单词 | to cast back |
释义 | > as lemmasto cast back to cast back 1. transitive. See simple senses and back adv. ΚΠ c1450 Sidrak & Bokkus (Laud) f. 9 ij, That in here lawe were holden wys For to despute with Sidrak, But he caste hem all a bakke And ouercome all here reasoun. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > types or manners of hindrance > hinder in specific manner [verb (transitive)] > hinder or delay bestayc1330 tarry1340 delaya1393 to put aback1450 to pull backa1470 retard1490 tarde1524 retary1526 to throw back1562 forslow1570 backward1594 detain1600 to set back1600 slug1605 retardate1613 tardya1616 taigle?1635 backen1649 remore1652 remorate1657 to cast back1671 to hold up1887 to knock back1945 1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 336 Mine [sc. feet] cast back with age Came lagging after. View more context for this quotation 4. intransitive. To go back over the same course, revert. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > change to something else, transformation > change of direction, reversion > revert [verb (intransitive)] awendOE recommence1481 relieve?1510 turn1594 remigrate1601 to cast back1622 recounter1630 regress1650 retrovert1782 to turn round1802 retrogress1860 to turn back1886 U-turn1973 1622 R. Preston Godly Mans Inquisit. ii. 47 Crooked wayes, and crooked feete will cast backward. 1862 C. E. L. Riddell City & Suburb 197 You cast back for hundreds of years, and rake up every bit of pleasure I ever had in my life. 1862 C. E. L. Riddell City & Suburb 202 I think there must have been a dreadful misalliance somewhere in our genealogy, and that you have cast back to it. < as lemmas |
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