doubt or controuersy, was very Emperor of al Britayn. 1557 New Test. (Geneva) Heb. vii. 7 Without all nay, he which is lesse, receaueth blessyng of hym which is greater. 1578 T. Nicholas tr. F. Lopez de Gómara Pleasant Hist. Conquest W. India 165 When Cortez saw that beautifull thing, his joy was without comparison. 1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. sig. Ss3 These things are without Contradiction, and could not otherwise be. View more context for this quotation 1621 M. Wroth Countesse of Mountgomeries Urania 155 [My love of her] was without compare, had hers not equald it. < as lemmas |
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