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49. give way

a. Of fighting men: = give ground at sense 45. To retreat before an advancing force; to break rank. Also transferred and figurative. Const. to.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military operations > manoeuvre > [verb (intransitive)] > retreat

withdraw1297

recoilc1330

faila1400

rere?a1400

give way1413

ruse?a1425

retreata1460

to leave place1487

wandis1487

settle1513

retire1533

retrace1539

dismarch1596

to come off1600

to fall back1602

retraicta1604

give grounda1616

recline1789

exfiltrate1980

1413 Pilgr. Sowle (1483) iv. xxx. 78 The chyuetayns haue at the moost nede of socour yeuen weye to their enemyes and made the peple proye to them.

1485 W. Caxton tr. Thystorye & Lyf Charles the Grete sig. kij/2 They..made so grete bruyt that the moost hardyest of the paynyms gaf them waye.

1708 F. Atterbury 14 Serm. 320 With how much greater difficulty, every time that we give way, we recover our ground.

1803 W. Tennant Indian Recreat. II. 383 Our troops..by some strange mismanagement gave way on the right.

1879 M. J. Guest Lect. Hist. Eng. lv. 567 The Guards, fighting gallantly, began to give way nevertheless.

†b. To make way; leave the way clear. In early use often to give the way. Const. to. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > [phrase] > abandon oneself to emotion

give wayc1515

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > backward movement > move backwards [verb (intransitive)] > retire, withdraw, or retreat > out of the way

to give rooma1350

to stand backc1390

to make way?a1425

to stand aback?a1439

to make rooma1450

roomc1450

give wayc1515

to give by1633

shunt1869

to move over1914

extend2000

c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) xxxviii. 122 They gaue hym way, nor durst aproche nere hym.

1606 P. Holland tr. Suetonius Hist. Twelve Caesars 102 He himselfe would arise up unto the said consuls and give them the way [L. decedere via].

1617 F. Moryson Itinerary iii. 55 The coaches comming downe from the upper parts, give the way to those that come up.

1687 R. Boyle Martyrdom Theodora (1703) vii. 90 Such sentiments..as made them with great respect give her way.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis i, in tr. Virgil Wks. 226 Scarce had he spoken, when the Cloud gave way, The Mists flew upward, and dissolv'd in day.

1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth ii, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. I. 37 A common feeling of respect induced passengers to give way to the father and daughter.

c. To make room for; be superseded by. Const. to.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > change > exchange > substitution > supplanting or replacement > take the place of or replace [verb (intransitive)] > be replaced by

give placec1384

yield1604

cede1633

decede1655

give way1713

1713 R. Steele Englishman No. 12 Sophistry must give way to Learning.

1852 H. Rogers Eclipse of Faith 70 My early Christian faith has given way to doubt.

1885 M. Linskill Lost Son 275 The surliness had given way to something deeper.

†d. To allow free scope, opportunity, or liberty of action to. Also in indirect passive, and to give way (to a person) to do, that, etc. Obsolete; passing into 49f, and 49g.

ΚΠ

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1633) i. 5 And knowing that the violence of sorrow is not at the first to be striven withall..they gave way unto it for that day and the next.

1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 v. ii. 81 I gaue bold way to my authority, And did commit you.

1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning i. sig. I4 Antoninus Pius..not only ceasing persecution, but giuing way to the aduancement of Christians.

1611 M. Smith in Bible (King James) Transl. Pref. 1 Certaine..could not be brought..to giue way to good Letters.

1631 in S. R. Gardiner Rep. Cases Star Chamber & High Comm. (1886) 15 This is not to be given way to.

1632 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Eromena 133 Giving thereby rather way and encouragement to the Infante, to demand her.

1633 Bp. J. Hall Plaine Explic. Hard Texts i. 610 I will give way to a shepheard, not more foolish then wicked, to arise in my Church.

a1657 W. Bradford Hist. Plymouth Plantation in Coll. Mass. Hist. Soc. (1856) 4th Ser. III. 134 At length, after much debate of things, the Gov^r..gave way that they should set corne every man for his owne perticuler.

1793 E. Burke Corr. (1844) IV. 143 They who, through weakness, gave way to the ill-designs of bad men [etc.].

1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India II. v. v. 517 From that moment the General gave way to his spirit of dissatisfaction and complaint.]

e. Of things, material and immaterial: To yield, be dislodged, break down (under pressure or violence). †Const. to (obsolete). Of the health, mental powers, etc.: To break down, fail.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > constitution of matter > weakness > give way under force or pressure [verb (intransitive)]

alet?c1400

yield1552

give way1640

to give back1674

give1687

1640 tr. G. S. du Verdier Love & Armes Greeke Princes iii. 2 All the skill and courage the Marriners had were faine to give way to the violence of this tempest.

