释义 |
beˈsaint|bɪˈseɪnt| [f. be- 5 + saint.] trans. To make a saint of, canonize.
a1603T. Cartwright Confut. Rhem. N.T. (1618) 658 Thomas Aquinas, whom they haue besainted unto the ninth degree. 1646J. Hall Poems i. 3 [If you] besaint Old Jesabel for shewing how to paint. 1680Refl. Libel on Curse-ye-Meroz 35 Another sort of People would have almost canoniz'd and besainted the Preacher. |