| 单词 | to do one's benevolence |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto do one's benevolence a. Favourable feeling or disposition, as an emotion manifested towards another; affection; goodwill (towards a particular person or on a particular occasion). to do one's benevolence: to lend one's friendly offices. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > liking or favourable regard > [noun] loveeOE well-likinglOE favoura1340 liking1340 greea1400 study?c1400 benevolence1423 lustc1430 carec1540 goût1586 like1589 infection1600 predilection1626 notion1789 grá1833 shindy1855 hard-on1949 1423 Kingis Quair cviii Though I geve the beneuolence, It standis noght ȝit in myn aduertence. c1430 J. Lydgate tr. Bochas Fall of Princes Tab. Contents (1554) Bij Roboam..loste the benevolence of his people. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) 1 Cor. vii. 3 Let the man geve vnto the wyfe due benevolence. a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) i. i. 29 I..will be glad to do my beneuolence . View more context for this quotation 1645 J. Ussher Body of Divin. (1647) 284 When due benevolence is not yielded, although there be aptness there~unto. 1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India II. iv. ii. 70 His dislike of application and control prevented his acquiring the benevolence of his superiors. < as lemmas |
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