单词 | to break the siege |
释义 | > as lemmasto break the siege ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ceasing > cease from (an action or operation) [verb (transitive)] > cause to cease or put a stop to > suddenly or abruptly (an action or person) break1330 to break offc1340 to take up1530 to cut off1576 stunt1603 to cut up short1607 to cut short1611 pawl1797 to sew up1837 to stop short1837 burst1842 to pull up1861 society > armed hostility > attack > action or state of siege or blockade > lay siege [verb (intransitive)] > abandon siege > raise a siege to break the siege1330 1330 R. Mannyng Chron. 111 (Mätz.) Our tale wille we no breke, bot telle forth the certeyn. c1386 G. Chaucer Melibeus ⁋77 Wel ny alle atones bigonne they to rise for to breken his tale. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1869) II. 415 Penthesilea..brak þe sege of þe Grees. 1533 T. More Answere Poysened Bk. i. xiiii. f. lviii A better than we both shall breke ye stryfe bytwen vs. a1556 N. Udall Ralph Roister Doister (?1566) iv. iv. sig. G.j Will ye my tale breake? 1709 J. Strype Ann. Reformation xlvii. 510 To use means to break the match. < as lemmas |
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