单词 | to do reason |
释义 | > as lemmasto do (a person) reason a. That treatment which may reasonably be expected by, or required from, a person; justice; satisfaction. Obsolete.In quot. 1619: satisfaction by a duel. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed encounter > [noun] > single combat or duel > satisfaction by to do (a person) reason1384 society > morality > dueness or propriety > [noun] > right or moral entitlement > one's due > treatment to do (a person) reason1384 1384 Proclam. Sir Nicholas Brembre in R. W. Chambers & M. Daunt Bk. London Eng. (1931) 33 (MED) Yef eny man fynt hym y-greued..come and pleyne hym to the Mair and aldermen, and he shal haue right and resoun. ?a1425 Mandeville's Trav. (Egerton) (1889) 141 (MED) In þat ile also er wonder rightwise iuggez, for þai do resoun and trewth to ilke man, als wele to pouer as to riche. a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll.) 189 I complayned me to the Potestate the Pope hymself, but I had nothynge ellys but plesaunte wordys; other reson at Roome myght I none have. 1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 72 b To holde them in pees reson and justice. c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) x. 30 I shal do hym reason yf it be founde that I haue done any wronge. 1594 W. Shakespeare Titus Andronicus i. i. 279 I..resolude withall, To doo my selfe this reason and this right. View more context for this quotation 1619 in R. F. Williams Birch's Court & Times James I (1849) (modernized text) II. 120 Sir Edward Villiers told him himself was the man. ‘I hope’, said the other, ‘you will do me reason’. Thereupon a challenge was made and accepted. 1638 R. Baillie Let. 22 July (1841) I. 94 If they gett reason, it is thought they are both undone. 1651 tr. F. de Quintana Hist. Don Fenise 301 The more I endeavoured by faire meanes to oblige him to doe me reason, the more I excited him to derision. 1699 T. D'Urfey Famous Hist. Rise & Fall Massaniello (1700) ii. iv. iii. 40 The breach about the Blow, the Villain lately gave me is suppos'd reconcil'd, which if I e're forgive, may this right hand refuse to do me reason. b. With reference to drinking a toast. Obsolete (archaic in later use). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > [noun] > amount of drink > satisfactory amount to do (a person) reason1594 1594 H. Plat Jewell House 62 Quaffing companions..wil require reason at their hands as they terme it. 1669 J. Dryden Wild Gallant i. i. 13 First I'll drink to you Sir; upon my faith I'll do you reason Sir. 1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 279 After..every one's Health has reason done it, they take off the Table-Cloth. 1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe III. xii. 309 I pray you..to do me reason in a cup of wine. 1826 W. Scott Woodstock II. vii. 177 Nor was his follower slow in doing reason to the royal pledge. c. With reference to sexual intercourse. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1625 T. Middleton Game at Chæss iv. sig. H v Pish, then you're man and wife, All but Church Ceremonies: Pray let's see it done first, She shall do reason then. 1665 C. Cotton Scarronnides 37 In that very place and season, 'Tis thought Æneas did her reason. 1681 A. Behn 2nd Pt. Rover ii. i. 17 Wouldst thou be so wicked to refuse a little consolation to my Body?.. I see thou art frank and good natur'd, and wilt do reason gratis. 1708 Oxf. & Cambr. Misc. Poems 324 A Season, When Mars has forgotten to do Venus Reason!.. I'd certainly make it a Law..That Killers of Men, to replenish the Store, Be bound to the Wedlock, and made to get more. < as lemmas |
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