单词 | to keep a way |
释义 | > as lemmasto keep a way (b) to keep a way: to follow a particular path; to take a particular route. Also with adjective or possessive specifying the path followed. Frequently figurative, esp. in spiritual contexts.Sometimes, esp. in later figurative use, with the implication of maintaining a course without deviation, converging with Phrases 1d(a). ΚΠ 1489 W. Caxton De Roye's Doctrinal of Sapyence xl. sig. Fvi Lete them lyue so wel & kepe the waye of Innocencye for to gyue good example. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. clxxiijv Knowyng by his espials whiche waie therle kept. a1677 T. Manton Serm. (1689) III. i. 628 None can hope for salvation but he that would keep God's way. 1729 J. Mitchell Poems Several Occasions II. 134 Better to keep the Way, that's beat and broad. 1838 Evangelical Mag. Aug. 388/2 They should keep the way of the Lord. 1907 Windsor Mag. Dec. 70/2 Hang me if I keep the narrow way that leadeth thus! I would sooner adventure to hazard perdition. 2004 J. H. Eaton Meditating on Psalms 85 Renew the inner life with all the firmness and strength to keep God's way. < as lemmas |
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