单词 | by main strength |
释义 | > as lemmasby (also †with) main strength c. Of strength, etc.: exerted to the full, sheer. Esp. in phrases: by (also with) main force; by (also †with) main strength; †by (also †with) main courage. †with main logic: by sheer force of reasoning. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > process of reasoning, ratiocination > [adverb] with main logicc1540 rationally1546 discoursively1588 discursively1611 logically1620 ratiocinatively1656 reasoningly1761 dianoetically1822 reasonedly1836 the world > life > the body > bodily constitution > bodily strength > [adverb] > in a robust manner by (also with) main forcec1540 robustly1709 the world > life > the body > bodily constitution > bodily strength > [phrase] > by extreme strength by (also with) main forcec1540 the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adjective] > very great or extreme strangec1380 overpassinga1382 passinga1387 most?c1430 extremec1460 horriblea1464 violenta1500 mainc1540 immortal?c1550 exquisite1552 sore1555 three-piled1598 thundering1618 devilish1639 shrewda1643 deadly1660 woundy1681 vast1696 monstrous1711 mortal1716 terrific1743 hell-fired1754 hellish1764 colossal1794 severe1805 awful1818 all-fired1829 terrible1829 quare and1847 ferocious1877 pluperfect1889 raging1889 giddy1896 utter1898 stiff1905 society > authority > subjection > obedience > compulsion > [adverb] > forcibly needlingOE by (also with, by) fine forcea1375 perforcec1425 in violentc1450 by or in perforce1525 by (also with) main forcec1540 by (also with) main hand1567 vi et armis1618 enixly1671 par force1819 c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy 6246 Ector..Of whose mykill, & might, & mayn strenght, Dares..duly me tellus. 1542 T. Becon Christmas Bankette sig. F.viij Therfore ought all men..with all mayne & francke courage to apply themselues to ye diligent practyse of good workes. 1578 J. Lyly Euphues f. 41 Loue creepeth into the minde by priuie crafte, and keepeth his holde by maine courage. 1579 W. Fulke Refut. Rastels Confut. in D. Heskins Ouerthrowne 734 M. R. hath gotten the day, and that with maine logike. 1594 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 i. i. 210 Maine is lost, which Warwicke by maine force did win. 1605 R. Verstegan Restit. Decayed Intelligence iii. 56 By meer valour and main force of armes they atteyned vnto their desyred habitation. 1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII ii. ii. 6 A man of my Lord Cardinalls, by Commission, and maine power tooke 'em from me. View more context for this quotation 1651 T. Hobbes Philos. Rudim. iii. §9. 43 Each one..is suppos'd, with all his main might, to intend the procurement of those things which are necessary to his own preservation. 1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. ii. 135 Next Night they on afresh; and, with main Force, plucked up the ponderous Coffin upon the Pavement. a1680 S. Butler Genuine Remains (1759) II. 68 To prosecute his suit, till he recover it against him by main Importunity. 1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant i. 18 They [sc. old Galleys] were carried by main strength over the Isthmus of Corinth. 1697 tr. L. D. Le Comte Mem. Journey China i. iv. 105 By main Labour they drained the Water. 1722 D. Defoe Moll Flanders 256 They did get into the House by main Force. 1755 T. Smollett tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote I. iv. xiv. 322 We were..by main dint of rowing, kept from running aground. 1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake i. 30 Yet with main strength his strokes he drew. 1826 J. F. Cooper Last of Mohicans II. ix. 158 What can't be done by main courage, in war, must be done by circumvention. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. i. 123 To restrain his musqueteers and dragoons from invading by main force the pulpits of ministers. 1907 Springfield (Mass.) Weekly Republican 4 Apr. 2 He..was forced to accomplish his ends by main strength rather than by gum-shoe methods. 1955 A. West Heritage ii. 92 Max at last pushed a handful of money into the shopman's grasp and propelled us both out of the shop by main force. 1992 R. Price Blue Calhoun i. 24 Never in all my days till now had every volt of my main strength..stood up in me and howled its name. < as lemmas |
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