fetchv.

Brit.

/fɛtʃ/, U.S.

/fɛtʃ/

Forms: Old English feccan, fæccan, Middle English feccean, Middle English fec(c)hen, Middle English Orm. fecchenn, Middle English fechchen, southern vechchen, (Middle English fæchen, fechin, Middle English fec(c)hyn, Middle English fetchyn), Middle English–1500s fec(c)he, southern vecche, Middle English fech, foc(c)he, Middle English–1500s fac(c)h(e, southern vacche, (Middle English fochche), Middle English–1500s fetche(n, fatche, (Middle English fotche), 1800s dialect fatch, vetch, Scottish fesh, 1500s– fetch. past tense Middle English fæhte, Middle English feight(e, 1700s fought, Scottish fush, 1500s– fetched.

Etymology: Old English fecc(e)an ; according to Platt ( Anglia VI.) and Sievers an altered form of fetian (see fet v.), the originally syllabic i having, it is supposed, become consonantal, and the resulting combination /tj/ having developed into the closely resembling sound expressed by cc, i.e. either the geminated palatal stop, or something between this and its modern representative /tʃ/. Compare Old English orceard orchard < ort-geard. Although no other instance is known in which the change of ti into cc (= /tʃ/) has occurred, the correctness of the explanation is strongly supported by the fact that in Old English the forms with cc are confined to those parts of the verb in which the regular conjugation of fetian has an i. Thus fetian, fetie, fetiað gave place to feccan, fecce, feccað, but feta, fetast, fetað remained unchanged.

1. transitive. To go in quest of, and convey or conduct back. The first part of the notion is often additionally expressed by go or come.

a. with object a person or animal.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > transference > bringing > bring [verb (transitive)] > fetch > specifically a person or animal

fetOE

fetchc1000

routc1776

to carry me (also you, it, etc.) (and) come1935

c1000 Ælfric Genesis xlii. 34 Þæt ge þisne eowerne broþur feccon.

a1123 Anglo-Saxon Chron. anno 1121 He his dohter let feccean.

c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 75 Wanne þu lest wenst deað cumeð to fecchende þe.

?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 271 He..wule..facchen hire allung to him to gloire.

?a1400 Chester Pl. (Shaks. Soc.) I. 199 Goe fourthe, Joseph..And fatche our sonne.

c1420 Chron. Vilod. 732 Þey wolden þ^t theffe ouȝt fache.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) 1 Sam. xvii. 31 Saul..caused him [Dauid] be fetched.

1594 W. Shakespeare Titus Andronicus ii. iii. 53 Ile goe fetch thy sonnes To backe thy quarrels.

a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) iii. iii. 1 I wil fetch vp your Goates.

1632 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Eromena 104 The Frigat..went to fetch her aboord.

1747 B. Hoadly Suspicious Husband i. i The Devil fetch me, Child, you look'd so prettily, that [etc.].

a1790 B. Franklin Autobiogr. (1981) i. 22 There were Canoes on the Shore, & we made Signs..that they should fetch us.

1845 E. Holmes Life Mozart 17 We are everywhere fetched..in the carriages of the nobility.

1845 S. Austin tr. L. von Ranke Hist. Reformation in Germany (ed. 2) II. 83 His hearers..went armed to fetch him.

b. with object a thing. go fetch! an order to a dog.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > transference > bringing > bring [verb (transitive)] > fetch

fetchc1000

fet1297

to go for ——c1405

get1594

to round up1873

c1000 West Saxon Gospels: Matt. (Corpus Cambr.) xxiv. 17 Ne ga he nyðyr þat he ænig þing on his huse fecce.

c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 8634 He badd tatt ȝho shollde himm þa An litell waterr fecchenn.

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 8637 Brutes..comen..to fæchen þa stanes.

a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 2889 Hem-seluen he fetchden ðe chaf.

c1385 G. Chaucer Legend Good Women Dido. 1347 And bad hire norice..gon To fechyn fyr.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 8716 He bad ga focche his brande.

a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xxi. 265 A stoyll Go fetch vs!

?c1510 tr. Newe Landes & People founde by Kynge of Portyngale sig. Aii^v They can goen vnder the water and feche so the fysshes out of the water.

c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 4099 Poterhas & Protesselon..fecchid out of Philace..fyfte shippes.

1546 in T. Wright Churchwardens' Accts. Ludlow (1869) 26 A horse to fache the rope.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) iv. i. 213 I will fetch off my bottle.

1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. x. 477 Goe fetch me Wine.

1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World xv. 412 Our Guide made..signs for us to fetch..some of our meat.

1722 D. Defoe Moll Flanders 53 Step to my Closet and fetch my Flute.

1809 E. A. Kendall Trav. Northern Parts U.S. II. xlvii. 150 He had then gone home..to fetch a knife.

1836 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers (1837) ii. 5 The first cab having been fetched from the public house.

2009 R. Garnier in M. Banks et al. Red-hot Summer 126 Here he was, sitting like a trained little dog waiting for a sign to go fetch.

†c. To steal. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > steal [verb (transitive)]

pick?c1300

takec1300

fetch1377

bribec1405

usurpc1412

rapc1415

to rap and rendc1415

embezzle1495

lifta1529

pilfer1532

suffurate1542

convey?1545

mill1567

prig1567

strike1567

lag1573

shave1585

knave1601

twitch1607

cly1610

asport1621

pinch1632

snapa1639

nap1665

panyar1681

to carry off1684

to pick up1687

thievea1695

to gipsy away1696

bone1699

make1699

win1699

magg1762

snatch1766

to make off with1768

snavel1795

feck1809

shake1811

nail1819

geach1821

pull1821

to run off1821

smug1825

nick1826

abduct1831

swag1846

nobble1855

reef1859

snig1862

find1865

to pull off1865

cop1879

jump1879

slock1888

swipe1889

snag1895

rip1904

snitch1904

pole1906

glom1907

boost1912

hot-stuff1914

score1914

clifty1918

to knock off1919

snoop1924

heist1930

hoist1931

rabbit1943

to rip off1967

to have off1974

1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. iv. 51 Bothe my gees & my grys his gadelynges feccheth.

a1640 J. Fletcher et al. Beggers Bush v. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Mm3/1 What's the action we are for now? ha?..The fetching of a back of clothes or so.

d. to fetch and carry: literal chiefly of dogs (cf. carry n.¹ 2); figurative to run backwards and forwards with news, tales, etc. Hence fetch-and-carry n., the action of fetching and carrying; one who fetches and carries, a subservient person; also as adj., tale-bearing.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dog > [verb (intransitive)] > act in particular way

fawna1250

stoop?1530

kennel1552

fetch-and-carrya1616

to cock one's ears1714

beg1816

toll1851

trust1939

the mind > language > speech > conversation > converse [verb (intransitive)] > gossip

talea1225

talk1461

twittle1551

tattle1581

clasha1689

fetch-and-carry1770

gammer1788

chit-chat1821

rumour1832

nipper1840

coffee-house1861

cooze1870

chopse1879

skinder1942

scuttlebutt1945

to talk trash1947

gyaff1976

gist1992

tongue-wag-

society > communication > information > rumour > [verb (intransitive)] > bear tales or rumours

talea1225

tittlec1400

twittle1551

tattle1581

clavera1605

gossip1627

twita1643

clasha1689

fetch-and-carry1770

clype1843

clatfart1913

tattle-tale1918

labrish1935

the world > movement > transference > bringing > [noun] > fetching

fetchingc1374

fetch1549

fetch-and-carry1787

the mind > emotion > humility > servility > [noun] > servile person

clienta1393

snivelard1398

a dog for (also to) the bowc1405

fawnerc1440

snivellerc1450

slave1521

footstool1531

minion1560

footman1567

cringer1582

earthworm1583

yea-sayer1584

croucher1587

creeper1589

sneak-up1598

spaniel1598

sneak-cupa1616

servile1632

puppy dog1651

clientelary1655

lackey1692

groveling1708

prostite1721

prostitute1721

toad-eater1742

groveller1779

cringeling1798

creeping Jesusc1818

toady1826

truckler1827

crawler1847

flunkey1854

doormat1861

dog robber1863

heeler1875

slaveling1884

bootlicker1890

fetch-and-carry1905

poodle1907

yes-woman1927

ass-licker1939

ass-kisser1951

chamcha1966

fart-catcher1971

a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) iii. i. 272 Her Masters maid..hath more qualities then a Water-Spaniell... Imprimis. Shee can fetch and carry .

1696 London Gaz. No. 3229/4 A brown Gelding..will fetch and carry like a Dog.

1770 S. Foote Lame Lover ii. 50 Miss is so fond of fetching and carrying.

1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth V. 226 A raven..may be taught to fetch and carry like a spaniel.

1787 W. Cowper Let. 24 Dec. (1982) III. 77 I gave him [sc. a dog] a lesson in the science of fetch and carry.

1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian xii, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. IV. 247 That fetch and carry tell-tale.

1838 J. P. Kennedy Rob of Bowl I. 43 Come and go as you list—none of your fetch and carry.

1851 J. White in C. Knight Half Hours Eng. Hist. I. iii. 331 Go fetch and carry, fawn and wag the tail; And gnaw the bones his Highness' hand may throw you.

1871 B. Taylor tr. J. W. von Goethe Faust I. xii. 177 As if nobody had nothing to fetch and carry..But spying all the doings of one's neighbour.

1905 D. G. Phillips Plum Tree 284 He is the fetch-and-carry of an impudent and cowardly crowd in Wall Street.

c1926 ‘Mixer’ Transport Workers' Song Bk. 35 He's a..sort of fetch-and-carry For the comic ‘Welfare League’.

a. To cause to come, as by a summons or constraining force; to succeed in bringing; to draw forth, elicit (e.g. blood, tears, etc.). Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > motivation > motivate [verb (transitive)] > incite or instigate > urge, press, or impel > to come

feta1000

fetchc1374

the world > existence and causation > causation > [verb (transitive)] > elicit or call forth

movea1398

drawa1400

provoke?a1425

askc1450

to draw out1525

to stir up1526

allure?1532

suscitate1532

to call out1539

to draw fortha1569

draw1581

attract1593

raise1598

force1602

fetch1622

milka1628

invite1650

summon1679

elicit1822

to work up?1833

educe1840

c1374 G. Chaucer Anelida & Arcite 341 To your routh, and to your trouth I crye, But well away, to ferre been they to fetch.

1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Fetche by callinge, accerso.

1553 J. Bale Vocacyon in Harl. Misc. (Malh.) I. 348 They can fatch their frendes sowles from flaminge purgatory.

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1593) iv. sig. Nn3^v She..with a pittifull cry fetched his eyes vnto her.

1606 Bp. J. Hall Heauen vpon Earth iv. 31 An vnwonted extremity of the blow shall fetch blood of the soule.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) Induct. ii. 45 Thy hounds shall..fetch shrill ecchoes from the hollow earth.

1622 A. Sparrow Rationale Bk. Common Prayer (1661) 119 A new Star..fetcht the Sages of the East to..worship him.

1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World xvi. 442 The way of fetching Fire out of Wood.

1701 J. Ray Wisdom of God (ed. 3) ii. 235 The Infant..after divers times drawing, fetch'd some Milk.

1733 A. Pope Ess. Man iii. 222 Fetch th' Aerial Eagle to the Ground.

1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel I. 25 Sympathy would fetch the tear From each young list'ner.

1861 W. M. Thackeray Four Georges ii. 87 The great bell fetches us into a parlour.

b. To make (the butter) ‘come’ by churning.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation of dairy produce > [verb (transitive)] > make butter

churnc1440

kirn15..

fetch1844

1844 W. Barnes Witch in Poems Rural Life in Dorset Dial. 21 Tha cooden vetch the butter in the churn.

1853 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 14 i. 74 The old barrel-churn..will fetch it [butter] in cold weather in a quarter of an hour.

c. to fetch the water, and (hence) to fetch the pump: to obtain a flow of water by ‘priming’.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > liquid > action or process of extracting > obtain water flow by priming pump [phrase]

to fetch the water1769

1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Transl. French Terms Charger la pompe, to fetch the pump.

?1790 J. Imison School of Arts (ed. 2) 170 Water is commonly poured thereon down the pipe, vulgarly called fetching the water.

1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Fetching the pump.

†d. To restore to consciousness; = to fetch again 2 at Phrasal verbs. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1621 M. Wroth Countesse of Mountgomeries Urania 493 She..then fainted againe, and againe they fetched her.

1728 J. Gay Beggar's Opera i. viii. 11 Give her another Glass..This, you see, fetches her.

1744 Much Ado in S. Fielding's Lett. D. Simple (1752) II. 185 She is coming, Madam, to herself—I believe we have fetched her.

3. Of a commodity: To ‘bring in’, realize, sell for (a certain price). †Also rarely of money: To purchase, procure (commodities).

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > buying > buy [verb (transitive)]

cheapc950

buyc1000

takea1382

purchasec1390

costa1400

coffc1425

redeem?1520

cope1570

fetch1605

shop1944

society > trade and finance > selling > sell [verb (transitive)] > be sold for a certain price

givec1600

fetch1605

make1868

1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. sig. Mm4^v As money will fetch all other commodities; so this knowledge is that which should purchase all the rest.

1695 J. Locke Further Consid. Value Money (ed. 2) 103 During such a state, Silver in the Coin will never fetch as much as the Silver in Bullion.

1752 S. Foote Taste i. 3 The Guido, what did that fetch?

1832 H. Martineau Homes Abroad iv. 57 His land..fetched 15s. an acre.

1878 R. B. Smith Carthage 358 Wretched creatures..exposed for what little they could fetch in the Roman Forum.

4. To move to interest, admiration, or goodwill by some happy contrivance or telling feature; to attract irresistibly. Also absol. to ‘take’, attract, be telling or effective. Now colloquial or slang.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > attractiveness > attract [verb (transitive)]

attract1584

trance1597

fetch1607

magnetize1658

engage1693

seduce1747

appeala1885

the mind > emotion > pleasure > quality of being pleasant or pleasurable > please or give pleasure to [verb (transitive)] > charm

charmc1440

allure?1532

attract1584

sirenize1592

enchant1593

enamour1600

fetch1607

inveiglea1720

seduce1747

appeal1881

1607 B. Jonson Volpone i. ii. sig. B3^v I apprehend What thoughts he has..That this would fetch you.

1607 T. Dekker & J. Webster West-ward Hoe ii. ii. sig. C2^v Earl. Ha? Bird. Oh? I thought I should fetch you.

1709 S. Centlivre Busie Body i. i. 2 If thou'rt in Love with two hundred, Gold will fetch 'em.

1819 L. Hunt Indicator 20 Oct. 10 A venerable piece of earthenware..will fetch his imagination more than ever it fetched potter.

1860 J. G. Holland Miss Gilbert's Career xxvii. 470 I thought you'd fetched me once, but somehow it didn't stick.

1882 W. Besant All Sorts of Men II. xxx. 265 You shall..come on dressed in a pink costoom, which generally fetches at an entertainment.

1886 J. K. Jerome Idle Thoughts (1889) 109 To say that the child has got its father's nose..fetches the parents.

1931 A. Huxley Let. 25 Sept. (1969) 355 Another sign of his cleverness was the exploiting of the psycho~analytical rigmarole, which will fetch 100's of earnest imbeciles.

1957 R. Hoggart Auden 36 Jazz enthusiasts say that a solo performer ‘fetches’ them.

†5.

a. To go and receive; to obtain, get (an object of pursuit); to ‘come by’ (one's death). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > death > [verb (transitive)]

fetcha1200

to breathe out one's lifea1382

passc1540

the mind > possession > acquisition > obtain or acquire [verb (transitive)] > go and obtain

fetc1175

fetcha1200

a1200 Moral Ode 222 Ich elches worldes wele þer me mahte feche.

c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 187 Manie mannisshe folgeden ure drihte..sume to fechen at him here hele.

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 3220 Þiðerward wende þe king..to-ward þon deore þer he dæð fæhte [c1300 Otho featte].

1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. ix. 169 If þe deuel help To folwen after þe [Dunmow] flicche, fecche þei it neuere.

c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 396 Þou schal seche me þi-self..& foch þe such wages As þou deles me to-day.

1489–90 in T. Stapleton Plumpton Corr. (1839) 91 Fech your pardon and my ladyes.

a1555 H. Latimer Frutefull Serm. (1572) ii. f. 201 Christ sent this man vnto the priest to fetch there his absolucion.

1656 E. Waller Panegyric to Cromwell iv The seat of empire, where the Irish come..to fetch their doom.

b. colloquial. To obtain, ‘take out’ (a court summons, etc.) against a person. Also to fetch law of: to bring an action against.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > action of courts in claims or grievances > carry on or institute (an action) [verb (transitive)] > sue or institute action against

pleada1325

implead1387

follow1389

pursue1454

process1493

to put in suit1495

to call (a person) unto the law?a1513

sue1526

suit1560

prosecute1579

to fetch a person over the hips1587

trounce1638

law1647

prosecute1656

action1734

to fetch law of1832

court1847

chicane1865

actionize1871

run1891

1832 Examiner 412/2 They were better pleased at what they had done than if they had ‘fetched law’ of him.

c. Cricket. To score (a certain number of runs). ? Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > batting > bat [verb (transitive)] > score runs

fetch1735

run1752

to knock up1837

to knock off1851

to run out1856

to hit off1857

rattle1860

compile1884

to hit up1895

slog1897

1735 London Evening-post 12 July The Londoners went in first and fetch'd 95.

c1806 in Daily Chron. (1906) 12 July 4/7 ‘On Thursday’ (a hundred years ago)..‘Hambledon fetched 144 and Winchester 107 runs.’

1906 A. E. Knight Compl. Cricketer App. II. 345 Fetch is an almost obsolete word for ‘score’.

a. To draw, derive, ‘borrow’ from a source, esp. from one more or less remote. Const. from or out of. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > causation > source or origin > originate or be a source of [verb (transitive)] > derive, come from, or originate in

fet1393

to take one's spring from (also out of)c1440

to come out of ——1481

extract1490

deduct1530

fetch1552

desume1564

deduce1565

father1577

derive1600

traduce1615

raisea1631

originate1653

to be sourced in1941

1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Fetche out of boke, depromere.

a1568 R. Ascham Scholemaster (1570) i. f. 23^v Italie now, is not..so fitte a place..for yong men to fetch either wisedome or honestie from thence.

