单词 | be it known |
释义 | > as lemmasbe it known a. be it known (formerly also †known be it): used to introduce an announcement, proclamation, etc. Chiefly with that-clause. Also used parenthetically. Now chiefly archaic or humorous.Sometimes part of a longer formula, as be it known to all (men), etc. ΚΠ 1382 in Hist. MSS Comm.: 10th Rep.: App. Pt. V: MSS Marquis of Ormonde &c. (1885) 292 in Parl. Papers (C. 4576-I) XLII. 1 Be it knowin that the Monday nexte after the feste of Saint Myghel..It was grantid and ordaynid [etc.]. 1416 in H. M. Flasdieck Mittelengl. Originalurkunden (1926) 58 (MED) Knowen be hit to all Cristen that y, Geffrey Bussh, [etc.]. 1442 in J. Raine Hist. & Antiq. N. Durham (1852) App. 105 Be it knawen..vs..till haue made ordayned [etc.]..Alexander Home..our bailye. c1503 R. Arnold Chron. f. xxxviijv/2 Be it knowen to al men by theis presentis me, T. H. of oxenford glouar, ordeyne [etc.]. 1544 J. Bale Brefe Chron. Syr I. Oldecastell f. 41v Knowen be yt here to all the worlde, that he neuer sens varyed in anye poynt therfro. a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) v. ii. 172 Be it known, that we the greatest are mis-thoght For things that others do. View more context for this quotation 1658 J. Jones tr. Ovid Invective against Ibis 75 Be it known to all, what payments fall must light on Cater Tray [i.e. the middle classes]. 1734 J. Mackenzie Treat. Concerning Origin & Progress Fees ii. 65 Be it known to all Men, That I A, heritable Proprietress of the Lands and others after mentioned,..Have sold and disponed [etc.]. 1837 C. Lyell Let. 29 Aug. in C. Darwin Corr. (1986) II. 41 Be it known then to you and others who have read what Von Buch wrote on Norway.., that his notion of the granite overlying the transition rock arose from this. 1882 Ballou's Monthly Mag. July 75/2 Jack, be it known, was the only real, ‘true-blue’ friend that Chris had in the whole Richards family. 1905 Smart Set Oct. 3/1 A ‘knife-thrower’, be it known, is parlance for waitress. 1956 W. S. Burroughs Let. 13 Oct. (1993) 333 Be it known that such nameless ass holes will suffer a painful doom. 2000 Cornish World Oct. 28/2 Be it known to you all that the Bards of the Council..are agreed in their choice of the Bard Jowan An Cleth to serve in succession to me as Grand Bard. < as lemmas |
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