单词 | condemn to death |
释义 | > as lemmascondemn to death 3. esp. with the penalty expressed, as condemn to death, condemn to be beheaded: formerly also in a fine or forfeiture. ΚΠ 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) 2 Chron. xxxvi. 3 The kyng of Egipt..condempnede the lond in an hundrith talentis of syluer. c1400 Mandeville x. (1839) 114 The oþere schall he condempne to perpetuell peynes. 1425 W. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 4 Ser John Paston..hath optyned me condempnyd to hym in ccc marcz. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Luke xxiv. f. cxvijv To be condempned to deeth. c1530 A. Barclay Egloges ii. sig. Kiij v Condemnyd to suffer suche payne. 1551 R. Robinson tr. T. More Vtopia sig. Qiii Condempned hym into exyle. a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) v. i. 411 We doe condemne thee to the very Blocke. View more context for this quotation 1642 D. Rogers Naaman 19 Condemned in as much as they are worth. 1713 Mem. Sign. Rozelli (ed. 2) I. 212 They condemn'd me to perpetual Imprisonment. 1848 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. (1858) II. 229 A woman..was condemned to be whipped through all the market towns..in Dorset. 1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People vi. §1. 268 Condemned to do penance in the streets of London. < as lemmas |
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