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单词 by so
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by so
d. by so, by so that: if only, provided that.
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1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. v. 98 So alle myne claymes ben quyt by so þe kynge asente.
1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. xvii. 209 By so þat no man were a-greued.
1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. xxiii. 221 Ich counte conscience no more by so ich cacche seluer.
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by so
a. The sense of ‘means’ sometimes approaches or passes into that of ‘cause’ or ‘reason’: Because of, on account of, in consequence of, through; in virtue of, on the ground of. †by so, by that: therefore.
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1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) iv. ix. 93 Though flewme of hymself be thicke and vnsauery by strengthe of heete.
1483 W. Caxton tr. Caton G iv And by so thou oughtest to be contente.
1484 W. Caxton tr. G. de la Tour-Landry Bk. Knight of Tower (1971) lxxxviii. 120 Soone after by this synne he fylle.
?1529 R. Hyrde tr. J. L. Vives Instr. Christen Woman i. ix. sig. I.iij He wolde haue women of his countre to be regarded by theyr vertue.
1557 Bible (Whittingham) Matt. xxvi. 31 Al ye shalbe offended by me this nyght.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 (1623) iv. v. 12 Warwickes Brother, and by that our Foe. View more context for this quotation
1628 O. Felltham Resolves: 2nd Cent. xxiv. sig. N5v A Hill almost vn-ascendable, by the roughnesse of a craggy way.
1667 S. Pepys Diary 27 Aug. (1974) VIII. 403 By the growth of his beard and gray hair, I did not know him.
1771 O. Goldsmith Hist. Eng. III. 240 The press..swarmed with productions, dangerous by their sedition and calumny, more than by their eloquence or style.
1839 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece (new ed.) IV. 263 In his house Protagoras was said to have read one of his works by which he incurred a charge of atheism.
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by so (that)
d. In clauses of supposition (sometimes with omission of that). by so (that): see by prep. 23d.
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13.. in Horstman Hampole's Wks. (1896) I. 169 If so be þat þo haf les schame with þi foule herte þen with þi foule body.
1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 48 That can I do wel, Be so my lif therto wol laste.
c1482 in Cal. Proc. Chanc. Q. Eliz. II. (1830) Pref. 64 If it hadde be soo that the forsaide John Ferrers hadde not made feithfull promyse.
1495–6 in T. Stapleton Plumpton Corr. (1839) 114 Thynking that to be our next way, if so were that we wold not advise you to com not up by the pryvie seale.
a1547 Earl of Surrey tr. Virgil Fourth Bk. Aeneas (1554) iv. sig. Div If so that yonder wycked head must needes Recouer porte.
1559 P. Morwyng tr. C. Gesner Treasure of Euonymus If so be it the mesure of the bloud excied three sextares.
1611 Bible (King James) Josh. xiv. 12 If so be the Lord will be with me, then I shall bee able to driue them out. View more context for this quotation
1638 R. Brathwait Bessie Bell in Barnabees Journall (new ed.) sig. Ee7 Thus love I thee, so be thou love me.
1665 T. Herbert Some Years Trav. (new ed.) 173 If so be we left the Road,..they would wind about our horses legs.
1749 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 24 Nov. (1932) (modernized text) IV. 1443 If so be that I can get that affair done by the next post, I will not fail for to give your Lordship an account of it.
1861 Cornhill Mag. Aug. 183 ‘It's my opinion that any man can be a duke if so be it's born to him.’
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