1591 G. Fletcher Of Russe Common Wealth ii. f. 6 The eight [river] Ocka..fetcheth his head from the borders of the Chrim.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) i. ii. 21 I fetch my life and being, From men of royall height.

1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments 277 A..fashion..fetched from the French.

1651 R. Child Large Let. in S. Hartlib Legacie 14 I desire not to fetch Causes afarre off, and to tell you of the sad Conjunctions of Mars and Saturn.

1655 N. Culpeper et al. tr. L. Rivière Pract. Physick xiii. i. 363 The Cure of this Disease..you must fetch..from the Chapter treating thereof.

1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 321. ¶13 He fetched this beautiful Circumstance from the Iliad.

1806 J. Beresford Miseries Human Life I. v. 100 To fetch a parallel case out of Roman History.

1871 R. H. Hutton Ess. (1877) I. 37 A so-called ‘equivalent’ for concrete fact..has..been fetched out of actual existence.

†b. To derive as from a cause or origin; to infer (an argument, conclusion). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > causation > source or origin > originate or be a source of [verb (transitive)] > derive, come from, or originate in > an argument or conclusion

fetch1567

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > process of reasoning, ratiocination > process of inferring, inference > infer, conclude [verb (transitive)]

concludec1374

takec1400

to drive outc1443

drive1447

derive1509

reasona1527

deduce1529

include1529

infer1529

gather1535

deduct?1551

induce1563

pick1565

fetch1567

collect1581

decide1584

bring1605

to take up1662

1567 J. Maplet Greene Forest f. 27 The thirde difference is fetched from their tast or sauor.

1625 C. Burges New Discouery Personal Tithes 2 Nor to fetch any Argument from that Tenet to proue the point in hand.

1662 E. Stillingfleet Origines Sacræ i. iii. §3 That they were the more Eastern Chaldæans..Scaliger..fetcheth from the signification of the word.

1668 N. Culpeper & A. Cole tr. T. Bartholin Anat. (new ed.) i. ix. 20 From the indignation [of the Pylorus] he fetches the cause of the Palsie.

1691 J. Ray Wisdom of God 157 We may fetch an Argument of the Wisdom and Providence of God from the convenient situation and disposition of the Parts and Members of our Bodies.

†c. To deduce (the origin of); to derive (a pedigree, etc.). to fetch far or higher: to find a distant or higher origin for. Also absol. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > causation > source or origin > originate or be a source of [verb (transitive)] > derive, come from, or originate in > deduce or affirm to be derived

fetch1553

extract1634

1553 J. Bale Vocacyon in Harl. Misc. (Malh.) I. 355 To fatch this thinge from the first foundacion.

1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry i. f. 4^v As farre as I can fetche my petigree, all my Auncestours were occupiers of husbandry.

1581 G. Pettie tr. S. Guazzo Ciuile Conuersat. (1586) ii. 99 b By the example of Lysimachus..Yea, and without fetching so farre, wee see [etc.].

1630 R. Norton tr. W. Camden Hist. Princesse Elizabeth ii. 133 Touching this Rebellion, (to fetch the matter a little higher).

1662 E. Stillingfleet Origines Sacræ i. i. §11 Many great Families..fetched their pedegree from the Gods.

†d. To derive (a word) etymologically. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > causation > source or origin > originate or be a source of [verb (transitive)] > derive, come from, or originate in > of a word

say1340

fetch1605

1605 R. Carew in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eminent Literary Men (1843) 100 Some [words] are directlie fetched from the latine.

1605 W. Camden Remaines i. 58 I rather would fetch Hoel from Hælius.

1680 R. Morden Geogr. Rectified (1685) 43 The more Iudicious fetch their Name from the Bay..called by Mela, Sinus Codanus.

a. To draw, get, take (breath, †a breathing); now rare. Hence by extension, To heave (a sigh); to utter (a groan, scream); to drain (a draught).

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > respiratory organs > breathing > inhalation > inhale [verb (transitive)]

to suck inc1220

drawa1300

inbreathea1382

to draw ina1398

to take in1495

inhaust1547

fetch1552

fet1556

imbreathe1574

to breathe in1576

attract1582

suck?1614

inspirate1615

imbibe1621

inspire1666

redistend1684

inhale1725

embreathe1867

indraw1883

the world > life > the body > respiratory organs > breathing > audible breathing > [verb (transitive)] > sigh

sikea1350

fetch1552

fet1556

reach1582

the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [verb (transitive)] > drink up or off

swap?1507

swingea1529

drink1535

uphalec1540

toss1568

trill off?1589

snapa1592

to toss offa1592

to turn down1593

to top off1598

drain1604

to take off1613

outdrinka1631

whip1639

swoop1648

epote1657

to fetch off1657

ebibe1689

fetch1691

to tip off1699

to sweep off1707

tip1784

to turn over1796

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > [verb (transitive)] > utter

leadOE

givec1175

tell?c1225

talkc1275

to set upa1325

to put outc1350

soundc1374

to give upc1386

pronouncea1393

cough1393

moutha1400

profera1400

forth withc1400

utterc1400

to put forth1535

display1580

vent1602

accent1603

respeak1604

vocalize1669

fetch1707

go1836

outen1951

1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Fetche breath or winde, prospiro.

1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus Asthma, a disease, when..a man can hardely fetch his breathe.

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) iii. xiii. sig. Qq1^v Damætas..had fetched many a sower breathed sigh.

1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 376 The Horsse will..fetch his breath short.

1632 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Eromena 106 The sicke woman..(fetching a deepe sigh) return'd her this answer.

1691 A. Gavin Observ. Journy to Naples 248 They drink in good earnest, and fetch the greatest Draughts they can.

1707 J. Stevens tr. F. de Quevedo Comical Wks. (1709) 53 Fetching such dreadful Groans.

1735 G. Lyttelton Lett. from Persian (1744) 132 She fetched a Scream.

1748 J. Mason Ess. Elocution 24 You are not to fetch your Breath..till you come to the Period.

1802 T. Beddoes Hygëia II. vii. 62 The child..was still fetching deep sobs.

1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge xxii. 60 ‘Very good,’ said Mr. Tappertit, fetching a long breath.

1875 W. D. Howells Foregone Concl. 145 The young girl..fetched a long sigh.

b. absol. (See quot. 1855.)

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1855 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Yorks. Words 56 To Fetch, painfully to draw in the breath.

a. To deal, strike (a blow); to make (a stroke). Now chiefly colloquial. †to fetch a fetch: to try a stratagem.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > impact > striking > strike [verb (transitive)] > deal or give (a stroke or blow)

setc1300

smitec1300

layc1330

drivec1380

slentc1380

hit?a1400

to lay ona1400

reacha1400

fetchc1400

depart1477

warpc1480

throw1488

lenda1500

serve1561

wherret1599

senda1627

lunge1735

to lay in1809

wreak1817

to get in1834

the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > be cunning or act cunningly [verb (intransitive)] > machinate > use a stratagem

to fetch a fetch1559

finesse1756

c1400 (?c1380) Pearl l. 1157 No-þyng myȝt me dere To fech me bur & take me halte.

1559 W. Baldwin et al. Myrroure for Magistrates James I. iii He false traytour..To get the crowne, began to fetch a fetch.

1611 Bible (King James) Deut. xix. 5 His hand fetcheth a stroke with the axe.

1664 E. Bushnell Compl. Ship-wright 68 To fetch a stroake with the Oares.

1678 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress 72 Apollyon was fetching of his last blow.

1865 Punch 49 228 Fetch 'im [a donkey] a good whack 'ith your rumbereller!

1888 S. O. Addy Gloss. Words Sheffield (at cited word) I'll fetch thee a nope [knock].

b. Hence, To ‘have at’, reach, strike (a person).

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > impact > striking > strike [verb (transitive)] > specific animate object

drepeOE

smitec1200

buffet?c1225

strike1377

rapa1400

seta1400

frontc1400

ballc1450

throw1488

to bear (a person) a blow1530

fetch1556

douse1559

knetcha1564

slat1577

to hit any one a blow1597

wherret1599

alapate1609

shock1614

baske1642

measure1652

plump1785

jow1802

nobble1841

scuff1841

clump1864

bust1873

plonk1874

to sock it to1877

dot1881

biff1888

dong1889

slosh1890

to soak it to1892

to cop (a person) one1898

poke1906

to hang one on1908

bop1931

clonk1949

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > reaching a point or place > reach (a point or place) [verb (transitive)] > arrive at

latchc1330

recovera1375

fetch1556

to fetch up1589

tocome1596

arrive1647

1556 J. Heywood Spider & Flie lvii. Bb j b Vew yonder copweb castell..Behold..How thordinance lieth: flies fer and nere to fach.

1609 W. Shakespeare Pericles v. 58 Ile fetch'th with a wanion.

1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 338 The Conditions of Weapons, & their Improuement are; First, the Fetching a farre of.

1869 ‘M. Twain’ Innocents Abroad iii. 37 I could..throw a rock here..without hitting a captain... You'd fetch the captain of the watch, may be.

1870 ‘M. Twain’ Curious Republic Gondour (1919) 45 And fetch me with the butt-end of the gun.

c. to go to fetch: (of a batter) to run out to hit (the ball).

ΚΠ

1928 Daily Tel. 26 June 17/1 Jupp took four wickets for 37 runs. The batsmen would not go out to fetch him.

a. To make or perform (a movement); to take (a walk, run, leap, etc.). Of a river: To make (a turn, winding, etc.). Obsolete exc. archaic.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > doing > do [verb (transitive)]

i-wurchec888

i-dreeeOE

doeOE

dightc1000

workOE

haveOE

fet1297

takec1380

gara1400

playc1410

practisec1475

bedrive1481

fetch1530

perpetrate1535

act1590

exert1662

the world > movement > bodily movement > move (the body or a member) [verb (transitive)] > make (a movement)

makec1225

fet1297

fetch1530

the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > action of river > [verb (transitive)] > fetch (a turn or winding)

fetch1530

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 548/2 I fetche a gambolde or a fryske in daunsyng.

1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice v. i. 73 Colts fetching mad bounds.

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 108 The riuer..fetcheth such windings to and fro.

1619 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Maides Trag. iii. sig. E2 She..did fetch so still a sleepe.

1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. v. 205 I would often fetch a walke, to stretch my legs.

1670 J. Dryden Tyrannick Love iv. i. 41 Some faint Pilgrim..resolv'd to fetch his leap..Runs to the Bank.

1700 W. Congreve Way of World iv. i. 55 If so be that I might not be troublesome, I wou'd have fought a walk with you.

1758 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1861) III. 508 According to the country phrase, yesterday Sally and I ‘fetched a charming walk’.

1759 B. Martin Nat. Hist. Eng. I. 213 The River fetches a large Winding.

1762 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy V. xxix. 104 Suddenly..he fetched a gambol upon one foot.

1795 A. Hughes Jemima I. 105 They are all..gone to fetch an airing.

1829 R. Southey Let. in Corr. R. Southey with C. Bowles (1881) 181 I shall..in vulgar English, fetch a walk.

1859 W. M. Thackeray Virginians (1879) I. 364 Mr. Warrington..was gone to fetch a walk in the moonlight.

a1910 ‘M. Twain’ Autobiography (1924) I. 237 A brook that never goes straight for a minute..sometimes fetching a horse-shoe three quarters of a mile around.

b. Phrases. †to fetch one's birr, to fetch one's course, to fetch one's feeze (see birr n.¹ 2, course n. 12a, feeze n. 1b); to fetch a circuit: see circuit n. 3d; to fetch a compass: see compass n.¹ 11d; to fetch the farm: see farm n.² 8.

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1535 Bible (Coverdale) Eccl. i. 5 The wynde goeth towarde y^e South, & fetcheth his compase aboute vnto the North.

1547 J. Harrison Exhort. Scottes 213 As one that intendeth to make a greate lepe, I muste..ronne back to fetche my course.

a1549 A. Borde Fyrst Bk. Introd. Knowl. (1870) 163 To fetch the cyrcuyte about Christendome.

1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Fetche a compasse in speakinge, ambagio.

1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy ii. ii. iii. 317 A long-winged Hawke..mounts aloft, and..fetcheth a many circuits in the Aire.

1659 J. Milton Considerations touching Hirelings 141 Traind up..by the scripture..without fetching the compas of other arts and sciences.

1722 D. Defoe Jrnl. Plague Year 147 Leaving Stepney, they fetched a long Compass.

1722 D. Defoe Jrnl. Plague Year 16 My Brother..fetch'd a Round farther into Buckinghamshire.

1814 W. Scott Waverley III. xv^*. 222 He fetched a large circuit..avoiding the hamlet.

1825 M. M. Sherwood Lady of Manor III. xiv. 71 The compass commonly fetched before the pupil can be conducted to the point intended.

1837 T. De Quincey Revolt of Tartars in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. July 110/2 Troops of deer..fetching a compass by way of re-entering the forest grounds.

1859 J. E. Tennent Ceylon II. viii. iv. 350 It is..necessary to fetch a circuit of many miles.

1883 Cent. Mag. 26 907/1 He had fetched a compass of the whole [isle].

10. Nautical (see also branch II).

a. To arrive at, come to, reach; to come up with (a vessel).

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > aspects of travel > arrival > arrive at or reach [verb (transitive)]

to come toOE

reachOE

hita1075

ofreachlOE

catchc1330

latchc1330

recovera1375

getc1390

henta1393

win?1473

fetch1589

to fetch up1589

obtain1589

attainc1592

make1610

gaina1616

arrive1647

advene1684

strike1798

society > travel > travel by water > [verb (transitive)] > reach by sailing or arrive at

arrivec1440

to fall with ——?c1475

feta1547

seize1588

fetch1589

purchase1589

to fall in1598

porta1625

set1632

1589 Voy. W. Towrson in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations i. 98 It was the 14. day of October before we could fetch Dartmouth.

1693 London Gaz. No. 2888/3 After the Enemy had fetched them [ships].

1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson ii. ii. 129 The Gloucester..spent a month in her endeavours to fetch the bay.

1795 Ld. Nelson in Dispatches & Lett. (1845) II. 13 We could have fetched the Sans Culotte.

1834 F. Marryat Jacob Faithful I. viii. 140 You'll not fetch the bridges this tide.

1880 L. Parr Adam & Eve v. 69 A poor nigger-black, who never fetched the shore alive.

figurative and in extended use.1637 S. Rutherford Lett. (1863) I. 212 I know that..ye intend to fetch heaven..and to take it with the wind on your face.1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost viii. 137 If Earth industrious of her self fetch Day Travelling East. 1898 H. S. Canfield Maid of Frontier 178 We fetched Chisolm's house just a little before sundown.1930 T. E. Lawrence Let. 25 Feb. (1938) 682 Now-a-days I'm lucky to fetch London once in three months.

b. To get into (the wake of a vessel); to get into the course or current of (the wind). ? Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of wind > get into the current of the wind [verb (transitive)]

fetch1630

society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > direct or manage ship [verb (transitive)] > set a ship's course > get in the wake of another vessel

fetch1630

1630 tr. G. Botero Relations Famous Kingdomes World (rev. ed.) 239 Outward they touch to take in fresh water, and fetch the wind.

1669 S. Sturmy Mariners Mag. i. 19 The Chase is about, come fetch her wack.

1671 R. Bohun Disc. Wind 90 They should make a circuit without the Tropicks, to fetch their Western Winds.

1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson iii. viii. 377 Little more than a league distant from the galeon, and could fetch her wake.

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c. to fetch headway or sternway: ‘said of a vessel gathering motion ahead or astern’ (Adm. Smyth).

d. to fetch way: to move or shift (from the proper place); to break loose. Cf. to fetch away at Phrasal verbs.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > move [verb (intransitive)] > change place or position > from proper place

to fetch way1670

to fetch away1769

shunt1850

1670 J. Narborough Jrnl. in Acct. Several Late Voy. (1711) i. 113 My Main-mast..fetched such Way.

1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Fetch away, to be shaken or agitated from one side to another... Usually applied to a mast.

1800 Naval Chron. 4 55 A shot has fetched way in the gun.

1840 F. Marryat Poor Jack xxiii. 166 The upper part of the cargo fetched way a little, for it was loosely stowed.

1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. To fetch way: said of a gun or anything which escapes from its place by the vessel's motion at sea.

e. intransitive. To take a course; to reach a specified position, bring one's vessel up.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > direct or manage ship [verb (intransitive)] > head in a certain course or direction

steer1340

stem1487

capea1522

lie1574

put1578

bear1587

rut1588

haul1589

fetch1590

standa1594

to stand along1600

to bear away1614

work1621

to lay up1832

1590 C. Marlowe Tamburlaine: 1st Pt. sig. D^v The Persean Fleete and men of war..Haue fetcht about the Indian continent.

1669 J. Narborough Jrnl. in Acct. Several Late Voy. (1711) i. 8 Two points of land by which a man may fetch into any part of the Bay.

1778 J. Cook Jrnl. 26 May (1967) III. i. 361 We tacked and stood over for Cape Elizabeth, under which we fetched at half past 5 pm.

1836 F. Marryat Mr. Midshipman Easy I. xiii. 216 He..tacked in shore, and fetched well to windward of the low point.

1839 F. Marryat Phantom Ship II. xix. 171 The Dort..tacked, and fetched alongside of the frigate.

1883 J. D. J. Kelly in Harper's Mag. Aug. 447/2 A boat..with ability to fetch to windward.

†f. to fetch of, upon: to gain upon. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > rate of motion > move at specific rate [verb (transitive)] > gain (ground) upon > catch up or overtake

betakea1000

oftakelOE

overtakec1225

ofgoc1300

under-get1390

attain1393

overget?a1400

overgoc1425

gaincopec1440

overhiec1440

overhalec1540

overcatch1570

overhent1590

win1596

to grow on or upon1603

catcha1616

to fetch up1622

to fetch of, upon1659

overhaul1793

to meet up with1837

to catch up1838

to get past1857

1659 D. Pell Πελαγος 312 Our ships..fetching abundantly of them.

1693 London Gaz. No. 2888/2 The Admiral..of the Blue..fetching very fast upon us.

Phrasal verbs

Idiomatically combined with adverbs. (For non-specialized combinations, see the simple senses and the adverbs.) to fetch about

1. transitive. In sense 9a, 9b, to fetch about a compass, to fetch a way about. Hence with ellipsis of object: To take a roundabout course or method. †Also reflexive in same sense.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > indirect action or process > move in roundabout course [verb (intransitive)]

to fetch about1551

coast1623

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > indirect action or process > take roundabout course [verb (transitive)]

to fetch about1551

society > travel > aspects of travel > travel in specific course or direction > direct one's course [verb (intransitive)] > change course or turn off > diverge from direct course > make a detour

to cast, fet, fetch, go, take a compass?a1500

to fetch a windlass1530

to fetch about1551

to fetch, make, take a circuit1665

elbow1804

detour1836

1551 R. Robinson tr. T. More Vtopia sig. Gv Whiche fetchynge about a circuite or compasse of .vc. myles.

c1585 R. Browne Answere to Cartwright 6 What neede hee haue fetched about and made suche adoo.

