| 单词 | to bear the person of |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto bear the person of c. to bear the person of: to assume the character of (another person); to act the part of; (chiefly) spec. to represent, stand in for (a person), esp. formally or legally; to embody.Now chiefly with reference to Hobbes; cf. quot. 1651. ΘΚΠ society > authority > delegated authority > action or function of a delegate or deputy > act as deputy for [verb (transitive)] spelec960 representc1390 to bear the person of?1533 reprehend1598 act1651 personate1651 rep1951 society > communication > representation > role-playing > play the part of [verb (transitive)] to bear the person of?1533 act1599 personate1604 comediate1624 tip1712 impersonate1715 come1721 role-play1951 ?1533 tr. Erasmus Serm. f. 14 She harde all thynges..alwyes bearyng the person of an hande mayde whiche she hath professed her selfe to be. 1605 R. Verstegan Restit. Decayed Intelligence x. 320 A vice-roy, that is, hee that in the Kings absence supplyeth his place and beareth his person. 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan i. xvi. 80 He that acteth another, is said to beare his Person. a1742 S. Weston Serm. Var. Subj. (1747) II. ii. 33 None could bear the Person of the new Law-giver and High-preiest but the Messiah. 1870 H. J. Pye Why do we Believe? vi. 31 In almost every place we find that Peter alone is counted worthy to bear the person of the Church. 1902 J. W. Salmond Jurisprudence xxii. 541 This representative bears the person of the deceased. 2005 European Jrnl. Philos. 13 162 If it makes sense to say that, when I speak or act for you, I am sustaining or bearing your person, then it arguably makes equally good sense to say that I am offering an image or repraesentatio of how you might have comported yourself. < as lemmas |
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