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单词 to bend to one's bow
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to bend (also bring) (a person) to one's bow
d. to bend (also bring) (a person) to one's bow: i.e. to one's will, inclination, or control. to come to (a person's) bow: to become compliant or subject. (Here there may have been later association with bow n.2)
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the mind > will > motivation > persuasion > persuade (a person) [verb (transitive)] > bend, incline, or dispose
bowc1380
plya1393
benda1538
to bend (also bring) (a person) to one's bow1570
society > authority > subjection > obedience > manageability > be manageable [verb (intransitive)] > be or become compliant
plya1393
supplec1450
to come to (a person's) bow1570
comply1641
1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) II. 2242/2 Perceauing they could not bend him vnto theyr bowe.
1633 H. Cogan tr. F. M. Pinto Voy. & Adventures (1663) lxxii. 294 All this he did cunningly, hoping by this means to bring him to his bowe with less peril.
1650 T. Hubbert Pilula 22 To bear such sway and rule over others that they must have all men come to their bow.
1675 T. Brooks Word in Season 66 in Paradice Opened Neither Darius, his Presidents, nor Princes, could ever bring Daniel to their bow.
1682 J. Bunyan Holy War 30 Mansoul being wholly at his beck, and brought wholly to his bow. View more context for this quotation
1699 W. Dampier Voy. & Descr. i. i. 5 The Dutch..have lately endeavoured to bring the King..to their bow.
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