单词 | by this |
释义 | > as lemmasby this b. Hence, with omission of the noun: by this, by that; also by now, by then, etc. ΚΠ a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 2827 Bi þenne bigan þe liȝt of day. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 3007 Bi þis come sarra to þe tide, O birth sco moght not ouerbide. ?a1400 Morte Arth. (1847) 19 By that was Launcelot hole and fere. a1500 Lancelot of Laik (1870) 774 Be this the word wes to king arthur gone. c1565 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1728) 62 There are other ambassadors..directed by-now from the pope. 1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 262 Had Judah that day join'd..They had by this possess'd the Towers of Gath. View more context for this quotation 1796 R. Southey Joan of Arc i. cxxxii By this Dunois Had arm'd. 1864 J. C. Atkinson Whitby Gloss. (at cited word) They must have sailed by now. < as lemmas |
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