| 单词 | stand to |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto stand to to stand to ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > presence > be present [verb (intransitive)] beeOE rixle?c1225 to be therea1300 to stand toa1382 to stand bya1398 report1560 reside1620 to take place1622 render1874 feature1941 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1965) 2 Esdras xii. 43 Juda gladide in þe preestis & leuytis stondinge to [a1425 L.V. present; L. adstantibus]. 1540 J. Palsgrave tr. G. Gnapheus Comedye of Acolastus Peroration sig. Bb iijv You al..whiche stand to here [L. qui astatis istic] .i. all you, whiche stande here at this presente tyme. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > beginning action or activity > begin or enter upon (an action) [verb (transitive)] beginc1000 take?a1160 comsea1225 gina1325 commencec1330 tamec1386 to take upa1400 enterc1510 to stand to1567 incept1569 start1570 to set into ——1591 initiate1604 imprime1637 to get to ——1655 flesh1695 to start on ——1885 the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > eat [verb (intransitive)] > begin to eat to fall aboard1498 to fall to1577 to stand toa1616 win to1816 to get to1827 to dig in1912 1567 T. Stapleton Counterblast iv. f. 534v M. Fekenham is ready to stand to, and to iustifie al such things as are conteined in this his shedule if he may be suffred. a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) iii. iii. 49 I will stand to, and feede. View more context for this quotation 1831 Examiner 193/2 Stand to, and fight it out without fear. 3. intransitive. Military. Originally: to stand ready for an attack (now chiefly historical); (more generally) to prepare for combat. Hence: to come or remain on duty. Frequently in imperative. Cf. stand-to n.Originally elliptical for to stand to (one's) arms at arms n. Phrases 1k.Frequently contrasted with to stand down; cf. to stand down 5a at Phrasal verbs 1. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military service > serve as a soldier [verb (intransitive)] > come on or off duty to stand down1915 to stand to1915 1915 F. H. Lawrence Let. 7 Mar. in T. E. Lawrence Home Lett. (1954) 671 I thought the Germans were attacking us, so I passed the word along for all my men to stand to, as we call it. 1916 P. Macgill Red Horizon vii. 95 ‘Stand-to! Stand-to!’ We shuffled out into the open, and took up our posts on the banquette, each in fighting array, equipped with 150 rounds of ball cartridge. 1919 G. K. Rose 2/4th Oxf. & Bucks Lt. Infty. 99 The Germans..were totally surprised. They had not stood-to and many were yet asleep. 1942 E. Waugh Put out More Flags i. 22 She saw him as Siegfried Sassoon, an infantry subaltern in a mud-bogged trench, standing to at dawn,..waiting for zero hour. 2002 E. L. Haney Inside Delta Force 173 We would stand to and get into assault position only to stand down and pull back. to stand to —— to stand to —— ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > [verb (transitive)] > end in to stand to ——OE turnc1175 end?c1225 to come to ——c1475 sort1548 OE Cynewulf Juliana 123 Gif..þu fremdu godu forð bigongest ond þa forlætest þe us leofran sind, þe þissum folce to freme stondað. a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) i. l. 1308 Now thanne..To telle my desobeissance, Ful sore it stant to my grevance. 1558 Q. Kennedy Compendius Tractiue x. sig. Eii As may stand to the weill of ye congregatioun. 1563 J. Foxe Actes & Monuments 1309/2 Also I sayd yt certayne Scriptures standeth some thyng to the same, vnlesse they bee ye more warely vnderstanded and taken. 1622 T. Dekker & P. Massinger Virgin Martir iv. sig. I2v So it stand To great Cesaraes Gouernors high pleasure. