单词 | to refuse its service |
释义 | > as lemmasto refuse its (also their) service b. The function or proper mode of operation of a limb, organ, etc. Cf. office n. 4b. Now rare (in later use only in to refuse its (also their) service). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > [noun] > proper operation or function workOE office1340 helpingc1400 servicea1475 use1509 function1537 working1643 a1475 tr. Gilbertus Anglicus Pharmaceutical Writings (Wellcome) (1991) 97 (MED) A man-is tonge haþ two seruicis: Oon is to taast with a mannes metis and drinkis; anoþir is to speke. 1531 tr. E. Fox et al. Determinations Moste Famous Vniuersities iv. f. 62v This foulenes of concupiscence, desire, and lust is then opened or vncouerd, whan it requireth and taketh vnto it the office and seruice of tho membres, that be ordyned for it. 1615 R. Rogers Comm. Bk. Judges xxxix. 309 The Lord..dealeth out to euery member his measure, according to the vse and seruice which belongs to it. 1749 T. Smollett tr. A. R. Le Sage Gil Blas I. ii. i. 98 Tho' his hand shook, it did not refuse its service, but went and came with great expedition. 1749 T. Smollett tr. A. R. Le Sage Gil Blas IV. x. x. 61 After having walked about two hours, my little legs began to refuse their service. 1870 Sci. Amer. 27 Aug. 128/1 The muscles of the eyes at first refuse their service. 1914 C. Doerner Little Ripples of Song 21 My limbs refused their service, and my brain. 1959 H. Trevelyan tr. H. von Kleist Penthesilea xiii, in E. Bentley Classic Theatre II. 364 Her stumbling foot refused its service. < as lemmas |
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