单词 | to support nature |
释义 | > as lemmasto support (also †suffice, †sustain) nature c. The vital functions of the human body as requiring sustenance, esp. nourishment. Frequently in to support (also †suffice, †sustain) nature. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > digestive or excretive organs > [noun] > organs supplying nourishment > functions supported by nature?a1425 ?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 159 (MED) Nature forsoþ alleged more liȝtly shal dygest and diffye þe residue. a1475 J. Fortescue Governance of Eng. (Laud) (1885) 115 (MED) Thai..haue all thinges nescessarie to the sustenance of nature. a1500 tr. A. Chartier Traité de l'Esperance (Rawl.) (1974) 98 (MED) O hough lityll thing susteynith nature..for scarsete [of food] is tresoure of helthe. 1590 R. Hakluyt tr. T. de Bry True Pictures People Virginia in T. Hariot Briefe Rep. Virginia (new ed.) xvi. sig. C They are verye sober in their eatinge, and trinkinge, and consequentlye verye longe liued because they doe not oppress nature. a1658 E. Waller Panegyric to Ld. Protector xiii Our little world..Of her own growth hath all that nature craves. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost v. 452 When with meats & drinks they had suffic'd; Not burd'nd Nature . View more context for this quotation 1707 E. Ward Wooden World Dissected 56 The poor Souls, to support Nature, are oblig'd..to spend their Pay upon the very Wine that was assign'd them. 1743 J. Bulkeley & J. Cummins Voy. to South-seas 169 We have now nothing but a little water to support Nature. 1775 J. Adair Hist. Amer. Indians 396 He was obliged to support nature with such herbs, roots, and nuts, as his sharp eyes, with a running glance, directed him to snatch up in his course. 1807 Z. M. Pike Acct. Exped. Sources Mississippi (1810) II. 182 I returned hungry..and had only snow to supply the calls of nature. 1843 G. Borrow Bible in Spain III. iii. 47 The prison allowance will not support nature. 1881 A. Trollope Ayala's Angel I. xx. 244 You shall find him coming out of a lawyer's office, where he has sat for the last nine hours, having supported nature with two penny biscuits. 1984 W. N. Herbert in R. Crawford & W. N. Herbert Sterts & Stobies 30 Hungry-groond, ground credited to be so much enchanted that a person passing over it would faint if they did not use something to support nature. < as lemmas |
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