单词 | to extent |
释义 | > as lemmasto (that, etc.) extent a. Indicating the full extent, degree, or amount: So as to reach, complete, or constitute. Chiefly in adverbial phrases, as to a certainty, to a degree, to (that, etc.) extent, to a fault, to the full, etc.: see also the nouns. See also up to —— at up adv.1 26. ΚΠ c1000 Ælfric Leviticus xxvi. 5 ge etaþ to fylle. c1407 J. Lydgate Reson & Sensuallyte 220 The beaute of hir face..so bryght, That the goddesse Proserpyne..To hir beaute ne myght appere. 1473 J. Warkworth Chron. (Camden) 15 Knyghtes, squyers, and comons to the nombre of xx. ml. 1596 T. Danett tr. P. de Commynes Hist. v. i. 155 They should not be able to pay a raunsome to the value of the spurres and bridle bits in his campe. 1629 J. Gaule Panegyrick 60 in Practique Theories Christs Predict. Done, Done to full, whatsoe're he came to doe. 1720 London Gaz. No. 5814/2 Bank Bills..to the Value of three hundred and sixty Millions of Livres. 1829 W. Scott Waverley Novels (new ed.) I. Introd. p. cii Gallant, courteous, and brave, even to chivalry. 1912 N.E.D. at To Mod. He was generous to a fault. < as lemmas |
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