单词 | to trench to |
释义 | > as lemmasto trench to (unto) a. intransitive. to trench to (unto): To extend in effect to; to extend so as to affect or touch. (Cf. touch v. 25) Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > operation upon something > have effect on [verb (transitive)] > extend so as to affect to trench to (unto)1612 1612 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 223 The thing deduced to Iudgement, may be meum & tuum, when the reason and consequence thereof may trench to point of estate. a1625 H. Finch Law (1636) 83 In law it is said the demise of the King, and a gift unto the King, without saying more, trencheth to his successors. 1628 E. Coke 1st Pt. Inst. Lawes Eng. 209 b Because the money at the beginning trenched to the Feoffee in manner as a dutie. 1633 T. Nash Quaternio 234 If a man shall suborne two witnesses to depose a thing which trencheth to the life of a third person. < as lemmas |
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