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > obedience > obey or be obedient to [verb (transitive)] > act in conformity to a rule or decree to stand at ——c1300 to stand to ——c1300 usec1300 keep1387 abidea1393 obeya1393 stand?1435 answer1552 trace1649 the mind > language > speech > agreement > observance > observe [verb (transitive)] > abide by followOE to stand at ——c1300 to stand to ——c1300 conservec1425 stand?1435 c1300 St. Thomas Becket (Laud) l. 1882 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 160 To holi churche heo wolden stonde and to is lokinge al-so. ?1457 J. Hardyng Chron. (Lansd.) in Eng. Hist. Rev. (1912) 27 747 Scottes..to Berwyke came..And bonde thaym thar to stonde to his decre. 1584 J. Lyly Alexander, Campaspe, & Diogenes i. iii. sig. B In kinges causes I will not stande to schollers arguments. 1616 A. Champney Treat. Vocation Bishops 21 Such a Reformer is not bound to stand to the judgement of the Church. 1692 R. Bentley Boyle Lect. vi. 5 Will they not stand to the grand Verdict and Determination of the Universe? 1759 M. Bacon New Abridgm. Law IV. 698 The Recognizance is forfeited by the Escape, which is a Misbehaviour; it being the Duty of every Man to stand to. 3. a. intransitive. To face and accept the consequences of (a danger, fortune, etc.); to abide by (the result or consequences of an event). Cf. main sense 8f. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > intention > unintentional or unplanned character > [verb (transitive)] > accept the consequences of or abide by to stand to ——?c1335 ?c1335 (a1300) Land of Cokaygne 185 in W. Heuser Kildare-Gedichte (1904) 150 Ȝe stond to ȝure cheance. c1400 Brut (Rawl. B. 171) 251 Þat þai shulde nouȝt feiȝt oppon þe Scottes..and if þai dede, þat þai shulde stande to [?a1425 Trin. Dublin vnto] her owen peril. 1578 J. Lyly Euphues f. 37v Either content your selfe wyth my choice, or let me stand to the maine chaunce. 1610 J. More Let. 29 Jan. in Hist. MSS Comm.: Rep. MSS Duke of Buccleuch (1899) I. 87 in Parl. Papers (C. 9244) XLVI. 1 Let all alone, and stand to all adventures. 1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 287. ¶6 It is very dangerous for a Nation to stand to its Chance, or to have its Publick Happiness or Misery to depend on the Virtues or Vices of a single Person. 1785 R. Graves Eugenius I. xvii. 117 The old lady..said she would make the governess produce her daughter, or stand to the consequences. 1935 T. S. Eliot Murder in Cathedral i. 20 Do not ask us To stand to the doom on the house, the doom on the Archbishop. 2007 J. L. Sandford & P. Sandford Transforming Inner Man x. 206 He has unconsciously chosen a way to flee from having to make decisions, to have to stand to the consequences of free choices. b. intransitive. To endure, bear, put up with (harm, pain); to make good, bear the expense of (damage or loss); to defray, be answerable for (expenses); to accept liability for (a tribute or tax). Now rare.Quot. c1405 for to stand unto —— at Phrasal verbs 2 also shows this sense. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > adversity > suffer (adversity or affliction) [verb (transitive)] thave835 i-dreeeOE tholec897 abeareOE underbearc950 adreeOE dreeOE driveOE i-tholeOE throwOE underfoc1000 bearOE bidec1200 suffera1250 abidec1275 drinka1340 endure1340 underfong1382 receivec1384 abyea1393 sustain1398 finda1400 undergoa1400 get?c1430 underganga1470 ponder?a1525 a dog's lifea1528 tolerate1531 to stand to ——1540 to feel the weight of?1553 enjoy1577 carry1583 abrook1594 to stand under ——a1616 to fall a victim to1764 society > trade and finance > payment > pay money or things [verb (transitive)] > bear or defray the cost of quitc1275 maintaina1425 pay1446 fray1450 abye1503 price?a1513 be1520 to stand to ——1540 disburse1548 defray1581 discharge1587 reimburse1591 discount1647 to be at the charge(s of1655 to pay off1711 stand1808 pop1947 society > morality > duty or obligation > responsibility > be responsible for [verb (transitive)] > take upon oneself as a responsibility answera1200 to stand to ——1540 to charge oneself with1727 shoulder1900 1540 J. Palsgrave tr. G. Gnapheus Comedye of Acolastus ii. iv. sig. Miijv He that putteth oone in truste, shall be fayne to stande to his owne harmes, if he be begyled. 