单词 | by virtue of |
释义 | > as lemmasby virtue of b. prepositional, †by cause of, by chesun of, by colour of, by dint of, by the hands of, by means of, by reason of, by virtue of, by way of, etc. See under the various substantives. ΚΠ c1380 J. Wyclif Last Age Church (1840) 25 Bi resoun of whiche þe þridde tribulacioun schal entre into Cristis Chirche. c1475 (?c1425) Avowing of King Arthur (1984) l. 502 Þer togedur faȝte we Be chesun of this lady fre. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Tobit xi. 18 By reason of all the good that God had shewed vnto him. ?a1560 in T. Wright Songs & Ballads Reign Philip & Mary (1860) 3 He hathe us up lyfft By the means of hys sonne callyd Emanuell. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III i. iii. 78 Our brother is imprisoned by your meanes. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 (1623) iv. i. 126 All..That..by dint of Sword, Haue since mis-carryed vnder Bullingbrooke. 1621 H. Elsynge Notes Deb. House of Lords (1870) 127 The Parlement is adjourned by virtue thereof [the Comission]. 1664 S. Butler Hudibras: Second Pt. ii. ii. 120 Vict'ry gotten without Blows. By dint of sharp hard words. 1710 W. L. Let. to New Member Commons 9 Edward Whitacre..hath, by Colour of his Imployment..receiv'd the Sum of Five and Twenty Thousand Pound. 1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 523. ¶6 By Vertue of that Spectatorial Authority with which I stand Invested. 1728 J. Morgan Compl. Hist. Algiers I. iii. 32 Jugurtha..by Dint of Money, corrupted many of the Senators. 1737 L. Clarke Compl. Hist. Bible I. viii. 496 He..by means thereof..took the City. 1864 J. Bryce Holy Rom. Empire iv. 42 It was chiefly by means of the Papacy that this came to pass. 1876 R. D. Blackmore Cripps I. ii. 23 Quite out of sight..by reason of the bend of the hollow. 1881 R. Buchanan God & Man I. 111 The widow—by dint of strict parsimony, had saved a trifle. by virtue of c. by virtue of (also by the virtue of): (originally) by the power or efficacy of; by the authority of; (in later use usually) in consequence of, because of. [After Anglo-Norman par vertu de, Middle French par la vertu de by the authority of (1283 in Old French).] ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > cause or reason > [phrase] > because of in virtue ofa1250 by (also for) reason ofa1350 by the virtue ofa1375 by the cause ofc1405 by occasion ofc1425 for cause ofc1425 by way of1447 for suit of1451 in respect of1528 in consideration of1540 in regard of1600 in intuition to1626 by or in vigour of1636 along1680 in view of1710 the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > by the instrumentality of [phrase] in virtue ofa1250 by (also with) strength of1340 by the virtue ofa1375 by way ofa1393 by (also through) (the) means (also mean) ofa1398 by remedy ofa1398 by force of1411 by feat of1489 by (occasionally through) the benefit ofa1538 in the way of1622 by the way of1623 by (the) dint of1664 by the force of1697 perforce of1714 a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 284 I þe coniure..bi vertu of þing þat þou most in þis world louest. c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Parson's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) §266 It may wel wexe feble and faile by vertu of baptesme & by the grace of god thurgh penitence. ?c1430 (c1400) J. Wyclif Eng. Wks. (1880) 32 He schal be excused fro þe lasse bi þe vertue of þe heiȝere iuge. 1495 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VII (Electronic ed.) Parl. Oct. 1495 §28. m. 18 Noo..persone the whiche..therwith entermedlede to your use or by vertu of your lettres patentes. a1500 Warkworth's Chron. (1839) 18 Kynge Edwarde..requyrede hyme by the vertu of the sacrament that he schulde pardone alle tho whos names here folowe. 1553 in A. Feuillerat Documents Office of Revels Edward VI (1914) 149 By vertue of a warraunte sygned with her Maiesties oune handes. 1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. Contin. 1376/2 They shall loose the fiue shillings that they should receiue..by vertue of my will. 1617 Sir T. Wentworth Let. 15 Sept. in S. R. Gardiner Fortescue Papers (1871) 25 Wher indeed he was in effect out of the Commission before, by vertu of that direction. 1654 R. Codrington tr. Justinus Hist. xvi. 254 [Many of them] delivered themselves from their..calamities by the virtue of an ingenious shame. 1686 J. Scott Christian Life: Pt. II II. vii. 890 So we Christians by vertue of our Covenant with God in Christ, are separated from all other Societies. 1718 W. Wood Surv. Trade 174 The Persons, who..are in Possession of them, by virtue of old Grants. 1785 E. Burke Speech Nabob of Arcot's Private Debts 3 No others, by virtue of general powers, can obtain a legal title to intrude themselves into that trust. 1836 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece III. xxiii. 287 The refugees who retired by virtue of the treaty from Amphipolis, found shelter at Eion. 1868 J. N. Lockyer Elem. Lessons Astron. §374 The planets, when they are visible, appear as stars, and, like the stars, they rise and set by virtue of the Earth's rotation. 1903 Jrnl. Electr., Power & Gas May 235/2 By the virtue of its high internal resistance, the carbon brush cuts down the current..to a low value. 1963 J. H. Humphrey & R. G. White Immunol. for Students of Med. xi. 359 Male skin may be rejected by a female recipient, by virtue of the fact that the Y chromosome can carry sex-linked genetic differences. 2008 Independent 9 Aug. 39/3 The programmes were deeply affecting by virtue of the sadness and frustration of the people we encountered. < as lemmas |
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