1607 T. Middleton Revengers Trag. iv. sig. G2^v You fetch about well, but lets talke in present.

a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) iv. ii. 24 Like a shifted winde vnto a saile, It makes the course of thoughts to fetch about .

1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 133 It is strange, how..farre about they will fetch.

1652 W. Brough Preservative against Schisme 46 Tacking and fetching your selves about as the Wind serves.

1825 M. M. Sherwood Young Forester in Houlston Tracts I. ii. 5 Fetching a way about, in order that his brothers might not trace his steps.

2. To swing round (the arm, a weapon) so as to gather impetus for a stroke. Also intransitive for reflexive.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in specific manner > move in specific manner [verb (transitive)] > flourish or brandish

shakec1000

stirc1275

wagc1300

brandisha1340

flourishc1384

swinga1400

swinglec1450

ruffle?1562

sweak1567

vambrash1577

sway1590

swinge1605

to fetch about1609

wave1609

wheel1617

evibrate1654

the world > movement > motion in specific manner > move in specific manner [verb (intransitive)] > move with a flourish > make flourishing or brandishing movement

flourish1594

to fetch about1609

swipe1825

wheel1893

1609 Bible (Douay) I. 1 Kings xvii. 49 Fetching it [the sling] about [he] stroke the Philistian in the forehead.

1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 122 To gather strength enough (as the arm does by fetching about).

†3. To contrive, devise, plan. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > invention, devising > invent, devise [verb (transitive)]

findeOE

understand1297

devisea1300

shapec1381

warpa1387

enginec1400

weavec1420

reparel1434

studyc1530

conjecture1551

spina1575

ingeniate1592

think1599

to pattern out1601

decoct1602

smooth1603

to fetch about1611

fancy1635

plait1642

erect1646

1611 Bible (King James) 2 Sam. xiv. 20 To fetch about this forme of speech.

1667 H. More Divine Dialogues (1713) i. xxvii. 56 This is cunningly fetch'd about.

to fetch again

†1. transitive. To take or get back; to recoup, make good. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > make equal [verb (transitive)] > compensate or make up for

restorea1325

to make good1389

boot1393

rewarda1398

supplya1398

to make up1472

upset1513

to fetch again1535

redeem1590

balance1594

pay1596

unpay1600

to make out1610

requitea1613

to pay home1625

encourage1628

compensate1646

compensate1656

reprise1662

to take up1662

to fetch up1665

to pay off1717

indemnify1750

to bring up arrears1788

equalize1866

reparate1956

the mind > possession > taking > take [verb (transitive)] > take again or back > take back

resume1404

to take again1474

revoke1526

reclaim1530

to fetch again1535

to take back1568

reducec1595

reassume1609

revicta1656

reassert1704

pull1985

society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > getting or making money > get or make money [verb (transitive)] > bring in (a revenue)

raise1389

levy1469

to pull in?1529

to fetch again1535

to bring in?1548

yield1573

produce1585

answer1596

in1609

render1687

net1758

rent1775

realize1777

earn1847

recoup1868

1535 Bible (Coverdale) 2 Sam. viii. 3 He wente to fetch his power agayne.

1612 Bp. J. Hall Contempl. I. i. i. 79 When God had fetcht againe all the life which he had giuen.

a1617 S. Hieron Penance for Sinne in Wks. (1620) II. 251 To fetch againe those losses which he hath receyued.

†2. To revive, restore to consciousness. Obsolete.

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1601 Bp. W. Barlow Serm. Paules Crosse Martij 1600 49 To fetch her againe.

1626 F. Bacon Sylva §694 (1627) 174 For smells, wee see their great and sudden Effect in fetching Men again, when they swoune.

1669 J. Bunyan Holy Citie 252 Revivings, that, (like Aquavitæ) do fetch again, and chear up the soul.

to fetch away

intransitive. To move or shift from its proper place; to get loose. Cf. 10d.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > move [verb (intransitive)] > change place or position > from proper place

to fetch way1670

to fetch away1769

shunt1850

1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine at Chock A..wedge used to confine a cask..to prevent it from fetching way when the ship is in motion.

1808 Sporting Mag. 30 123 We fetch away, and are tossed to the farthest side of the cabin.

1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. (1856) xx. 152 Even anchors and quarter-boats, have ‘fetched away’.

1890 W. C. Russell Ocean Trag. II. xxi. 182 Every..article on the breakfast table fetching away with a hideous crash.

to fetch down

transitive. = to bring down at bring v. Phrasal verbs 1 (to bring in at bring v. Phrasal verbs 1), but more colloquial and expressive of vigorous action.

1. To bring to the ground by a shot or a blow.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > causing to come or go down > cause to come or go down [verb (transitive)] > bring to the ground/lay low

layc888

afelleOE

to throw downa1250

groundc1275

to lay to ground, to earth (Sc. at eird)c1275

stoopc1275

evena1382

abatec1390

to bring downa1400

falla1400

welt?a1400

throwa1450

tumble1487

succumb1490

strewa1500

vaila1592

flat1607

level1614

floor1642

to fetch down1705

drop1726

supplant1751

1705 tr. W. Bosman New Descr. Coast of Guinea xvii. 319 This vast number of Shot..were not sufficient to fetch him [sc. Elephant] down.

1726 W. R. Chetwood Voy. & Adventures Capt. R. Boyle 155 I levell'd all at Hamet, and..had the good Fortune to fetch him down.

1801 W. Windham Speeches Parl. (1812) II. 30 There were but few whom they were able to fetch down at a blow.

1879 R. H. Elliot Written on their Foreheads I. 7 Fetching down the young rooks from the tree tops.

2. To force down (prices, etc.).

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > monetary value > price > fluctuation in price > [verb (transitive)] > lower (price)

weaken1530

mitigate1542

abase1551

fall1564

to beat the price1591

to bring down1600

to fetch down1841

degrade1844

to roll back1942

1841 R. B. Peake Court & City i. iii The late war has fetched down the price of women.

to fetch in

†1. transitive. To gain for an adherent. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > motivation > attraction, allurement, or enticement > attract, allure, or entice [verb (transitive)] > draw towards

to fetch in1614

the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > support > support or encouragement > support or encourage [verb (transitive)] > be adherent of > gain for an adherent

to fetch in1614

1614 Bp. J. Hall Recoll. Treat. 248 All the powers and craft of hell cannot fetch him in for a customer to euill.

1647 C. Cotterell & W. Aylesbury tr. E. C. Davila Hist. Civill Warres France i. 27 Like artifices were used to fetch in the rest.

†2. To close in upon, surround; to enclose, take in. Also to include (in one's voyage).

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > [verb (transitive)] > visit a place > in the course of travel

to fetch in1565

to take in1622

dropa1634

stop1905

the world > space > relative position > condition of being internal > containing or having within > contain or have within [verb (transitive)]

holdc1000

takec1175

keep1340

harbour1362

containa1382

comprehend1393

comprise1483

carry1517

house1542

refrain1542

to fetch in1565

enharbour1596

inhold1614

reserve1614

the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > surrounding > surround or lie around [verb (transitive)] > in hostile or harmful manner

beset?c1225

lapc1330

to lay about14..

underset1488

to fetch in1565

bestad1579

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > make an attack upon [verb (transitive)] > on all sides > specifically a person

forsetc900

beseta1225

underset1488

to fetch in1565

bestad1579

1565 A. Golding tr. Caesar Martiall Exploytes in Gallia iii. f. 68 They fetched in on euery syde and slew those that stoode in good hope..of wynning theyr Campe.

1594 T. Blundeville Exercises v. f. 266 He..turning to the South did fetch in all the sea coastes untill hee came to Capo Razo.

1670 S. Wilson Lassels's Voy. Italy (new ed.) i. 92 A Cage of Iron..so high that it fetcheth in a world of laurel.

†3. To ‘take in’; cheat. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > treat fraudulently, cheat [verb (transitive)]

deceivec1330

defraud1362

falsec1374

abuse?a1439

fraud1563

visure1570

cozen1583

coney-catch1592

to fetch in1592

cheat1597

sell1607

mountebanka1616

dabc1616

nigglea1625

to put it on1625

shuffle1627

cuckold1644

to put a cheat on1649

tonya1652

fourbe1654

imposturea1659

impose1662

slur1664

knap1665

to pass upon (also on)1673

snub1694

ferret1699

nab1706

shool1745

humbug1750

gag1777

gudgeon1787

kid1811

bronze1817

honeyfuggle1829

Yankee1837

middle1863

fuck1866

fake1867

skunk1867

dead-beat1888

gold-brick1893

slicker1897

screw1900

to play it1901

to do in1906

game1907

gaff1934

scalp1939

sucker1939

sheg1943

swizz1961

butt-fuck1979

1592 R. Greene Quip for Vpstart Courtier sig. G They were al feathered of one wing to fetch in yong gentlemen.

1612 S. Rowlands More Knaues Yet 33 Who will be drawne at Dice and Cards to play..And be fetch'd in for all that's in his purse?

to fetch off

†1. To bring out of a difficulty; to deliver, rescue. Cf. bring off. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > safety > rescue or deliverance > rescue or deliver (from) [verb (transitive)] > rescue or carry off from

reavec1225

werea1500

snatcha1616

to fetch off1648

surprise1687

pluck1719

1648 W. Jenkyn Ὁδηγος Τυϕλος i. 16 This hereticall and rediculous soul fetcheth off himself thus.

1650 R. Stapleton tr. F. Strada De Bello Belgico iii. 62 The whole Market-place..strove to fetch off the prisoners.

†2. To ‘do’ or ‘do for’; to get the better of; to make an end of. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > have or gain mastery or superiority over [verb (transitive)] > overcome or defeat > defeat completely or do for

overthrowc1375

checkmatea1400

to bring or put to (or unto) utterance1430

distrussc1430

crusha1599

panga1600

to fetch off1600

finish1611

settle?1611

feague1668

rout1676

spiflicate1749

bowl1793

to settle a person's hash1795

dish1798

smash1813

to cook (rarely do) one's goose1835

thunder-smite1875

scuppera1918

to put the bee on1918

stonker1919

to wrap up1922

root1944

banjax1956

marmalize1966

1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 iii. ii. 297 As I returne I will fetch off these iustices.

1613 Notorious Cousnages of J. & A. West vi She hath fetcht off Usurers and Misers, as finely as they fetch off young heires.

1618 in J. Gutch Collectanea Curiosa (1781) II. 423 My Lord of Essex was fetcht off by a trick.

1630 Bp. J. Hall Occas. Medit. §lxxvii What fine devises..to fetch off liues.

1653 H. More Antidote against Atheism in Coll. Philos. Writings (1712) iii. xi. 122 We may add a third [Question], which may haply fetch off the other two.

†3. To drain, drink off (a draught). Cf. 7. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [verb (transitive)] > drink up or off

swap?1507

swingea1529

drink1535

uphalec1540

toss1568

trill off?1589

snapa1592

to toss offa1592

to turn down1593

to top off1598

drain1604

to take off1613

outdrinka1631

whip1639

swoop1648

epote1657

to fetch off1657

ebibe1689

fetch1691

to tip off1699

to sweep off1707

tip1784

to turn over1796

1657 W. Rand tr. P. Gassendi Mirrour of Nobility ii. 99 He fetcht off the Lusty Bowle of wine.

1657 W. Rand tr. P. Gassendi Mirrour of Nobility ii. 137 Novellius Torquatus..is reported to have fetcht off at one draught..three Congii or Roman Gallons of wine.

to fetch out

To draw forth; to bring into clearness; to develop and display.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > manifestation > disclosure or revelation > disclose or reveal [verb (transitive)]

unwryc825

unhelec1000

to draw forthc1175

unhillc1200

to bring forth?c1225

unsteekc1250

let witc1275

uncovera1300

wraya1300

knowc1300

barea1325

shrivec1374

unwrapc1374

again-covera1382

nakena1382

outc1390

tellc1390

disclosea1393

cough1393

unhidea1400

unclosec1400

unhaspc1400

bewrayc1405

reveal1409

accusea1413

reveil1424

unlocka1425

unrekec1425

disclude?1440

uncurec1440

utter1444

detect1447

break1463

expose1483

divinec1500

revelate1514

to bring (also put) to light1526

decipher1529

rake1547

rip1549

unshadow1550

to lay to sight1563

uppen1565

unlace1567

unvisor?1571

resign1572

uncloak1574

disshroud1577

spill1577

reap1578

unrip1579

scour1585

unharboura1586

unmask1586

uncase1587

descrya1591

unclasp?1592

unrive1592

discover1594

unburden1594

untomb1594

unhusk1596

dismask1598

to open upc1600

untruss1600

divulge1602

unshale1606

unbrace1607

unveil1609

rave1610

disveil1611

unface1611

unsecret1612

unvizard1620

to open up1624

uncurtain1628

unscreen1628

unbare1630

disenvelop1632

unclothe1632

to lay forth1633

unshroud1633

unmuffle1637

midwife1638

dissecret1640

unseal1640

unmantle1643

to fetch out1644

undisguise1655

disvelop1658

decorticate1660

clash1667

exert1692

disinter1711

to up with1715

unbundlea1739

develop1741

disembosom1745

to open out1814

to let out1833

unsack1846

uncrown1849

to bring (out) in (also into) the open1861

unfrock1866

disbosom1868

to blow the lid off1928

flush1950

surface1955

to take or pull the wraps off1964

1644 J. Milton Of Educ. 7 These waves..if there were any secret excellence among them, would fetch it out.

1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 215. ¶1 Marble..shews none of its inherent Beauties, till the Skill of the Polisher fetches out the Colours.

1847 L. Hunt Jar of Honey (1848) x. 134 It fetches out..the most beautiful strength of the human heart.

to fetch over

†1. transitive. To succeed in delivering (a blow). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > impact > striking > strike [verb (transitive)] > deal or give (a stroke or blow) > accurately or effectively

fastenc1225

fastc1330

to send homea1627

to fetch overa1640

plant1808

land1886

a1640 J. Ball Answer to Iohn Can (1642) i. 119 He might fetch over a sure blow upon us.

†2. To get the better of. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > have or gain mastery or superiority over [verb (transitive)]

overcomeeOE

forecomec1000

overwieldlOE

masterc1225

overmaistrie1340

overmatcha1375

overpassa1382

surmount1390

to have the fairer (of)c1400

maistriec1400

overmasterc1425

winc1440

overc1485

bestride1526

rixlec1540

overreach1555

control1567

overmate1567

govern1593

to give (a person) the lurch1598

get1600

to gain cope of1614

top1633

to fetch overa1640

down1641

to have the whip hand (of)1680

carberry1692

to cut down1713

to be more than a match for1762

outflank1773

outmaster1799

outgeneral1831

weather1834

best1839

fore-reach1845

to beat a person at his (also her, etc.) own game1849

scoop1850

euchrec1866

bemaster1871

negotiate1888

to do down1900

to get (someone) wetc1926

lick1946

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > refutation, disproof > refute, disprove [verb (transitive)] > completely

to put silence toc1384

to put (a person or thing) to silencea1464

convell1536

silence1592

to reduce (a person or thing) to silence1605

explode1629

to fetch overa1640

out-argue1662

ruin1665

settle1849

scuttle1888

skyrocket1928

banjax1956

a1640 J. Day & H. Chettle Blind-beggar (1659) sig. D2^v 'Tis he that I fetch'd over for the sattin suite, and left him in pawn for the reckoning.

1680 R. L'Estrange tr. Erasmus 20 Select Colloquies xiv. 199 They have fetch'd me over many and many a time.

†3. To go over; to repeat. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > repetition > repeat [verb (transitive)]

doublec1380

naitc1400

reportc1405

repeat1427

renewa1464

iterate1533

resume1535

to run over ——1538

redouble1580

to go over ——1583

re-say1583

reclaim1590

ingeminate1594

reword1604

reassume1631

reutter1632

oversay1639

to fetch over1642

reassert1647

1642 D. Rogers Naaman 606 What might be the cause why Isaac fetcht over the blessing the second time.

to fetch (a)round

intransitive. To recover, to regain consciousness. Also transitive.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > heal or cure [verb (transitive)] > restore to health

healc1000

temperc1000

recoverc1330

covera1375

restorec1384

recovera1398

rectifya1400

revert1446

recruita1661

re-establish1664

to set up1686

to bring toa1796

reinstate1810

tinker1823

recuperate1849

to bring about1854

to pick up1857

to fetch round1870

re-edify1897

to pull round1900

the world > health and disease > healing > recovery > recover or be healed [verb (intransitive)]

wholeeOE

botenc1225

cover1297

amendc1325

recovera1375

warisha1386

recovera1387

healc1390

recurec1400

soundc1402

mendc1440

convalesce1483

guarish1489

restore1494

refete?a1505

revert1531

to gather (or pick) up one's crumbs1589

cure1597

recruit1644

to perk upa1656

retrieve1675

to pick up1740

to leave one's bed1742

to sit up and take nourishment1796

to get round1798

to come round1818

to pull through1830

rally1831

to fetch round1870

to mend up1877

to pull round1889

recoup1896

recuperate1897

1870 G. Meredith Let. ?Sept. (1970) I. 426 This salt-water fetches me round, Tuck. It's the next best to mountain air.

1874 T. Hardy Far from Madding Crowd I. ii. 21 I do hope Daisy [sc. a cow] will fetch round again now.

1889 ‘M. Twain’ Connecticut Yankee xl. 136 You do feel so strange and stuffy, like somebody else..that has been..struck by lightning..and hasn't quite fetched around, yet,..and can't just get his bearings.

to fetch through

intransitive. To win through.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > succeed or be a success [verb (intransitive)] > achieve success (of persons) > succeed in doing anything > succeed under difficulties

win through1644

to come through1708

to pull through1830

pull1856

to fetch through1912

to hack it1936

1912 R. F. Scott Jrnl. 16–17 Mar. in Last Exped. (1913) I. 593 Though we constantly talk of fetching through, I don't think any one of us believes it in his heart.

to fetch up

†1. transitive. To bring to a higher level or position; to elevate, raise. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > raising > make to go up or cause to rise [verb (transitive)] > raise

heave971

hevenOE

onheaveOE

rearOE

highOE

arearc1175

to set above (also aloft, high, on high)c1275

upbraidc1275

to set upc1290

lifta1300

upheavea1300

upraisea1300

upreara1300

enhancec1300

araise1303

hance1303

uplifta1340

lift1362

raisec1384

upbear1390

uphancec1390

advancea1393

haut?a1400

to put upa1400

verec1400

hainc1440

inhigh1483

elevate1497

uphigh1513

alifta1522

height1530

heighten1530

exalt1535

extol1549

sublevate1559

rouse?1567

attol1578

elate1578

vaunce1582

dight1590

higher1592

tower1596

to fetch up1612

relevate1620

screwa1625

transcend1635

stilt1649

allevate1696

stiltify1860

1612 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 121 Hee fetched one of his brows vp to his forehead.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) iv. xvi. 36 The strong wing'd Mercury should fetch thee vp, And set thee by Ioues side.

