单词 | at or in election |
释义 | > as lemmasat or in (one's) election a. The exercise of deliberate choice or preference; choice between alternatives, esp. in matters of conduct. †at or in (one's) election: at (one's) option or discretion. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > free will > choice or choosing > [noun] curec1000 custOE chirec1175 choosingc1200 choice1297 walea1352 dilection1388 election1393 elect1398 choose1430 option1549 1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 86 Which stant in disposicion Of mannes fre election. 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 321/4 Where he now resteth by his election and by the purueaunce of god. ?1510 T. More tr. G. F. Pico della Mirandola Lyfe I. Picus sig. b.vi Which he wolde chese if he shuld of necessite be dryuen to that one & at his election. 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. aviv Vsed to chose by election & full delyberacion, ye thyng yt is of lesse goodnesse. 1602 W. Fulbecke Parallele or Conf. Law i. 26 Where the tenant is outlawed of felony, it is in the Lords election to haue a Writ of Escheate. 1670 Earl of Clarendon Ess. in Tracts (1727) 191 True virtue presupposeth an election. 1685 W. Petty Will 11 As for beggars by trade and election I give them nothing. 1754 J. Edwards Careful Enq. Freedom of Will i. iv. 26 A Man has a Thing in his Power, if he has it in his Choice, or at his Election. 1804 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. III. 346 Disseisins of incorporeal hereditaments are only at the election and choice of the party injured. 1827 T. Jarman Powell's Ess. Learning of Devises (ed. 3) II. 71 The enquiry, who are personally competent to make, and what amounts to such an election. 1859 J. S. Mill On Liberty v. 179 So ordering matters that persons shall make their election..on their own prompting. 1873 R. Browning Red Cotton Night-cap Country ii. 120 On such a lady if election light..If henceforth ‘all the world’ she constitute For any lover. < as lemmas |
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