单词 | to one's knowledge, power , remembrance |
释义 | > as lemmasto one's knowledge, †power (obs.), remembrance b. Combining the senses ‘according to’ and ‘to the extent of’ (14): esp. in to one's knowledge, †power (obs.), remembrance, etc. (= as far as one knows, is able, remembers, etc.), now usually to the best of (see best adj., n.1, and adv. Phrases 3e(b)); to all appearance; etc. (See also the nouns.) to my knowledge, qualifying a positive statement = ‘as I actually know’; qualifying a negative statement = ‘as far as I know’. ΚΠ 1399 Rolls of Parl. III. 452/1 If it were so taken and construed to the hegheste sentence and most rigorouste. c1430 Syr Gener. (Roxb.) 1680 I shal help, to my power. 1512 Act 4 Hen. VIII c. 20 Preamble Strikyng with..swordes..and oder wepons to the uttermost of their powers. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VII f. iiiv The lyke was neuer harde of, to any mannes remembraunce before that tyme. 1636 P. Massinger Great Duke of Florence sig. A3v It is above my strength..to celebrate to the desert, your noble inclination. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones II. iv. xiv. 107 I will be sworn, to the best of my Remembrance, I was in a Passion. View more context for this quotation 1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) §253 The weather..had remained to all appearance much the same. 1885 Law Rep.: Chancery Div. 30 12 They were to all appearances distinct bills. < as lemmas |
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