| 单词 | false prophet |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfalse prophet 9. Of a person or his speech: Uttering or expressing what is untrue; mendacious. (In false prophet the sense varies between this and A. 13b). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > [adjective] leasea900 liec975 false?c1225 unsoothfasta1300 untruefulc1380 trothlessa1393 fickle-tongue1393 truthlessa1522 lying1535 fabling1548 forging1593 mendacious1616 soothless1803 storytelling1839 unveracious1845 fabricatory1855 untruthful1858 falsidical1866 leasing1873 inveracious1885 ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 56 Þet þe witnesse ne pruuie ham for ualse. c1325 Metr. Hom. 99 Thai..said that Crist was fals prophete. 1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 3366 Sacrilege, and fals wittenessyng. c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 284 Falce gloseris maken goddis lawe derk. c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Mark xiii. 22 Fals Cristis and fals prophetis schulen ryse vp. 1545 G. Joye Expos. Daniel (iii.) f. 32 Dauid..abhorreth soche false accusers. 1560 Bible (Geneva) Mal. iii. 5 I will be a swift witnes agaynst false swearers. a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) iii. ii. 30 Innocence shall make False Accusation blush. View more context for this quotation 1662 E. Stillingfleet Origines Sacræ ii. v. §5 There may be false Prophets as well as true. 1693 W. Congreve Old Batchelour iv. ii. 34 My Face is a False-Witness, and deserves to be pillory'd. 1822 T. De Quincey Confessions Eng. Opium-eater 115 Oh! just..and mighty opium! that summonest to the chancery of dreams, for the triumphs of suffering innocence, false witnesses. false prophet b. Prefixed to personal designations: Pretended, that is not really such; esp. in false god, false prophet. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > [noun] > false or heathen god devileOE demonOE false goda1175 field-devil1530 puppetries1610 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > [adjective] > feigned, fictitious falsea1175 feignedc1386 pretenced1425 pretended1461 counterfeit1530 personate1565 sham1683 personated1711 fictitiousa1781 pretence1853 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > inspired prophecy > [noun] > a prophet or seer > a false prophet pseudopropheta1425 false prophet1552 pseudomantis1652 mimo-prophet1668 a1175 Cott. Hom. 237 Þurh false godes þe ælc þiode ham selfe macede. c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 83 Þese ben false cristene. c1250 Meid. Maregrete iii He levede on þe false godes. c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Baruch vi. 58 It is beter a kyng for to be schewynge..a profitable vesselle..than fals goddis [1560 Geneva Then such false gods]. 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Ffalse messenger..ffalse prophet. 1870 (title) False heir and other choice stories for the young. < as lemmas |
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