单词 | etc the number of |
释义 | > as lemmasof (also in, etc.) the number (of) b. A particular body or company of persons or things. Now only in constructions denoting inclusion, as of (also in, etc.) the number (of). ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > an assemblage or collection > [noun] > of people or animals > regarded as a whole or a body of people gathered weredc725 trumec893 thrumOE wharfOE flockOE farec1275 lithc1275 ferd1297 companyc1300 flotec1300 routc1300 rowc1300 turbc1330 body1340 numberc1350 congregation1382 presencec1390 meiniec1400 storec1400 sum1400 manya1425 collegec1430 peoplec1449 schoola1450 turm1483 catervea1492 garrison?a1513 shoal1579 troop1584 bevy1604 roast1608 horde1613 gross1617 rhapsody1654 sortment1710 tribe1715 c1350 Psalter (BL Add. 17376) in K. D. Bülbring Earliest Compl. Eng. Prose Psalter (1891) 192 (MED) Þe praiseable numbre of prophetes herieþ þe. c1390 G. Chaucer Melibeus 2710 I am nat of the nombre of right parfite men. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 23875 (MED) He has us in his numbur tald, Als his scepe of his aun fald. a1425 Rule St. Benet (Lansd.) (1902) 1 (MED) He..hase vochyd safe to cownte vs in þe nummer of hys sons. 1485 W. Caxton in Malory's Morte Darthur Pref. sig. ij Admytted..in to the nombre of the ix beste & worthy, of whome was fyrst the noble Arthur. a1500 tr. A. Chartier Quadrilogue (Rawl.) (1974) 228 (MED) He was betin with roddis and aftir that put to the fotemen as oon of their numbur. a1538 A. Abell Roit or Quheill of Tyme f. 51, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Noumer Sum puttis him nocht in nowmir of papis. ?a1562 G. Cavendish Life Wolsey (1959) 51 The kyng..hauyng abought his person..beside the wonderfull nomber of nobyll men & gentilmen iijre great Gardes. 1611 Bible (King James) 2 Cor. x. 12 For we dare not make our selues of the number . View more context for this quotation c1626 H. Bisset Rolment Courtis (1920) I. 201 The lordis appovntis uthir foure of there numer to succeid..quhill the course cum about the [haill] numer. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost v. 843 But more illustrious made, since he the Head One of our number thus reduc't becomes. View more context for this quotation 1754 Earl of Chatham Lett. to Nephew (1804) iv. 25 Is gratitude in the number of a man's virtues? 1785 T. Jefferson Let. 1 Sept. in Papers (1953) VIII. 460 The Emperior continues to give proofs of his desire..of receiving us into the number of his tributaries. 1852 W. E. Gladstone Exam. Reply Neapolitan Govt. 25 They would..rank as enemies of order, and be added to the number of those who are the unfortunate subjects of the return. 1874 A. Trollope Phineas Redux II. xxviii. 225 They would have a few friends with them, and Madame Goesler would be one of the number. 1917 E. Wharton Summer xv. 234 She had seen too many village love-stories end in that way. Poor Rose Coles's miserable marriage was of the number. 1961 K. Tynan Curtains i. 137 The effect on the prison population of the knowledge that one of their number is about to be ritually strangled. 1986 J. Nagenda Seasons of T. Tebo ii. iv. 68 Thomas didn't know whether or not Mike was of their number back in Dondo. to (also of, etc.) the number of P2. to (also of, etc.) the number of (a specified number). Formerly also without preposition. ΚΠ a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 341 (MED) Bartholanus..come þider wiþ his þre sones..and [they] encresede to þe noumbre of nyne þowsand men. a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vii. 1102 (MED) Libra sit in the nombre of sevene. ?a1450 ( J. Lydgate Serpent of Division (McClean) (1911) 60 Sche sente þe schorte somme of hir sentence..compendiously in þe Nombre of sixe lettirs. a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll. 13) (1990) III. 1196 Many owchys, isette with stonys and perelys in golde, to the numbir of a thousande. a1533 Ld. Berners tr. Arthur of Brytayn (?1560) cii. sig. D*vv Al thys company were to the numbre of .xv. thousande knightes. 1582 N. Lichefield tr. F. L. de Castanheda 1st Bk. Hist. Discouerie E. Indias i. vii. 18 b Where also then were in sight the number of twentie Moores skirmishing with their dartes. 1629 in P. H. Brown Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1901) 2nd Ser. III. 51 Unleveyed..of the nomber of threttie sax. 1643 in Charters, Writs & Pub. Documents Dundee (1880) 89 Every boat comming into the shore..sall exact thereof the number of one hundreth herings. 1699 G. Farquhar Love & Bottle iii. 25 There was Mrs. Mary, Mrs. Margaret, Mrs. Lucy, Mrs. Susan, Mrs. Judy, and so forth; to the number of five and twenty, or thereabouts. 1720 D. Defoe Mem. Cavalier 209 Stamford's Regiment was entirely cut in Pieces, and several others, to the Number of about 800 Men. 1775 P. Van Cortlandt Let. 13 Nov. in J. Judd Corr. Van Cortlandt Family (1977) 33 Tories from the eastward..to the number of two or three hundred. 1852 J. D. Canning Harp & Plow 155 The candidates mounted the stump for display; While some Oberlin men, To the number of ten, Bethought it a matter for which they should pray. 1926 W. Lewis Art of being Ruled vii. v. 203 The groups..are to be counted to the number of four. 1986 B. Lopez Arctic Dreams vi. 231 There were..mock moons or paraselenae to the number of six. < as lemmas |
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