1665 T. Manley tr. H. Grotius De Rebus Belgicis 683 Their Cannon being neither raised nor well planted, by their own weight and force were fixed, until at last the Sands giving way, they were removed.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis i, in tr. Virgil Wks. 206 The stoutest Vessel to the Storm gave way, And suck'd through loosen'd Planks the rushing Sea.

1726 Four Years Voy. Capt. G. Roberts 123 If any Thing gave Way, we could better mend it..by Day.

1819 W. Irving Sketch Bk. v. 422 The bashfulness of the guests soon gave way before good cheer and affability.

1849 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 16 269/2 His health gave way to the attacks of disease.

1849 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 16 316/2 He rung the bell till the rope gave way.

1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xvi. 116 Once upon a steep hard slope Bennen's footing gave way.

1872 C. M. Yonge Cameos cxii, in Monthly Packet Sept. 222 His strength gave way under repeated wounds.

1885 Law Rep.: Probate Div. 10 90 Her health evidently gave way soon after her marriage.

1889 M. E. Kennard Landing Prize III. ii. 33 Neither knot nor gut gave way under the tremendous strain.

1889 M. Caird Wing of Azrael ii. xvi. 19 Her voice shook and gave way at the last word.

f. Of persons: To yield under solicitation or insistence; to make concessions; to defer to the will of another. Const. to.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > agreement > consent > consent to [verb (transitive)] > concede to or comply with

granta1250

i-yettc1275

listenc1290

to listen onc1330

submita1387

consent1393

tenderc1430

servec1450

ottroye1477

admit1529

yield1572

closea1616

concede1632

comply1650

to fall in1651

to come into ——1704

give way1758

accordc1820

1758 Ld. Kames in J. Thomson Acct. Life W. Cullen (1832) I. 601 If you give way to every patient..you will never stir from Edinburgh.

1821 J. W. Croker in Diary 30 July (1884) When he gives way..he does it with so bad a grace [etc.].

1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People iii. §2. 120 At the very moment of apparent triumph John suddenly gave way.

1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) III. 132 He gives way to a sentiment which in his own case he would control.

g. To abandon oneself to (anger, grief, etc.).

ΚΠ

1817 [see sense 49d].

1822 W. Scott Fortunes of Nigel III. xi. 309 Here the dame was..inclined to give way to a passion of tears.

1880 J. McCarthy Hist. our Own Times III. xxxiii. 70 He never gave way either to anger or alarm.

1891 Strand Mag. May 552/2 Don't give way to despair so quickly.

h. To allow one's self-control or fortitude to be broken down.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > absence of resistance > offer no resistance [verb (intransitive)] > give in

descend?a1400

to give up the girdlea1400

submita1525

to give over1530

subscribe1560

yield1576

come1607

to give in1616

to give the stoop1623

buckle1642

incumb1656

to knock under board, under (the) table1692

capitulate1714

to strike underc1730

knuckle down1735

cave1844

to throw (also chuck) up the sponge1860

incline1866

to give (it) best1878

give way1879

to roll over1919

1879 M. E. Braddon Vixen III. 150 ‘The fact is, she gives way too much’, exclaimed active little Mrs. Scobel, who had never given way in her life.

1879 ‘E. Lyall’ Won by Waiting xvii Her old courage kept her from quite giving way.

i. Of stocks and shares: To fall in price.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > deal in stocks and shares [verb (intransitive)] > state of market or prices > fall or rise (of prices)

to look downwards1796

to look downward1801

to look down1808

rally1826

sag1870

give way1883

slump1888

firm1896

move1904

spurt1931

perform1933

dip1956

to pull back1966

to go in the tank1974

1883 Manch. Examiner 30 Nov. 4/1 Mexican Ordinary at the morning was 1¹/ ₄ up, but it afterwards gave way, the final price being 65¹/ ₂ ex. div.

j. Nautical. (See quot. 1867.)

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > propelling boat by oars, paddle, or pole > [verb (intransitive)] > row > renew rowing or increase rate

give way1802

1802 Trans. Soc. Arts 20 327 The steersman should..encourage the rowers to give way.

1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xxv. 79 Give way boys! Give way! Lay out on your oars, and long stroke!

1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Give way, the order to a boat's crew to renew rowing, or to increase their exertions if they were already rowing. To hang on the oars.

