| 单词 |
withsit |
| 释义 |
† withˈsit, v. Obs.
[f. with- + sit v.]
1. trans. To oppose, resist, withstand. Also, to prevent; to ward off.
c1300Havelok 1683 Hauelok ne durste..Nouth withsitten þat ubbe bad. c1330R. Brunne Chron. Wace (Rolls) 8138 Ȝyf ȝe ne conne nought do hym wyte What þe fallyng may wyþ-syt. c1330Arth. & Merl. 9055 King Rion wiþsat þat dent. 1387–8T. Usk Test. Love iii. viii. (Skeat) l. 87 This rightfulnesse..helpeth the spirit to withsitte the leude lustes of flesshly lykinge. 1393Langl. P. Pl. C. xix. 251 Ich with-sat nat hus heste. 1412–20Lydg. Chron. Troy i. 3003 To with-sitte þe force of sorcerye. c1425Seven Sag. (P.) 518 None durste wyth-sytte hys heste, Nouthir the lest no the moste. c1430Pilgr. Lyf Manhode ii. liii. (1869) 96 He shulde not mown with sitte thee ne ayens stonde thee.
2. intr. To fail. rare.
c1330Arth. & Merl. 8457 Hir eiȝen turned, hir voice wiþsat.
Hence † withˈsitting vbl. n., opposition.
1387–8T. Usk Test. Love ii. vii. (Skeat) l. 142 The fleshly body of a man, over whiche have oftentyme flyes,..mokel might in grevaunce..withouten any withsittinge. |
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