1705 J. Addison Remarks Italy 365 Any of these Arts..may be fetch'd up to its Perfection in Ten..years.

1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 119. ⁋3 They have..fetched themselves up to the Fashion of the polite World.

2. To vomit. Also of a medicine, etc.: To promote expectoration of. Cf. to bring up.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > treatments removing or dispersing matter > remove or disperse [verb (transitive)] > promote expectoration

to fetch up1599

loosen1833

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > digestive disorders > have digestive disorder [verb (transitive)] > vomit

spew971

aspewc1200

to gulch out?c1225

casta1300

vomea1382

brake1393

evacuec1400

to cast outa1425

deliver?a1425

voida1425

evomec1450

evomit?a1475

disgorge1477

to cast up1483

degorge1493

vomish1536

retch1538

parbreak1540

reject1540

vomit1541

evacuate1542

revomit1545

belch1558

vomit1560

to lay up1570

upvomit1582

to fetch up1599

puke1601

respew1606

inbelch1610

spew1610

to throw up1614

exgurgitate1623

out-spew1647

egurgitate1656

to throw off1660

to bring up1719

pick1828

sick1924

yark1927

barf1960

to park the tiger1970

vom1991

1599 H. Buttes Dyets Dry Dinner sig. N3^v Butter..fetcheth up fleame cloddered about the breast and lungs.

1622 T. Dekker & P. Massinger Virgin Martir v. sig. L Fetch vp What thou hast swallowed.

3. To recall (to the mind); to bring to light.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > memory > call to mind, recollect [verb (transitive)]

i-thenchec897

bethinkOE

mingOE

thinkOE

monelOE

umbethinkc1175

to draw (also take) into (or to) memorya1275

minc1330

record1340

revert1340

remembera1382

mindc1384

monishc1384

to bring to mindc1390

remenec1390

me meanetha1400

reducec1425

to call to mind1427

gaincall1434

pense1493

remord?1507

revocate1527

revive1531

cite1549

to call back1572

recall1579

to call to mind (also memory, remembrance)1583

to call to remembrance1583

revoke1586

reverse1590

submonish1591

recover1602

recordate1603

to call up1606

to fetch up1608

reconjure1611

collect1612

remind1615

recollect1631

rememorize1632

retrieve1644

think1671

reconnoitre1729

member1823

reminisce1829

rememorate1835

recomember1852

evoke1856

updraw1879

withcall1901

access1978

the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > finding or discovery > find or discover [verb (transitive)] > by searching or tracking down > and bring to light

to search outc1425

to hunt out1576

unrip?1576

to ferret out1577

to fetch up1608

fish1632

prog1655

rummage1797

rout1814

exhume1819

excavate1840

ferret up1847

unearth1863

fossick?1870

exhumate1881

1608 Bp. J. Hall Epist. II. iii. ii. 12 To fetch vp olde words from forgetfulnesse.

1817 T. Chalmers Series Disc. Christian Revelation iv. 131 The knowledge..he cannot fetch up himself from the obscurity of this wondrous..scene.

†4. To rouse or stir up (a horse). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > ride (a horse or other animal) [verb (transitive)] > make (a horse) spirited or lively

to fetch up1565

fig1810

1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus at Equus To fetch vp with the spurre.

1574 J. Baret Aluearie F 401 To fetch vp with spurres, concitare calcaribus equum.

†5. To overthrow, ‘trip up’. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > causing to come or go down > cause to come or go down [verb (transitive)] > capsize or upset

overcastc1230

overturnc1300

overthrowc1330

to-turna1382

overwhelm?a1400

tilta1400

tipa1400

welt?a1400

overtiltc1400

tirvec1420

reverse?a1439

devolvec1470

subvert1479

welter?a1505

renverse1521

tumble1534

verse1556

upturn1567

overwhirl1577

rewalt1587

subverse1590

overset1599

overtumble1600

walt1611

to fetch up1615

ramvert1632

treveer1636

transvolve1644

capsize1788

upset1806

keel1828

overwelt1828

pitch-pole1851

purl1856

1615 T. Adams Spirituall Nauigator 43 in Blacke Devill The wisest Solomon, the strongest Sampson, haue beene fetchd vp by this wrastler.

6. To make up (lee way, lost ground, time, etc.).

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > make equal [verb (transitive)] > compensate or make up for

restorea1325

to make good1389

boot1393

rewarda1398

supplya1398

to make up1472

upset1513

to fetch again1535

redeem1590

balance1594

pay1596

unpay1600

to make out1610

requitea1613

to pay home1625

encourage1628

compensate1646

compensate1656

reprise1662

to take up1662

to fetch up1665

to pay off1717

indemnify1750

to bring up arrears1788

equalize1866

reparate1956

1665 J. Wilson Projectors 227 I shall have the custody of the parish stock. If that will serve you, command it; we shall be able, I hope, to fetch it up again before my time be out.

1709 G. Stanhope Paraphr. Epist. & Gospels IV. 122 Penitents..will..fetch up the Time they have lost.

1740 S. Richardson Pamela II. 49 Mrs. Jewkes lies snoring in bed, fetching up her last Night's Disturbance.

1794 T. Jefferson Writings (1859) IV. 112 The time is coming when we shall fetch up the lee-way of our vessel.

1825 Thomas Brown in Houlston Tracts I. xvi. 3 Thomas did not mind playing a day or two in the week, for..he knew he could easily fetch it up again.

1846 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 7 ii. 686 [They] have much lee way to fetch up.

†7. To come up with, overtake. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > rate of motion > move at specific rate [verb (transitive)] > gain (ground) upon > catch up or overtake

betakea1000

oftakelOE

overtakec1225

ofgoc1300

under-get1390

attain1393

overget?a1400

overgoc1425

gaincopec1440

overhiec1440

overhalec1540

overcatch1570

overhent1590

win1596

to grow on or upon1603

catcha1616

to fetch up1622

to fetch of, upon1659

overhaul1793

to meet up with1837

to catch up1838

to get past1857

1622 R. Hawkins Observ. Voiage South Sea lii. 123 Being out of hope to fetch vp this shippe.

1669 S. Sturmy Mariners Mag. i. 14 The Moon must go longer 2 days..before she can fetch up the Sun, to come into Conjunction with her.

1692 R. L'Estrange Fables cxxxiii Says he [the Hare], I can fetch up the Tortoise when I please.

1751 R. Paltock Life Peter Wilkins I. v. 37 We fetched her up, and..fired a Shot.

8. Nautical. To come or get to (a place); to reach; to come in sight of; (also to fetch up the sight of) to sail along. ? Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > aspects of travel > arrival > arrive at or reach [verb (transitive)]

to come toOE

reachOE

hita1075

ofreachlOE

catchc1330

latchc1330

recovera1375

getc1390

henta1393

win?1473

fetch1589

to fetch up1589

obtain1589

attainc1592

make1610

gaina1616

arrive1647

advene1684

strike1798

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > reaching a point or place > reach (a point or place) [verb (transitive)] > arrive at

latchc1330

recovera1375

fetch1556

to fetch up1589

tocome1596

arrive1647

1589 Voy. W. Towrson in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations i. 108 It is hard to fetch vpp a towne here, if a shippe ouer shoote it.

1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. iii. 96 As we fetched up the sight of Nicasia.

1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. v. 181 We fetched up the coast of Cylicia.

1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. ix. 398 We fetched up the little Ile of Strombolo.

9. intransitive for reflexive. To come to a stand; to ‘pull up’; to stop. Also transitive.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > absence of movement > [verb (intransitive)] > cease to move or become motionless > come to a stand or stop

abideOE

atstandc1000

steveneta1225

atstuntc1230

to make, take, etc., stallc1275

stema1300

astandc1314

withstanda1325

stintc1374

arrestc1400

stotec1400

stayc1440

steadc1475

stop short1530

disadvance1610

come1611

consist1611

check1635

halt1656

to bring to1697

to draw up1767

to bring up1769

to pull up1781

to fetch up1838

to come to a standstill1852

1838 J. C. Neal Charcoal Sketches 96 I was soon fetch'd up in the victualling line—and I busted for the benefit of my creditors.

1848 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms To fetch up, to stop suddenly... We often hear the phrase ‘He fetched up all standing’ that is, he made a sudden halt. It is a nautical vulgarism.

1858 N. Hawthorne Jrnl. 2 Aug. in French & Ital. Notebks. (1980) vi. 385 When in quest of any particular point, [we] are likely enough to fetch up at some other.

1859 ‘N. Hogg’ Poet. Lett. (1865) 44 Wul tha nex thing thay dood was ta holler out ‘Dress!’.. Wat thay main'd wis ta vetch up a little bit zmurt.

1883 W. Whitman Specimen Days in Specimen Days & Collect 139 I made quite a western journey, fetching up at Denver, Colorado.

1890 G. W. Perrie Buckskin Mose (new ed.) ii. 25 Waukegan was designated as the place where he might probably fetch up.

1898 E. N. Westcott David Harum xix. 175 I..walked alongside the el'phant, till they fetched up inside the tent.

1902 Chambers's Jrnl. Mar. 186/2 Before he could more than grab at the rein lying loosely on the pommel, the filly ‘fetched up’ against a dead box-tree, hard as cast-iron.

1906 Springfield (Mass.) Weekly Republican 11 Oct. 1 If he tries often enough he may fetch up in Congress.

1956 A. L. Rowse Early Churchills xviii. 391 Some of her business correspondence..has fetched up on the other side of the Atlantic.

1971 Listener 8 Apr. 449/3 I grew used to bummelling around the Bond Street dealers and fetching up for tea at the National Gallery or the Tate.

10. To bring up, rear, or train (children.) U.S.

ΘΚΠ

society > education > upbringing > [verb (transitive)]