1540 in 10th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1885) App. v. 409 No person..shall not detayne nor keape any thinge of the comon rente for..debtes that the costome owith to any of them, but shall..stand to the costome of their own goodes. 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde i. iv. f. 20v The inhabitantes..made humble supplication to the Admirall that they myght stande to theyr tribute. 1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue ii. 150 I shall be content to stand to any losse that you shall suffer thereby. a1633 G. Herbert Priest to Temple (1652) xxvi. 111 Many think they are at more liberty then they are, as if they were Masters of their health, and so [= provided that] they will stand to the pain, all is well. But to eat to ones hurt, comprehends, besides the hurt, an act against reason. 1700 S. L. tr. C. Frick Relation Voy. in tr. C. Frick & C. Schweitzer Relation Two Voy. E.-Indies 150 He was obliged to defray all the charges my Patient had been at, and to stand to all damages. 1789 J. Bentham Wks. (1843) X. 198 The author's having three-fourths of the net profits..(he standing as before to the expense). 1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas I. iii. x. 443 Husband-like lovers, who expect to engross all the pleasures of a house, because they stand to the expences. 1930 Sunday Times (Perth, Austral.) 19 Jan. 9/2 The State Celebrations Committee agreed to stand to the expense of bringing three bands over to the West, with the maximum cost of £150 per band. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > longing or yearning > long or yearn for [verb (transitive)] yearneOE yearnOE copena1225 longc1225 to yawn after or fora1250 yerec1275 to stand to ——a1400 hungerc1450 ache1622 desiderate1646 sigh1650 tire1801 lonesome for1905 a1400 Ancrene Riwle (Pepys) (1976) 158 (MED) Þat on forbereþ of mete & of drynk..þat oþer takeþ al þat his hert stondeþ to. 1551 R. Robinson tr. T. More Vtopia sig. Hvii Yf a mans minde stonde to anny other [occupation]. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xxiii. vi. 164 When their stomackes stand to coles, chalke, and such like stuffe. 1694 G. Stanhope tr. Simplicius Comm. Epictetus' Morals Ep. Ded. sig. A 2 Without these Qualifications..a Man's Palate can never stand to the following Reflections. 5. a. intransitive. To apply oneself vigorously and bravely to (a fight, contest, task, etc.). In later use chiefly in to stand to it: to fight bravely; (also) to toil at hard or painful work without flagging. Now somewhat rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > carry on vigorously [verb (transitive)] > apply oneself to vigorously to stand to ——?a1400 to shove at1542 to fall upon ——1617 to work awaya1635 to fall aboard1642 to fall on ——1650 to go at ——1675 to pitch into ——1823 to lay into1880 to be (also go) at the ——1898 to sail in1936 the mind > emotion > courage > valour > warlike valour > fight bravely [verb] to stand to ——?a1400 society > society and the community > dissent > fighting > fight [verb (intransitive)] > fight vigorously to stand to it1544 slog1846 to mix it up1898 society > armed hostility > armed encounter > contending in battle > contend in battle or give battle [verb (intransitive)] > fight stoutly to stand to it1544 society > occupation and work > working > [verb (intransitive)] > work hard or toil workeOE swingc1000 to the boneOE labourc1390 toilc1400 drevyll?1518 drudge1548 droy1576 droil1591 to tug at the (an) oar1612 to stand to it1632 rudge1676 slave1707 to work like a beaver1741 to hold (also keep, bring, put) one's nose to the grindstone1828 to feague it away1829 to work like a nigger1836 delve1838 slave1852 leather1863 to sweat one's guts out1890 hunker1903 to sweat (also work) one's guts out1932 to eat (also work) like a horse1937 beaver1946 to work like a drover's dog1952 to get one's nose down (to)1962 ?