| 单词 | at one's own hand |
| 释义 | > as lemmasat one's own hand (1) By one's own authority, of one's own accord. Originally and chiefly Scottish. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > independence > independent [phrase] > one's own master or mistress of, at one's own swinge1536 sui juris1587 at one's own hand1619 c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 156 Ffor thou has..tane at thyne awin hand alsmekle or mar-na j held of thyne. ?1548 D. Lindsay Tragical Death Dauid Beaton sig. Divv Thou haste taken the power at thyne owne hande, without any authoritie of the churche. 1644 Articles of Warre 5 No Captaine shall presume at his owne hand, without warrant of the Lord Generall, to casseer or give a Passe to any enrolled Souldier or Officer. 1700 in Pennsylvania Arch. (1852) I. 130 The proprietors did not set up a government at their own hands but were authorized. ?1760 S. Haliburton Mem. Magopico ii. 7 Being a Lad of pregnant Parts, he takes them up at his own Hand. 1837 Rep. Supreme Courts Scotl. 9 600/2 When parties have entered into a mutual contract of a solemn nature, neither party can, at his own hand, put an end to the connection. 1899 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Jan. 144/1 Certain ill-advised and hasty persons..actually presumed ultroneously, at their own hand, and without Mr Parnell's sanction, express or implied, to assassinate the new Chief Secretary. 1927 Sc. Hist. Rev. 24 105 At his own hand and in defiance of two Acts of Sederunt [the Deputy Clerk Register] has relaxed them [sc. regulations]. (2) At one's own disposal; one's own master. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1591 J. Penry tr. T. de Bèze Propositions & Princ. Diuinitie xxxi. 74 Any, that are not at their owne hand and ordering. 1619 MS Canterbury Marriage Licences Lidia Webb..nowe at her owne hand, her parents being all dead. 1798 Monthly Mag. Dec. 428/1 A very general inclination in the country labourers to be at their own hand during the summer half year. at (also by) one's own hand(s) (ii) at (also by) one's own hand(s): (with reference to a person's death) through one's own agency; by suicide. ΚΠ 1598 R. Grenewey tr. Tacitus Annales xi. xi. 154 Word was brought Claudius as he was a banquetting, that Messallina was dead, not telling him whether by her owne hand, or any mans else. 1671 W. Vaughan tr. M. Baudier Hist. Admin. Cardinal Ximines vii. 59 The Spaniards say he attempted his own life, and in hope to end his miseries, ended his dayes by his own hand. 1773 J. Priestley Inst. Relig. II. 45 Many of the most eminent Stoicks died by their own hands. 1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India I. iii. iv. 604 Feroksere suffered a violent death, but whether at his own hand, or that of the brothers, is variously affirmed. 1866 A. Trollope Belton Estate I. i. 2 His son Charles was now dead,—had perished by his own hand. 1902 Pop. Sci. Monthly Apr. 523 It is just as valuable..to know that somebody tried to die at his own hand even though he did not succeed. 1987 E. Hammel Guadalcanal 452 He died in 1972 at age fifty-seven by his own hand. 2009 J. Connolly Lovers 62 For the time that he had believed his son had died at his own hand, Daniel had contemplated the horror of the act. < as lemmas |
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