| 单词 |
manward |
| 释义 |
manward, adv. and a.|ˈmænwəd|
[See -ward.]
A. adv. (In early use to manward, also to menward.)
a. Towards man, in the direction of man.
b. In relation to man.
c1430Pilgr. Lyf Manhode iv. iv. (1869) 176 Sithe þat man hath ouercome þee, þou shuldest not afterward be so boistous to manward. 1526Tindale Titus iii. 4 After that the kyndnes and love of oure saveoure to manwarde apered. 1594Hooker Eccl. Pol. i. viii. §7 It is the root out of which all lawes of duty to men-ward haue grown. 1642J. Eaton Honey-c. Free Justif. 38 Shee hath put on Christ himselfe, to God-ward by Justification; and to man-ward by Sanctification. 1816Scott Antiq. xxxi, Mr. Blattergowl..was nevertheless a good man, in the old Scottish presbyterian phrase, God-ward and man-ward. 1865Lowell Thoreau Pr. Wks. 1890 I. 368 Emerson..has drawn steadily manward and worldward.
B. adj. Tending or directed towards man.
1867Monsell Our New Vicar 84 ‘Priest’ and ‘Altar’ speak of his God-ward office: ‘Minister’ and ‘Lord's Table’ refer to his man-ward ministrations. 1902Fairbairn Philos. Chr. Relig. ii. iii. ii. 543 His manward activities and relations. |
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