i-teon975

forthbringc1000

forthwiseOE

nourishc1300

nurshc1325

feedc1330

updraw1390

uprearc1400

educate1445

norrya1450

nurturea1450

to bring up1484

endue1526

nuzzle1558

rear1558

nurse1584

to breed up1611

cradle1613

breed1650

raise1744

rare1798

mud1814

to fetch up1841

rise1843

1841 Knickerbocker 17 156 Harry Cott says he was ‘fetched up’ on Long-Island.

1869 H. B. Stowe Oldtown Folks xx. 237 I was fetchin' on her up to work for her livin' as I was fetched up.

1890 S. O. Jewett Strangers & Wayfarers 205 We've gone an' fetched ye up the best we could.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	fetch
释义	fetchn.¹ Brit. /fɛtʃ/, U.S. /fɛtʃ/ Etymology: < fetch v. 1. a. The action of fetching, bringing from a distance, or reaching after (literal and figurative); a long stretch, a far-reaching effort. Also to take a fetch. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > [noun] sightc1175 thoughtc1175 imagination1340 thinking1340 conceptiona1387 imaginativea1398 phantasm1490 concept1536 fetch1549 conceit1556 conceiving1559 fancy1581 notion1647 fantastic1764 ideality1815 ideoplasty1884 phantastikon1917 the world > movement > transference > bringing > [noun] > fetching fetchingc1374 fetch1549 fetch-and-carry1787 the world > action or operation > manner of action > effort or exertion > [noun] > instance of > an effort > far-reaching fetch1549 the world > space > extension in space > [noun] > spreading out > an expanse of something spacea1382 widenessa1382 continuance1398 field1547 sheet1593 universe1598 main1609 reach1610 expansion1611 extent1627 champaign1656 fetch1662 mass1662 expanse1667 spread1712 run1719 width1733 acre1759 sweep1767 contiguity1785 extension1786 stretch1829 breadths1839 outspread1847 outstretch1858 the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > sheep-farming > [noun] > sheep herding > action of sheep-dog penning1886 cast1933 fetch1938 outrun1938 lift1942 1549 T. Chaloner tr. Erasmus Praise of Folie sig. Niij To the ende he myght shew his learnyng to the people..he toke a new fetche in his mattier. a1575 N. Harpsfield Treat. Divorce Henry VIII (1878) (modernized text) 88 With all their fine long fetches and..arguments. 1612 T. Shelton tr. M. de Cervantes Don-Quixote: Pt. 1 i. viii. 52 Nor did he hold the Fetch of Adventures to be a Labour. 1662 J. Glanvill Lux Orientalis viii. 78 There being vast fetches in the divine wisdome which we comprehend not. 1668 J. Glanvill Blow at Mod. Sadducism 143 Certainly Wit is not..a wilde fetch. 1692 S. Patrick Answer to Touchstone of Reformed Gospel 74 From that which follows, there is a wonderful fetch. 1831 E. Irving Expos. Rev. I. 354 Deep fetches from the secrets of God. 1855 A. Bain Senses & Intellect ii. ii. 463 We can..leap from one passage to another by the remotest fetches. 1881 J. C. Shairp Aspects Poetry ii. 59 What but a great fetch of imaginative power? 1938 J. H. McCulloch Sheep Dogs iv. 35 (heading) Course: [for qualifying trials]..Gathering—400 yards. In outrun, dog may be directed on either side. Straight fetch through gate set midway. 1946 F. D. Davison Dusty xi. 117 The trial had four phases..the fetch, when he [sc. the dog] brought them [sc. the sheep] down the length of the course to where his owner waited [etc.]. †b. A ‘sweep’, sweeping movement. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement in circle or curve > [noun] > movement in curve fetch1617 sweep1679 sweeping1830 swing1897 1617 Bp. J. Hall Quo Vadis? (new ed.) xvi. 55 So haue we seene an Hawke..after many carelesse..fetches, to towre vp vnto the prey intended. a1627 J. Fletcher & T. Middleton Nice Valour iv. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Uuu4^v/1 Gave his cuffe With such a fetch, and reach of gentrie. 1689 R. Milward Selden's Table-talk 44 Some mathematicians..could with one fetch of their Pen make an exact Circle. c. a far (also long) fetch: a long distance to travel. ΚΠ 1903 ‘J. London’ People of Abyss xi. 138 The day was half gone, and it was a far fetch to Stepney. 1919 W. N. Shaw Man. Meteorol. iv. 50 The heavy cloud in winds from the North which have a long ‘fetch’ over the North Sea. 2. A contrivance, dodge, stratagem, trick; also, a fetch of law, a fetch of policy, a fetch of state, and to cast a fetch. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > [noun] > a trick, deception wrenchc888 swikec893 braida1000 craftOE wile1154 crookc1175 trokingc1175 guile?c1225 hocket1276 blink1303 errorc1320 guileryc1330 sleightc1340 knackc1369 deceitc1380 japec1380 gaudc1386 syllogism1387 mazec1390 mowa1393 train?a1400 trantc1400 abusionc1405 creekc1405 trickc1412 trayc1430 lirtc1440 quaint?a1450 touch1481 pawka1522 false point?1528 practice1533 crink1534 flim-flamc1538 bobc1540 fetcha1547 abuse1551 block1553 wrinklec1555 far-fetch?a1562 blirre1570 slampant1577 ruse1581 forgery1582 crank1588 plait1589 crossbite1591 cozenage1592 lock1598 quiblin1605 foist1607 junt1608 firk1611 overreach?1615 fob1622 ludification1623 knick-knacka1625 flam1632 dodge1638 gimcrack1639 fourbe1654 juggle1664 strategy1672 jilt1683 disingenuity1691 fun1699 jugglementa1708 spring1753 shavie1767 rig?1775 deception1794 Yorkshire bite1795 fakement1811 fake1829 practical1833 deceptivity1843 tread-behind1844 fly1861 schlenter1864 Sinonism1864 racket1869 have1885 ficelle1890 wheeze1903 fast one1912 roughie1914 spun-yarn trick1916 fastie1931 phoney baloney1933 fake-out1955 okey-doke1964 mind-fuck1971 a1547 J. Redford Moral Play Wit & Sci. (1848) 8 Beware the fechys Of Tediousnes. 1549–62 T. Sternhold & J. Hopkins Whole Bk. Psalms xli. 7 And cast their fetches how to trap me with some mortall harme. 1575 E. Grindal Remains (1843) (modernized text) 352 By lease or any other fetch of law. 1630 R. Norton tr. W. Camden Hist. Princesse Elizabeth iii. 125 The crafty fetches of the wilie Prince of Aurange. a1677 I. Barrow Wks. (1683) II. 135 No struglings of might, no fetches of policy. 1718 Free-thinker I. 355 I know the Sex too well, not to understand..their Termegant Fetches. 1745 P. Thomas True Jrnl. Voy. South-Seas 267 This might be another of their politick Fetches. 1764 S. Foote Lyar ii. 32 A mere fetch to favour his retreat? 1848 J. R. Lowell Fable for Critics in Poet. Wks. (1879) 135 A fetch, I must say, most transparent and flat. 1858 H. Bushnell Nature & Supernatural xi. 365 It is no ingenious fetches of argument that we want. 3. Nautical. a. An act of tacking. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of wind > [noun] > beating against the wind > tacking > a tack or beat fetch1555 traverse?1574 tack1614 trip1700 beat1880 1555 R. Eden Disc. Vyage rounde Worlde in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 231^v They..remayned..abowte that cape with many fetches compassyng the wynd. 1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 51 After several Fetches to and again, at last they were within Call of us. b. (See quots.) More generally: the expanse of water over which the wind blows before it reaches the point of observation (on the water or at the water's edge); the distance that waves can travel continuously without obstruction. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > body of water > [noun] > distance across water fetch1867 the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > wave > [noun] > distance wave can travel without obstruction fetch1934 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Fetch of a bay or gulf, the whole stretch from head to head or point to point. 1880 T. Stevenson in Encycl. Brit. XI. 456/2 The line of greatest fetch or reach of open sea. 1882 T. Stevenson in Encycl. Brit. XIV. 615/1 What is wanted is to ascertain in such shorter seas the height of waves in relation to the length of ‘fetch’ in which they are generated. 1934 Geogr. Jrnl. 84 272 The fetch must of course be sufficient; a moderate gale would develop on Lake Superior a wave of only half the height that it would have if in the open Atlantic Ocean. 1950 P. H. Kuenen Marine Geol. i. 76 In the Mediterranean, where the length of fetch is restricted, the highest waves reported are 4 to 5 m. 1965 H. J. McLellan Elem. Physical Oceanogr. xiv. 99/1 Some quite sophisticated methods have been developed for the prediction of wind wave conditions based on the variables Fetch, Duration, and Wind Speed. 4. dialect. a. An indrawn breath, a sigh. ΚΠ 1832 W. Stephenson Coll. Local Poems, Songs, &c. 18 Peggy said, and gave a fetch, ‘Then I'll go and attend him’. 1878 W. Dickinson Gloss. Words & Phrases Cumberland (ed. 2) Fetch, an indrawn breath. b. A difficulty in breathing. ΚΠ 1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby ‘I have a fetch and a catch’, a stitch in the side. 5. A decoy-bird.Apparently an isolated use. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fowling > fowling equipment > [noun] > decoy bird stalec1440 stall?a1500 chanterelle1601 staling1601 gig1621 fetcha1640 call bird1686 caller1725 stool1825 playbird1878 brace-bird1885 jacky-bird1897 a1640 P. Massinger Parl. of Love (1976) iv. iii. 34 This fellow..lookes as if he weare Her call, her fetch. †6. With adverb fetch-about: a roundabout phrase, a circumlocution. Cf. to fetch about at fetch v. Phrasal verbs. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [noun] > periphrasis or circumlocution > a circumlocution aboutspeecha1522 circumlocution1533 circumquaque1546 fetch-abouta1569 roundabout?c1570 periphrasis1579 compass1623 circumambages1649 circumbendibus1681 roundaboutedness1840 roundaboutility1863 amphilogism1866 a1569 M. Coverdale Fruitful Lessons (1593) To Rdr. sig. ¶3^v Though the grace of the holy Ghost use not long fetches about. 1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. vi. 93 After many florishes and fetches about. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022). fetchn.² Brit. /fɛtʃ/, U.S. /fɛtʃ/ Etymology: Of obscure origin. Although Grose in our first quot. assigns the word to the north of England, there seems to be no other evidence that the simple noun was ever in popular use elsewhere than in Ireland. The supposition that it is shortened < fetch-life n., or some equivalent compound of the verb-stem, would plausibly account for the sense. On the other hand, it may be noted that the Corpus Glossary a800 has ‘Faecce maere’. As fæcce seems to admit of no explanation as a Latin word, it may be conjectured to be Old English, and the source of the present noun; in the archetype followed fæcce and mære (nightmare) may have been given as alternative English glosses on some Latin word, and the compiler may have mistaken the former for a Latin lemma. 1. The apparition, double, or wraith of a living person; see quot. 1825. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > similarity > [noun] > image of a person or thing print1340 imagec1384 similitude?a1425 picturec1475 similitudeness1547 portrait1567 idol1590 model1594 self-imagea1672 duplicate1701 moral1751 ditto1776 fetch1787 double1798 fetch-like1841 splitting image1880 spitting image1901 spit1929 split-image1950 clone1977 the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > ghost or phantom > [noun] > wraith or doppelgänger wraith1513 wraith1513 swarth1674 double-man1691 taisch1773 fetch1787 double1798 double-goer1824 double-ganger1830 fetch-like1841 doppelganger1851 1787 F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. Fetch, the apparition of a person living. N[orth Country]. 1825 J. Banim & M. Banim Tales by O'Hara Family 1st Ser. II. 128 In Ireland, a Fetch is the supernatural fac-simile of some individual, which comes to insure to its original, a happy longevity, or immediate dissolution: if seen in the morning the one event is predicted; if, in the evening, the other. 1830 W. Scott Lett. Demonol. & Witchcraft vi. 177 His..fetch or wraith, or double-ganger. 1862 M. Leadbeater Ann. Ballitore I. vi. 188 She believed she had seen his fetch as a forerunner of his death. 1871 E. B. Tylor Primitive Culture I. 408 The Earl of Cornwall met the fetch of his friend William Rufus. figurative.1839 New Monthly Mag. 55 342 Presentiment is the Fetch of danger. 2. Combination. fetch-like n. = sense 1. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > similarity > [noun] > image of a person or thing print1340 imagec1384 similitude?a1425 picturec1475 similitudeness1547 portrait1567 idol1590 model1594 self-imagea1672 duplicate1701 moral1751 ditto1776 fetch1787 double1798 fetch-like1841 splitting image1880 spitting image1901 spit1929 split-image1950 clone1977 the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > ghost or phantom > [noun] > wraith or doppelgänger wraith1513 wraith1513 swarth1674 double-man1691 taisch1773 fetch1787 double1798 double-goer1824 double-ganger1830 fetch-like1841 doppelganger1851 1841 S. C. Hall & A. M. Hall Ireland I. 13 Seeing his fetch-like before me. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † fetchn.³ Etymology: Variant or alteration of fish n.² Nautical. Obsolete. = fish n.² 1. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > spar > [noun] > piece of wood to strengthen fish1666 fetch1670 fish-front1815 fish-piece1867 1670 J. Narborough Jrnl. in Acct. Several Late Voy. (1711) i. 113 I was much afraid that I should lose my Main-mast, it fetched such Way, and broke the Spikes that fastned the Fetches with working. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2021). fetchv. Brit. /fɛtʃ/, U.S. /fɛtʃ/ Forms: Old English feccan, fæccan, Middle English feccean, Middle English fec(c)hen, Middle English Orm. fecchenn, Middle English fechchen, southern vechchen, (Middle English fæchen, fechin, Middle English fec(c)hyn, Middle English fetchyn), Middle English–1500s fec(c)he, southern vecche, Middle English fech, foc(c)he, Middle English–1500s fac(c)h(e, southern vacche, (Middle English fochche), Middle English–1500s fetche(n, fatche, (Middle English fotche), 1800s dialect fatch, vetch, Scottish fesh, 1500s– fetch. past tense Middle English fæhte, Middle English feight(e, 1700s fought, Scottish fush, 1500s– fetched. Etymology: Old English fecc(e)an ; according to Platt ( Anglia VI.) and Sievers an altered form of fetian (see fet v.), the originally syllabic i having, it is supposed, become consonantal, and the resulting combination /tj/ having developed into the closely resembling sound expressed by cc, i.e. either the geminated palatal stop, or something between this and its modern representative /tʃ/. Compare Old English orceard orchard < ort-geard. Although no other instance is known in which the change of ti into cc (= /tʃ/) has occurred, the correctness of the explanation is strongly supported by the fact that in Old English the forms with cc are confined to those parts of the verb in which the regular conjugation of fetian has an i. Thus fetian, fetie, fetiað gave place to feccan, fecce, feccað, but feta, fetast, fetað remained unchanged. 1. transitive. To go in quest of, and convey or conduct back. The first part of the notion is often additionally expressed by go or come. a. with object a person or animal. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > transference > bringing > bring [verb (transitive)] > fetch > specifically a person or animal fetOE fetchc1000 routc1776 to carry me (also you, it, etc.) (and) come1935 c1000 Ælfric Genesis xlii. 34 Þæt ge þisne eowerne broþur feccon. a1123 Anglo-Saxon Chron. anno 1121 He his dohter let feccean. c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 75 Wanne þu lest wenst deað cumeð to fecchende þe. ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 271 He..wule..facchen hire allung to him to gloire. ?a1400 Chester Pl. (Shaks. Soc.) I. 199 Goe fourthe, Joseph..And fatche our sonne. c1420 Chron. Vilod. 732 Þey wolden þ^t theffe ouȝt fache. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) 1 Sam. xvii. 31 Saul..caused him [Dauid] be fetched. 1594 W. Shakespeare Titus Andronicus ii. iii. 53 Ile goe fetch thy sonnes To backe thy quarrels. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) iii. iii. 1 I wil fetch vp your Goates. View more context for this quotation 1632 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Eromena 104 The Frigat..went to fetch her aboord. 1747 B. Hoadly Suspicious Husband i. i The Devil fetch me, Child, you look'd so prettily, that [etc.]. a1790 B. Franklin Autobiogr. (1981) i. 22 There were Canoes on the Shore, & we made Signs..that they should fetch us. 1845 E. Holmes Life Mozart 17 We are everywhere fetched..in the carriages of the nobility. 1845 S. Austin tr. L. von Ranke Hist. Reformation in Germany (ed. 2) II. 83 His hearers..went armed to fetch him. b. with object a thing. go fetch! an order to a dog. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > transference > bringing > bring [verb (transitive)] > fetch fetchc1000 fet1297 to go for ——c1405 get1594 to round up1873 c1000 West Saxon Gospels: Matt. (Corpus Cambr.) xxiv. 17 Ne ga he nyðyr þat he ænig þing on his huse fecce. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 8634 He badd tatt ȝho shollde himm þa An litell waterr fecchenn. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 8637 Brutes..comen..to fæchen þa stanes. a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 2889 Hem-seluen he fetchden ðe chaf. c1385 G. Chaucer Legend Good Women Dido. 1347 And bad hire norice..gon To fechyn fyr. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 8716 He bad ga focche his brande. a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xxi. 265 A stoyll Go fetch vs! ?c1510 tr. Newe Landes & People founde by Kynge of Portyngale sig. Aii^v They can goen vnder the water and feche so the fysshes out of the water. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 4099 Poterhas & Protesselon..fecchid out of Philace..fyfte shippes. 1546 in T. Wright Churchwardens' Accts. Ludlow (1869) 26 A horse to fache the rope. a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) iv. i. 213 I will fetch off my bottle. View more context for this quotation 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. x. 477 Goe fetch me Wine. 1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World xv. 412 Our Guide made..signs for us to fetch..some of our meat. 1722 D. Defoe Moll Flanders 53 Step to my Closet and fetch my Flute. 1809 E. A. Kendall Trav. Northern Parts U.S. II. xlvii. 150 He had then gone home..to fetch a knife. 1836 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers (1837) ii. 5 The first cab having been fetched from the public house. 2009 R. Garnier in M. Banks et al. Red-hot Summer 126 Here he was, sitting like a trained little dog waiting for a sign to go fetch. †c. To steal. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > steal [verb (transitive)] pick?c1300 takec1300 fetch1377 bribec1405 usurpc1412 rapc1415 to rap and rendc1415 embezzle1495 lifta1529 pilfer1532 suffurate1542 convey?1545 mill1567 prig1567 strike1567 lag1573 shave1585 knave1601 twitch1607 cly1610 asport1621 pinch1632 snapa1639 nap1665 panyar1681 to carry off1684 to pick up1687 thievea1695 to gipsy away1696 bone1699 make1699 win1699 magg1762 snatch1766 to make off with1768 snavel1795 feck1809 shake1811 nail1819 geach1821 pull1821 to run off1821 smug1825 nick1826 abduct1831 swag1846 nobble1855 reef1859 snig1862 find1865 to pull off1865 cop1879 jump1879 slock1888 swipe1889 snag1895 rip1904 snitch1904 pole1906 glom1907 boost1912 hot-stuff1914 score1914 clifty1918 to knock off1919 snoop1924 heist1930 hoist1931 rabbit1943 to rip off1967 to have off1974 1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. iv. 51 Bothe my gees & my grys his gadelynges feccheth. a1640 J. Fletcher et al. Beggers Bush v. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Mm3/1 What's the action we are for now? ha?..The fetching of a back of clothes or so. d. to fetch and carry: literal chiefly of dogs (cf. carry n.¹ 2); figurative to run backwards and forwards with news, tales, etc. Hence fetch-and-carry n., the action of fetching and carrying; one who fetches and carries, a subservient person; also as adj., tale-bearing. