单词 | taker-away |
释义 | > as lemmastaker-away taker-away n. [after to take away at take v. Phrasal verbs 1] ΚΠ c1443 R. Pecock Reule of Crysten Religioun (1927) 159 Wheþer it be or not be in þe power of þe seid taker awey for to make satisfaccioun or no. 1563 G. Hay Confut. Abbote of Crosraguels Masse f. 60v The Lambe of God, & the taker away of the sinnes of the world. 1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. vi. 456/2 This King..did heerein acknowledge the onely giuer and taker-away of kingdoms God-almighty. 1795 J. Adams View Universal Hist. II. xi. 76 The North-American aborigines..adore the Great Spirit, the giver and taker away of the breath of life, with the most profound and respectful homage. 1848 E. C. Gaskell Mary Barton II. vi. 95 The taker-away of life. 1978 R. B. Heilman Ways of World v. 148 There is excellent irony in Tom's definition of the Giver as a taker-away of true identity. 1999 A. Hager Understanding Romeo & Juliet iii. 69 References to the sacred doctrine of contrariety, of medicine and poison, of rule and non-rule, and of the sea as giver and taker away of life. 2007 Third Way Winter 6/4 Why shouldn't the taker-away of the £2,000 first prize be a Third Way subscriber? < as lemmas |
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