单词 | to do reverence |
释义 | > as lemmasto do (also †make) reverence (to) a. to do (also †make) reverence (to): to show deep respect or veneration for; (in early use esp.) to make a gesture indicative of this (see sense 1d). Now archaic. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > respect > reverence > revere [verb (intransitive)] > show reverence to do (also make) reverence (to)a1325 to pay reverence (to)1616 a1325 (c1280) Southern Passion (Pepys 2344) (1927) 1418 (MED) Þinges þer were ffoure Whar-wiþ me sholde euerich kyng..cloþ of pourpre to werye, wiþ noble gretyng al-so, Wiþ croune on his heued and reuerence þat me sholde him ek do. a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) v. 322 (MED) Thus hath this king experience Hou foles don the reverence To gold. ?a1425 (c1400) Mandeville's Trav. (Titus C.xvi) (1919) 62 (MED) Seynt Iohn stered in his modres wombe & made reuerence to his creatour. ?c1450 (?a1350) Gospel of Nicodemus (Sion Coll. London) (1907) 144 (MED) What had we forto do To make reuerence to Ihesu? 1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) i. 40 Assoone as the messager sawe hym, he made hym due reuerence. 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. ccxcijv Whan he came agayn to the aultar, the king rysing out of his seate, doeth him reuerence. 1568 E. Tilney Brief Disc. Mariage (new ed.) sig. Dij To whome after our reverence accordingly done, we drew neere. 1611 Bible (King James) Esther iii. 5 Haman saw that Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reuerence. View more context for this quotation 1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd i. 80 I saw The Prophet do him reverence. View more context for this quotation 1845 R. W. Hamilton Inst. Pop. Educ. iv. 84 You have done reverence to the Father of spirits in the evocation of that spirit. 1873 Our Work in Palestine iv. 55 Within sight of the Temple, Alexander..did reverence to the holy name on the tiara of the high priest. 1934 Z. N. Hurston Jonah's Gourd Vine ii. 65 He kept on making imaginary speeches to her. Speeches full of big words that would make her gasp and do him ‘reverence’. 1964 M. L. King Strength to Love (1969) ii. 23 Men do reverence before false gods of nationalism and materialism. < as lemmas |
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