单词 | in great |
释义 | > as lemmasin great (a) In total; in all. Also all in great. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > the whole or all > that is all or the whole [phrase] > in all or altogether by numbera1375 in numbera1375 in allc1380 first and lastc1390 all wholea1393 in companya1393 in sum1399 full and whole1402 in great1421 whole and somec1425 in (the) whole1432 one with another1436 in (the) hale1437 all in great1533 up and down1562 one and other1569 in (the) aggregate1644 all told1814 1421 in T. Rymer Fœdera (1710) X. 162 (MED) The said Ambassiatours shall..profre hym that Some in grete. 1533 T. More Answere Poysened Bk. Pref. sig. Bbv In that parte also the man bryngeth in two placys all in great, which he hathe pyked out..amonge all my bokes. (b) = by the great at Phrases 2c, in various senses. Also occasionally in the great, (Scottish) in greats. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > a great quantity, amount, or degree [phrase] > in large quantities by (also at, in) wholesale1417 in great1447 by greatc1475 by the whole1592 by the yard1845 in block1870 in bulk1908 like peas1959 1447–8 in S. A. Moore Lett. & Papers J. Shillingford (1871) ii. 92 (MED) Theire custumes..iiij d. of every pipe..that is there y-boghte to be solde ayen yn grete or retaill. c1450 tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Lyfe Manhode (Cambr.) (1869) 32 Thinketh not..that it sufficeth to biholde and thinke the sinnes in gret. 1480 Wardrobe Accts. Edward IV in N. H. Nicolas Privy Purse Expenses Elizabeth of York (1830) 126 For binding and dressing of thre smalle bookes..price in grete vj s. viij d. c1530 Bible (Tyndale) Matt. v–vii. 52 b The publycans bought in greate ye emperours tribute. 1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. 833/2 The labourers would in no wise labour by the daie, but all by taske & in great. 1598 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1848) II. 168 That na inhabitant..gadder the same [victuall] in gryt, and keip the same to ane darth. 1631 in Burgh Laws Dundee (1872) 5 July For selling of salt in greats. 1670 S. Wilson Lassels's Voy. Italy (new ed.) i. 155 Before I come to the particulars of what I saw in Florence, I will consider it in great, and then come to the Detail of it. 1771 A. Young Farmer's Tour E. Eng. II. xv. 186 Every thing is bought in the great, and paid for at once. 1790 J. Bentham Wks. (1838–43) X. 233 Accustomed to view things in the great, this virtue, if it be one, costs me no less, perhaps, than most people. 1792 E. Burke Let. Nov. in Corr. (1968) VII. 301 For want of ever dealing in the Great, they do not know, that, tho' Multitudes may be deluded, they never can be bribed. 1842 A. Vavasour My Last Tour vi. 50 Taking the subject in the great, it is for the general good that the English should travel and sojourn, a little while, on the Continent. (c) On a large or larger scale, esp. in comparison with something with the same proportions but smaller. Also occasionally in the great. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > large [phrase] > on a large scale in folio1590 in large?1601 in great1635 1635 A. Stafford Femall Glory 7 I shall endeavour to limme her soule in little (since in great neither my time, nor ability will let me). 1652 H. Cogan tr. M. de Scudery Ibrahim ii. iii. 49 Having demanded of this pretended Painter, whether he could work in great, as well as in little. 1673 J. Dryden Marriage a-la-Mode Ep. Ded. sig. Biii Being that in Little, which your Lordship is in Great. 1699 R. Burthogge Of Soul of World in Coll. Scarce & Valuable Tracts (1748) II. 234 The World itself is, after a Sort, an Animal in great. 1769 J. Watt in Q. Rev. (1858) 104 433 The necessary experience in great was wanting. 1795 J. Bentham Wks. (1838–43) X. 307 The Duke..gave him orders for making some [baggage-wagons] in the great [from a small model]. (d) In large letters. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > a great quantity, amount, or degree [phrase] in greata1642 a1642 J. Suckling Poems 11 in Fragmenta Aurea (1646) Not a man in the place But had discontent writ in great [1648 at large] in his face. < as lemmas |
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