| 单词 | to speak reason |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto speak reason b. to speak reason: to speak wisely, rationally, or truthfully; to make sense. Now somewhat archaic. [Perhaps after Middle French dire raison to speak truthfully (a1170 in Old French; compare French parler raison (1690)).] ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > employ reason [verb (intransitive)] to speak reasona1400 to listen to (also hear) reason1535 take better way with youa1556 rationalize1805 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 6399 (MED) For if þair tunges spac resun, þair hertes ai war wit tresun. a1450 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Lamb.) (1887) i. l. 10287 (MED) Arthur wiste þey seide reson, & wel excused hem of þe Saxon.] 1528 Rede me & be nott Wrothe sig. b vv Beleve me thou speakest reason. 1545 Bibliotheca Eliotæ at Ius Ius dicis, thou speakest reason. 1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing v. i. 41 There thou speakst reason . View more context for this quotation 1664 J. Wilson Andronicus Comnenius v. iii Troth he speaks reason. 1703 M. Pix Different Widows iv. i. 46 You're the first Person..I ever heard speak Reason; therefore, 'tis Natural I shou'd believe ye. 1729 J. Gay Polly ii. ix. 45 Perhaps..you may once in your life hear a woman speak reason. 1848 H. W. Herbert Pierre Partisan x. 54 Be silent, child, if you cannot speak reason. 1889 G. Gissing Nether World I. xiii. 287 It's no good speaking reason to you now, but maybe you'll understand some day. 1964 Shakespeare Q. 15 75 Othello eavesdropping on Iago and Cassio; or Lear bedecked with weeds speaking reason in madness. 1989 SubStance 18 4 I hope to die before I live in a world that will only speak reason. < as lemmas |
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