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) (1996) ii. 6706 Bot Sir Patrik Graham a while to bataile stode. 1542 T. Becon New Pollecye of Warre sig. fv It shall not be you that shall fyght, only steppe ye forth boldly, and stonde to it lyke men, and ye shal se ye helpe of the Lorde vpon you. 1544 P. Betham tr. J. di Porcia Preceptes Warre i. cxxxv. sig. G vjv To comforte and encowrage hys men..fiercelye to fyght, and boldly to stande to it. 1610 W. Cowper Defiance to Death 236 If on Gods part, wee would haue his earnest valid to binde him to stand to his promises, wee must on our part declare, that they are forcible to binde vs to stand to our promised dueties. 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. vii. 328 Saylers have the paine By drudging, pulling, hayling, standing to it In cold and raine. 1788 Salem Mercury 15 July 2/4 He is distributing them [sc. convicts] about the country. Stand to it houses, stores, &c. these gentry are acquainted with the business. 1889 A. Conan Doyle Micah Clarke xvi. 144 The peasants stood to it like men. 1939 Irish Times 4 May 6/3 These stout North Country peasants stood to it like men, and were cut down in ranks as they stood. 1987 B. W. Powell Let. never Read xv. 90 Lester..had stood to the splitting table and cut the throats of one thousand quintals of fish. He earned enough money to purchase all his school books for the winter. b. intransitive. figurative and in figurative contexts. Of a thing: to perform (its operation or function) without giving way, breaking, etc. Chiefly in to stand to its work, to stand to its duty. Now somewhat rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > be in use or called into use [verb (intransitive)] > last in use go?1418 gain1724 to stand to ——?1730 ?1730 G. Leoni tr. L. B. Alberti Della Architettura: Architecture I. iii. xiii. f. 53v/2 The..wedges also in the Turn of the Arch, being justly counterpoised, will surely stand to their duty. 1832 Mechanics' Mag. 14 July 248/1 The edge [of the weapon] must have been of the kind I described, or it could not have stood to its work on the barrel. 1914 Linotype Bull. Feb. 23 It [sc. a Linotype machine] stood to its work with steadfastness. 2018 W. L. Goodwater Breach xxxiv. 201 It [sc. a bridge] had stood to its duty for centuries, even after that strange summer night when the Wall appeared suddenly out of the river fog. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > be subject to [verb (transitive)] > be dependent on to lie inc1374 to stand to ——c1449 c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 305 Forto stonde to deuocioun of the peple in ȝeuing and offring. 1584 B. R. tr. Herodotus Famous Hyst. ii. f. 103 That in case the party..woulde disclose himselfe, and stande to his mercy, he [sc. the King] woulde..yeeld him free pardon. 1614 B. Rich Honestie of Age (1844) 13 He must stande to the mercy of twelue men; a jury shall passe vppon him. 1723 D. Defoe Hist. Col. Jack (ed. 2) 51 We always let a raw Brother come in for full share, to Encourage him, but afterward..he stands to Courtisie. 7. intransitive. To adhere to, maintain, or abide by (a promise, vow, agreement, etc.). ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > agreement > observance > observe [verb (transitive)] yieldc825 behold971 hold971 keepc1000 at-holdc1175 takec1300 spare1387 observec1391 to stand by ——c1405 to stick by ——a1530 to stand to ——1537 1537 M. Coverdale tr. Goodly Treat. Faith f. xxxii But seynge he is deceuered from God and his worde, and wyll stande to his owne wysedom, which is but playne foly: therfore is he rest lesse, and to his Lorde his God is he vnfaythfull. a1547 Earl of Surrey tr. Virgil Certain Bks. Aenæis (1557) ii. sig. Aivv Kepe faith with me, and stand to thy behest. 1553 T. Wilson Arte of Rhetorique 19 The one will make his felowe to stande to the bargain, though it be to his neighbors vndoyng. 