单词 | make faith |
释义 | > as lemmasto make faith b. The duty of fulfilling one's trust; allegiance owed to a superior, fealty; the obligation of a promise or engagement. Also in to make faith: to swear fealty. See also Phrases 2b. in (also at) (a person's) faith: under obligation of fealty (to a person). ΘΚΠ society > morality > duty or obligation > [noun] > of fulfilling one's trust or promise faitha1325 a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 2187 Bi ðe feið ic og to king pharaon. 1389 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith Eng. Gilds (1870) 39 Þe feyth þat þei owen to god. ?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) ii. 333 Sire Eymere of Valence lay at Saynt Jon toun, In his alience with many erle & baroun; Of Scotlond þe best were þan in his feith. c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) ii. l. 7541 (MED) And hiȝe and low..Hadde openly in a parlement Made feith to hym and y-don homage. a1450 Generides (Pierpont Morgan) (1865) l. 9969 He toke feith of free and bond. 1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) xxv. 538 Vpon the feyth that ye owe to me. a1500 in J. Raine Vol. Eng. Misc. N. Counties Eng. (1890) 63 The Lorde of þe fee..schall never clame no thyng..bott alonly hys faythe for hys tenementes. 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 78 Vntill he were returned unto his fayth. 1598 W. Phillip tr. J. H. van Linschoten Disc. Voy. E. & W. Indies i. i. 2/1 The Lordes..tooke their oathes of faith and allegiance vnto Don Phillip. 1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 986 Who to save Her countrey from a fierce destroyer, chose Above the faith of wedlock-bands. View more context for this quotation 1736 A. Hill Zara i. i. 5 That Cross, which, from your Infant Years Has been preserv'd, was found upon your Bosom, As if design'd, by Heaven, a Pledge of Faith. 1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall II. 129 The two princes mutually engaged their faith never to undertake any thing to the prejudice of each other. 1806 J. Lingard Antiq. Anglo-Saxon Church II. vii. 12 In his [sc. the priest's] presence they mutually pledged their faith to each other. 1851 Ld. Tennyson Edwin Morris in Poems (ed. 7) 232 She turn'd, we closed, we kiss'd, swore faith. 1863 M. Howitt tr. F. Bremer Greece & Greeks I. vii. 245 To give their faith and obedience to the French monarch. 1930 M. L. Davis Uncle Sam's Attic xi. 105 Their minds were solemn-set to root here and make the place a pledge of faith to all the past. 1987 J. Prager Building Democracy in Ireland i. ii. 28 Parliamentary representatives swore faith and allegiance to the Constitution while only pledging ‘faithfulness’ to the king. 2003 D. Brown Da Vinci Code (2006) xcix. 445 A pledge of faith to one another. A knight's allegiance to uncover the truth and make it known. to make (also do) faith 3. Attestation, confirmation, assurance; esp. in to make (also do) faith: to attest; to affirm, confirm; to give surety. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > agreement > security > give assurance or stand surety [verb (intransitive)] to lay one's life, head, to wed971 to find (take) God, Mahoun, St. Blase, St. George, etc. to borrowa1330 again-behotea1382 to make (also do) faitha1382 pledge1458 to make (also give) warrantisea1535 undertake1548 subscribe1600 underwrite1623 seal1633 underwritea1657 hedge1676 vouch1687 to stand surety (or security)1776 to take warrant on oneself1828 stipulate1829 the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > making certain, assurance > [noun] certaininga1300 faitha1382 certifyinga1387 assuring1530 certification1533 assurance1609 securement1622 certioration1653 ensurance1654 assecurationa1656 insurance1660 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Prov. xi. 15 He shal be tormentid with euel, that doth feith [L. fidem facit] for a stranger. 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende f. ccxxiij/1 Alle made fayth to other that [etc.]. 1556 tr. J. de Flores Histoire de Aurelio & Isabelle sig. G3 The manney folde paines..makethe cleare feithe inoughe, that the greter follie is yowres. 1581 J. Marbeck Bk. Notes & Common Places 807 Faith was made to them, that..they should come safe. 1654 Bp. J. Taylor Real Presence xii. 27 An excellent MS. that makes faith in this particular. 1668 M. Casaubon Of Credulity & Incred. (1670) 111 Christ his miracles without further consideration..to make faith or evidence of his Deity. 1722 R. Wodrow Hist. Sufferings Church of Scotl. II. i. 13 Doctor Oats had made Faith that several of that Cattle were sent down from England to Scotland. 1786 R. Burns Let. 9 July in Wks. (1834) VII. 2 One of the servant girls made faith that she upon a time rashly entered the house. < as lemmas |
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