| 单词 | in variance |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin variance Phrases P1. in variance. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > at variance [phrase] > forming subject of dissension in variance1461 at travers1524 society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > action of courts in claims or grievances > [phrase] > that is subject of legal action in variance1461 in suita1538 in litigation1856 1461–2 in T. Stapleton Plumpton Corr. (1839) 4 He is agred..to put all thing that is in variance betwixt you & him in the said Sir John & me. 1468 Searchers Verdicts in Surtees Misc. (1890) 18 A grounde þat stode in variaunce betwix thabbot & Convent. 1534 in I. S. Leadam Select Cases Star Chamber (1911) II. 317 Suche matteres as then were in varyaunce bytwene the seid Mulsho and the seid Selby. 1559 Bp. Scot in J. Strype Ann. Reformation (1824) I. ii. App. x. 32 Consider, I beseche you, the matters here in Varyaunce. 1588 W. Lambarde Eirenarcha (new ed.) iv. iv. 438 One that mooueth pleas or sutes..to the end to have part of the land, or other thing in variance. 1713 M. Henry Disc. Meekness (1822) 118 If meekness rule, matters in variance may be fairly reasoned and adjusted. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > hatred > state of variance or disunion > [adjective] unsaughtc1100 unsomec1275 in variancec1465 at variance1528 at variancea1535 opposed1584 at (or at the, on the) outs1824 c1465 Engl. Chron. (Camden) 64 It happid that with boistez langage.. he fil in variaunce with thaym, and thay fil on him. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. cccxix. 493 The realme of Englande was as then in great variaunce among themselfe. P2. at variance. a. Of persons: In a state of discord, dissension, or enmity. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > at variance [phrase] in (also into, on, a) piecesa1275 in strife1398 at traversc1448 at issue1474 at a strife1488 at variancea1535 at square1545 at (a) jar1552 at (or to) daggers' drawing1556 at (a) mutiny1567 in (a) mutiny1567 at wrig-wrag1599 at daggers drawn1668 at (or at the, on the) outs1824 loggerhead1831 at daggers' points1857 at swords' points1890 the mind > emotion > hatred > state of variance or disunion > [adjective] unsaughtc1100 unsomec1275 in variancec1465 at variance1528 at variancea1535 opposed1584 at (or at the, on the) outs1824 a1535 T. More Hist. Richard III in Wks. (1557) 36/1 The Lordes whome he knewe at Varyaunce, hymselfe in hys deathe bedde appeased. 1598 R. Bernard tr. Terence Andria iii. ii, in Terence in Eng. 91 Simo and Davus are at variance about the birth of the child. 1650 T. Bayly Worcesters Apophthegmes 4 The Servants of his house..were never at variance, in point of Religion. 1683 in F. P. Verney & M. M. Verney Mem. Verney Family 17th Cent. (1907) II. 363 Whielst the Emperor and Turke are at variance. a1708 W. Beveridge Thes. Theologicus (1710) II. 337 God and man naturally are at variance. a1781 R. Watson Hist. Reign Philip III (1783) i. 40 Neither of the courts at variance seemed..inclined to prolong the war. 1836 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece II. 77 The rest of the Peloponnesian allies, seeing the two kings at variance, followed the example of the Corinthians. 1870 W. C. Bryant tr. Homer Iliad I. ii. 34 The powers who dwell In the celestial mansions are no more At variance. b. Const. with, among(st or between, from. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > hatred > state of variance or disunion > [adjective] unsaughtc1100 unsomec1275 in variancec1465 at variance1528 at variancea1535 opposed1584 at (or at the, on the) outs1824 (a) (b)1577 R. Holinshed Hist. Eng. 78/1 in Chron. I The Britaynes..were at variance amongst themselues.1694 E. Phillips tr. J. Milton Lett. of State 240 We have beheld the Protestant Princes..more and more at weakning variance among themselves.1867 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest I. iv. 240 The Breton princes..were at variance between themselves.(c)1885 Times (Weekly ed.) 6 Mar. 11/4 A Government from which..he is totally at variance on points even more important.1528 in I. S. Leadam Select Cases Star Chamber (1911) II. 177 James hath brokyn with..his Neyburus..and is at gret waryance with them. 1593 Bacchus Bountie C 4 Hee falls at variance with mistris Merigodowne. 