| 单词 |
instand |
| 释义 |
† inˈstand, v. Obs. [f. in-1 + stand v., after L. instāre: see instant.] intr. a. To be at hand. b. To press closely. (Only in pres. pple. rendering L. instans.)
1382Wyclif Gen. xxxviii. 27 Instondyng the beryng, gemels apereden in the wombe. ― Judg. xi. 5 In thoo days fouȝten the sones of Amon aȝens Yrael: the whiche sharpli instoondynge [L. quibus acriter instantibus], the more thurȝ birth wenten fro Galaad. ― 1 Esdras v. 47 In stondende..the seuenthe moneth..thei camen togidere. c. To be urgent or pressing, to be importunate.
c1450Mirour Saluacioun 345 That Adam shuld of the fruyte ete with hir instode Eue. Ibid. 241 And yt pilat instode [L. institisse] for cristis delyvring. |

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