1883 R. L. Stevenson Treasure Island iv. xvi. 134 The next moment..we had shoved off and given way.

单词	give way
释义	> as lemmas give way 49. give way a. Of fighting men: = give ground at sense 45. To retreat before an advancing force; to break rank. Also transferred and figurative. Const. to. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military operations > manoeuvre > [verb (intransitive)] > retreat withdraw1297 recoilc1330 faila1400 rere?a1400 give way1413 ruse?a1425 retreata1460 to leave place1487 wandis1487 settle1513 retire1533 retrace1539 dismarch1596 to come off1600 to fall back1602 retraicta1604 give grounda1616 recline1789 exfiltrate1980 1413 Pilgr. Sowle (1483) iv. xxx. 78 The chyuetayns haue at the moost nede of socour yeuen weye to their enemyes and made the peple proye to them. 1485 W. Caxton tr. Thystorye & Lyf Charles the Grete sig. kij/2 They..made so grete bruyt that the moost hardyest of the paynyms gaf them waye. 1708 F. Atterbury 14 Serm. 320 With how much greater difficulty, every time that we give way, we recover our ground. 1803 W. Tennant Indian Recreat. II. 383 Our troops..by some strange mismanagement gave way on the right. 1879 M. J. Guest Lect. Hist. Eng. lv. 567 The Guards, fighting gallantly, began to give way nevertheless. †b. To make way; leave the way clear. In early use often to give the way. Const. to. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > [phrase] > abandon oneself to emotion give wayc1515 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > backward movement > move backwards [verb (intransitive)] > retire, withdraw, or retreat > out of the way to give rooma1350 to stand backc1390 to make way?a1425 to stand aback?a1439 to make rooma1450 roomc1450 give wayc1515 to give by1633 shunt1869 to move over1914 extend2000 c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) xxxviii. 122 They gaue hym way, nor durst aproche nere hym. 1606 P. Holland tr. Suetonius Hist. Twelve Caesars 102 He himselfe would arise up unto the said consuls and give them the way [L. decedere via]. 1617 F. Moryson Itinerary iii. 55 The coaches comming downe from the upper parts, give the way to those that come up. 1687 R. Boyle Martyrdom Theodora (1703) vii. 90 Such sentiments..as made them with great respect give her way. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis i, in tr. Virgil Wks. 226 Scarce had he spoken, when the Cloud gave way, The Mists flew upward, and dissolv'd in day. 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth ii, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. I. 37 A common feeling of respect induced passengers to give way to the father and daughter. c. To make room for; be superseded by. Const. to. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > exchange > substitution > supplanting or replacement > take the place of or replace [verb (intransitive)] > be replaced by give placec1384 yield1604 cede1633 decede1655 give way1713 1713 R. Steele Englishman No. 12 Sophistry must give way to Learning. 1852 H. Rogers Eclipse of Faith 70 My early Christian faith has given way to doubt. 1885 M. Linskill Lost Son 275 The surliness had given way to something deeper. †d. To allow free scope, opportunity, or liberty of action to. Also in indirect passive, and to give way (to a person) to do, that, etc. Obsolete; passing into 49f, and 49g. ΚΠ a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1633) i. 5 And knowing that the violence of sorrow is not at the first to be striven withall..they gave way unto it for that day and the next. 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 v. ii. 81 I gaue bold way to my authority, And did commit you. View more context for this quotation 1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning i. sig. I4 Antoninus Pius..not only ceasing persecution, but giuing way to the aduancement of Christians. View more context for this quotation 1611 M. Smith in Bible (King James) Transl. Pref. 1 Certaine..could not be brought..to giue way to good Letters. 1631 in S. R. Gardiner Rep. Cases Star Chamber & High Comm. (1886) 15 This is not to be given way to. 1632 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Eromena 133 Giving thereby rather way and encouragement to the Infante, to demand her. 1633 Bp. J. Hall Plaine Explic. Hard Texts i. 610 I will give way to a shepheard, not more foolish then wicked, to arise in my Church. a1657 W. Bradford Hist. Plymouth Plantation in Coll. Mass. Hist. Soc. (1856) 4th Ser. III. 134 At length, after much debate of things, the Gov^r..gave way that they should set corne every man for his owne perticuler. 1793 E. Burke Corr. (1844) IV. 143 They who, through weakness, gave way to the ill-designs of bad men [etc.]. 1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India II. v. v. 517 From that moment the General gave way to his spirit of dissatisfaction and complaint.] e. Of things, material and immaterial: To yield, be dislodged, break down (under pressure or violence). †Const. to (obsolete). Of the health, mental powers, etc.: To break down, fail. