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单词 at utterance
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at (the) utterance
3. at (the) utterance:
a. With the highest degree of energy or vigour; with the utmost force or violence; to the last or uttermost degree. Frequently with verbs, esp. fight. (Cf. 2a.)
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > violent action or operation > violently [phrase]
of hardc1330
at (the) utterance1480
hip and thigh1560
with a vengeance1568
with a powderc1600
with a siserary1607
full fling1614
with the vengeance1693
like a thousand (also hundred) of brick(s)1836
1480 W. Caxton Chron. Eng. ccxlii. 148 b Than thees two worthy lordes comen..and weren redy in the place for to fight at vtteraunce.
1485 W. Caxton tr. Thystorye & Lyf Charles the Grete sig. cviijv/2 They lete theyr horses renne wyth a grete courage for to Iuste at vtteraunce.
1485 W. Caxton tr. Thystorye & Lyf Charles the Grete sig. gvjv/2 Þe pylers of marble & other stones bygonnen to brenne & make fyre at vtteraunce.
1548 Hall's Vnion: Richard III f. xxvj He woulde fighte with hym at the vtteraunce.
1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. 684 Corbis and Orsua made profession to trie the title at the utterance by dint of sword.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) iii. i. 72 Of him, I gather'd Honour, Which he, to seeke of me againe, perforce, Behooues me keepe at vtterance . View more context for this quotation
a1630 D. Hume Hist. Houses Douglas & Angus (1644) 30 Hee used them so gently, which he would not have done if he had taken it [sc. the castle] at utterance.
b. To the utmost of (one's power). Obsolete.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > effort or exertion > [phrase] > thoroughly or to the utmost > of one's power
to the utterestc1400
at (the) utterestc1420
to the utmostc1450
at (the) utterance1513
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid xii. ix. 124 Euery man..At the vtyrrans of all his fors gan fycht.
c. At the last extremity. Obsolete. rare.
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the world > life > death > dead person or the dead > [adjective] > dying
deadlyc893
swelting?a1400
dyingc1450
at (the) utterance1525
in (the, his) extremes1551
parting1562
Acherontic1597
ending1600
departing1603
on one's last legs1614
expiring1635
mortifying1649
morient1679
upon one's last stretch1680
gasping1681
à la mort1700
moribund1721
outward-bound1809
terminal1854
on the brink of the grave1872
defunctive1929
1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. xxiv. 26/1 A varlet..stode by and sawe the batayle... And whan he sawe his maister almost at vttraunce, he was sorie.
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