单词 | by colour of |
释义 | > as lemmasby colour of b. prepositional, †by cause of, by chesun of, by colour of, by dint of, by the hands of, by means of, by reason of, by virtue of, by way of, etc. See under the various substantives. ΚΠ c1380 J. Wyclif Last Age Church (1840) 25 Bi resoun of whiche þe þridde tribulacioun schal entre into Cristis Chirche. c1475 (?c1425) Avowing of King Arthur (1984) l. 502 Þer togedur faȝte we Be chesun of this lady fre. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Tobit xi. 18 By reason of all the good that God had shewed vnto him. ?a1560 in T. Wright Songs & Ballads Reign Philip & Mary (1860) 3 He hathe us up lyfft By the means of hys sonne callyd Emanuell. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III i. iii. 78 Our brother is imprisoned by your meanes. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 (1623) iv. i. 126 All..That..by dint of Sword, Haue since mis-carryed vnder Bullingbrooke. 1621 H. Elsynge Notes Deb. House of Lords (1870) 127 The Parlement is adjourned by virtue thereof [the Comission]. 1664 S. Butler Hudibras: Second Pt. ii. ii. 120 Vict'ry gotten without Blows. By dint of sharp hard words. 1710 W. L. Let. to New Member Commons 9 Edward Whitacre..hath, by Colour of his Imployment..receiv'd the Sum of Five and Twenty Thousand Pound. 1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 523. ¶6 By Vertue of that Spectatorial Authority with which I stand Invested. 1728 J. Morgan Compl. Hist. Algiers I. iii. 32 Jugurtha..by Dint of Money, corrupted many of the Senators. 1737 L. Clarke Compl. Hist. Bible I. viii. 496 He..by means thereof..took the City. 1864 J. Bryce Holy Rom. Empire iv. 42 It was chiefly by means of the Papacy that this came to pass. 1876 R. D. Blackmore Cripps I. ii. 23 Quite out of sight..by reason of the bend of the hollow. 1881 R. Buchanan God & Man I. 111 The widow—by dint of strict parsimony, had saved a trifle. by colour of ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > semblance, outward show > [adverb] > under the appearance of under (the) umber of (or for)1423 by colour ofc1425 under (the) colour ofc1451 under the shadow of1523 with coloura1593 under the umbrage of1674 c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) iv. l. 3553 (MED) I shal..twynne assonder..þe false cheyne Whiche lynked was by colour of wedlok. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. ccccix. 712 The king..may..assemble great puyssaunce..in the colour of this treatie. ?1536 ( Jack Upland l. 3 in W. W. Skeat Chaucerian & Other Pieces (1897) 191 Antichrist..by colour of holines..deceiven Christes church. 1553 Queen Mary I Let. in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1721) III. Catal. Let. i. 3 (modernized text) By Colour of the authority of the same King. 1605 Certaine Demandes Propounded Ep. Ded. 7 Those false Prophets, for deceiving of the people, by colour of their garments, should have those garments,..plucked over their eares. 1673 Bp. G. Burnet Vindic. Church & State Scotl. To Rdr. sig. A7 Forcible resistance upon the colour of preserving Religion. a1718 W. Penn Life in Wks. (1726) I. 27 It is the worst oppression that is done by Colour of justice. < as lemmas |
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