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单词 take on hand
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to take in (also †on) hand
(a) to take in (also †on) hand: to take the charge or responsibility of; to set oneself to carry out or deal with; to undertake; (occasionally) spec. to undertake the discipline, care, or cure (of a person).
(i) With infinitive as object. Now somewhat rare.
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the world > action or operation > undertaking > undertake [verb (transitive)]
underfoc893
fandOE
onfangOE
undernimc1000
takec1175
to take tillc1175
to take toa1250
underfongc1330
undertakea1340
to take in (also on) handa1350
undertakec1385
attamec1386
to take in (also on) handc1390
embrace1393
emprisec1410
to put to one's hand (also hands)c1410
to go upon ——c1450
enterprise?1473
to set (one's) hand to1477
go?a1500
accept1524
assume1530
to hent in (also upon) handc1540
to swallow up1544
to take to task1546
to go into ——?1548
to set in hand1548
to fare about1563
entertain1569
undergo1606
to set about ——1611
to take up1660
to come at ——1901
a1350 (c1307) in R. H. Robbins Hist. Poems 14th & 15th Cent. (1959) 22 Þat oure kyng hede take on honde Al engelond to ȝeme & wysse.
1424 Acts Parl. Scotl. (1814) II. 6/2 The commissaris..had tane on hand to mak the first payment.
c1450 Alphabet of Tales (1905) II. 284 How durste þou take on hand to chalange me?
1526 Bible (Tyndale) Luke i. f. lxxjv For as moche as many have taken in hond to compyle a treates off thoo thynges.
1590 in R. Pitcairn Criminal Trials Scotl. (1833) I. i. 206 Fylit for taking in hand, to help Johnne Reoch in Dalquhing of his seiknes, be Wichcraft.
1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 290 Whose..vertues, if in verse I now should take in hand For to comprize.
1676 T. Hobbes tr. Homer Iliads i. 268 T'appease Achilles I will take in hand.
1714 W. Forbes Jrnl. Session 1705–13 Pref. 7 Advocates admitted with a quality that they should not take in hand to plead in any..difficult cause without..assistance.
1795 J. Bonner New Plan Bee-hives xviii. 140 There is hardly any thing that is requisite to be done about bees that I would not take in hand to perform.
1836 Congregational Mag. Mar. 168/2 Many took in hand to write gospels, but all have not been received.
1877 Gardener's Monthly July 215/1 We are glad to see practical gardeners taking in hand to try this matter in this way.
1911 Paper Makers' Jrnl. Mar. 24/1 I understand that one of our members took in hand to escort another brother's wife to visit his sister.
2002 D. V. Jones Toward Just World ii. 25 A rich and complex heritage which they then took in hand to shape and reform.
(ii) With simple object.
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the world > action or operation > undertaking > undertake [verb (transitive)]
underfoc893
fandOE
onfangOE
undernimc1000
takec1175
to take tillc1175
to take toa1250
underfongc1330
undertakea1340
to take in (also on) handa1350
undertakec1385
attamec1386
to take in (also on) handc1390
embrace1393
emprisec1410
to put to one's hand (also hands)c1410
to go upon ——c1450
enterprise?1473
to set (one's) hand to1477
go?a1500
accept1524
assume1530
to hent in (also upon) handc1540
to swallow up1544
to take to task1546
to go into ——?1548
to set in hand1548
to fare about1563
entertain1569
undergo1606
to set about ——1611
to take up1660
to come at ——1901
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 148 Presumpcio..nimeð mare on hont þenne ha ouercume mei.]
c1390 Vision St. Paul (Vernon) in C. Horstmann Minor Poems Vernon MS (1892) i. 254 (MED) Spousbrekers and lechours þei be, Þat..Nolde no penaunce take on honde.
a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) Prol. l. 904 Wher dedly werre is take on honde.
1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) i. 268 Wedding is ye hardest band Yat ony man may tak on hand.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms c[i]. 4 I wil take no wicked thinge in honde.
1581 G. Pettie tr. S. Guazzo Ciuile Conuersat. (1586) i. 22 To morrow..we wil take againe our matter in hand.
1605 Bp. J. Hall Medit. & Vowes II. §12 Before I take any man in hand, I will knowe whether hee be a thorne or a nettle.
1638 F. Junius Painting of Ancients 100 Masters..should take the scholars in hand with a fatherly minde.
a1708 W. Beveridge Thes. Theologicus (1711) III. 28 By wisdom, I mean that attribute in God, whereby He orders and manages whatsoever He takes in hand, by the best means.
1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones III. vii. iii. 21 Very obedient to me she was when a little Child, before you took her in Hand. View more context for this quotation
1846 Gentleman's Mag. July 56/1 The carpenters that took it in hand were the friars and schoolmen, that stretched their line over it and brought it into better shape.
1885 G. Allen Babylon I. xi. 236 I've taken you in hand.
1915 J. Webster Dear Enemy 196 She never sees a pretty girl badly dressed but she longs to take her in hand and make her over.
2010 P. Murray Skippy Dies 529 Don't you worry about it, I'll take it in hand.
extracted from handn.
to take upon (also on) hand
(b) Scottish. to take upon (also on) hand: to take it upon oneself; to presume, dare. Obsolete.In prohibitory ordinances.
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1424 in Rec. Parl. Scotl. to 1707 (2007) 1424/2a At na man tak on hand in tyme tocum to mowe or mak weir aganis other.
1545 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1877) 1st Ser. I. 2 That nane of our soverane ladyis liegis tak upon hand to refuise the said money of the prices forsaidis.
1668 in T. J. Salmon Borrowstounness (1913) 92 That no persone..presum or tak upon hand..to exact or receave any more [etc.].
extracted from handn.
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