| 单词 | to, for, on, behoof of |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto, for, on, (formerly into, till) (the) behoof of 1. Use, benefit, advantage. Chiefly in to, for, on, (formerly into, till) (the) behoof of. (In, on behoof of, are due to confusion with behalf.) plural rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > [noun] fremea700 redeeOE noteeOE goodOE goodnessOE framec1175 winc1175 bihevec1230 behoofc1275 advantagec1300 prowc1300 wellc1300 wainc1315 profita1325 bewaynec1375 vantagec1380 goodshipc1390 prewa1400 steada1400 benefice1426 vailc1430 utilityc1440 of availc1450 prevaila1460 fordeal1470 winning1477 encherishingc1480 benefit1512 booty1581 emolument1633 handhold1655 withgate1825 cui bono1836 c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 527 Ȝe..ȝeorneð.. mine leoue dohter to swa laðe mannes bihoue [c1300 Otho bi-hofe]. 1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 70 He ordaynd, for mans byhufe, Heven and herth. 1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 15 Upon the hond to were a sho..Accordeth nought to the behove Of resonable mannes use. 1483 W. Caxton tr. Caton E ij b Alle thynges shal come to your behoufe in habundaunce. ?1484 Will of Margaret Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 387 I bequeth an c marc..to the vse and byhoff of the seid William Paston. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xv. 517 [Douglas] held no thing till his behuf [1489 Adv. behuff]. 1491 Act 7 Hen. VII xx Londes..which be..to his use or behove had. c1522 T. More Treat. Memorare Nouissima in Wks. (1557) I. 93 For whose vse and behoofe thei kepe it. 1532 G. Hervet tr. Xenophon Treat. Househ. (1768) 28 Delyuered it vnto you to kepe for bothe our behoues. 1549 J. Olde tr. Erasmus Paraphr. 1 Tim. iii. 1 [A bishop is] one that careth for ye commodities and behoufes of others. 1553 T. Wilson Arte of Rhetorique 7 In behove of the publique weal. 1611 M. Smith in Bible (King James) Transl. Pref. 5 For the behoofe and edifying of the vnlearned. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 982 No mean recompence it brings To your behoof . View more context for this quotation 1673 J. Milton On Death Fair Infant vii, in Poems (new ed.) 19 Which carefull Jove in natures true behoofe Took up. 1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. II. 365 To the use and behoof of A and his heirs. 1769 W. Robertson Hist. Charles V III. vii. 35 Taking towns for his own behoof. 1855 J. L. Motley Rise Dutch Republic Hist. Introd. vi. 35 Fines are imposed for behoof of the Count. 1857 S. Winkworth Life Tauler in Tauler's Serm. 386 They devote all their prayers..to their own behoof. 1868 F. E. Paget Lucretia 207 The parlour had been turned into a bedroom on my behoof.] < as lemmas |
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