单词 | faithed |
释义 | faithedadj. 1. As the second element in parasynthetic compounds: having religious faith of the specified intensity or quality, as feeble-faithed, strong-faithed, etc.; (also) that has a faith or religion of a specified type, as strange faithed, etc. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > [adjective] > having faith leaffulOE ileaffulOE belieffula1200 faithfulc1384 trowinga1400 faitheda1413 believing1442 fiable1483 professant1621 professing1651 a1413 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (Pierpont Morgan) (1881) i. l. 1000 Than arn þei folk þat..strengest feyþed ben. 1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. 507/2 There wer no weake conscience of feble-faithed folk offended. 1545 G. Joye Expos. Daniel (vi.) f. 90 He is weake faithed which loueth and enbraceth the trwe doctrine..albeit he dare not defende it openly. 1604 H. Broughton Aduert. Corrupt. Handling Relig. sig. C Malachy speaketh nothing of the Temple, but of maintenance for the Levites, & of strange faithed wiues. 1649 Mercurius Pragmaticus No. 12. sig. M2 These jealousies of scarcity stuck upon the stomacks of the weaker faith'd Saints. 1810 E. Moor Hindu Pantheon 180 Other philosophical sceptics will scarcely believe any thing, in opposition to their easy-faithed brethren. 1885 19th Cent. Oct. 548 The many-faithed and many-minded House of Commons. 1920 Amer. Med. Sept. 502/1 The union of full-faithed believers. 1941 P. Brunton Hiddden Teaching beyond Yoga vi. 152 An American businessman who worshipped in his own mystical way and knew how to die nobly and high-faithed when the Lusitania was sunk. 2002 K. Pollitt in Nation 4 Mar. 10/1 We're all supposed to pretend to love our differently faithed neighbor, even if we know he's bound for hell. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > agreement > promise > [adjective] > promised or vowed behotenc1200 hotena1325 plightedc1325 fasted1440 promised1449 pledged1552 faithed1556 behighted1571 voted1586 vowed1590 sacramental1665 avowed1720 sworn1819 arrhal1873 1556 N. Grimald tr. Cicero Thre Bks. Duties iii. f. 150 Hast thou thy faithed promise broke? [L. Fregistin fidem?] 1581 W. Averell Life & Death Charles & Iulia sig. Eiij If the Gods vouchsafe my health to render, I wyll fulfill my former faythed vowe. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.a1413 |
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