| 单词 | to make obedience |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto make (one's) obedience 3. Homage or submission to a person, thing, quality, idea, etc.; a formal gesture or salutation expressing this; a respectful acknowledgement, as a bow or curtsy. Esp. in to make (one's) obedience. Cf. obeisance n. 2, 3. Frequently with to. Now archaic and regional. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > respect > [noun] > manifestation of respect > bowing, kneeling, or curtseying > a bow or curtsey crookc1330 beckc1375 obediencec1390 obeisancea1393 reverencec1400 inclinationa1425 courtesy1508 curtsy1513 honour1531 leg1548 duck1554 beisance1556 jouk1567 congee1577 crouch1597 humblesso1599 inclinabo1607 salaam1613 dop1616 scrape1628 bowa1656 visit-leg1673 couchee1691 dip1792 bob1825 c1390 in J. Slater Early Scots Texts (Ph.D. thesis, Univ. of Edinb.) (1952) No. 21 That it ys reson that he mak obedience tyll his byschap in maner as other priours doys. c1441 in J. Raine Corr., Inventories, Acct. Rolls, & Law Proc. Priory of Coldingham (1841) 258 The worthy catholike king..gaff thaim lesence for ever to..cum to presens of thair spirituale fader & ordyner & hedekirk of Santandrois to resavve collacionn & do obedience. a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 165 To hir [sc. Dame Nature] thair makar to mak obediens, Full law inclynnand with all dew reuerens. 1531 J. Bellenden Boece II. 225 [They] ressavit young Malcome to mak his obedience to King Edward for the landis of Cumbir. 1569 in R. V. Agnew Corr. P. Waus (1887) I. 60 That my Lord Cassilis hes maid dew obedience to the Kingis grace. 1604 M. Drayton Owle sig. G2 The poore Owle (his obedience done) Thus to his Liedge Lord, reuerently begon. 1766 G. S. Cary Inoculator iii. 18 I shall be happy, [Tumbles backwards over a chair, in making his Obedience with an extraordinary Air]. 1800 H. Wells Constantia Neville III. xxix. 193 ‘Be sure to bring your music books,’ he cried, as I made my obedience. 1855 A. Douglas Ferryden (1859) 10 Both old and young put themselves in his way to make obedience to him. 1885 ‘J. S. Winter’ In Quarters vi. 105 A..nurse..who rose and made her obedience when he entered. 1937 P. K. Devine Folklore of Newfoundland 35 Obedience, for ‘obeisance’. 1953 M. Traynor Eng. Dial. Donegal 199/2 s.v. A curtsey, obeisance, in phr. to make one's obedience. 1984 B. Bainbridge Watson's Apol. iv. 175 I got up to go, and made my obedience to Mr. and Mrs. Watson. < as lemmas |
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