| 释义 |
▪ I. † clive, v. Obs.
Pa. pple. yclive(n).
[Identical in form with OE. clífan str. v. to stick, cling, cleave; and both in form and sense with the corresp. ON. klîfa str. v. to climb: cf. also MDu. clîven to cling and to climb. For earlier instances in the sense ‘cling’, see cleave v.2]
To climb.
1340Ayenb. 26 Ypocrites sotyls þet sotilliche wylleþ heȝe cliue..hi byþ uol wexe and heȝe ycliue ine dyngnetes. Ibid. 127 Wyþ-oute þise uour uirtues non ne may cliue in-to þe helle of perfeccion. Vor huo þet wyle ȝuo heȝe clyue him behoueþ..þet he habbe prudence. [So frequent in Ayenb.]
▪ II. clive
see cliff 1 β; also cleave v.1 and v.2. |