I take thee at thy word. (transitive) To asume or suppose; to reckon; to regard or consider. take it from her comments she won't be there. I took him to be a person of honor.; He was often taken to be a man of means. Do you take me for a fool?; Do ...
To believe someone, to regard someone as trustworthy. This locution dates from the sixteenth century, appearing in such sources as Miles Coverdale’s translation of the Bible (1535) and several of Shakespeare’s plays (e.g., “I take thee at thy word,”Romeo and Juliet,2.2). It also is...
#*:Itakethee at thy word. #To draw; to deduce; to derive. #: #*(John Tillotson) (1630-1694) #*:The firm belief of a future judgment is the most forcible motive to a good life, becausetakenfrom this consideration of the most lasting happiness and misery. ...
and wouldest thou take away my son's mandrakes also? And Rachel said, Therefore he shall lie with thee to night for thy son's mandrakes. 1 Samuel 1:6-8 And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret, because the LORD had shut up her womb… Malachi 2:15 And ...
Romeo’s interjection, “I take thee at thy word”, names the accomplishment of Juliet’s “Take all myself”. And though it was not intended by her, it is an accomplishment whose consequences she nevertheless must bear9. Something has been done with words, but what, and how, and to ...
Original Word:αἴρω Part of Speech:Verb Transliteration:airó Pronunciation:ah'-ee-ro Phonetic Spelling:(ah'-ee-ro) Definition:To lift, to take up, to raise, to remove, to carry away. Meaning:I raise, lift up, take away, remove. ...
Come, now, my gentle Muse, once more, Come with me to the days of yore, And let us wake, with friendly hand The memories of that distant land, The past; and while thy minstrel weaves A chaplet from the Sybil leaves Of recollection let th... W Pittman,Lett 被引量: 0发表: 0年 ...
all the earth to thee and to thy race I give—John Milton to make assignment of (a name) to set forth as an actual or hypothetical datum give the dimensions of the room to attribute in thought or utterance : ascribe gave the credit to you ...
Lord, take pity on us, and write all these your words in our hearts, we pray thee. Amen. Arlosh, kebmer truedh war'a nei, ha skrifa oll an re ma, dha lavarow, et agan kolonnow ni, ni a pe'jy. langbot In light of the climate emergency and rising wealth inequality - Co...
, “to read it a hundred times, because the more you read it, the more of it will stick in your head.” Reading a passage multiple times, Truman believed, was a way to implement the Psalmist’s guidance, “Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.”...