单词 | pact |
释义 | pactn. A formal agreement or covenant between individuals or parties; a treaty, an alliance. Also with with.nude, suicide, Warsaw pact, etc.: see the first element. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > agreement > [noun] > an agreement forewardOE accordc1275 covenant1297 end1297 form1297 frettec1330 conjurationc1374 treatc1380 bargainc1386 contractc1386 comenaunt1389 compositionc1405 treaty1427 pact1429 paction1440 reconventionc1449 treatisea1464 hostage1470 packa1475 trystc1480 bond (also band) of manrent1482 covenance1484 concordance1490 patisement1529 capitulation1535 conventmenta1547 convenience1551 compact1555 negotiation1563 sacrament1563 match1569 consortship1592 after-agreementa1600 combourgeoisie1602 convention1603 comburghership1606 transaction1611 end-makingc1613 obligement1627 bare contract1641 stipulation1649 accompackmentc1650 rue-bargaina1657 concordat1683 minute1720 tacka1758 understanding1803 meet1804 it's a go1821 deal1863 whizz1869 stand-in1870 gentlemen's agreement1880 meeting of minds1883 1429 Rolls of Parl. IV. 361/1 No Merchaunt..shal..bynde any of ye Kynges Lieges, be pact, covenant, nor bond. 1485 W. Caxton tr. Thystorye & Lyf Charles the Grete sig. lijv/2 He was contente to make a pacte and couenaunt wyth charles. 1513–14 Act 5 Hen. VIII c. 1 Preamble Notaries..to..recorde the Knowlege of all contractes, bargeyns, convencions, pactes and agrementes made..within the seid Citie. 1542 King Henry VIII Declar. Sc. B ij b That is due vnto vs by right, pactes, and leages. 1607 Dobsons Drie Bobbes v. sig. G3v He refused to stand to my beneuolence, and the pact made betwixt vs. 1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd iv. 191 As offer them to me..on such abhorred pact, That I fall down and worship thee as God. View more context for this quotation 1701 J. Tutchin Brit. Muse 9 Solemn Pacts and Leagues: Whose sacred Oaths are broken o'er and o'er. 1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 28 The engagement and pact of society, which generally goes by the name of the constitution. View more context for this quotation 1846 R. Browning Let. in Lett. R. Browning & E. B. Barrett (1899) I. 462 His pact with the evil one obliged him to drink no milk. 1891 Catholic World Dec. 366 Count Julian entered into a pact with the foes of his country. 1925 Times 2 Sept. 11/4 The jurists..are discussing the technical details of the proposed Security Pact at the Foreign Office. 1991 N. Mailer Harlot's Ghost vi. xxvii. 186 A man without a priori values soon gets into a pact with the Devil. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). pactv. 1. transitive. To agree to, conclude (something) with another party; to enter into a pact with (a person). ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > agreement > make an agreement with [verb (transitive)] > agree to pact1535 paction1640 1535 T. Cromwell in R. B. Merriman Life & Lett. T. Cromwell (1902) II. 45 To pay the saide money..uppon suche conuenauntes as they shal pacte condiscende and conclude. 1583 B. Melbancke Philotimus (new ed.) sig. 183 Iris..came to Helen..& brought her word how it was pacted that Menelaus and Paris should stint ye strife, & were buskling to battaile. 1654 R. Vilvain Theoremata Theologica ii. 41 A Covenant of Grace..freely pacted with Man a sinner. 1989 St. Louis (Missouri) Post-Dispatch (Nexis) 22 Feb. (Everyday Mag.) 1 f Gig Gwin has pacted a lease for the sixth office of his Gwin's Travel, in the lobby of the Metropolitan Square tower. 1998 Hartford (Connecticut) Courant (Nexis) 29 July f5 Chief Al Travis, thoughtfully pacted by John Spencer. 2. intransitive. To enter into a pact with another party; to bargain for a thing. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > agreement > make an agreement [verb (intransitive)] accord?a1160 to make (a) finec1325 covenantc1330 compound1419 packc1450 patisec1475 conclude1477 compone1478 bargain1483 article1526 make1530 compact1535 to dispense with1569 temporize1579 to make termsa1599 to strike (a person) luck1599 to be compromised1600 compacka1618 stipulatea1648 to come to terms1657 sort1685 paction1725 to cry off1775 pact1904 1904 N.E.D. (at cited word) Pact,..to enter into a pact, bargain (for a thing). 1940 Economist 6 Jan. 10/2 To-day Germany has pacted with Communism, Italy is neutral, the West fights Germany. 1989 New Musical Express 25 Feb. 4 Revlon to pact with Debbie Gibson over the marketing of a fragrance called Electric Youth, named after Gibbo's latest album. 1999 Variety 15 Mar. 31/1 ABC News and the Learning Channel have pacted for a deal that gives the Alphabet newsmag..exclusive first-look rights to footage. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1429v.1535 |
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