| 单词 | after-enquiry |
| 释义 | > as lemmasafter-enquiry (iv) Denoting an action that comes after a specified or implied event, frequently with the implication of retrospectivity, as after-agreement, after-consideration, after-counsel, after-deliberation, after-enquiry, after-fall, after-meditation, after-pardon, after-rumination, etc. Now rare, except in afterthought n. 1b. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > agreement > [noun] > an agreement forewardOE accordc1275 covenant1297 end1297 form1297 frettec1330 conjurationc1374 treatc1380 bargainc1386 contractc1386 comenaunt1389 compositionc1405 treaty1427 pact1429 paction1440 reconventionc1449 treatisea1464 hostage1470 packa1475 trystc1480 bond (also band) of manrent1482 covenance1484 concordance1490 patisement1529 capitulation1535 conventmenta1547 convenience1551 compact1555 negotiation1563 sacrament1563 match1569 consortship1592 after-agreementa1600 combourgeoisie1602 convention1603 comburghership1606 transaction1611 end-makingc1613 obligement1627 bare contract1641 stipulation1649 accompackmentc1650 rue-bargaina1657 concordat1683 minute1720 tacka1758 understanding1803 meet1804 it's a go1821 deal1863 whizz1869 stand-in1870 gentlemen's agreement1880 meeting of minds1883 the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > [noun] > renewed or later after-enquirya1616 reinquiry1819 the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > dream > [verb (intransitive)] > of a dream: come true after-falla1617 the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > reconsideration > [noun] rethinking1579 second thoughts1581 recogitationc1591 reconsideration1606 after-wit1607 after-meditation1626 after-counsel1634 remeditation1642 afterthought1647 after-consideration1693 after-rumination1830 retake1922 rethink1958 society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > forgiveness > [noun] > pardon before or after offence post-pardon1625 pre-pardon1625 after-pardon1853 lOE Laws: Swerian (Rochester) vii. 398 Ðu me behete hal & clæne þæt, þæt ðu me sealdest, & fulle ware wið æfterspræce. 1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1901) I. 17 He slew all þe lynage mail of his brother, traisting þare throw to regne in quiet, but ony eftir clame. a1600 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie (1648) viii. sig. X3 By which meanes of after agreement, it cometh many times to passe. a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) v. v. 276 Iump the after-enquiry on your owne perill. View more context for this quotation a1617 S. Hieron Penance for Sinne in Wks. (1620) II. 91 And for the preuenting of their after-falls. 1626 R. Bernard Isle of Man i. 21 This fellow cannot abide any after meditation. 1634 R. Sanderson Serm. II. 305 With God there is no after-counsel, to correct the errors of the former. 1693 R. Bentley Boyle Lect. v. 18 These After-Considerations are of very little moment. 1736 E. Smith Cure of Deism II. xix. 340 There must be an After-change in them, to make their Corruption live again. 1743 C. Viner Gen. Abridgm. Law & Equity XVIII. 74 The first Sale to B. was defeated by the After-Agreement. 1830 J. F. W. Herschel Prelim. Disc. Study Nat. Philos. 77 It is only by after-rumination that we gather its full import. 1853 E. FitzGerald tr. P. Calderón de la Barca Three Judgments in Six Dramas i. ii. 151 He..deserv'd an after-pardon By lawful service in your camp abroad. 1869 Blackwood's Mag. Aug. 250/2 To the after-consideration of Parliament, we imagine, the matter will be referred. 1908 Catholic World Jan. 509 In spite of the hidden complexity they may reveal to the after-inquiry of the more philosophic mind. < as lemmas |
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