| 单词 | for term of life |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfor (also †to) term of (a person's) life P9. Chiefly Law. for (also †to) term of (a person's) life: as long as the person in question lives; until the person's death. Now historical.Formerly also without for or to. [After Anglo-Norman a terme de vie, a terme de sa vie (both late 13th cent. or earlier), pur terme de vie, pur terme de sa vie (both late 14th cent. or earlier); compare post-classical Latin ad terminum vite to term of life (from 13th cent. in British sources).] ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > [noun] > course or span of life life-dayOE year-daysOE timeOE dayOE lifeOE life's timeOE livelihoodOE yearOE lifetimea1300 life-whilea1300 for (also to) term of (a person's) lifea1325 coursec1384 livingc1390 voyage1390 agea1398 life's dayc1425 thread1447 racea1450 living daysc1450 natural life1461 lifeness1534 twist1568 leasec1595 span1599 clew1615 marcha1625 peregrination1653 clue1684 stamen1701 life term1739 innings1772 lifelong1814 pass-through1876 inning1885 natural1891 life cycle1915 puff1967 the world > life > source or principle of life > [adverb] > in one's life > for remaining period of one's life for (also to) term of (a person's) lifea1325 for life1548 a1325 Statutes of Realm (2011) vii. 60 Pasture þat is in tenauntes hond..to terme of liue, oþer of ȝeres, oþer in feo itailled. 1376 in L. Morsbach Mittelengl. Originalurkunden (1923) 2 (MED) Þe forsede londes fulle in-to water Dunes hond and his heires, and in pes held he terme of his lif, and his heires after him, with-oute chalenges of any man. c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 171 And there he lyueth in ioye and in honour Terme of his lyue. 1504 W. Copulldyke Will in B. Cusack Everyday Eng. 1500–1700 (1998) 327 I will that my wyffe hawe hyre Iwnter without eny interrupcion terme of hyre lyfe. 1528–30 tr. T. Littleton Tenures (new ed.) f. iii The husbande hathe estate in the speciall tayle, and the wyfe but for terme of lyfe. 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 725 That Henry the Sixth should enjoy the right of the kingdome for tearme of life only. 1788 V. Knox Winter Evenings I. iii. 34 What men draw from their education generally sticks by them for term of life. 1830 Laws Commonw. for Governm. Mass. State Prison 13 Confinement to hard labor, for term of life or years. 1877 G. Hill Hist. Acct. Plantation in Ulster i. 32 The castles, hereditaments, and lands, hereby appointed to Sir Tirlagh, excepted only for term of his life. 1955 Econ. Hist. Rev. 7 351 William Sergeant of Wolveston had a licence to lease three of his fifteen acres, one in each field, for term of his life. 2016 N. G. Jones in M. Godfrey Law & Authority in Brit. Legal Hist. ii. 24 Sir John Wilshire..provided in his will that his widow should enjoy the premises for term of her life. < as lemmas |
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