a God's name

A form of in God's name — Used as an intensifier.

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Meanings

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  1. obsoleteObsolete form of in God's name.

    I fulfild his requeſt: and comming to him, dauncer quoth hee if thou daunce a Gods name God ſpeede thee: I cannot follow thee a foote farther, but adieu good dauncer, God ſpeed thee if thou daunce a Gods name.

    1600, William Kempe, Kemps nine daies vvonder
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    Euery man can ſay Bee to a Battledore, and vvrite in prayſe of Vertue, and the ſeuen Liberall Sciences, threſh corne out of the full ſheaues, and fetch vvater out of the Thames; but out of drie ſtubble to make an after harueſt, and a plentifull croppe vvithout ſovving, and vvring iuice out of a flint, thats Pierce a Gods name, and the right tricke of a workman.

    1599, [Thomas] Nashe, “To His Readers, Hee Cares Not What They Be”, in Nashes Lenten Stuffe, […], London: […] [Thomas Judson and Valentine Simmes] for N[icholas] L[ing] and C[uthbert] B[urby] […], →OCLC
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Chicago

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