单词 | to make odds even |
释义 | > as lemmasto make odds even ΘΚΠ society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > forgiveness > grant forgiveness [verb (intransitive)] pardon?c1450 to make odds even?a1513 the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > be or become equal [verb (intransitive)] evenOE peerc1400 aperea1450 apparagea1450 likea1450 to make odds evena1616 sharea1616 twin1626 size1639 equalize1906 1508 Golagros & Gawane (Chepman & Myllar) sig. c Than said bernys bald..We sal evin that is od or end in the pane.] a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 84 Implore, adore, thow indeflore, To mak our oddis evyne. 1570 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xvi. 70 Quhen ȝe forgaif him all his cryme, And maid his oddis euin. a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) iii. i. 41 Yet death we feare That makes these oddes, all euen. View more context for this quotation 1746 T. Blacklock Poems Several Occasions in Poems (1793) 204 If faults acknowledg'd be forgiven, And all our former odds made even, Pray write me soon. a1839 W. M. Praed Poems (1864) II. 171 Death looks down with nods and smiles, And makes the odds all even. 1856 E. B. Browning Aurora Leigh viii. 349 To sorrow for mankind And even their odds. 1902 R. Kipling Islanders in Times 4 Jan. 9/6 Will ye..lustily even the odds, With nets and hoops and mallets, with racquets and bats and rods? < as lemmas |
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