| 释义 |
regive, v.|riːˈgɪv|
[f. re- + give v., perh. after L. reddĕre or F. redonner.]
trans. To give again, give back, restore, give in return.
1575G. Harvey Letter-bk. (Camden) 90, I regive you a pottle of howedyes. 1621J. Reynolds God's Revenge i. Hist. i. 24 Remembring the former courtesie he had receiued of Grand-Pre, in regiuing him his sword, hee..vowes now to requite it. 1658J. Webb Cleopatra viii. i. 25 Coriolanus, to whom the Africans had re-given the name of Juba his father. 1742Young Nt. Th. ii. 309 Bid Day stand still,..and reimport The period past, regive the given hour. 1815Wordsw. Let. to Mrs. Clarkson, The Soul..may be re-given when it has been taken away. a1863Faber Hymns (1875) 180 Not for worlds would I have him regiven. |
