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b. Used to express choice between two things, people, qualities, conditions, etc. Also †no rather, †more rather.

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OE Ælfric Gram. (St. John's Oxf.) 241 Magis hoc uolo, quam illud, swyðor oððe hraðor ic wylle þis, þonne ðæt.

?c1335 in W. Heuser Kildare-Gedichte (1904) 108 Whi com he raþer to Eue Þan he com to Adam.

1397 Rolls of Parl. III. 379/1 I trowe rather ȝe than nay.

c1400 (?a1387) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Huntington HM 137) (1873) C. x. 123 He reuerenceþ hym ryght nouht, no raþer [v.r. more] þan anoþer.

a1425 (?1384) J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. (1871) III. 380 Þo blynde puple..wil raþer gif to waste housis of freris þen to parische chirchis.

tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) iii. 1052 (MED) Chese a boor Gret bodied..ek rather rounde Then longe.

a1500 tr. Thomas à Kempis De Imitatione Christi (Trin. Dublin) (1893) 6 (MED) Þei chese raþer to be grete than meke.

1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. vi^v Nowe he would gratifie no man more rather than hym.

1611 Bible (King James) Jer. viii. 3 Death shall bee chosen rather then life.

1673 A. Marvell Rehearsal Transpros'd II. 399 I cannot but gratulate my good fortune rather than my wisdom, that I have travelled such an Author through with no more extravagancy.

1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 6. ⁋1 This unhappy Affectation of being Wise rather than Honest.

1792 R. Bage Man as he Is II. xxxi. 65 I have therefore concluded you had a mind which rested its happiness on private virtue rather than public splendor.

1815 W. Taylor in Monthly Rev. 77 471 Laurelled rather than excellent in funeral eulogy.

1856 J. Ruskin Mod. Painters IV. 332 Painting cheeks with health rather than rouge.

1902 W. S. Maugham Mrs. Craddock vii. 69 Bertha had learnt something of music in lands where it is cultivated as a pleasure rather than as a duty.

2003 Estates Gaz. (Nexis) 25 Oct. 102 The Square Mile remains the natural habitat of the pinstripes rather than Prada.

单词	more rather
释义	> as lemmas more rather b. Used to express choice between two things, people, qualities, conditions, etc. Also †no rather, †more rather. ΚΠ OE Ælfric Gram. (St. John's Oxf.) 241 Magis hoc uolo, quam illud, swyðor oððe hraðor ic wylle þis, þonne ðæt. ?c1335 in W. Heuser Kildare-Gedichte (1904) 108 Whi com he raþer to Eue Þan he com to Adam. 1397 Rolls of Parl. III. 379/1 I trowe rather ȝe than nay. c1400 (?a1387) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Huntington HM 137) (1873) C. x. 123 He reuerenceþ hym ryght nouht, no raþer [v.r. more] þan anoþer. a1425 (?1384) J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. (1871) III. 380 Þo blynde puple..wil raþer gif to waste housis of freris þen to parische chirchis. tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) iii. 1052 (MED) Chese a boor Gret bodied..ek rather rounde Then longe. a1500 tr. Thomas à Kempis De Imitatione Christi (Trin. Dublin) (1893) 6 (MED) Þei chese raþer to be grete than meke. 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. vi^v Nowe he would gratifie no man more rather than hym. 1611 Bible (King James) Jer. viii. 3 Death shall bee chosen rather then life. View more context for this quotation 1673 A. Marvell Rehearsal Transpros'd II. 399 I cannot but gratulate my good fortune rather than my wisdom, that I have travelled such an Author through with no more extravagancy. 1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 6. ⁋1 This unhappy Affectation of being Wise rather than Honest. 1792 R. Bage Man as he Is II. xxxi. 65 I have therefore concluded you had a mind which rested its happiness on private virtue rather than public splendor. 1815 W. Taylor in Monthly Rev. 77 471 Laurelled rather than excellent in funeral eulogy. 1856 J. Ruskin Mod. Painters IV. 332 Painting cheeks with health rather than rouge. 1902 W. S. Maugham Mrs. Craddock vii. 69 Bertha had learnt something of music in lands where it is cultivated as a pleasure rather than as a duty. 2003 Estates Gaz. (Nexis) 25 Oct. 102 The Square Mile remains the natural habitat of the pinstripes rather than Prada. extracted from ratheradv. < as lemmas
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