A Select Glossary of English Words Used Formerly in Senses Different from Their PresentMacmillan, 1873 - 275 páginas |
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... signifying , as it now does , one of a base , abject disposition , while there was a time when it had nothing of this in it . Aristark , myne evene caytyf [ concaptivus meus , Vulg . ] , greetith you wel . - Col . iv . 10. WICLIF . The ...
... signifying , as it now does , one of a base , abject disposition , while there was a time when it had nothing of this in it . Aristark , myne evene caytyf [ concaptivus meus , Vulg . ] , greetith you wel . - Col . iv . 10. WICLIF . The ...
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... signified a treacherous or fraudful device ; but it was soon able to drop this as superfluous , and to stand by itself . Other words which have gone the same downward course are the following : TÉXYN , ' astutia , ' ' calliditas ...
... signified a treacherous or fraudful device ; but it was soon able to drop this as superfluous , and to stand by itself . Other words which have gone the same downward course are the following : TÉXYN , ' astutia , ' ' calliditas ...
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... signifying the strict right of the suzerain in regard to the fief of the vassal ; thus , ' fief de danger , ' a fief held under strict and severe conditions , and therefore in danger of being forfeited ( juri stricto atque adeo confisca ...
... signifying the strict right of the suzerain in regard to the fief of the vassal ; thus , ' fief de danger , ' a fief held under strict and severe conditions , and therefore in danger of being forfeited ( juri stricto atque adeo confisca ...
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... signifying not that which inflicts death , but that which suffers death ; thus , ' a mortal body , ' or body subject to death , but not now a deadly body . ' It was otherwise once . ' Deadly ' is the constant word in Wiclif's Bible ...
... signifying not that which inflicts death , but that which suffers death ; thus , ' a mortal body , ' or body subject to death , but not now a deadly body . ' It was otherwise once . ' Deadly ' is the constant word in Wiclif's Bible ...
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... Signifying now no more than to try , it signified once to bend all our energies , not to the attempt at fulfilling , but to the actual fulfilment of a duty . This is called in Scripture a just man , ' that endeavoureth himself to leave ...
... Signifying now no more than to try , it signified once to bend all our energies , not to the attempt at fulfilling , but to the actual fulfilment of a duty . This is called in Scripture a just man , ' that endeavoureth himself to leave ...
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