单词 | to seeming |
释义 | > as lemmasto seeming b. †by seeming, †to seeming, in seeming, in all seeming, to all appearance. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > appearance or aspect > [adverb] > to all appearance by seemingc1369 to seeming1612 in seeminga1639 to all appearance1793 apparently1846 c1369 G. Chaucer Bk. Duchesse 944 Wyth-outen hole or canel boon As be semynge had she noon. 1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur xvii. vii. 699 Thenne they lefte vp a clothe whiche was aboue the ground & there fond a ryche purse by semynge. c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) xxiii. 68 On euery toure a clocher of fyne golde be semynge. 1612 J. Chamberlain in R. F. Williams Birch's Court & Times James I (1848) (modernized text) I. 168 [His wife] would have accompanied him to the King's Bench, taking his cause, to seeming, very heartily. a1639 W. Whately Prototypes (1640) iii. xxxix. 20 All this was done in seeming, only to bring them to thorough repentance for their sin. 1871 R. Ellis tr. Catullus Poems lxiv. 83 Ere his country to Crete freight corpses, a life in seeming. to (my) seeming ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > personal opinion > [adverb] > in my opinion to (my) seemingc1386 to my supposinga1393 in my mindc1400 conceitc1405 in one's own conceit1483 in my fantasy1561 to my mind1600 in my seeming1604 in (also to) my conception1650 to my way of thinking1733 if you ask me1873 c1386 G. Chaucer Prioress's Tale 196 Tel me, what is thy cause for to synge Sith þat thy throte is kut to my semynge. c1440 Generydes 4986 Right Inly fayre she was to his semyng. a1533 Ld. Berners tr. Arthur of Brytayn (?1560) lv. sig. Mi Incontynente the ymage tourned towarde him, and to his seming it blusshed as red as sendall. 1604 S. Hieron Preachers Plea in Wks. (1620) I. 476 A very good way (in my seeming) to help the vnderstanding of common men. 1617 F. Moryson Itinerary ii. 176 This night our horsemen set to watch, to their seeming did see Lampes burne at the points of their staves or speares in the middest of these lightning flashes. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ix. 738 He ended..and in her ears the sound Yet rung of his perswasive words, impregn'd With Reason, to her seeming, and with Truth. View more context for this quotation < as lemmas |
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