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dog > [verb (intransitive)] > act in particular way fawna1250 stoop?1530 kennel1552 fetch-and-carrya1616 to cock one's ears1714 beg1816 toll1851 trust1939 the mind > language > speech > conversation > converse [verb (intransitive)] > gossip talea1225 talk1461 twittle1551 tattle1581 clasha1689 fetch-and-carry1770 gammer1788 chit-chat1821 rumour1832 nipper1840 coffee-house1861 cooze1870 chopse1879 skinder1942 scuttlebutt1945 to talk trash1947 gyaff1976 gist1992 tongue-wag- society > communication > information > rumour > [verb (intransitive)] > bear tales or rumours talea1225 tittlec1400 twittle1551 tattle1581 clavera1605 gossip1627 twita1643 clasha1689 fetch-and-carry1770 clype1843 clatfart1913 tattle-tale1918 labrish1935 the world > movement > transference > bringing > [noun] > fetching fetchingc1374 fetch1549 fetch-and-carry1787 the mind > emotion > humility > servility > [noun] > servile person clienta1393 snivelard1398 a dog for (also to) the bowc1405 fawnerc1440 snivellerc1450 slave1521 footstool1531 minion1560 footman1567 cringer1582 earthworm1583 yea-sayer1584 croucher1587 creeper1589 sneak-up1598 spaniel1598 sneak-cupa1616 servile1632 puppy dog1651 clientelary1655 lackey1692 groveling1708 prostite1721 prostitute1721 toad-eater1742 groveller1779 cringeling1798 creeping Jesusc1818 toady1826 truckler1827 crawler1847 flunkey1854 doormat1861 dog robber1863 heeler1875 slaveling1884 bootlicker1890 fetch-and-carry1905 poodle1907 yes-woman1927 ass-licker1939 ass-kisser1951 chamcha1966 fart-catcher1971 a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) iii. i. 272 Her Masters maid..hath more qualities then a Water-Spaniell... Imprimis. Shee can fetch and carry . View more context for this quotation 1696 London Gaz. No. 3229/4 A brown Gelding..will fetch and carry like a Dog. 1770 S. Foote Lame Lover ii. 50 Miss is so fond of fetching and carrying. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth V. 226 A raven..may be taught to fetch and carry like a spaniel. 1787 W. Cowper Let. 24 Dec. (1982) III. 77 I gave him [sc. a dog] a lesson in the science of fetch and carry. 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian xii, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. IV. 247 That fetch and carry tell-tale. 1838 J. P. Kennedy Rob of Bowl I. 43 Come and go as you list—none of your fetch and carry. 1851 J. White in C. Knight Half Hours Eng. Hist. I. iii. 331 Go fetch and carry, fawn and wag the tail; And gnaw the bones his Highness' hand may throw you. 1871 B. Taylor tr. J. W. von Goethe Faust I. xii. 177 As if nobody had nothing to fetch and carry..But spying all the doings of one's neighbour. 1905 D. G. Phillips Plum Tree 284 He is the fetch-and-carry of an impudent and cowardly crowd in Wall Street. c1926 ‘Mixer’ Transport Workers' Song Bk. 35 He's a..sort of fetch-and-carry For the comic ‘Welfare League’. 2. a. To cause to come, as by a summons or constraining force; to succeed in bringing; to draw forth, elicit (e.g. blood, tears, etc.). Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > motivation > motivate [verb (transitive)] > incite or instigate > urge, press, or impel > to come feta1000 fetchc1374 the world > existence and causation > causation > [verb (transitive)] > elicit or call forth movea1398 drawa1400 provoke?a1425 askc1450 to draw out1525 to stir up1526 allure?1532 suscitate1532 to call out1539 to draw fortha1569 draw1581 attract1593 raise1598 force1602 fetch1622 milka1628 invite1650 summon1679 elicit1822 to work up?1833 educe1840 c1374 G. Chaucer Anelida & Arcite 341 To your routh, and to your trouth I crye, But well away, to ferre been they to fetch. 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Fetche by callinge, accerso. 1553 J. Bale Vocacyon in Harl. Misc. (Malh.) I. 348 They can fatch their frendes sowles from flaminge purgatory. a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1593) iv. sig. Nn3^v She..with a pittifull cry fetched his eyes vnto her. 1606 Bp. J. Hall Heauen vpon Earth iv. 31 An vnwonted extremity of the blow shall fetch blood of the soule. a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) Induct. ii. 45 Thy hounds shall..fetch shrill ecchoes from the hollow earth. View more context for this quotation 1622 A. Sparrow Rationale Bk. Common Prayer (1661) 119 A new Star..fetcht the Sages of the East to..worship him. 1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World xvi. 442 The way of fetching Fire out of Wood. 1701 J. Ray Wisdom of God (ed. 3) ii. 235 The Infant..after divers times drawing, fetch'd some Milk. 1733 A. Pope Ess. Man iii. 222 Fetch th' Aerial Eagle to the Ground. 1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel I. 25 Sympathy would fetch the tear From each young list'ner. 1861 W. M. Thackeray Four Georges ii. 87 The great bell fetches us into a parlour. b. To make (the butter) ‘come’ by churning. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation of dairy produce > [verb (transitive)] > make butter churnc1440 kirn15.. fetch1844 1844 W. Barnes Witch in Poems Rural Life in Dorset Dial. 21 Tha cooden vetch the butter in the churn. 1853 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 14 i. 74 The old barrel-churn..will fetch it [butter] in cold weather in a quarter of an hour. c. to fetch the water, and (hence) to fetch the pump: to obtain a flow of water by ‘priming’. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > action or process of extracting > obtain water flow by priming pump [phrase] to fetch the water1769 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Transl. French Terms Charger la pompe, to fetch the pump. ?1790 J. Imison School of Arts (ed. 2) 170 Water is commonly poured thereon down the pipe, vulgarly called fetching the water. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Fetching the pump. †d. To restore to consciousness; = to fetch again 2 at Phrasal verbs. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1621 M. Wroth Countesse of Mountgomeries Urania 493 She..then fainted againe, and againe they fetched her. 1728 J. Gay Beggar's Opera i. viii. 11 Give her another Glass..This, you see, fetches her. 1744 Much Ado in S. Fielding's Lett. D. Simple (1752) II. 185 She is coming, Madam, to herself—I believe we have fetched her. 3. Of a commodity: To ‘bring in’, realize, sell for (a certain price). †Also rarely of money: To purchase, procure (commodities). ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > buying > buy [verb (transitive)] cheapc950 buyc1000 takea1382 purchasec1390 costa1400 coffc1425 redeem?1520 cope1570 fetch1605 shop1944 society > trade and finance > selling > sell [verb (transitive)] > be sold for a certain price givec1600 fetch1605 make1868 1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. sig. Mm4^v As money will fetch all other commodities; so this knowledge is that which should purchase all the rest. View more context for this quotation 1695 J. Locke Further Consid. Value Money (ed. 2) 103 During such a state, Silver in the Coin will never fetch as much as the Silver in Bullion. 1752 S. Foote Taste i. 3 The Guido, what did that fetch? 1832 H. Martineau Homes Abroad iv. 57 His land..fetched 15s. an acre. 1878 R. B. Smith Carthage 358 Wretched creatures..exposed for what little they could fetch in the Roman Forum. 4. To move to interest, admiration, or goodwill by some happy contrivance or telling feature; to attract irresistibly. Also absol. to ‘take’, attract, be telling or effective. Now colloquial or slang. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > attractiveness > attract [verb (transitive)] attract1584 trance1597 fetch1607 magnetize1658 engage1693 seduce1747 appeala1885 the mind > emotion > pleasure > quality of being pleasant or pleasurable > please or give pleasure to [verb (transitive)] > charm charmc1440 allure?1532 attract1584 sirenize1592 enchant1593 enamour1600 fetch1607 inveiglea1720 seduce1747 appeal1881 1607 B. Jonson Volpone i. ii. sig. B3^v I apprehend What thoughts he has..That this would fetch you. View more context for this quotation 1607 T. Dekker & J. Webster West-ward Hoe ii. ii. sig. C2^v Earl. Ha? Bird. Oh? I thought I should fetch you. 1709 S. Centlivre Busie Body i. i. 2 If thou'rt in Love with two hundred, Gold will fetch 'em. 1819 L. Hunt Indicator 20 Oct. 10 A venerable piece of earthenware..will fetch his imagination more than ever it fetched potter. 1860 J. G. Holland Miss Gilbert's Career xxvii. 470 I thought you'd fetched me once, but somehow it didn't stick. 1882 W. Besant All Sorts of Men II. xxx. 265 You shall..come on dressed in a pink costoom, which generally fetches at an entertainment. 1886 J. K. Jerome Idle Thoughts (1889) 109 To say that the child has got its father's nose..fetches the parents. 1931 A. Huxley Let. 25 Sept. (1969) 355 Another sign of his cleverness was the exploiting of the psycho~analytical rigmarole, which will fetch 100's of earnest imbeciles. 1957 R. Hoggart Auden 36 Jazz enthusiasts say that a solo performer ‘fetches’ them. †5. a. To go and receive; to obtain, get (an object of pursuit); to ‘come by’ (one's death). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > [verb (transitive)] fetcha1200 to breathe out one's lifea1382 passc1540 the mind > possession > acquisition > obtain or acquire [verb (transitive)] > go and obtain fetc1175 fetcha1200 a1200 Moral Ode 222 Ich elches worldes wele þer me mahte feche. c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 187 Manie mannisshe folgeden ure drihte..sume to fechen at him here hele. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 3220 Þiðerward wende þe king..to-ward þon deore þer he dæð fæhte [c1300 Otho featte]. 1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. ix. 169 If þe deuel help To folwen after þe [Dunmow] flicche, fecche þei it neuere. c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 396 Þou schal seche me þi-self..& foch þe such wages As þou deles me to-day. 1489–90 in T. Stapleton Plumpton Corr. (1839) 91 Fech your pardon and my ladyes. a1555 H. Latimer Frutefull Serm. (1572) ii. f. 201 Christ sent this man vnto the priest to fetch there his absolucion. 1656 E. Waller Panegyric to Cromwell iv The seat of empire, where the Irish come..to fetch their doom. b. colloquial. To obtain, ‘take out’ (a court summons, etc.) against a person. Also to fetch law of: to bring an action against. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > action of courts in claims or grievances > carry on or institute (an action) [verb (transitive)] > sue or institute action against pleada1325 implead1387 follow1389 pursue1454 process1493 to put in suit1495 to call (a person) unto the law?a1513 sue1526 suit1560 prosecute1579 to fetch a person over the hips1587 trounce1638 law1647 prosecute1656 action1734 to fetch law of1832 court1847 chicane1865 actionize1871 run1891 1832 Examiner 412/2 They were better pleased at what they had done than if they had ‘fetched law’ of him. c. Cricket. To score (a certain number of runs). ? Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > batting > bat [verb (transitive)] > score runs fetch1735 run1752 to knock up1837 to knock off1851 to run out1856 to hit off1857 rattle1860 compile1884 to hit up1895 slog1897 1735 London Evening-post 12 July The Londoners went in first and fetch'd 95. c1806 in Daily Chron. (1906) 12 July 4/7 ‘On Thursday’ (a hundred years ago)..‘Hambledon fetched 144 and Winchester 107 runs.’ 1906 A. E. Knight Compl. Cricketer App. II. 345 Fetch is an almost obsolete word for ‘score’. 6. a. To draw, derive, ‘borrow’ from a source, esp. from one more or less remote. Const. from or out of. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > source or origin > originate or be a source of [verb (transitive)] > derive, come from, or originate in fet1393 to take one's spring from (also out of)c1440 to come out of ——1481 extract1490 deduct1530 fetch1552 desume1564 deduce1565 father1577 derive1600 traduce1615 raisea1631 originate1653 to be sourced in1941 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Fetche out of boke, depromere. a1568 R. Ascham Scholemaster (1570) i. f. 23^v Italie now, is not..so fitte a place..for yong men to fetch either wisedome or honestie from thence. 1591 G. Fletcher Of Russe Common Wealth ii. f. 6 The eight [river] Ocka..fetcheth his head from the borders of the Chrim. a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) i. ii. 21 I fetch my life and being, From men of royall height. 1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments 277 A..fashion..fetched from the French. 1651 R. Child Large Let. in S. Hartlib Legacie 14 I desire not to fetch Causes afarre off, and to tell you of the sad Conjunctions of Mars and Saturn. 1655 N. Culpeper et al. tr. L. Rivière Pract. Physick xiii. i. 363 The Cure of this Disease..you must fetch..from the Chapter treating thereof. 1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 321. ¶13 He fetched this beautiful Circumstance from the Iliad. 1806 J. Beresford Miseries Human Life I. v. 100 To fetch a parallel case out of Roman History. 1871 R. H. Hutton Ess. (1877) I. 37 A so-called ‘equivalent’ for concrete fact..has..been fetched out of actual existence. †b. To derive as from a cause or origin; to infer (an argument, conclusion). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > source or origin > originate or be a source of [verb (transitive)] > derive, come from, or originate in > an argument or conclusion fetch1567 the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > process of reasoning, ratiocination > process of inferring, inference > infer, conclude [verb (transitive)] concludec1374 takec1400 to drive outc1443 drive1447 derive1509 reasona1527 deduce1529 include1529 infer1529 gather1535 deduct?1551 induce1563 pick1565 fetch1567 collect1581 decide1584 bring1605 to take up1662 1567 J. Maplet Greene Forest f. 27 The thirde difference is fetched from their tast or sauor. 1625 C. Burges New Discouery Personal Tithes 2 Nor to fetch any Argument from that Tenet to proue the point in hand. 1662 E. Stillingfleet Origines Sacræ i. iii. §3 That they were the more Eastern Chaldæans..Scaliger..fetcheth from the signification of the word. 1668 N. Culpeper & A. Cole tr. T. Bartholin Anat. (new ed.) i. ix. 20 From the indignation [of the Pylorus] he fetches the cause of the Palsie. 1691 J. Ray Wisdom of God 157 We may fetch an Argument of the Wisdom and Providence of God from the convenient situation and disposition of the Parts and Members of our Bodies. †c. To deduce (the origin of); to derive (a pedigree, etc.). to fetch far or higher: to find a distant or higher origin for. Also absol. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > source or origin > originate or be a source of [verb (transitive)] > derive, come from, or originate in > deduce or affirm to be derived fetch1553 extract1634 1553 J. Bale Vocacyon in Harl. Misc. (Malh.) I. 355 To fatch this thinge from the first foundacion. 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry i. f. 4^v As farre as I can fetche my petigree, all my Auncestours were occupiers of husbandry. 1581 G. Pettie tr. S. Guazzo Ciuile Conuersat. (1586) ii. 99 b By the example of Lysimachus..Yea, and without fetching so farre, wee see [etc.]. 1630 R. Norton tr. W. Camden Hist. Princesse Elizabeth ii. 133 Touching this Rebellion, (to fetch the matter a little higher). 1662 E. Stillingfleet Origines Sacræ i. i. §11 Many great Families..fetched their pedegree from the Gods. †d. To derive (a word) etymologically. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > source or origin > originate or be a source of [verb (transitive)] > derive, come from, or originate in > of a word say1340 fetch1605 1605 R. Carew in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eminent Literary Men (1843) 100 Some [words] are directlie fetched from the latine. 1605 W. Camden Remaines i. 58 I rather would fetch Hoel from Hælius. 1680 R. Morden Geogr. Rectified (1685) 43 The more Iudicious fetch their Name from the Bay..called by Mela, Sinus Codanus. 7. a. To draw, get, take (breath, †a breathing); now rare. Hence by extension, To heave (a sigh); to utter (a groan, scream); to drain (a draught). ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > respiratory organs > breathing > inhalation > inhale [verb (transitive)] to suck inc1220 drawa1300 inbreathea1382 to draw ina1398 to take in1495 inhaust1547 fetch1552 fet1556 imbreathe1574 to breathe in1576 attract1582 suck?1614 inspirate1615 imbibe1621 inspire1666 redistend1684 inhale1725 embreathe1867 indraw1883 the world > life > the body > respiratory organs > breathing > audible breathing > [verb (transitive)] > sigh sikea1350 fetch1552 fet1556 reach1582 the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [verb (transitive)] > drink up or off swap?1507 swingea1529 drink1535 uphalec1540 toss1568 trill off?1589 snapa1592 to toss offa1592 to turn down1593 to top off1598 drain1604 to take off1613 outdrinka1631 whip1639 swoop1648 epote1657 to fetch off1657 ebibe1689 fetch1691 to tip off1699 to sweep off1707 tip1784 to turn over1796 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > [verb (transitive)] > utter leadOE givec1175 tell?c1225 talkc1275 to set upa1325 to put outc1350 soundc1374 to give upc1386 pronouncea1393 cough1393 moutha1400 profera1400 forth withc1400 utterc1400 to put forth1535 display1580 vent1602 accent1603 respeak1604 vocalize1669 fetch1707 go1836 outen1951 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Fetche breath or winde, prospiro. 1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus Asthma, a disease, when..a man can hardely fetch his breathe. a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) iii. xiii. sig. Qq1^v Damætas..had fetched many a sower breathed sigh. 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 376 The Horsse will..fetch his breath short. 1632 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Eromena 106 The sicke woman..(fetching a deepe sigh) return'd her this answer. 1691 A. Gavin Observ. Journy to Naples 248 They drink in good earnest, and fetch the greatest Draughts they can. 1707 J. Stevens tr. F. de Quevedo Comical Wks. (1709) 53 Fetching such dreadful Groans. 1735 G. Lyttelton Lett. from Persian (1744) 132 She fetched a Scream. 1748 J. Mason Ess. Elocution 24 You are not to fetch your Breath..till you come to the Period. 1802 T. Beddoes Hygëia II. vii. 62 The child..was still fetching deep sobs. 1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge xxii. 60 ‘Very good,’ said Mr. Tappertit, fetching a long breath. 1875 W. D. Howells Foregone Concl. 145 The young girl..fetched a long sigh. b. absol. (See quot. 1855.) ΚΠ 1855 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Yorks. Words 56 To Fetch, painfully to draw in the breath. 8. a. To deal, strike (a blow); to make (a stroke). Now chiefly colloquial. †to fetch a fetch: to try a stratagem. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > striking > strike [verb (transitive)] > deal or give (a stroke or blow) setc1300 smitec1300 layc1330 drivec1380 slentc1380 hit?a1400 to lay ona1400 reacha1400 fetchc1400 depart1477 warpc1480 throw1488 lenda1500 serve1561 wherret1599 senda1627 lunge1735 to lay in1809 wreak1817 to get in1834 the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > be cunning or act cunningly [verb (intransitive)] > machinate > use a stratagem to fetch a fetch1559 finesse1756 c1400 (?c1380) Pearl l. 1157 No-þyng myȝt me dere To fech me bur & take me halte. 1559 W. Baldwin et al. Myrroure for Magistrates James I. iii He false traytour..To get the crowne, began to fetch a fetch. 1611 Bible (King James) Deut. xix. 5 His hand fetcheth a stroke with the axe. View more context for this quotation 1664 E. Bushnell Compl. Ship-wright 68 To fetch a stroake with the Oares. 1678 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress 72 Apollyon was fetching of his last blow. View more context for this quotation 1865 Punch 49 228 Fetch 'im [a donkey] a good whack 'ith your rumbereller! 1888 S. O. Addy Gloss. Words Sheffield (at cited word) I'll fetch thee a nope [knock]. b. Hence, To ‘have at’, reach, strike (a person). ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > striking > strike [verb (transitive)] > specific animate object drepeOE smitec1200 buffet?c1225 strike1377 rapa1400 seta1400 frontc1400 ballc1450 throw1488 to bear (a person) a blow1530 fetch1556 douse1559 knetcha1564 slat1577 to hit any one a blow1597 wherret1599 alapate1609 shock1614 baske1642 measure1652 plump1785 jow1802 nobble1841 scuff1841 clump1864 bust1873 plonk1874 to sock it to1877 dot1881 biff1888 dong1889 slosh1890 to soak it to1892 to cop (a person) one1898 poke1906 to hang one on1908 bop1931 clonk1949 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > reaching a point or place > reach (a point or place) [verb (transitive)] > arrive at latchc1330 recovera1375 fetch1556 to fetch up1589 tocome1596 arrive1647 1556 J. Heywood Spider & Flie lvii. Bb j b Vew yonder copweb castell..Behold..How thordinance lieth: flies fer and nere to fach. 1609 W. Shakespeare Pericles v. 58 Ile fetch'th with a wanion. View more context for this quotation 1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 338 The Conditions of Weapons, & their Improuement are; First, the Fetching a farre of. 1869 ‘M. Twain’ Innocents Abroad iii. 37 I could..throw a rock here..without hitting a captain... You'd fetch the captain of the watch, may be. 1870 ‘M. Twain’ Curious Republic Gondour (1919) 45 And fetch me with the butt-end of the gun. c. to go to fetch: (of a batter) to run out to hit (the ball). ΚΠ 1928 Daily Tel. 26 June 17/1 Jupp took four wickets for 37 runs. The batsmen would not go out to fetch him. 9. a. To make or perform (a movement); to take (a walk, run, leap, etc.). Of a river: To make (a turn, winding, etc.). Obsolete exc. archaic. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > doing > do [verb (transitive)] i-wurchec888 i-dreeeOE doeOE dightc1000 workOE haveOE fet1297 takec1380 gara1400 playc1410 practisec1475 bedrive1481 fetch1530 perpetrate1535 act1590 exert1662 the world > movement > bodily movement > move (the body or a member) [verb (transitive)] > make (a movement) makec1225 fet1297 fetch1530 the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > action of river > [verb (transitive)] > fetch (a turn or winding) fetch1530 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 548/2 I fetche a gambolde or a fryske in daunsyng. 1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice v. i. 73 Colts fetching mad bounds. View more context for this quotation 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 108 The riuer..fetcheth such windings to and fro. 1619 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Maides Trag. iii. sig. E2 She..did fetch so still a sleepe. 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. v. 205 I would often fetch a walke, to stretch my legs. 1670 J. Dryden Tyrannick Love iv. i. 41 Some faint Pilgrim..resolv'd to fetch his leap..Runs to the Bank. 1700 W. Congreve Way of World iv. i. 55 If so be that I might not be troublesome, I wou'd have fought a walk with you. 1758 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1861) III. 508 According to the country phrase, yesterday Sally and I ‘fetched a charming walk’. 1759 B. Martin Nat. Hist. Eng. I. 213 The River fetches a large Winding. 1762 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy V. xxix. 104 Suddenly..he fetched a gambol upon one foot. 1795 A. Hughes Jemima I. 105 They are all..gone to fetch an airing. 1829 R. Southey Let. in Corr. R. Southey with C. Bowles (1881) 181 I shall..in vulgar English, fetch a walk. 1859 W. M. Thackeray Virginians (1879) I. 364 Mr. Warrington..was gone to fetch a walk in the moonlight. a1910 ‘M. Twain’ Autobiography (1924) I. 237 A brook that never goes straight for a minute..sometimes fetching a horse-shoe three quarters of a mile around. b. Phrases. †to fetch one's birr, to fetch one's course, to fetch one's feeze (see birr n.¹ 2, course n. 12a, feeze n. 1b); to fetch a circuit: see circuit n. 3d; to fetch a compass: see compass n.¹ 11d; to fetch the farm: see farm n.² 8. ΚΠ 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Eccl. i. 5 The wynde goeth towarde y^e South, & fetcheth his compase aboute vnto the North. 1547 J. Harrison Exhort. Scottes 213 As one that intendeth to make a greate lepe, I muste..ronne back to fetche my course. a1549 A. Borde Fyrst Bk. Introd. Knowl. (1870) 163 To fetch the cyrcuyte about Christendome. 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Fetche a compasse in speakinge, ambagio. 1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy ii. ii. iii. 317 A long-winged Hawke..mounts aloft, and..fetcheth a many circuits in the Aire. 1659 J. Milton Considerations touching Hirelings 141 Traind up..by the scripture..without fetching the compas of other arts and sciences. 1722 D. Defoe Jrnl. Plague Year 147 Leaving Stepney, they fetched a long Compass. 1722 D. Defoe Jrnl. Plague Year 16 My Brother..fetch'd a Round farther into Buckinghamshire. 1814 W. Scott Waverley III. xv^. 222 He fetched a large circuit..avoiding the hamlet. View more context for this quotation 1825 M. M. Sherwood Lady of Manor* III. xiv. 71 The compass commonly fetched before the pupil can be conducted to the point intended. 1837 T. De Quincey Revolt of Tartars in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. July 110/2 Troops of deer..fetching a compass by way of re-entering the forest grounds. 1859 J. E. Tennent Ceylon II. viii. iv. 350 It is..necessary to fetch a circuit of many miles. 1883 Cent. Mag. 26 907/1 He had fetched a compass of the whole [isle]. 10. Nautical (see also branch II). a. To arrive at, come to, reach; to come up with (a vessel). ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > arrival > arrive at or reach [verb (transitive)] to come toOE reachOE hita1075 ofreachlOE catchc1330 latchc1330 recovera1375 getc1390 henta1393 win?1473 fetch1589 to fetch up1589 obtain1589 attainc1592 make1610 gaina1616 arrive1647 advene1684 strike1798 society > travel > travel by water > [verb (transitive)] > reach by sailing or arrive at arrivec1440 to fall with ——?c1475 feta1547 seize1588 fetch1589 purchase1589 to fall in1598 porta1625 set1632 1589 Voy. W. Towrson in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations i. 98 It was the 14. day of October before we could fetch Dartmouth. 1693 London Gaz. No. 2888/3 After the Enemy had fetched them [ships]. 1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson ii. ii. 129 The Gloucester..spent a month in her endeavours to fetch the bay. 1795 Ld. Nelson in Dispatches & Lett. (1845) II. 13 We could have fetched the Sans Culotte. 1834 F. Marryat Jacob Faithful I. viii. 140 You'll not fetch the bridges this tide. 1880 L. Parr Adam & Eve v. 69 A poor nigger-black, who never fetched the shore alive. figurative and in extended use.1637 S. Rutherford Lett. (1863) I. 212 I know that..ye intend to fetch heaven..and to take it with the wind on your face.1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost viii. 137 If Earth industrious of her self fetch Day Travelling East. View more context for this quotation1898 H. S. Canfield Maid of Frontier 178 We fetched Chisolm's house just a little before sundown.1930 T. E. Lawrence Let. 25 Feb. (1938) 682 Now-a-days I'm lucky to fetch London once in three months. b. To get into (the wake of a vessel); to get into the course or current of (the wind). ? Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of wind > get into the current of the wind [verb (transitive)] fetch1630 society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > direct or manage ship [verb (transitive)] > set a ship's course > get in the wake of another vessel fetch1630 1630 tr. G. Botero Relations Famous Kingdomes World (rev. ed.) 239 Outward they touch to take in fresh water, and fetch the wind. 1669 S. Sturmy Mariners Mag. i. 19 The Chase is about, come fetch her wack. 1671 R. Bohun Disc. Wind 90 They should make a circuit without the Tropicks, to fetch their Western Winds. 1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson iii. viii. 377 Little more than a league distant from the galeon, and could fetch her wake. Categories » c. to fetch headway or sternway: ‘said of a vessel gathering motion ahead or astern’ (Adm. Smyth). d. to fetch way: to move or shift (from the proper place); to break loose. Cf. to fetch away at Phrasal verbs. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > move [verb (intransitive)] > change place or position > from proper place to fetch way1670 to fetch away1769 shunt1850 1670 J. Narborough Jrnl. in Acct. Several Late Voy. (1711) i. 113 My Main-mast..fetched such Way. 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Fetch away, to be shaken or agitated from one side to another... Usually applied to a mast. 1800 Naval Chron. 4 55 A shot has fetched way in the gun. 1840 F. Marryat Poor Jack xxiii. 166 The upper part of the cargo fetched way a little, for it was loosely stowed. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. To fetch way: said of a gun or anything which escapes from its place by the vessel's motion at sea. e. intransitive. To take a course; to reach a specified position, bring one's vessel up. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > direct or manage ship [verb (intransitive)] > head in a certain course or direction steer1340 stem1487 capea1522 lie1574 put1578 bear1587 rut1588 haul1589 fetch1590 standa1594 to stand along1600 to bear away1614 work1621 to lay up1832 1590 C. Marlowe Tamburlaine: 1st Pt. sig. D^v The Persean Fleete and men of war..Haue fetcht about the Indian continent. 1669 J. Narborough Jrnl. in Acct. Several Late Voy. (1711) i. 8 Two points of land by which a man may fetch into any part of the Bay. 1778 J. Cook Jrnl. 26 May (1967) III. i. 361 We tacked and stood over for Cape Elizabeth, under which we fetched at half past 5 pm. 1836 F. Marryat Mr. Midshipman Easy I. xiii. 216 He..tacked in shore, and fetched well to windward of the low point. 1839 F. Marryat Phantom Ship II. xix. 171 The Dort..tacked, and fetched alongside of the frigate. 1883 J. D. J. Kelly in Harper's Mag. Aug. 447/2 A boat..with ability to fetch to windward. †f. to fetch of, upon: to gain upon. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > move at specific rate [verb (transitive)] > gain (ground) upon > catch up or overtake betakea1000 oftakelOE overtakec1225 ofgoc1300 under-get1390 attain1393 overget?a1400 overgoc1425 gaincopec1440 overhiec1440 overhalec1540 overcatch1570 overhent1590 win1596 to grow on or upon1603 catcha1616 to fetch up1622 to fetch of, upon1659 overhaul1793 to meet up with1837 to catch up1838 to get past1857 1659 D. Pell Πελαγος 312 Our ships..fetching abundantly of them. 1693 London Gaz. No. 2888/2 The Admiral..of the Blue..fetching very fast upon us. Phrasal verbs Idiomatically combined with adverbs. (For non-specialized combinations, see the simple senses and the adverbs.) to fetch about 1. transitive. In sense 9a, 9b, to fetch about a compass, to fetch a way about. Hence with ellipsis of object: To take a roundabout course or method. †Also reflexive in same sense. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > indirect action or process > move in roundabout course [verb (intransitive)] to fetch about1551 coast1623 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > indirect action or process > take roundabout course [verb (transitive)] to fetch about1551 society > travel > aspects of travel > travel in specific course or direction > direct one's course [verb (intransitive)] > change course or turn off > diverge from direct course > make a detour to cast, fet, fetch, go, take a compass?a1500 to fetch a windlass1530 to fetch about1551 to fetch, make, take a circuit1665 elbow1804 detour1836 1551 R. Robinson tr. T. More Vtopia sig. Gv Whiche fetchynge about a circuite or compasse of .vc. myles. c1585 R. Browne Answere to Cartwright 6 What neede hee haue fetched about and made suche adoo. 1607 T. Middleton Revengers Trag. iv. sig. G2^v You fetch about well, but lets talke in present. a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) iv. ii. 24 Like a shifted winde vnto a saile, It makes the course of thoughts to fetch about . View more context for this quotation 1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 133 It is strange, how..farre about they will fetch. 1652 W. Brough Preservative against Schisme 46 Tacking and fetching your selves about as the Wind serves. 1825 M. M. Sherwood Young Forester in Houlston Tracts I. ii. 5 Fetching a way about, in order that his brothers might not trace his steps. 2. To swing round (the arm, a weapon) so as to gather impetus for a stroke. Also intransitive for reflexive. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > move in specific manner [verb (transitive)] > flourish or brandish shakec1000 stirc1275 wagc1300 brandisha1340 flourishc1384 swinga1400 swinglec1450 ruffle?1562 sweak1567 vambrash1577 sway1590 swinge1605 to fetch about1609 wave1609 wheel1617 evibrate1654 the world > movement > motion in specific manner > move in specific manner [verb (intransitive)] > move with a flourish > make flourishing or brandishing movement flourish1594 to fetch about1609 swipe1825 wheel1893 1609 Bible (Douay) I. 1 Kings xvii. 49 Fetching it [the sling] about [he] stroke the Philistian in the forehead. 1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 122 To gather strength enough (as the arm does by fetching about). †3. To contrive, devise, plan. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > invention, devising > invent, devise [verb (transitive)] findeOE understand1297 devisea1300 shapec1381 warpa1387 enginec1400 weavec1420 reparel1434 studyc1530 conjecture1551 spina1575 ingeniate1592 think1599 to pattern out1601 decoct1602 smooth1603 to fetch about1611 fancy1635 plait1642 erect1646 1611 Bible (King James) 2 Sam. xiv. 20 To fetch about this forme of speech. View more context for this quotation 1667 H. More Divine Dialogues (1713) i. xxvii. 56 This is cunningly fetch'd about. to fetch again †1. transitive. To take or get back; to recoup, make good. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > make equal [verb (transitive)] > compensate or make up for restorea1325 to make good1389 boot1393 rewarda1398 supplya1398 to make up1472 upset1513 to fetch again1535 redeem1590 balance1594 pay1596 unpay1600 to make out1610 requitea1613 to pay home1625 encourage1628 compensate1646 compensate1656 reprise1662 to take up1662 to fetch up1665 to pay off1717 indemnify1750 to bring up arrears1788 equalize1866 reparate1956 the mind > possession > taking > take [verb (transitive)] > take again or back > take back resume1404 to take again1474 revoke1526 reclaim1530 to fetch again1535 to take back1568 reducec1595 reassume1609 revicta1656 reassert1704 pull1985 society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > getting or making money > get or make money [verb (transitive)] > bring in (a revenue) raise1389 levy1469 to pull in?1529 to fetch again1535 to bring in?1548 yield1573 produce1585 answer1596 in1609 render1687 net1758 rent1775 realize1777 earn1847 recoup1868 1535 Bible (Coverdale) 2 Sam. viii. 3 He wente to fetch his power agayne. 1612 Bp. J. Hall Contempl. I. i. i. 79 When God had fetcht againe all the life which he had giuen. a1617 S. Hieron Penance for Sinne in Wks. (1620) II. 251 To fetch againe those losses which he hath receyued. †2. To revive, restore to consciousness. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1601 Bp. W. Barlow Serm. Paules Crosse Martij 1600 49 To fetch her againe. 1626 F. Bacon Sylva §694 (1627) 174 For smells, wee see their great and sudden Effect in fetching Men again, when they swoune. 1669 J. Bunyan Holy Citie 252 Revivings, that, (like Aquavitæ) do fetch again, and chear up the soul. to fetch away intransitive. To move or shift from its proper place; to get loose. Cf. 10d. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > move [verb (intransitive)] > change place or position > from proper place to fetch way1670 to fetch away1769 shunt1850 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine at Chock A..wedge used to confine a cask..to prevent it from fetching way when the ship is in motion. 1808 Sporting Mag. 30 123 We fetch away, and are tossed to the farthest side of the cabin. 1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. (1856) xx. 152 Even anchors and quarter-boats, have ‘fetched away’. 1890 W. C. Russell Ocean Trag. II. xxi. 182 Every..article on the breakfast table fetching away with a hideous crash. to fetch down transitive. = to bring down at bring v. Phrasal verbs 1 (to bring in at bring v. Phrasal verbs 1), but more colloquial and expressive of vigorous action. 1. To bring to the ground by a shot or a blow. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > causing to come or go down > cause to come or go down [verb (transitive)] > bring to the ground/lay low layc888 afelleOE to throw downa1250 groundc1275 to lay to ground, to earth (Sc. at eird)c1275 stoopc1275 evena1382 abatec1390 to bring downa1400 falla1400 welt?a1400 throwa1450 tumble1487 succumb1490 strewa1500 vaila1592 flat1607 level1614 floor1642 to fetch down1705 drop1726 supplant1751 1705 tr. W. Bosman New Descr. Coast of Guinea xvii. 319 This vast number of Shot..were not sufficient to fetch him [sc. Elephant] down. 1726 W. R. Chetwood Voy. & Adventures Capt. R. Boyle 155 I levell'd all at Hamet, and..had the good Fortune to fetch him down. 1801 W. Windham Speeches Parl. (1812) II. 30 There were but few whom they were able to fetch down at a blow. 1879 R. H. Elliot Written on their Foreheads I. 7 Fetching down the young rooks from the tree tops. 2. To force down (prices, etc.). ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > monetary value > price > fluctuation in price > [verb (transitive)] > lower (price) weaken1530 mitigate1542 abase1551 fall1564 to beat the price1591 to bring down1600 to fetch down1841 degrade1844 to roll back1942 1841 R. B. Peake Court & City i. iii The late war has fetched down the price of women. to fetch in †1. transitive. To gain for an adherent. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > motivation > attraction, allurement, or enticement > attract, allure, or entice [verb (transitive)] > draw towards to fetch in1614 the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > support > support or encouragement > support or encourage [verb (transitive)] > be adherent of > gain for an adherent to fetch in1614 1614 Bp. J. Hall Recoll. Treat. 248 All the powers and craft of hell cannot fetch him in for a customer to euill. 1647 C. Cotterell & W. Aylesbury tr. E. C. Davila Hist. Civill Warres France i. 27 Like artifices were used to fetch in the rest. †2. To close in upon, surround; to enclose, take in. Also to include (in one's voyage). ΘΚΠ society > travel > [verb (transitive)] > visit a place > in the course of travel to fetch in1565 to take in1622 dropa1634 stop1905 the world > space > relative position > condition of being internal > containing or having within > contain or have within [verb (transitive)] holdc1000 takec1175 keep1340 harbour1362 containa1382 comprehend1393 comprise1483 carry1517 house1542 refrain1542 to fetch in1565 enharbour1596 inhold1614 reserve1614 the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > surrounding > surround or lie around [verb (transitive)] > in hostile or harmful manner beset?c1225 lapc1330 to lay about14.. underset1488 to fetch in1565 bestad1579 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > make an attack upon [verb (transitive)] > on all sides > specifically a person forsetc900 beseta1225 underset1488 to fetch in1565 bestad1579 1565 A. Golding tr. Caesar Martiall Exploytes in Gallia iii. f. 68 They fetched in on euery syde and slew those that stoode in good hope..of wynning theyr Campe. 1594 T. Blundeville Exercises v. f. 266 He..turning to the South did fetch in all the sea coastes untill hee came to Capo Razo. 1670 S. Wilson Lassels's Voy. Italy (new ed.) i. 92 A Cage of Iron..so high that it fetcheth in a world of laurel. †3. To ‘take in’; cheat. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > treat fraudulently, cheat [verb (transitive)] deceivec1330 defraud1362 falsec1374 abuse?a1439 fraud1563 visure1570 cozen1583 coney-catch1592 to fetch in1592 cheat1597 sell1607 mountebanka1616 dabc1616 nigglea1625 to put it on1625 shuffle1627 cuckold1644 to put a cheat on1649 tonya1652 fourbe1654 imposturea1659 impose1662 slur1664 knap1665 to pass upon (also on)1673 snub1694 ferret1699 nab1706 shool1745 humbug1750 gag1777 gudgeon1787 kid1811 bronze1817 honeyfuggle1829 Yankee1837 middle1863 fuck1866 fake1867 skunk1867 dead-beat1888 gold-brick1893 slicker1897 screw1900 to play it1901 to do in1906 game1907 gaff1934 scalp1939 sucker1939 sheg1943 swizz1961 butt-fuck1979 1592 R. Greene Quip for Vpstart Courtier sig. G They were al feathered of one wing to fetch in yong gentlemen. 