单词 | by kind |
释义 | > as lemmasby kind b. by kind. extracted from kindn. (a) By birth; (in early use also) spec. by right of birth or inheritance. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > [adverb] > innately or naturally i-cundelyeOE through kindc1225 proprementc1230 kindlya1250 naturallyc1275 kinda1325 by kindc1325 of kindc1325 in kind1340 properly1340 voluntarily1562 natively1590 alliably1593 physically1629 innately1632 natural1793 congenitally1862 connately1884 c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) 7276 Wo so were next king bi kunde, me clupede him aþeling. a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 1445 Þe..emperour of grece..has a sone..þat schal be emperour after him of heritage bi kynde. c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Melibeus (Ellesmere) (1872) §2757 A free man by kynde or by [c1405 Hengwrt of] burthe. c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) l. 2800 (MED) I..am þe coron be kynd of clene all þat Iles. 1567 G. Fenton tr. M. Bandello Certaine Tragicall Disc. f. 10 There is no reason that..the son of hym that is a slaue and seruile borne by kynde, shoulde..beare office in a common welthe. 1612 W. S. Funerall Elegye sig. C2 Those are much more noble in the mind, Then many that haue noblenesse by kind. Birth, blood, and ancesters, are none of ours. 1649 J. Milton Εικονοκλαστης xxviii. 238 His Grand-mother Mary Queen of Scots,..from whom he seems to have learnt, as it were by heart, or els by kind,..his words and speeches heer. 1712 M. Henry Expos. Prophetical Bks. Old Test. (Lam. v. 7) sig. Cccv/1 We are a Seed of Evil doers, Children of Wrath, and Heirs of the Curse; we are sinful, and we have it by Kind. (b) By virtue of, or in accordance with, the natural constitution, character, or condition of a person or thing; naturally. Now rare (Scottish and Irish English (northern) in later use).In Middle English sometimes with reference to innate moral feeling. ΚΠ 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 101 (MED) Þet þou hatye zenne and uoulhedes..zuo þet þou naȝt ne do aye kende..Yef þou art ariȝt zone, þou sselt him [sc. God] anlykny be kende, be heste, and be riȝte. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 357 (MED) Euel custume..torneþ among hemself traisoun in to kynde so fer forthe, þat as þei be traytoures by kynde. c1400 (?a1300) Kyng Alisaunder (Laud) (1952) l. 6590 (MED) By kynde hem is bireued Þat hij ne haue no tunge in her heued. a1450 (?a1390) J. Mirk Festial (Claud.) (2009) 23 At mydnyght Cryst was yboren, for þen al thyng by kynde takuth rest. 1568 in W. T. Ritchie Bannatyne MS (1928) III. 661 All fische with fyn That creat wer be kynd. 1636 A. Montgomerie Cherrie & Slae (new ed.) 853 By kinde ay we finde ay Few lackes them [sc. the senses] at the least. 1653 Duchess of Newcastle Poems & Fancies 153 Women, that inconstant are by kind, Can never in one place content their mind. 1792 R. Burns in J. Johnson Scots Musical Museum IV. 411 Nae ferlie, tis tho' fickle she prove, A woman has't by kind. 1856 G. Henderson Pop. Rhymes Berwick 45 They hae it by kind, like the Blainslie Aits. 1996 C. I. Macafee Conc. Ulster Dict. 194/2 By kind, by nature, naturally e.g. She has it by kind i.e. she is naturally gifted. < as lemmas |
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