| 单词 | to cry creant |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto cry (or say) creant 1. In phrases to yield oneself creant, to cry (or say) creant: To acknowledge oneself vanquished; to surrender oneself to an antagonist. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > defeat or overthrow > [adjective] cravena1225 matec1225 to yield oneself creanta1250 confounded1362 checkmate?c1370 convictc1430 superatec1460 beaten1550 frustrate1588 convicteda1616 skinned1897 society > armed hostility > defeat > be defeated [verb (intransitive)] > surrender to cry (or say) creanta1250 to yield oneself creanta1250 to do (also put) oneself in (also to) a person's mercya1325 yieldc1330 recray1340 summisec1450 render1523 amain1540 surrender1560 to throw down one's arms (also weapons, etc.)1593 articulate1595 to yield (also bow oneself) to (also upon) mercy1595 to give grass1597 capitulate1601 to cry cravena1634 to lower or strike one's flag1644 bail1840 hands-up1879 kamerad1914 a1250 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Nero) (1952) 130 & leið hire sulf aduneward. & buhð him ase he bit. & ȝeieð creaunt creaunt [?c1225 Cleo. crauant. crauant] ase swowinde. c1325 Coer de L. 5319 On knees he fel doun, and cryde Creaunt, For Mahoun and Termagaunt. But Sere Fouk wolde nought soo; The hedde he smot the body froo. c1330 (?a1300) Guy of Warwick (Auch.) p. 478 Ar ich wald creaunt ȝeld me Ich hadde leuer an-hanged be. 1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xii. 193 Þe thef..ȝelte hym creaunt to cryst on þe crosse and knewleched hym gulty. c1386 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale ⁋624 He that despeireth hym is lyke the cowarde Champion recreaunt that seith creant with oute nede. 1480 W. Caxton Chron. Eng. ccxliii The knight overcome the clerk and made hym yelde hym creaunt of his false impechement. < as lemmas |
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