单词 | by dint of |
释义 | > as lemmasby dint 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 (the) dint of c. Hence by (the) dint of: by force of; by means of (with implication of vigour or persistence in the application of the means). (The current idiom.) ΘΚΠ 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 1597 J. Payne Royall Exchange 3 I am sturred by dent of Christian dutie.] < as lemmas |
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