1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 252 She having already obtained her desire, refused to stand to her promise. 1714 E. Budgell tr. Theophrastus Moral Characters vi. 23 He is always up to the Ears in Law,..some of his Suits he is forced to stand to, and works himself out of others by Perjury. 1765 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. I. 243 No wise prince will ever refuse to stand to a lawful contract. 1775 Tender Father I. 202 I am not one of those who make proposals which they never mean to stand to. 1892 Sat. Rev. 2 Jan. 8/2 He did not venture to stand to the promise he had given. 1910 Irish Times 13 Sept. 7/3 As certain as his name was David Sheehy, and he would stand to his word, there never was a fiercer campaign of cattle-driving..than there would be if these people continued their practice. 2019 @_alreadytook 2 July in twitter.com (accessed 17 Jan. 2020) @DTDCIndia if you cannot stand to your promise then better don't state it. 8. a. intransitive. to stand to it: to persist in asserting a statement, claim, etc.; to maintain. Chiefly with clause (esp. that-clause) as complement. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > insistence or persistence > insist or persist [verb (intransitive)] perseverec1380 clencha1400 standc1400 to stand to it1549 beat1579 insist1596 hammer1598 consist1600 persist1600 re-enforce1603 to swear pink1956 1549 H. Latimer 2nd Serm. before Kynges Maiestie 6th Serm. sig. Y.iiiv I wyll not stand to it, yt al that he wrot was true, I thinke he woulde not so hym selfe. a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) i. ii. 68 Now Ile stand to it, the Pancakes were naught. View more context for this quotation 1692 S. Patrick Answer to Touchstone of Reformed Gospel 175 This, I will stand to it, is an Interpretation they cannot confute. 1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 171. ⁋8 He would stand to it, that it was full Four Miles. 1889 A. Sergeant Deveril's Diamond III. viii. 170 He stood to it at first that he knew nothing. 1925 Manch. Guardian 19 Aug. 8/2 The politicians stand to it that medical efficiency and prestige are but dross and that national dignity and ‘status’ are the things to mind. 2021 @JaylinDailey 18 July in twitter.com (accessed 1 Nov. 2021) But yet you stand to it that he's just wrong. b. intransitive. To persist in asserting (a statement, claim, etc.); to maintain. Formerly also with that-clause as complement. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > insistence or persistence > insist or persist [verb (transitive)] to countenance outa1529 to face down (also out)1530 to stand to ——1551 to stand upon it1590 to stand in ——1594 to stand out1653 to stick out1885 sledgehammer1976 1551 T. Wilson Rule of Reason sig. P.iiiv There is a faith, when one man faithfullie promiseth an other, to do this or that, and wil stande to his worde. 1597 J. Payne Royall Exchange 24 Let vs..to the deathe stand to, that Christ hathe the substans of God and the substans of man. 1688 Lett. conc. Pres. State Italy 184 He stood to his denial, and said, he knew nothing. 1737 S. Berington Mem. G. di Lucca To Rdr. p. ix The Man stands to the Truth of it with a Steadfastness that is surprizing. 1893 Strand Mag. 6 176/1 You will stand to the confession you have just made? 2021 @JoeyBerlin3 18 Jan. in twitter.com (accessed 1 Nov. 2021) The design of the CT is boring... I stand to my statement, it's just a cheap copy of this car. 9. intransitive. To confront, present a bold front to (an enemy or opponent). Cf. to stand forth to at Phrasal verbs 1, to stand up to at Phrasal verbs 1. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > oppose [verb (transitive)] > confront abidec1275 stand?1316 visagec1386 bidec1400 to stand to ——1562 affront1569 to look (a person, etc.) in the face1573 outface1574 front1582 to meet with1585 confront1594 propose1594 to stand up to1596 outfront1631 to stand forth to1631 head1682 meet1725 1562 J. Mountgomery in Archaeologia (1883) 47 240 The worthie souldior, that shall stande to the face of thenimye and abyde the threatninge of the canon. 