| 单词 | free liking |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfree liking 5. Wish, desire, inclination. Also in free liking: free will, choice, or preference. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > [noun] willeOE hearteOE i-willc888 self-willeOE intent?c1225 device1303 couragec1320 talentc1325 greec1330 voluntyc1330 fantasyc1374 likinga1375 disposingc1380 pleasancea1382 affectionc1390 wish1390 disposition1393 affecta1398 likea1400 lista1400 pleasingc1400 emplesance1424 pleasurec1425 well-willingc1443 notiona1450 mindc1450 fancy1465 empleseur1473 hest?a1513 plighta1535 inclination1541 cue1567 month's mind1580 disposedness1583 leaning1587 humour1595 wouldings1613 beneplacit1643 wouldingness1645 vergency1649 bene-placiture1662 good liking1690 draught1758 tida1774 inkling1787 a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 2225 (MED) Our lord, ȝif his liking be, oure liues now saue! c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Pardoner's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) Prol. l. 127 Youre likyng is þt I shal telle a tale. a1425 (?a1400) G. Chaucer Romaunt Rose (Hunterian) (1891) l. 1975 I wole ben hool at youre devis Forto fulfille youre lykyng. c1426 J. Audelay Poems (1931) 116 Moch froyt þer was here face before, To ete þer-of was here lykyng. a1500 (?a1425) tr. Secreta Secret. (Lamb.) 48 With þe helpe of god þay all shall be subgitȝ to þy likynges. a1592 R. Greene Frier Bacon (1594) sig. G I leaue thee to thine own liking. a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) iii. v. 54 The King had married him Against his liking . View more context for this quotation a1640 T. Risdon Chorogr. Surv. Devon (1811) (modernized text) §12 23 This I leave to the liking of others. 1741 S. Richardson Pamela III. xxxii. 290 Of all Men he is the least to follow his own Liking. 1794 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. XII. 615 It was the custom for the unmarried persons of both sexes to choose a companion, according to their liking, with whom they were to live. 1840 C. Norton Dream 85 He could have loved her—fervently and well; But still the cold world, with its false allure, Bound his free liking in an icy spell. 1859 J. S. Mill On Liberty i. 15 No one, indeed, acknowledges to himself that his standard of judgment is his own liking. 1904 G. Thibaut tr. Rāmānuja in Bādarāyana Vedânta-sûtras III. 693 He who possesses the knowledge of Brahman may, according to his liking, give up the state of a householder. 1985 Hist. Today Feb. 5/2 The Tsar made it a rule that no young couple should be married without their own free liking. < as lemmas |
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