单词 | biwitie |
释义 | † biwitiev. Obsolete. transitive. To watch over, observe, guard, keep. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > vigilance > keeping watch > keep watch on [verb (transitive)] biwitieOE to look to ——c1330 watchc1330 to make or lay await onc1386 markc1400 to wait to ——c1440 to keep (also have) an (or one's) eye on (also upon)a1450 waken1535 to look unto ——1594 to carry a wary (also watchful, etc.) eye on (also upon)1596 to look after ——a1616 overwatch1618 snokea1652 to look up1855 surveil1960 OE Beowulf 1428 Ða on undernmæl oft bewitigað sorhfulne sið on seglrade. c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 195 Ðe deuel..is gredi uppen woreld richeise..and ȝiep him to biwitiende. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 13577 Bi-halues he sende..wel iwepnede men þene wude to bi-witteȝen [c1300 Otho witie]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < v.OE |
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