单词 | at all liberty |
释义 | > as lemmasat all (also good) liberty (b) Not imprisoned or confined; unrestricted, free. In early use also †at all (also good) liberty. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > free or at liberty [phrase] at largec1391 at one's largec1405 at libertyc1425 at one's largesse1487 at more large1523 c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) ii. l. 710 (MED) Eueryche from oþer to be sette a-sonder, Þat þei myȝt, for more comodite, Eche be hem silfe werke at liberte. c1450 (?a1405) J. Lydgate Complaint Black Knight (Fairf.) l. 661 in Minor Poems (1934) ii. 409 (MED) Ye may to-gedre speke What-so yow list at good liberte. 1509 J. Fisher Mornynge Remembraunce Countesse of Rychemonde (de Worde) sig. B.iii He beyng in so grete glorye aboue and at all lyberte. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III i. i. 134 More pitty that the Eagle should be mewed, While keihts and bussards prey at liberty. 1611 M. Smith in Bible (King James) Transl. Pref. 11 They..had rather haue their iudgements at libertie in differences of readings, then to be captiuated to one. 1684 J. Dryden tr. L. Maimbourg Hist. League 163 Who dar'd not to arrest any of them singly, the two remaining being at liberty. 1713 F. Bragge Undissembled & Persevering Relig. xiii. 417 Conscience is then generally at Liberty and Acts without Restraint. 1768 H. Brooke Fool of Quality III. xvi. 238 Sir, said the under keeper [of the jail], there are few men now at liberty wealthier than this Gentleman. 1858 A. Trollope Three Clerks III. xvi. 295 ‘If you knew it was coming,..why didn't you tell a chap?’ ‘I was not at liberty,’ said Mr. Snape, looking very wise. 1882 J. A. Alexander in J. L. Watson Life R. S. Candlish xv. 174 His right arm was at liberty. 1930 W. M. Mann Wild Animals in & out of Zoo iv. 62 He lived half at liberty about camp until our collection grew so that it was necessary to cage him. 1980 Texas Monthly July 170 Society was not going to gain by leaving Lee Otis at liberty. 1990 Daily Tel. 23 May 18 His task was to check that another Abwehr agent, codenamed Tate by MI5, was still at liberty operating independently. < as lemmas |
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