| 单词 | at the instance of |
| 释义 | > as lemmasat the instance of a. Urgency in speech or action; urgent entreaty, solicitation; earnestness; persistence. archaic, except in at the instance of (a person), at the solicitation, suit, instigation, or suggestion of. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > motivation > [phrase] > at the suggestion of at the instance ofc1340 the mind > will > decision > perseverance or persistence > [noun] > insistence instancec1340 insistence1611 insistency1859 the mind > will > motivation > [noun] > incitement or instigation > exhortation admonishmentc1275 instancec1340 exhortationc1384 exhortc1475 enhortment1477 enhorting1483 exhorting1490 adhortation1536 hortationc1540 exhortary1584 urging1615 cohortation1642 exhortancea1662 adjuration1782 evangelism1908 the mind > language > speech > request > [noun] > earnest request or entreaty > importunity or urgency instancec1340 importunityc1425 instancy1515 importunateness?1526 importunacy1548 importancea1555 importancy1576 opportunitya1586 urgencec1592 urgency1611 clamorousnessa1617 pressingness1661 precariousness1666 supplicancy1728 beseechingness1863 imploringness1863 pleadingness1866 demandingness1930 c1340 R. Rolle Prose Treat. 26 At þe prayere and instaunce of oþer. a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Judith iv. 8 Al the puple criede to the Lord with gret instaunce. a1464 J. Capgrave Abbreuiacion of Cron. (Cambr. Gg.4.12) (1983) 137 The kyng, compellid..on þe oþir party be instauns of þe lordes. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Eph. vi. 18 Watch thervnto with all instance and supplicacion. 1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie i. xix. 23 b Declaryng unto them..that at the instaunce and request of [etc.]. 1642 D. Rogers Naaman 31 The instance and unweariednesse of the besieging army hath battered downe the forts. 1667 Bp. J. Taylor 2nd Pt. Dissuasive from Popery ii. iv. 86 The French Embassador..made instance for restitution of the Chalice to the Laity. 1770 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) II. xxxvi. 61 The unhappy man, who yields at last to such personal instance and solicitation. 1851 R. Hussey Rise Papal Power i. 29 The Emperor, at the Pope's instance summoned Flavianus to Rome. 1866 D. Greenwell Ess. 175 The reverend gentleman labours his point with strong instance and perseverance. at (in) the instance of ΚΠ 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 219 b/1 Wherfore mayst not thou atte instaunce of my merytes and prayers be meued to pennaunce. 1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. lvi. [lviii.] 195 I praye you, in the instaunce of loue and peas, to conuey me to speke with the kynge. < as lemmas |
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