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > weakness > give way under force or pressure [verb (intransitive)] alet?c1400 yield1552 give way1640 to give back1674 give1687 1640 tr. G. S. du Verdier Love & Armes Greeke Princes iii. 2 All the skill and courage the Marriners had were faine to give way to the violence of this tempest. 1665 T. Manley tr. H. Grotius De Rebus Belgicis 683 Their Cannon being neither raised nor well planted, by their own weight and force were fixed, until at last the Sands giving way, they were removed. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis i, in tr. Virgil Wks. 206 The stoutest Vessel to the Storm gave way, And suck'd through loosen'd Planks the rushing Sea. 1726 Four Years Voy. Capt. G. Roberts 123 If any Thing gave Way, we could better mend it..by Day. 1819 W. Irving Sketch Bk. v. 422 The bashfulness of the guests soon gave way before good cheer and affability. 1849 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 16 269/2 His health gave way to the attacks of disease. 1849 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 16 316/2 He rung the bell till the rope gave way. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xvi. 116 Once upon a steep hard slope Bennen's footing gave way. 1872 C. M. Yonge Cameos cxii, in Monthly Packet Sept. 222 His strength gave way under repeated wounds. 1885 Law Rep.: Probate Div. 10 90 Her health evidently gave way soon after her marriage. 1889 M. E. Kennard Landing Prize III. ii. 33 Neither knot nor gut gave way under the tremendous strain. 1889 M. Caird Wing of Azrael ii. xvi. 19 Her voice shook and gave way at the last word. f. Of persons: To yield under solicitation or insistence; to make concessions; to defer to the will of another. Const. to. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > agreement > consent > consent to [verb (transitive)] > concede to or comply with granta1250 i-yettc1275 listenc1290 to listen onc1330 submita1387 consent1393 tenderc1430 servec1450 ottroye1477 admit1529 yield1572 closea1616 concede1632 comply1650 to fall in1651 to come into ——1704 give way1758 accordc1820 1758 Ld. Kames in J. Thomson Acct. Life W. Cullen (1832) I. 601 If you give way to every patient..you will never stir from Edinburgh. 1821 J. W. Croker in Diary 30 July (1884) When he gives way..he does it with so bad a grace [etc.]. 1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People iii. §2. 120 At the very moment of apparent triumph John suddenly gave way. 1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) III. 132 He gives way to a sentiment which in his own case he would control. g. To abandon oneself to (anger, grief, etc.). ΚΠ 1817 [see sense 49d]. 1822 W. Scott Fortunes of Nigel III. xi. 309 Here the dame was..inclined to give way to a passion of tears. 1880 J. McCarthy Hist. our Own Times III. xxxiii. 70 He never gave way either to anger or alarm. 1891 Strand Mag. May 552/2 Don't give way to despair so quickly. h. To allow one's self-control or fortitude to be broken down. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > absence of resistance > offer no resistance [verb (intransitive)] > give in descend?a1400 to give up the girdlea1400 submita1525 to give over1530 subscribe1560 yield1576 come1607 to give in1616 to give the stoop1623 buckle1642 incumb1656 to knock under board, under (the) table1692 capitulate1714 to strike underc1730 knuckle down1735 cave1844 to throw (also chuck) up the sponge1860 incline1866 to give (it) best1878 give way1879 to roll over1919 1879 M. E. Braddon Vixen III. 150 ‘The fact is, she gives way too much’, exclaimed active little Mrs. Scobel, who had never given way in her life. 1879 ‘E. Lyall’ Won by Waiting xvii Her old courage kept her from quite giving way. i. Of stocks and shares: To fall in price. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > deal in stocks and shares [verb (intransitive)] > state of market or prices > fall or rise (of prices) to look downwards1796 to look downward1801 to look down1808 rally1826 sag1870 give way1883 slump1888 firm1896 move1904 spurt1931 perform1933 dip1956 to pull back1966 to go in the tank1974 1883 Manch. Examiner 30 Nov. 4/1 Mexican Ordinary at the morning was 1¹/ ₄ up, but it afterwards gave way, the final price being 65¹/ ₂ ex. div. j. Nautical. (See quot. 1867.) ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > propelling boat by oars, paddle, or pole > [verb (intransitive)] > row > renew rowing or increase rate give way1802 1802 Trans. Soc. Arts 20 327 The steersman should..encourage the rowers to give way. 1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xxv. 79 Give way boys! Give way! Lay out on your oars, and long stroke! 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Give way, the order to a boat's crew to renew rowing, or to increase their exertions if they were already rowing. To hang on the oars. 1883 R. L. Stevenson Treasure Island iv. xvi. 134 The next moment..we had shoved off and given way. extracted from givev. < as lemmas
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