单词 | seth |
释义 | † sethsethen.1 Obsolete. Satisfaction, amends, atonement. a. to make a seth(e: see assethe n. ΘΚΠ society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > reform, amendment, or correction > atonement > atone [verb (intransitive)] abyelOE amendc1330 to make or do asseth1340 to make a seth(e1387 make amends and sethec1420 satisfyc1425 byec1440 to do or make greec1492 syth1513 reconcile1539 respond1789 repair1886 1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Rolls) VII. 91 Þat þey schulde make a sethe to þe bisshop [L. ut præsuli satisfacerent]. 1430–40 J. Lydgate tr. Bochas Fall of Princes (1554) iii. v. 77 To make a seeth for his transgression. c1450 Cov. Myst., Salut. 103 He may nevyr make a seyth be resone. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. clxxxxiiii. f. cxvii That he made a seth and amendes to goddes pleasure. b. to make (a) full sethe, make amends and sethe. ΘΚΠ society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > reform, amendment, or correction > atonement > atone [verb (intransitive)] abyelOE amendc1330 to make or do asseth1340 to make a seth(e1387 make amends and sethec1420 satisfyc1425 byec1440 to do or make greec1492 syth1513 reconcile1539 respond1789 repair1886 c1420 J. Lydgate Assembly of Gods 97 Tyll he haue made full seethe and recompence For hurt of my name. c1460 Wisdom 122 in Macro Plays 39 Wysdam, þat was Gode & man ryght, Made a full sethe to þe fadyr of hewyn. 1461 J. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 97 To make amendes and sethe to the pore peple. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online December 2020). Sethn.2 India. A leading Hindu merchant or banker. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > trader > merchant > [noun] > Indian Seth1740 bania1790 mudalali1855 1740 in J. Long Select. Rec. Govt. relating to Bengal (Fort William) (1869) 9 The Sets being all present at the Board inform us that [etc.]. 1772 A. Dow in tr. M. Firishtah Hist. Hindostan III. i. p. cix The well-known bankers, the Jaggat Seats of Murshedabâd. 1880 F. S. Growse Mathurā (ed. 2) 15 The Seths..also advanced large sums of money for Government purposes on different occasions. 1884 M. Thornhill Pers. Adventures Indian Mutiny 79 The Seths held rank next to the sovereign princes. 1895 Rep. Opium Commiss. VII. 319 Seth, or Sheth, or Sah, the honorific title of a Hindu merchant. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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