1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 220 The Salamander..is an audacious and bold creature, standing to his aduersary, and not flying the sight of a man. 1681 W. Robertson Phraseologia Generalis 1166/1 I fear he will not be able to stand to him: Metuo, ut substet. 1844 W. M. Thackeray Barry Lyndon i. iii, in Fraser's Mag. Feb. 193/2 I never yet knew the man who stood to Captain Quin. 1967 A. Kerrigan tr. M. de Unamuno Our Lord Don Quixote ii. 188 When he saw what had happened, My Cid bent his elbow, and stood to his foe. 10. intransitive. To side with or support (a person); to maintain or uphold (a cause, interest, etc.); to remain faithful or loyal to. Now somewhat rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > support > support or encouragement > support or encourage [verb (transitive)] > support or defend to stand by ——OE to speak for ——a1300 to stand for ——1384 maintainc1390 to stand up for1562 to stand out for?c1576 to stand to ——1582 patronize1595 stickle1632 to stick up for1792 championize1840 champion1844 to take up the cudgels1869 1582 N. Lichefield tr. F. L. de Castanheda 1st Bk. Hist. Discouerie E. Indias i. lvii. f. 113 As touching you that are my friends, I pray you therefore to stand to me. 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 ii. i. 65 Good my lord be good to me, I beseech you stand to me. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) iii. i. 207 Or let vs stand to our Authoritie, Or let vs lose it. View more context for this quotation 1652 J. Wadsworth tr. P. de Sandoval Civil Wars Spain 258 They desired, that Valladolid would assist and stand to them, as they had promissed. 1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World i. 78 The Gunner was forced to fly for it, with about twenty two Men that stood to him. 1850 Tait's Edinb. Mag. Aug. 489/1 We stood to our fellow student right loyally. 1887 R. C. Praed Bond of Wedlock II. ix. 217 If he had the money he would always stand to a fellow. 2020 @OldcastleDenise 11 Jan. in twitter.com (accessed 17 Jan. 2020) The writing skills you develop in LC History will stand to you in any area you go into! There is no better subject to develop your writing skills. 11. intransitive. To be in agreement or accord with; to be consistent with. Apparently only in it stands to reason (see reason n.1 Phrases 2d), it stands to sense (see sense n. Phrases 1f). Cf. to stand with —— 4 at Phrasal verbs 2. ΚΠ 1592 N. Gyer Eng. Phlebotomy xvi. 168 It may wel stand to sense & reason. 1620 T. Alured Let. in J. Gutch Collectanea Curiosa (1781) I. 173 Which stands to reason, and agrees with nature. 1859 ‘G. Eliot’ Adam Bede II. iii. xxiii. 165 It stands to sense..as old Mr. Poyser, as is th' oldest man i' the room, should sit at top o' the table. 2009 Atlantic Monthly Oct. 98/2 Because shopping..is the country's favorite form of recreation and people are shopping much less, it stands to reason that family members are spending more time at home. 12. intransitive. Originally: †(of a mare) to allow herself to be mounted by (a stallion); to accept (an act of copulation) (obsolete). Later: (of a stallion) to copulate with (a mare). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by gender or age > [verb (intransitive)] > be served by horse or conceive to stand to ——1610 stint1823 to take (the) horse1870 1610 G. Markham Maister-peece i. cii. 203 To make a mare stand to her horsing, set her by the horse two or three dayes, that he may much desire & be acquainted before he couer her. 1759 R. Brown Compl. Farmer 4 By which means they can see whether the mare will stand to the horse or not. 1826 Farmers, Mechanics, & Manufacturers Mag. (N.Y.) May 111 In the spring of 1820, Eclipse stood to mares on Long-Island, at $12 50 cents the season. 