| 单词 | to give credulity to |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto give credulity to 1. Belief, credence. Chiefly in to give credulity to: = to give credence to at credence n. Phrases 1.Now commonly regarded as erroneous by usage writers. 2002 S. Greenbaum & J. Whitcut Gowers's Compl. Plain Words (U.S. ed. 2) xvii. 217 Credence, Credibility, Credulity These words are sometimes confused. Credence means belief or trust..and credulity the quality of being ready to believe anything. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > belief, trust, confidence > [noun] ylevec888 levec950 hopec1000 trothc1175 trusta1200 trutha1200 tristc1200 beliefa1225 tresta1300 traistinga1340 traistnessa1340 fiance1340 affiancec1350 affyc1380 tristening1382 credencea1393 faitha1393 levenessc1400 confidencec1430 credulity?a1439 trustingc1450 confiance1490 credit1533 fiduce1582 confidency1606 confidingness1682 a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) ix. l. 106 Smale pottis with milk & hony born..Made the peeple yiue credulite To his doctryne and froward teching. ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1865) I. 19 To ȝiffe feithe and credulite to the dictes of those men. 1621 J. Taylor Motto sig. A7v I haue credulity, that when I heere A man anouch a thing, protest and sweare, I haue giu'n credit to him by and by, Although the wicked wretch did sweare and lye. 1739 tr. C. Rollin Anc. Hist. (ed. 2) V. 17 His ridiculous credulity in dreams, signs and prodigies. 1781 tr. G.-T.-F. Raynal Revol. of Amer. 137 The bloody scene, notwithstanding, did not open yet; and this delay gave credulity a ground of hope. 1843 Boston Med. & Surg. Jrnl. 12 Apr. 193 Enough truth is seen to give credulity to a host of fallacies. 1866 B. Z. Spencer Tried & True iii. 40 His was not a mind so easily lulled to rest as to give credulity to the glowing predictions which had so often been repeated around him. 1914 J. K. Goodrich Coming Hawaii x. 128 A good many of the old folks even now give credulity to this myth. 2002 L. Sia Date with Death xxxiii. 150 The priest had credulity in Toto's character. < as lemmas |
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