a greatadv.

Brit.

/ə ˈɡreɪt/, U.S.

/ə ˈɡreɪt/

Forms: Middle English agrete, 1500s–1700s (1800s– English regional) agreat, 1800s– agret (English regional (Northamptonshire)).

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: a prep.¹, great n.

Etymology: < a prep.¹ + great n. (compare in great at great adj., n., adv., and int. Phrases 2b). Perhaps compare Anglo-Norman and Middle French en gros wholesale, in bulk (see gross adj. and compare in gross at gross n.⁴ 2).

Now rare (English regional in later use).

Altogether, in all; in bulk, in a large quantity, wholesale; by the whole lot or piece.Cf. in great at great adj., n., adv., and int. Phrases 2b, in gross at gross n.⁴ 2, en masse adv.

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c1400 (?c1380) Pearl l. 560 (MED) And I hyred þe for a peny agrete, Quy bygynnez þou now to þrete? Watz not a pene þy couenaunt þore?

c1450 (c1405) Mum & Sothsegger (BL Add. 41666) (1936) l. 907 (MED) The grapes grovid a-grete in gardyns aboute, And oþer fruytz felefold in feldes and closes.

?1474 R. Calle in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 356 I am a-bowte to selle it all a grete and to brynge it to all moste to as goode proffe as thowe we retayled it oure-silffe.

?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. xliii^v To sell the toppes as they lye a great.

1574 J. Baret Aluearie A 192 Agreat or altogither. Vniuerse..To take a worke agreat, or vpon a price.

1602 Bp. M. Smith Learned Serm. Worcester 26 Certaine young men..beholding fishermen making of a draught, agreed with them agreat for their draft, that what they should hale vp to land in their net should bee theirs.

1646 J. Gregory Notes & Observ. Pref. iii. 16 The way to doe this..will not be to doe the Worke a great, and undertake the whole or any considerable part of the Booke by one man.

1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. Agreat, by the great, by the job.

1854 A. E. Baker Gloss. Northants. Words I. 8 Agreat, or Agret, by the great; work taken or let out to be done by quantity instead of by the day.

1881 S. Evans Evans's Leicestershire Words (new ed.) A-great, by the great.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	a great
释义	a greatadv. Brit. /ə ˈɡreɪt/, U.S. /ə ˈɡreɪt/ Forms: Middle English agrete, 1500s–1700s (1800s– English regional) agreat, 1800s– agret (English regional (Northamptonshire)). Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: a prep.¹, great n. Etymology: < a prep.¹ + great n. (compare in great at great adj., n., adv., and int. Phrases 2b). Perhaps compare Anglo-Norman and Middle French en gros wholesale, in bulk (see gross adj. and compare in gross at gross n.⁴ 2). Now rare (English regional in later use). Altogether, in all; in bulk, in a large quantity, wholesale; by the whole lot or piece.Cf. in great at great adj., n., adv., and int. Phrases 2b, in gross at gross n.⁴ 2, en masse adv. ΚΠ c1400 (?c1380) Pearl l. 560 (MED) And I hyred þe for a peny agrete, Quy bygynnez þou now to þrete? Watz not a pene þy couenaunt þore? c1450 (c1405) Mum & Sothsegger (BL Add. 41666) (1936) l. 907 (MED) The grapes grovid a-grete in gardyns aboute, And oþer fruytz felefold in feldes and closes. ?1474 R. Calle in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 356 I am a-bowte to selle it all a grete and to brynge it to all moste to as goode proffe as thowe we retayled it oure-silffe. ?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. xliii^v To sell the toppes as they lye a great. 1574 J. Baret Aluearie A 192 Agreat or altogither. Vniuerse..To take a worke agreat, or vpon a price. 1602 Bp. M. Smith Learned Serm. Worcester 26 Certaine young men..beholding fishermen making of a draught, agreed with them agreat for their draft, that what they should hale vp to land in their net should bee theirs. 1646 J. Gregory Notes & Observ. Pref. iii. 16 The way to doe this..will not be to doe the Worke a great, and undertake the whole or any considerable part of the Booke by one man. 1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. Agreat, by the great, by the job. 1854 A. E. Baker Gloss. Northants. Words I. 8 Agreat, or Agret, by the great; work taken or let out to be done by quantity instead of by the day. 1881 S. Evans Evans's Leicestershire Words (new ed.) A-great, by the great. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adv.c1400
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