单词 | make place |
释义 | > as lemmasto make place to make place: see Phrases 1c(a). †to offer place: to make way, give way (obsolete).extracted from placen.1to make place c. to make place. extracted from placen.1 (a) To make room or space (for), to give way (to); †to give a position, station, or office to (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > space > [verb (intransitive)] > make room to make placea1387 to make roomth1537 to make room1573 society > occupation and work > working > labour supply > [verb (transitive)] > appoint to an office or position setc1000 to make placea1387 give1535 placea1568 locate1602 shop1808 berth1865 line1886 a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1879) VII. 7 (MED) Þou hast i-made a place to a betre þan þou were [L. te meliori locum fecisti]. c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) 2277 Þan mas þe prince him a place & prestly him matches. 1565 T. Stapleton Fortresse of Faith f. 113 All mercie shall make place to euery man according to the merit of his workes. 1581 G. Pettie tr. S. Guazzo Ciuile Conuersat. (1586) ii. 56 To furnish himselfe with such good giftes, that he make himself place, be desired, honoured, and esteemed. 1605 B. Jonson Sejanus v. sig. L4 Giue way, make place; Roome for the Consul. View more context for this quotation 1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding ii. iv. 49 If they [sc. the parts of water] could be kept from making Place, by that side-motion, they would eternally hinder the approach of these two pieces of Marble. 1788 A. Hamilton Federalist Papers lxxvi. 281 His nomination may be overruled:..yet it can only be to make place for another nomination by himself. 1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe I. vii. 140 Isaac..was endeavouring to make place in the foremost row beneath the gallery for his daughter. 1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits x. 164 Steam has enabled men to choose what law they will live under. Money makes place for them. a1916 J. London Red One in Red One (1918) 47 When I raise my hand, I shall drop my head forward and make place for the stroke at the base of my neck. 1978 J. McGahern Getting Through 80 When an old fisherman came,..place was made for him in the centre of the party beside Jimmy. (b) Campanology. to make places: (of two bells or bell-ringers) to shift position in successive changes so as to make room for another bell which is struck successively before, between, and after them. Cf. place-making n. at Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > playing instruments > bell-ringing > [verb (intransitive)] > go through all the changes > position in changes lead1671 dodge1684 hunt1684 to make places1874 1874 W. Banister Art & Sci. Change Ringing 14 The treble works in continuous plain hunt; whilst the other bells hunt, make places, and dodge. 1880 C. A. W. Troyte in G. Grove Dict. Music I. 334/2 In change-ringing terms the 4th and 5th are said to ‘make places’. 1999 Toronto Life (Nexis) Dec. 118 These tintinnabulating beginners are learning how to ring up, hunt down, run in, double dodge, make places, treble bob—while avoiding hanging themselves in the process. < as lemmas |
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