单词 | to build forward |
释义 | > as lemmasto build forward 9. figurative. Onward, so as to progress or advance. to build forward: to continue building. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > continuing > progress, advance, or further continuance > [adverb] forwarda1535 the world > existence and causation > creation > [verb (transitive)] > construct > continue constructing to build forwarda1535 a1535 T. More Hist. Richard III in Wks. (1557) 39/1 There must it nedes bee long ere anye good conclusion goe forwarde. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Ezra iii. 8 To se that the worke of the house of the Lorde wente forwarde. a1600 Hooker in Eccl. Pol. (1888) v. App. i. §3 It is the nature of Gods most bountiful disposition to build forward where his foundation is once laid. a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) iii. ii. 84 Now forward with your Tale. View more context for this quotation 1665 T. Manley tr. H. Grotius De Rebus Belgicis 177 He would not forget to help forward the Belgick Affairs. 1717 tr. A. F. Frézier Voy. South-Sea 119 The Climate is so fertile..that the Fruit is coming forward all the Year. 1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield I. xi. 100 Mr. Burchell..was always fond of seeing some innocent amusement going forward. a1790 B. Franklin Autobiogr. (1981) iii. 134 I am got forward too fast with my Story. 1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) §124 My models and preparatory matters were now so far brought forward. 1832 H. Martineau Life in Wilds i. 18 Dinner was going forward. 1865 Sat. Rev. 5 Aug. 165 Unless..extreme partisans..make concessions, there is no getting any forwarder. 1891 R. Kipling City Dreadful Night 43 Let's go in here—there may be something forward. < as lemmas |
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