1910 Breeder's Gaz. 30 Nov. 1145/2 She stood to the first service and produced a filly; then was bred again at four years old, and produced a filly at five. 2008 D. K. Schrishuhn in D. K. Schrishuhn et al. Babson Infl. 155/2 He stood to outside mares until Walter Schimanski purchased him in 1973. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > opposite position > be opposite (something) [verb (transitive)] > face (of things) face1567 affront1575 frontier1579 regard1585 front1609 confront1610 to stand to ——1632 outfront1883 1632 J. Weemes Expos. Lawes of Moses II. 216 The Needle of the Compasse trembleth alwayes untill it stand to the North-Pole. ?1730 G. Leoni tr. L. B. Alberti Della Architettura: Architecture I. i. xii. f. 16/2 We shou'd also observe what Suns our House stands to. 14. intransitive. To stand in relation to; to be related to. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > relate to [verb (transitive)] haveeOE toucha1325 to have respect to (formerly also unto)a1398 connex?1541 report1548 bear1556 respect1614 to stand to ——1634 owe1644 connect1751 to tie in1958 1634 W. Wood New Englands Prospect (title page) A true, lively, and experimentall description of that part of America, commonly called New England: discovering the state of that countrie, both as it stands to our new-come English planters; and to the old native inhabitants. 1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 54 Nor has bulk voideness or thickness but as it stands to body. 1856 Titan Mag. Dec. 551/2 He stood to me as a father. 1890 Longman's Mag. Oct. 657 The Wantsum..stood to Rutupiæ as the Solent stands to Portsmouth. 2007 Philos. Rev. 202 111 In fearing the proposition that first-order logic is undecidable, intuitively one stands to it in a different relation than one stands to it in fearing that first-order logic is undecidable. 15. intransitive. Falconry. to stand to the hood: (of a hawk) to accept being hooded. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > hawking > [verb (transitive)] > of a hawk: submit to being hooded to stand to the hood1826 1826 J. S. Sebright Observ. Hawking 20 To accustom him to stand to the hood. 1892 G. Lascelles Falconry in H. Cox & G. Lascelles Coursing & Falconry (Badminton Libr. of Sports & Pastimes) 312 The older falconers..took as much pains to break them [sc. goshawks] to stand well to the hood as they did with any other kind of hawk. 1999 A. Walker Encycl. Falconry 70/1 Stand to the hood, to accept the hood calmly and well. If the hawk will not stand to the hood, she is said to be hood-shy. 16. intransitive. regional (chiefly Irish English). To be to one's advantage; to sustain, fortify. [After Irish seas do to help, benefit, literally ‘to stand to’.] ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > be advantageous or beneficial to [verb (transitive)] helpc1000 goodOE steadc1175 to do (one) boot?c1225 advancec1330 profitc1330 availc1384 servea1398 vaila1400 vailc1400 prevail1442 advantage?1459 vantagec1460 bootc1540 benefit1549 conduce?1577 to serve (one) in some, no stead1601 bonify1603 answer1756 better1833 to stand to ——1841 to stand (a person or thing) in (good, etc.) stead1887 1841 W. Carleton in Chambers' Edinb. Jrnl. 16 Jan. 410/2 Now, this was a curious property that Fin's thumb had; but..it could never have stood to him here were it not for the wit of his wife. 1907 W. B. Yeats Deirdre 34 Women, if I die, If Naoise die this night, how will you praise? What words seek out? for that will stand to you; For being but dead we shall have many friends. 1914 J. Joyce Dubliners 11 Why, when I was a nipper, every morning of my life I had a cold bath... That's what stands to me now. 2019 Sunday Life (Belfast) (Nexis) 8 Dec. 64 They were in action again against Wicklow in the Kehoe Cup yesterday and Gleeson believes that this early flurry of games will stand to his side when the league gets under way. < as lemmas |
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