To find the path or means to achieve an end (in quot.: to fortify oneself against sin, evil, etc.). Obsolete.
| 单词 | θ88169 |
| 释义 | the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > find means to do something [verb (intransitive)] (19) to make one's waya1400 To find the path or means to achieve an end (in quot.: to fortify oneself against sin, evil, etc.). Obsolete. to find (the) moyen (also moyens)1449 A means, an agency. Cf. mean, n.3 3. Obsolete. to find the means (also mean)1461 †to make means: to take steps or make efforts (obsolete). to find means: to find a way, contrive, manage (with infinitive as object; formerly also… to find means?1464 †to make means: to take steps or make efforts (obsolete). to find means: to find a way, contrive, manage (with infinitive as object; formerly also… to see one's way1628 figurative. Subcategories:— use every means (2) — have alternative resources (1) — act as mere instrument of another (1) — be used to undertake something dangerous (1) — act as intermediate means (9) |
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