单词 | post alone |
释义 | † post aloneadv. Obsolete. Entirely alone. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > one > condition of being alone > [adverb] > by oneself by oneself (himself, themselves, etc.)eOE myself one (also alone)a1300 of oneselfc1450 sole1450 post alone1478 solely1495 high-lone1533 myselfc1540 lone1613 solus cum solo1742 on one's ownio1908 on one's Pat Malone1908 on one's lonely(-o)1919 on one's ownsome1921 on one's jack1931 on one's tod1934 1478 E. Stonor Let. 5 Oct. in C. L. Kingsford Stonor Lett. & Papers (1919) II. 69 My son Betson intendes to ryde in to the countre, now whenne I come home: and he is ffast ryggynge hym þer ffore, so that at many tymes I am post a loyne. a1500 St. Barbara (Lamb. 72) in R. Hamer & V. Russell Suppl. Lives ‘Gilte Legende’ (2000) 398 He in his werkis is ever oone withowt felowe and peere alwey poste alone. 1514 Queen Mary of France Let. to Henry VIII in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1824) 1st Ser. I. 116 Now am I left post a lone in effect. 1533 J. Frith Bk. answeringe Mores Let. sig. Fjv I dare not lett him stonde post alone, least ye dispise him. 1543 R. Grafton Contin. in Chron. J. Hardyng f. xixv Kyng Henry taried poste alone in the Byshoppes paleyce besyde Poules. 1567 A. Golding tr. Ovid Metamorphosis (new ed.) viii. f. 98v He left hir post alone Vpon the shore. 1607 S. Hieron Christians Iournall 99 To bee in a manner poast alone, like a Pellican in the wildernes, or as an Owle in the desart. 1618 T. D. Canaans Calamitie sig. G4v Iehocanan and Schimion seeing this, They were forsaken, and left post alone. a1625 T. Blenerhasset Parts added to Mirror for Magistrates (1946) 393 My footmen fled for feare, And left me post alone, with heauy cheare. ?1676 in Atlantic Monthly (1860) Jan. 112/1 So that in the end there ran such multitudes of people one after another to see her, that Antonius was left post alone in the market-place, in his imperial seat to give audience. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < adv.1478 |
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