| 单词 | in spite of a person's beard |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin spite of (also maugre) a person's beard ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > in the face of or in opposition [phrase] > defiance to one's face, teethc1000 in spite of (despite, maugre, etc.) one's teethc1230 in the teeth1297 maugre a person's head (also beard, cheeks, eyes, heart, neck, teeth, will, etc.)c1325 maugre his nosec1325 despitec1380 in (the) maugre (of)c1450 in spite of (also maugre) a person's beard?1537 in the teeth of1792 malgré lui1796 ?1537 Enq. & Verdite Death of Richard Hune To Rdr. sig. a3 The light is now broken forth (thankes be to the Lorde) mager theire beardes. 1538 N. Wyse Consol. for Chrysten People to repayre agayn Lordes Temple sig. C.2 God wolde no longer suffre his Gospell to gyue place to theyr wycked purposes, but..it shulde come forthe in spyte of theyr beardes. 1555 J. Traves Let. in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1721) III. ii. App. xxxiii. 87 Yea mawgre the berdis of al hard harts, God wil at length..delyver thee. 1601 A. Dent Plaine Mans Path-way to Heauen 90 Yet at last they must spite of their beardes, end where they beganne. 1860 J. L. Motley Hist. Netherlands (1868) II. xix. 513 He may see your Highness enjoy your blessed estate, maugre the beards of all confederated leaguers. < as lemmas |
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