单词 | i am favoured with |
释义 | > as lemmasI am favoured with c. To indulge or oblige (a person) with something. I am favoured with: often used as a courteous form of acknowledgement. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > kindness > treat kindly [verb (transitive)] > be gracious or show favour to > do a favour to or treat favourc1374 to do a person (a) pleasure1460 to show a person (a) pleasure1460 oblige1567 engage1626 caress1679 serve1794 c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. i. i. 4 Fortune..fauored [e] me wiþ lyȝte goodes. 1655 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. I. i. 29 The manner of his death gave Laertius occasion to favour him with this Epigram. 1717 R. Wodrow Corr. (1843) II. 308 I am favoured with yours of the 10th August. 1793 T. Twining in Country Clergym. 18th C. (1882) 185 A lady..was asked to ‘favour us with a song’. 1829 E. Bulwer-Lytton Devereux I. ii. v. 192 Fielding..twice favoured me with visits. 1832 H. Martineau Life in Wilds iv. 48 Agriculture has..been favoured with many privileges. 1841 A. Combe Physiol. Digestion (ed. 3) Pref. p. xxii Having..been early favoured with a copy of the original work. < as lemmas |
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