| 释义 |
† forˈbuy, v. Obs.
For forms see buy.
[f. for- prefix1 + buy.]
trans. To buy off. a. To ransom; esp. to redeem (from sin, hell, etc.). b. To atone for. c. To gain over; to bribe.
a.c1315Shoreham 164 Ase man was thorȝ trowe by-couȝt, In trowe he scholde be for-bouȝt. a1330Otuel 1710 Takeþ me on liue & sle me nouȝt, Leet mi lif be for-bouȝt. c1450Chester Pl. (Shaks. Soc.) I. 192 Christe..comen [is] man⁓kinde to forbye From God in mayistie.
b.1340Ayenb. 78 Hi couþen hire zennen uorbegge. c1450Chester Pl. (Shaks. Soc.) II. 79 My Lorde uppon the roode tree Your synnes hath forboughte.
c.a1300Cursor M. 17464 (Cott.) Þai war for-boght þe soth to hele. 1393Gower Conf. I. 212 He which hindreth every kinde And for no gold may be forbought.
Hence forˈbuyer, a redeemer.
1382Wyclif Isa. liv. 8 The Lord, thi forbiere. c1450Chester Pl. (E.E.T.S.) 400, I am he they call Messy, fore⁓byar of Israell. |