1612 S. Rowlands More Knaues Yet 33 Who will be drawne at Dice and Cards to play..And be fetch'd in for all that's in his purse? to fetch off †1. To bring out of a difficulty; to deliver, rescue. Cf. bring off. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > rescue or deliverance > rescue or deliver (from) [verb (transitive)] > rescue or carry off from reavec1225 werea1500 snatcha1616 to fetch off1648 surprise1687 pluck1719 1648 W. Jenkyn Ὁδηγος Τυϕλος i. 16 This hereticall and rediculous soul fetcheth off himself thus. 1650 R. Stapleton tr. F. Strada De Bello Belgico iii. 62 The whole Market-place..strove to fetch off the prisoners. †2. To ‘do’ or ‘do for’; to get the better of; to make an end of. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > have or gain mastery or superiority over [verb (transitive)] > overcome or defeat > defeat completely or do for overthrowc1375 checkmatea1400 to bring or put to (or unto) utterance1430 distrussc1430 crusha1599 panga1600 to fetch off1600 finish1611 settle?1611 feague1668 rout1676 spiflicate1749 bowl1793 to settle a person's hash1795 dish1798 smash1813 to cook (rarely do) one's goose1835 thunder-smite1875 scuppera1918 to put the bee on1918 stonker1919 to wrap up1922 root1944 banjax1956 marmalize1966 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 iii. ii. 297 As I returne I will fetch off these iustices. View more context for this quotation 1613 Notorious Cousnages of J. & A. West vi She hath fetcht off Usurers and Misers, as finely as they fetch off young heires. 1618 in J. Gutch Collectanea Curiosa (1781) II. 423 My Lord of Essex was fetcht off by a trick. 1630 Bp. J. Hall Occas. Medit. §lxxvii What fine devises..to fetch off liues. 1653 H. More Antidote against Atheism in Coll. Philos. Writings (1712) iii. xi. 122 We may add a third [Question], which may haply fetch off the other two. †3. To drain, drink off (a draught). Cf. 7. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [verb (transitive)] > drink up or off swap?1507 swingea1529 drink1535 uphalec1540 toss1568 trill off?1589 snapa1592 to toss offa1592 to turn down1593 to top off1598 drain1604 to take off1613 outdrinka1631 whip1639 swoop1648 epote1657 to fetch off1657 ebibe1689 fetch1691 to tip off1699 to sweep off1707 tip1784 to turn over1796 1657 W. Rand tr. P. Gassendi Mirrour of Nobility ii. 99 He fetcht off the Lusty Bowle of wine. 1657 W. Rand tr. P. Gassendi Mirrour of Nobility ii. 137 Novellius Torquatus..is reported to have fetcht off at one draught..three Congii or Roman Gallons of wine. to fetch out To draw forth; to bring into clearness; to develop and display. ΘΚΠ society > communication > manifestation > disclosure or revelation > disclose or reveal [verb (transitive)] unwryc825 unhelec1000 to draw forthc1175 unhillc1200 to bring forth?c1225 unsteekc1250 let witc1275 uncovera1300 wraya1300 knowc1300 barea1325 shrivec1374 unwrapc1374 again-covera1382 nakena1382 outc1390 tellc1390 disclosea1393 cough1393 unhidea1400 unclosec1400 unhaspc1400 bewrayc1405 reveal1409 accusea1413 reveil1424 unlocka1425 unrekec1425 disclude?1440 uncurec1440 utter1444 detect1447 break1463 expose1483 divinec1500 revelate1514 to bring (also put) to light1526 decipher1529 rake1547 rip1549 unshadow1550 to lay to sight1563 uppen1565 unlace1567 unvisor?1571 resign1572 uncloak1574 disshroud1577 spill1577 reap1578 unrip1579 scour1585 unharboura1586 unmask1586 uncase1587 descrya1591 unclasp?1592 unrive1592 discover1594 unburden1594 untomb1594 unhusk1596 dismask1598 to open upc1600 untruss1600 divulge1602 unshale1606 unbrace1607 unveil1609 rave1610 disveil1611 unface1611 unsecret1612 unvizard1620 to open up1624 uncurtain1628 unscreen1628 unbare1630 disenvelop1632 unclothe1632 to lay forth1633 unshroud1633 unmuffle1637 midwife1638 dissecret1640 unseal1640 unmantle1643 to fetch out1644 undisguise1655 disvelop1658 decorticate1660 clash1667 exert1692 disinter1711 to up with1715 unbundlea1739 develop1741 disembosom1745 to open out1814 to let out1833 unsack1846 uncrown1849 to bring (out) in (also into) the open1861 unfrock1866 disbosom1868 to blow the lid off1928 flush1950 surface1955 to take or pull the wraps off1964 1644 J. Milton Of Educ. 7 These waves..if there were any secret excellence among them, would fetch it out. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 215. ¶1 Marble..shews none of its inherent Beauties, till the Skill of the Polisher fetches out the Colours. 1847 L. Hunt Jar of Honey (1848) x. 134 It fetches out..the most beautiful strength of the human heart. to fetch over †1. transitive. To succeed in delivering (a blow). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > striking > strike [verb (transitive)] > deal or give (a stroke or blow) > accurately or effectively fastenc1225 fastc1330 to send homea1627 to fetch overa1640 plant1808 land1886 a1640 J. Ball Answer to Iohn Can (1642) i. 119 He might fetch over a sure blow upon us. †2. To get the better of. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > have or gain mastery or superiority over [verb (transitive)] overcomeeOE forecomec1000 overwieldlOE masterc1225 overmaistrie1340 overmatcha1375 overpassa1382 surmount1390 to have the fairer (of)c1400 maistriec1400 overmasterc1425 winc1440 overc1485 bestride1526 rixlec1540 overreach1555 control1567 overmate1567 govern1593 to give (a person) the lurch1598 get1600 to gain cope of1614 top1633 to fetch overa1640 down1641 to have the whip hand (of)1680 carberry1692 to cut down1713 to be more than a match for1762 outflank1773 outmaster1799 outgeneral1831 weather1834 best1839 fore-reach1845 to beat a person at his (also her, etc.) own game1849 scoop1850 euchrec1866 bemaster1871 negotiate1888 to do down1900 to get (someone) wetc1926 lick1946 the mind > attention and judgement > testing > refutation, disproof > refute, disprove [verb (transitive)] > completely to put silence toc1384 to put (a person or thing) to silencea1464 convell1536 silence1592 to reduce (a person or thing) to silence1605 explode1629 to fetch overa1640 out-argue1662 ruin1665 settle1849 scuttle1888 skyrocket1928 banjax1956 a1640 J. Day & H. Chettle Blind-beggar (1659) sig. D2^v 'Tis he that I fetch'd over for the sattin suite, and left him in pawn for the reckoning. 1680 R. L'Estrange tr. Erasmus 20 Select Colloquies xiv. 199 They have fetch'd me over many and many a time. †3. To go over; to repeat. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > repetition > repeat [verb (transitive)] doublec1380 naitc1400 reportc1405 repeat1427 renewa1464 iterate1533 resume1535 to run over ——1538 redouble1580 to go over ——1583 re-say1583 reclaim1590 ingeminate1594 reword1604 reassume1631 reutter1632 oversay1639 to fetch over1642 reassert1647 1642 D. Rogers Naaman 606 What might be the cause why Isaac fetcht over the blessing the second time. to fetch (a)round intransitive. To recover, to regain consciousness. Also transitive. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > heal or cure [verb (transitive)] > restore to health healc1000 temperc1000 recoverc1330 covera1375 restorec1384 recovera1398 rectifya1400 revert1446 recruita1661 re-establish1664 to set up1686 to bring toa1796 reinstate1810 tinker1823 recuperate1849 to bring about1854 to pick up1857 to fetch round1870 re-edify1897 to pull round1900 the world > health and disease > healing > recovery > recover or be healed [verb (intransitive)] wholeeOE botenc1225 cover1297 amendc1325 recovera1375 warisha1386 recovera1387 healc1390 recurec1400 soundc1402 mendc1440 convalesce1483 guarish1489 restore1494 refete?a1505 revert1531 to gather (or pick) up one's crumbs1589 cure1597 recruit1644 to perk upa1656 retrieve1675 to pick up1740 to leave one's bed1742 to sit up and take nourishment1796 to get round1798 to come round1818 to pull through1830 rally1831 to fetch round1870 to mend up1877 to pull round1889 recoup1896 recuperate1897 1870 G. Meredith Let. ?Sept. (1970) I. 426 This salt-water fetches me round, Tuck. It's the next best to mountain air. 1874 T. Hardy Far from Madding Crowd I. ii. 21 I do hope Daisy [sc. a cow] will fetch round again now. 1889 ‘M. Twain’ Connecticut Yankee xl. 136 You do feel so strange and stuffy, like somebody else..that has been..struck by lightning..and hasn't quite fetched around, yet,..and can't just get his bearings. to fetch through intransitive. To win through. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > succeed or be a success [verb (intransitive)] > achieve success (of persons) > succeed in doing anything > succeed under difficulties win through1644 to come through1708 to pull through1830 pull1856 to fetch through1912 to hack it1936 1912 R. F. Scott Jrnl. 16–17 Mar. in Last Exped. (1913) I. 593 Though we constantly talk of fetching through, I don't think any one of us believes it in his heart. to fetch up †1. transitive. To bring to a higher level or position; to elevate, raise. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > raising > make to go up or cause to rise [verb (transitive)] > raise heave971 hevenOE onheaveOE rearOE highOE arearc1175 to set above (also aloft, high, on high)c1275 upbraidc1275 to set upc1290 lifta1300 upheavea1300 upraisea1300 upreara1300 enhancec1300 araise1303 hance1303 uplifta1340 lift1362 raisec1384 upbear1390 uphancec1390 advancea1393 haut?a1400 to put upa1400 verec1400 hainc1440 inhigh1483 elevate1497 uphigh1513 alifta1522 height1530 heighten1530 exalt1535 extol1549 sublevate1559 rouse?1567 attol1578 elate1578 vaunce1582 dight1590 higher1592 tower1596 to fetch up1612 relevate1620 screwa1625 transcend1635 stilt1649 allevate1696 stiltify1860 1612 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 121 Hee fetched one of his brows vp to his forehead. a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) iv. xvi. 36 The strong wing'd Mercury should fetch thee vp, And set thee by Ioues side. View more context for this quotation 1705 J. Addison Remarks Italy 365 Any of these Arts..may be fetch'd up to its Perfection in Ten..years. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 119. ⁋3 They have..fetched themselves up to the Fashion of the polite World. 2. To vomit. Also of a medicine, etc.: To promote expectoration of. Cf. to bring up. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > treatments removing or dispersing matter > remove or disperse [verb (transitive)] > promote expectoration to fetch up1599 loosen1833 the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > digestive disorders > have digestive disorder [verb (transitive)] > vomit spew971 aspewc1200 to gulch out?c1225 casta1300 vomea1382 brake1393 evacuec1400 to cast outa1425 deliver?a1425 voida1425 evomec1450 evomit?a1475 disgorge1477 to cast up1483 degorge1493 vomish1536 retch1538 parbreak1540 reject1540 vomit1541 evacuate1542 revomit1545 belch1558 vomit1560 to lay up1570 upvomit1582 to fetch up1599 puke1601 respew1606 inbelch1610 spew1610 to throw up1614 exgurgitate1623 out-spew1647 egurgitate1656 to throw off1660 to bring up1719 pick1828 sick1924 yark1927 barf1960 to park the tiger1970 vom1991 1599 H. Buttes Dyets Dry Dinner sig. N3^v Butter..fetcheth up fleame cloddered about the breast and lungs. 1622 T. Dekker & P. Massinger Virgin Martir v. sig. L Fetch vp What thou hast swallowed. 3. To recall (to the mind); to bring to light. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > memory > call to mind, recollect [verb (transitive)] i-thenchec897 bethinkOE mingOE thinkOE monelOE umbethinkc1175 to draw (also take) into (or to) memorya1275 minc1330 record1340 revert1340 remembera1382 mindc1384 monishc1384 to bring to mindc1390 remenec1390 me meanetha1400 reducec1425 to call to mind1427 gaincall1434 pense1493 remord?1507 revocate1527 revive1531 cite1549 to call back1572 recall1579 to call to mind (also memory, remembrance)1583 to call to remembrance1583 revoke1586 reverse1590 submonish1591 recover1602 recordate1603 to call up1606 to fetch up1608 reconjure1611 collect1612 remind1615 recollect1631 rememorize1632 retrieve1644 think1671 reconnoitre1729 member1823 reminisce1829 rememorate1835 recomember1852 evoke1856 updraw1879 withcall1901 access1978 the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > finding or discovery > find or discover [verb (transitive)] > by searching or tracking down > and bring to light to search outc1425 to hunt out1576 unrip?1576 to ferret out1577 to fetch up1608 fish1632 prog1655 rummage1797 rout1814 exhume1819 excavate1840 ferret up1847 unearth1863 fossick?1870 exhumate1881 1608 Bp. J. Hall Epist. II. iii. ii. 12 To fetch vp olde words from forgetfulnesse. 1817 T. Chalmers Series Disc. Christian Revelation iv. 131 The knowledge..he cannot fetch up himself from the obscurity of this wondrous..scene. †4. To rouse or stir up (a horse). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > ride (a horse or other animal) [verb (transitive)] > make (a horse) spirited or lively to fetch up1565 fig1810 1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus at Equus To fetch vp with the spurre. 1574 J. Baret Aluearie F 401 To fetch vp with spurres, concitare calcaribus equum. †5. To overthrow, ‘trip up’. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > causing to come or go down > cause to come or go down [verb (transitive)] > capsize or upset overcastc1230 overturnc1300 overthrowc1330 to-turna1382 overwhelm?a1400 tilta1400 tipa1400 welt?a1400 overtiltc1400 tirvec1420 reverse?a1439 devolvec1470 subvert1479 welter?a1505 renverse1521 tumble1534 verse1556 upturn1567 overwhirl1577 rewalt1587 subverse1590 overset1599 overtumble1600 walt1611 to fetch up1615 ramvert1632 treveer1636 transvolve1644 capsize1788 upset1806 keel1828 overwelt1828 pitch-pole1851 purl1856 1615 T. Adams Spirituall Nauigator 43 in Blacke Devill The wisest Solomon, the strongest Sampson, haue beene fetchd vp by this wrastler. 6. To make up (lee way, lost ground, time, etc.). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > make equal [verb (transitive)] > compensate or make up for restorea1325 to make good1389 boot1393 rewarda1398 supplya1398 to make up1472 upset1513 to fetch again1535 redeem1590 balance1594 pay1596 unpay1600 to make out1610 requitea1613 to pay home1625 encourage1628 compensate1646 compensate1656 reprise1662 to take up1662 to fetch up1665 to pay off1717 indemnify1750 to bring up arrears1788 equalize1866 reparate1956 1665 J. Wilson Projectors 227 I shall have the custody of the parish stock. If that will serve you, command it; we shall be able, I hope, to fetch it up again before my time be out. 1709 G. Stanhope Paraphr. Epist. & Gospels IV. 122 Penitents..will..fetch up the Time they have lost. 1740 S. Richardson Pamela II. 49 Mrs. Jewkes lies snoring in bed, fetching up her last Night's Disturbance. 1794 T. Jefferson Writings (1859) IV. 112 The time is coming when we shall fetch up the lee-way of our vessel. 1825 Thomas Brown in Houlston Tracts I. xvi. 3 Thomas did not mind playing a day or two in the week, for..he knew he could easily fetch it up again. 1846 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 7 ii. 686 [They] have much lee way to fetch up. †7. To come up with, overtake. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > move at specific rate [verb (transitive)] > gain (ground) upon > catch up or overtake betakea1000 oftakelOE overtakec1225 ofgoc1300 under-get1390 attain1393 overget?a1400 overgoc1425 gaincopec1440 overhiec1440 overhalec1540 overcatch1570 overhent1590 win1596 to grow on or upon1603 catcha1616 to fetch up1622 to fetch of, upon1659 overhaul1793 to meet up with1837 to catch up1838 to get past1857 1622 R. Hawkins Observ. Voiage South Sea lii. 123 Being out of hope to fetch vp this shippe. 1669 S. Sturmy Mariners Mag. i. 14 The Moon must go longer 2 days..before she can fetch up the Sun, to come into Conjunction with her. 1692 R. L'Estrange Fables cxxxiii Says he [the Hare], I can fetch up the Tortoise when I please. 1751 R. Paltock Life Peter Wilkins I. v. 37 We fetched her up, and..fired a Shot. 8. Nautical. To come or get to (a place); to reach; to come in sight of; (also to fetch up the sight of) to sail along. ? Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > arrival > arrive at or reach [verb (transitive)] to come toOE reachOE hita1075 ofreachlOE catchc1330 latchc1330 recovera1375 getc1390 henta1393 win?1473 fetch1589 to fetch up1589 obtain1589 attainc1592 make1610 gaina1616 arrive1647 advene1684 strike1798 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > reaching a point or place > reach (a point or place) [verb (transitive)] > arrive at latchc1330 recovera1375 fetch1556 to fetch up1589 tocome1596 arrive1647 1589 Voy. W. Towrson in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations i. 108 It is hard to fetch vpp a towne here, if a shippe ouer shoote it. 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. iii. 96 As we fetched up the sight of Nicasia. 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. v. 181 We fetched up the coast of Cylicia. 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. ix. 398 We fetched up the little Ile of Strombolo. 9. intransitive for reflexive. To come to a stand; to ‘pull up’; to stop. Also transitive. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > absence of movement > [verb (intransitive)] > cease to move or become motionless > come to a stand or stop abideOE atstandc1000 steveneta1225 atstuntc1230 to make, take, etc., stallc1275 stema1300 astandc1314 withstanda1325 stintc1374 arrestc1400 stotec1400 stayc1440 steadc1475 stop short1530 disadvance1610 come1611 consist1611 check1635 halt1656 to bring to1697 to draw up1767 to bring up1769 to pull up1781 to fetch up1838 to come to a standstill1852 1838 J. C. Neal Charcoal Sketches 96 I was soon fetch'd up in the victualling line—and I busted for the benefit of my creditors. 1848 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms To fetch up, to stop suddenly... We often hear the phrase ‘He fetched up all standing’ that is, he made a sudden halt. It is a nautical vulgarism. 1858 N. Hawthorne Jrnl. 2 Aug. in French & Ital. Notebks. (1980) vi. 385 When in quest of any particular point, [we] are likely enough to fetch up at some other. 1859 ‘N. Hogg’ Poet. Lett. (1865) 44 Wul tha nex thing thay dood was ta holler out ‘Dress!’.. Wat thay main'd wis ta vetch up a little bit zmurt. 1883 W. Whitman Specimen Days in Specimen Days & Collect 139 I made quite a western journey, fetching up at Denver, Colorado. 1890 G. W. Perrie Buckskin Mose (new ed.) ii. 25 Waukegan was designated as the place where he might probably fetch up. 1898 E. N. Westcott David Harum xix. 175 I..walked alongside the el'phant, till they fetched up inside the tent. 1902 Chambers's Jrnl. Mar. 186/2 Before he could more than grab at the rein lying loosely on the pommel, the filly ‘fetched up’ against a dead box-tree, hard as cast-iron. 1906 Springfield (Mass.) Weekly Republican 11 Oct. 1 If he tries often enough he may fetch up in Congress. 1956 A. L. Rowse Early Churchills xviii. 391 Some of her business correspondence..has fetched up on the other side of the Atlantic. 1971 Listener 8 Apr. 449/3 I grew used to bummelling around the Bond Street dealers and fetching up for tea at the National Gallery or the Tate. 10. To bring up, rear, or train (children.) U.S. ΘΚΠ society > education > upbringing > [verb (transitive)] i-teon975 forthbringc1000 forthwiseOE nourishc1300 nurshc1325 feedc1330 updraw1390 uprearc1400 educate1445 norrya1450 nurturea1450 to bring up1484 endue1526 nuzzle1558 rear1558 nurse1584 to breed up1611 cradle1613 breed1650 raise1744 rare1798 mud1814 to fetch up1841 rise1843 1841 Knickerbocker 17 156 Harry Cott says he was ‘fetched up’ on Long-Island. 1869 H. B. Stowe Oldtown Folks xx. 237 I was fetchin' on her up to work for her livin' as I was fetched up. 1890 S. O. Jewett Strangers & Wayfarers 205 We've gone an' fetched ye up the best we could. 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