To start (a hymn, etc.) for others to take up.
| 单词 | θ85399 |
| 释义 | the world > action or operation > undertaking > beginning action or activity > begin or enter upon (an action) [verb (transitive)] > begin or open (an action or proceeding) (6) set?c1450 To start (a hymn, etc.) for others to take up. open1471 transitive. Originally Scottish. To set in action, initiate (a proceeding or enterprise); to cause to begin or commence; spec. †to declare (war) (obs… forward1598 transitive. To help or push forward; to advance, assist, hasten, promote, urge on. Also, †to put forward, set on foot (obsolete rare). initiate1604 transitive. To begin, commence, enter upon; to introduce, set going, give rise to, originate, ‘start’ (a course of action, practice, etc.). to put in a way1624 With reference to specific conditions, without modifying adjective (or, in sense A. 20b(c), with… to be in way with: to be in negotiations with. to pu… to lead off1817 transitive. To ‘open’, take the first steps in (a dance, a ball); hence gen. to begin, make a beginning in; to open (a conversation or discussion)… |
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