| 单词 | by consequence |
| 释义 | > as lemmasby consequence a. adverbial, †by cas, by chance, by force, by guess, by hook or by crook, by might; and others for which an adverb might easily be substituted, as by consequence, †by cover (= covertly), †by matter in deed (? = as an actual fact), by metaphor, †by name (= especially), †by occasion, †by particular, by stealth. [Here French has usually par.] See the various substantives. ΚΠ 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. 490 He vel of is palefrey, & brec is fot bi cas. c1460 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Laud) l. 10700 Vow that is made by right Ow no man to breke by might. 1475 Bk. Noblesse 31 Provided that..no man take vitaile beforce. 1531 St. German's Secunde Dyaloge Doctour & Student (new ed.) liv. f. cxlvii Yt ys not alleged in the Indyctment by matter in dede that he had such wepon. 1544 T. Phaer Regim. Lyfe (1560) R vij Hitherto have I declined by occasion. 1565 in J. A. Picton City of Liverpool: Select. Munic. Rec. (1883) I. 113 That no..person..succour by cover or operte, any apprentice. 1583 P. Stubbes Second Pt. Anat. Abuses sig. D5v Either by hooke, or crooke, by night or day. a1586 Answ. Cartwright 17 He alleadgeth another proofe by peraduenture. 1604 G. Babington Comf. Notes: Exod. i. (Exod.) xvi. 263 This Manna followed the Israelites whatsoeuer the earth was: and by name in the wildernesse. 1620 J. Wilkinson Treat. Statutes conc. Coroners & Sherifes (new ed.) 117 These persons by particular are said to be by the statute rogues. 1660 T. Fuller Mixt Contempl. i. v. 8 Ponderous, and by Consequence probable to settle..on the Earth. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iv, in tr. Virgil Wks. 145 Some prying Churl had..thence, By Stealth, convey'd th' unfeather'd Innocence. View more context for this quotation 1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 145. ⁋6 He snatches Kisses by Surprise. 1751 J. Jortin Serm. (1771) V. v. 90 They might not imagine that the world was..made by chance. 1836 W. S. Landor Pericles & Aspasia I. 224 I am not speaking by metaphor and asiatically. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 649 (note) I have therefore been forced to arrange them [the events] by guess. by consequence a. by consequence. Now archaic. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > effect, result, or consequence > [adverb] soothlyc825 welleOE then971 alsoOE thusc1175 followinglya1382 suinglya1382 hereuponc1385 effectuallya1398 thereforea1400 therewithc1450 pursuantly1530 consequently?1531 thereupon1534 hence?1535 accordingly1555 presently1580 by consequence1581 hereat1586 eventually1614 porismatically1646 consequentially1656 resultatively1657 pursuant1659 consecutivelya1691 in consequence1775 resultingly1840 propter hoc1844 resultantly1864 the world > existence and causation > causation > effect, result, or consequence > consequently or as a result [phrase] unto so micklec1390 per consequencec1395 by suing?a1425 by consequent1489 by relation1565 of consequence1573 by consequence1581 occasion1634 in suit ofa1652 in consequence of1683 owing to1744 in consequence1775 in the wake of1866 the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > process of reasoning, ratiocination > process of inferring, inference > [adverb] by consequent1489 inferringly1571 of consequence1573 conclusionally1574 by consequence1581 reductively1624 deductivelya1641 porismatically1646 conclusively1657 concludently1673 inferentially1691 inductivelya1716 ex vi terminia1726 inferably1903 inferribly1905 c1400 ( G. Chaucer Treat. Astrolabe (Cambr. Dd.3.53) (1872) ii. §38. 47 Par consequence, than the nader of the sowth lyne is the north lyne.] 1581 J. Marbeck Bk. Notes & Common Places 230 I saie, that foolishlie & by consequence that falselie he alledgeth S. Augustin to his purpose. c1680 W. Beveridge Serm. (1729) I. 41 The catholick and by consequence one church. 1747 J. Wesley Char. Methodist 10 By Consequence, whatsoever he doth, it is all to the Glory of God. 1885 Sir J. W. Chitty in Law Times Rep. 53 712/2 The marriage was a Mahommedan and by consequence a polygamous marriage. < as lemmas |
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