| 单词 | to grace with one's presence |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto grace with one's presence to grace with one's presence: to honour (a place, gathering, occasion, etc.) with one's attendance or participation; (later also in weakened or ironic use) to arrive or be present at (a place or occasion); to appear before or join (a person or group). ΚΠ 1594 J. Dickenson Arisbas sig. B The mayden huntresse..whose wont was in time of heauens more milde aspect, to grace the fields with her daily presence. 1678 N. Lee Mithridates Ep. Ded. sig. A3 Her Majesty..has been pleas'd to grace him with her Presence. 1757 Centinel 24 Mar. 50 At this time it was that she [sc. the goddess Discord] first did us the honour to grace our little hemisphere with her presence, in preference to our opposite neighbours the Antipodes. a1860 H. Crafts Bondwoman's Narr. (2002) ii. 20 The brilliant guests expected to grace the occasion with their presence. 1895 Westm. Gaz. 13 Dec. 8/1 The theatres and concert-rooms which duelling students in a convalescent state were accustomed to grace with their presence. 1902 Proc. National Conf. Charities & Correction 29 5 Some of whom still grace us with their presence and guide us by their experience and counsel. 1979 S. Levenkron Best Little Girl in World (1988) iv. 45 Queen Francesca Louise had deigned to grace the city of New York with her presence. 2010 N. Kent Apathy for Devil 34 Waiting for the smacked-back guitarist to descend from his living quarters and grace them with his presence. < as lemmas |
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