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单词 to examine by fire
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to examine by (also in) fire
b. transitive. To test the composition or quality of (a metal or ore) by melting it in a furnace, crucible, etc. Also: to refine or purify (a metal) by fire. Chiefly (and earliest) in figurative contexts with reference to the testing or purifying of the soul, deeds, etc.; esp. in to examine by (also in) fire. Obsolete.Also with fire as subject.
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the world > action or operation > endeavour > trial or experiment > trial, test, or testing > try or test [verb (transitive)]
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society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with metal > work with metal [verb (transitive)] > test
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a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1963) 2 Kings xxii. 31 Þe speche of þe lord examyned [L. examinatum] bi fijr.
a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1876) VI. 11 (MED) Þis fuyre schal examyne [L. examinabit] and serche alle men dedes.
1494 W. Hilton Scala Perfeccionis (de Worde) ii. xxviii. sig. nvii Suffreth it [sc. the sowle]..to be well examyned thorugh ghostly trybulacyons that all the ruste of vnclennes mighte be brente oute of it.
a1500 (c1340) R. Rolle Psalter (Univ. Oxf. 64) (1884) xi. §7. 44 Syluyre examynd [L. probatum] in fire.
a1500 (c1340) R. Rolle Psalter (Univ. Oxf. 64) (1884) xvi. §4. 55 In fire thou examynd [L. examinasti] me.
1606 W. Middleton Papisto-mastix xii. 78 This saluation is not without punishment, he said not, he shall be saued by fire, as if by his merite he should remaine vnburned, being examined by fire.
1659 T. White Middle State Souls xxvii. 250 We are to pray for the Dead... Their works are to be examined by fire in the day of Judgment, and accordingly remunerated.
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