1650 Nicholas P. (Camden) 204 And they do their best to set this good Princess at variance with her Mother in Law. 1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 1585 What cause Brought him so soon at variance with himself Among his foes? View more context for this quotation 1736 in 10th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1885) App. i. 454 One..with whom you were at Variance. 1782 F. Burney Cecilia IV. viii. ii. 170 It is with myself only I am at variance. 1839 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece VI. 39 On all matters as to which he was at variance with the Athenians. 1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People iii. §5. 138 Every year found the Justiciary at greater variance with Rome. c. In the phrases to set (or †fall) at variance. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > hatred > quarrel or falling out > fall out or quarrel [verb] to fall out?1499 to set (or fall) at variancec1522 society > society and the community > dissent > quarrel or quarrelling > quarrel [verb (intransitive)] threapc1175 disputea1225 thretec1400 varyc1450 fray1465 to fall out1470 to set (or fall) at variancec1522 quarrel1530 square1530 to break a straw1542 to be or to fall at (a) square1545 to fall at jar1552 cowl1556 tuilyie1565 jarl1580 snarl1597 to fall foul1600 to cast out1730 fisticuff1833 spat1848 cagmag1882 rag1889 to part brass-rags1898 hassle1949 blue1955 society > society and the community > dissent > become at variance with [verb (transitive)] > cause (dissension) > set (people) at variance to-bear971 to cast (in) a bone1498 to set (or fall) at variancec1522 to set by the ears?1566 distract1597 to set outa1610 jarc1615 dissentiate1628 vary1795 (a) (b)c1522 T. More Treat. Memorare Nouissima in Wks. (1557) I. 89 Now shal ye se men fall at varyance for kissyng of the pax.a1578 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) II. 45 The earle of Lennox and the cardinall was fallin at warience.1641 Naunton's Fragmenta Regalia sig. C4 Mars, and Mercury, fell at variance, whose servant he should be.1526 Bible (Tyndale) Matt. x. f. xiijv For y am come to sett a man att varyaunce ageynst hys father. [So in later versions.] 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Prov. xvii. B He yt discloseth the faute, setteth frendes at variaunce. 1643 R. Baker Chron. Kings of Eng. iv. 77 The Spaniards set Yorke and Stanley at variance. 1655 in F. P. Verney & M. M. Ferney Mem. Verney Family 17th Cent. (1907) I. 557 Pale-faced envye, mixt with hatred and mallice, hath done there best indeavour to sett us att variance. 1713 J. Addison Cato i. iv To disguise our passions, To set our looks at variance with our thoughts. 1755 E. Young Centaur i. 5 Prone to..set things at variance, which, by nature, are allies. d. Of things: In a state of disagreement or difference; conflicting, differing. Usually const. with. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > disharmony or incongruity > out of harmony [phrase] out of tune1535 at variance1709 out of character1782 out of harmony1853 (a) (b)1780 Mirror No. 84 Nature and Fashion are two opposite powers, that have long been at variance with one another.1785 W. Cowper Task iv. 621 Arms,..in whatever cause, Seem most at variance with all moral good.1816 S. W. Singer Researches Hist. Playing Cards i. 58 An exquisite Chinese painting is at variance with this assertion.1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. i. 246 His conduct was not a little at variance with his professions.a1881 A. Barratt Physical Metempiric (1883) 240 With a doctrine, like Kant's, that [etc]..., my philosophy is wholly at variance.1709 A. Pope Spring in Poet. Misc.: 6th Pt. 727 She runs, but hopes she does not run unseen; While a kind glance at her Pursuer flies, How much at variance are her Feet and Eyes! 1797 H. Lee Canterbury Tales I. 72 His tongue and his countenance were a little at variance. 1826 D. Booth Art of Brewing (ed. 2) 9 The opinions and practices of most brewers are completely at variance upon the subject of mashing. 1868 E. Edwards Life Sir W. Ralegh I. 505 Men's opinions of the worth of what Ralegh actually did as an historian are much at variance. 1910 Edinb. Rev. Jan. 39 The brow and the mouth are at variance. < as lemmas |
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