| 单词 | near of kin |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnear of kin P2. near of kin, closely related. ? Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > [adjective] > closely nareOE nighOE neara1375 necessarya1382 germanea1449 native1488 near of kin1491 tender1508 near akinc1515 cousin1590 affine1614 own1671 tight-knit1832 1491 Act 7 Hen. VII c. 22 Preamble They be ner of kyn. 1611 Bible (King James) Ruth ii. 20 The man is neere of kin vnto vs. View more context for this quotation 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan ii. xix. 101 The neerer of kin, is the neerer in affection. 1763 A. Tucker Freewill §27. 119 This probability, being so near of kin to certainty. 1767 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. (new ed.) II. xiv. 219 The uncle is certainly nearer of kin to the common stock, by one degree, than the nephew. near of kin 8. Closely connected by kinship or friendship. Esp. in near akin at Phrases; similarly near of kin (cf. akin adj., kin n.1 Phrases 2). Also in near and dear (cf. sense 17, and near adj. 1, 8). Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > [adverb] > closely connected by kinship or intimacy near and dear?c1450 near1491 society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > [adverb] > closely nighOE near and dear?c1450 near1491 nearly1561 1491 Act 7 Hen. VII c. 22 Preamble They be ner of kyn. a1500 (?a1422) J. Lydgate Life Our Lady (Adv.) in W. B. D. D. Turnbull Visions of Tundale (1843) 102 His son schall..hys place to occupye Or ellis won that wer ner next of alye. 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 420 He was so neere of the blood of king Richard. 1621 G. Hakewill King David's Vow 265 Though he were..never so neare and deare,..away hee must. 1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant i. 55 The Turks never Marry their Kinswomen, if they be nearer than eight Generations inclusively. 1767 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. (new ed.) II. xiv. 219 The uncle is certainly nearer of kin to the common stock, by one degree, than the nephew. 1826 in W. Hone Every-day Bk. (1827) II. 1155 In company with one ‘near and dear’. < as lemmas |
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