单词 | god defend |
释义 | > as lemmasGod (also heaven) defend God (also heaven) defend: used to express a fervent wish that a particular event should not occur or as an expression of dismay or horror at the idea that it might occur. Chiefly with clause as object. Cf. God forbid at forbid v. 2b, God forfend at forfend v. 2a. Now archaic and rare. [Compare Anglo-Norman Deu defende, Middle French, French que Dieu défende (first half of the 14th cent. or earlier).] ΚΠ 1389 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith Eng. Gilds (1870) 4 [Ȝif it] be so þt eny debat chaunselich falle among eny of hem, þt god defende. 1425 W. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 3 God defende þat any of my pouere kyn shuld be of swych gouernaunce. a1475 J. Fortescue Governance of Eng. (Laud) (1885) 133 (MED) He dothe it maugre the peple, wich God defende þat the kynge oure souerayn lorde shulde do vppon is peple. 1509 tr. A. de la Sale Fyftene Ioyes of Maryage (de Worde) (new ed.) iii. sig. D.jv God defende that it be so. 1552 T. Barnabe Let. 1 Oct. in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1827) 2nd Ser. II. 202 Yf so be yt that we shoulde warre with them, (as God defende). 1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing ii. i. 86 God defend the lute should be like the case. View more context for this quotation 1695 W. Congreve Love for Love ii. i. 30 Marry Heav'n defend—I at Midnight Practices. 1794 W. Godwin Caleb Williams III. iii. 46 God defend that I should say a word again thieving as a general occupation! 1838 Brit. & Foreign Rev. 7 334 God defend that ever a Judge holding such principles should sit on the bench of justice in England. 1885 Weekly Wisconsin (Milwaukee) 8 July 2/2 Heaven defend that I should think that at any time. 1914 S. A. Eliot tr. F. Wedekind Erdgeist iii. 61 God defend that anyone should take you from us! 1995 M. Foss World of Camelot 120 For God defend that you shall remain a Saracen through my default. < as lemmas |
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