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with the least

†d. with the least.

(a) Among the smallest or shortest. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

a1413 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (Pierpont Morgan) (1881) i. l. 281 She nas not with the leste of here stature.

(b) At least; not by any means all. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > small of quantity, amount, or degree [phrase] > at least

by the leastc1300

at (the) leastwise?c1425

at leastways?1529

with the least?1552

good1577

at least handa1586

?1552 Certayne Causes Decaye Eng. sig. B.ii It leseth y^e kinges maiestye..v. thousande markes by the yeare with the lest.

a1640 J. Fletcher & P. Massinger Prophetesse iii. i. in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) 33/2 Get. How does your daughter? 4 Suit. Better your Worship thinks of her. Get. This is with the least.

(c) to speak with the least: to say the least. Obsolete.

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1565 A. Nowell Reproufe f. 117^v Emongest whom if you finde one protestante, I can for hym finde one score of papistes (to speake with the least).

1693 R. Bynns Serm. 23 And when we are well enough (to speak with the least) we should be very sure of an Advantage, before we venture upon a Change.

1706 W. Beveridge Serm. preach'd before Lords Spiritual & Temporal 30 Jan. 31 We..who live..where the foresaid means of Grace are as..powerfully Administred, to speak with the least, as in any place.

extracted from leastadj.pron.n.adv.

with the least

b. Followed by the and a superlative used absol.: As well or thoroughly as; (as) one of, ‘among’, ‘of’: forming adverb (or †predicative) phrases denoting ‘to the full or fullest extent’, ‘(nearly) as —— as any or as possible’, ‘very ——’, ‘highly ——’: e.g. with the best: see best adj., n.¹, and adv. Phrases 3f; with the first, as one of the first, very early, chiefly, especially (see first adj., adv., and n.² Phrases 1a); with the least = at the lowest estimate; † with the most inclined = highly inclined. Obsolete or archaic.

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a1300 K. Horn (Harl.) 1119 Þou shen[c]h vs wiþ þe vurste.

a1400 Seuyn Sages (W.) 1656 The king..kep the leuedi with the best.

1445 tr. Claudian's De Consulatu Stilichonis in Anglia (1905) 28 281 Why is not he redde with the worthiest?

1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur x. lxviii. 531 Soo that nyghte they were lodged with the best.

1477 J. Pympe in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 415 I wold have hym [sc. a horse] sumwhat large, not wyth the largist.

c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) clxii. 634 Thyne armure is good and thy sworde is with the best.

1556 N. Grimald tr. Cicero Thre Bks. Duties i. f. 41^v If ther be anie sommewhat with the moste enclined to pleasures.

1573 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) f. 21^v Who pescods delighteth, to haue with the furst, if now ye do sowe them, I think it not wurst.

1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry i. f. 45 Not to mowe your Grasse with the latest, but before the seede be ripe.

a1592 R. Greene Sc. Hist. Iames IV (1598) i. sig. C2 A young stripling..that can sleep with the soundest, eate with the hungriest.

1629 J. Gaule Practique Theories Christs Predict. 376 Of all the difficulties of Truth and Faith, the Article of Christs Resurrection is with the formost.

1671 H. M. tr. Erasmus Colloquies 494 There was no year, wherein he did not gain a thousand Duckats, to speak with the least.

1826 Priestley's Rudim. 55 The preposition with is..sometimes used in conversation, to express a degree..something less than the greatest; as ‘They are with the widest.’

1864 Ld. Tennyson Grandmother v, in Enoch Arden, etc. 116 At your age, Annie, I could have wept with the best.

extracted from withprep.adv.conj.

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单词	with the least
释义	> as lemmas with the least †d. with the least. (a) Among the smallest or shortest. Obsolete. ΚΠ a1413 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (Pierpont Morgan) (1881) i. l. 281 She nas not with the leste of here stature. (b) At least; not by any means all. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > small of quantity, amount, or degree [phrase] > at least by the leastc1300 at (the) leastwise?c1425 at leastways?1529 with the least?1552 good1577 at least handa1586 ?1552 Certayne Causes Decaye Eng. sig. B.ii It leseth y^e kinges maiestye..v. thousande markes by the yeare with the lest. a1640 J. Fletcher & P. Massinger Prophetesse iii. i. in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) 33/2 Get. How does your daughter? 4 Suit. Better your Worship thinks of her. Get. This is with the least. (c) to speak with the least: to say the least. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1565 A. Nowell Reproufe f. 117^v Emongest whom if you finde one protestante, I can for hym finde one score of papistes (to speake with the least). 1693 R. Bynns Serm. 23 And when we are well enough (to speak with the least) we should be very sure of an Advantage, before we venture upon a Change. 1706 W. Beveridge Serm. preach'd before Lords Spiritual & Temporal 30 Jan. 31 We..who live..where the foresaid means of Grace are as..powerfully Administred, to speak with the least, as in any place. extracted from leastadj.pron.n.adv. with the least b. Followed by the and a superlative used absol.: As well or thoroughly as; (as) one of, ‘among’, ‘of’: forming adverb (or †predicative) phrases denoting ‘to the full or fullest extent’, ‘(nearly) as —— as any or as possible’, ‘very ——’, ‘highly ——’: e.g. with the best: see best adj., n.¹, and adv. Phrases 3f; with the first, as one of the first, very early, chiefly, especially (see first adj., adv., and n.² Phrases 1a); with the least = at the lowest estimate; † with the most inclined = highly inclined. Obsolete or archaic. ΚΠ a1300 K. Horn (Harl.) 1119 Þou shen[c]h vs wiþ þe vurste. a1400 Seuyn Sages (W.) 1656 The king..kep the leuedi with the best. 1445 tr. Claudian's De Consulatu Stilichonis in Anglia (1905) 28 281 Why is not he redde with the worthiest? 1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur x. lxviii. 531 Soo that nyghte they were lodged with the best. 1477 J. Pympe in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 415 I wold have hym [sc. a horse] sumwhat large, not wyth the largist. c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) clxii. 634 Thyne armure is good and thy sworde is with the best. 1556 N. Grimald tr. Cicero Thre Bks. Duties i. f. 41^v If ther be anie sommewhat with the moste enclined to pleasures. 1573 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) f. 21^v Who pescods delighteth, to haue with the furst, if now ye do sowe them, I think it not wurst. 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry i. f. 45 Not to mowe your Grasse with the latest, but before the seede be ripe. a1592 R. Greene Sc. Hist. Iames IV (1598) i. sig. C2 A young stripling..that can sleep with the soundest, eate with the hungriest. 1629 J. Gaule Practique Theories Christs Predict. 376 Of all the difficulties of Truth and Faith, the Article of Christs Resurrection is with the formost. 1671 H. M. tr. Erasmus Colloquies 494 There was no year, wherein he did not gain a thousand Duckats, to speak with the least. 1826 Priestley's Rudim. 55 The preposition with is..sometimes used in conversation, to express a degree..something less than the greatest; as ‘They are with the widest.’ 1864 Ld. Tennyson Grandmother v, in Enoch Arden, etc. 116 At your age, Annie, I could have wept with the best. extracted from withprep.adv.conj. < as lemmas
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