| 单词 | to find up |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto find up to find up 1. transitive. To discover by search. Now chiefly English regional (East Anglian).Said to be ‘a Norfolkism’ by W. Taylor in J. W. Robberds Mem. W. Taylor (1843) II. 135 (cf. quot. 1799) and to be ‘in everyday use’ in east Suffolk by F. Hall in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1900) II. 359/2. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > finding or discovery > find or discover [verb (transitive)] findOE yfindOE hita1075 befindc1200 out-findc1300 to try outc1325 to find outa1375 to find upc1390 ascryc1400 outwryc1400 inventc1475 vent1611 to hit off1680 discover1762 to scare up1846 to pick up1869 rumble1897 c1390 Charter Abbey Holy Ghost (Laud) in C. Horstmann Yorkshire Writers (1895) I. 351 I schal also, he seiþ, fynden vp þe abbesse of þe holy gost & maken aȝeyn here couent & here place, betere þan euere it was. c1429 Mirour Mans Saluacioune (1986) l. 3759 (MED) This dramme fonden vp, was sho noght littelle gladde & myrye. 1694 L. Echard tr. Plautus Epidicus ii. iii. in tr. Plautus Comedies 99 Th' old Man order'd me this Morning to find up a Musick-Girl to sing for him at his Sacrifice. 1799 W. Taylor in J. W. Robberds Mem. W. Taylor (1843) I. 260 You have a mind..to find up ‘More Reliques of Rowley’. 1817 W. Taylor Monthly Mag. XLIV. 314 Jerom..found-up a Hebrew original of the first book of Maccabees. 1832 H. Martineau For Each & All vii. 96 I am going into the depths of the city to find up a money lender. 1894 Norfolk Daily Standard in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1900) II. 359/2 I hope he will be found up and brought speedily to light. 1943 L. R. Haggard & H. Williamson Norfolk Life 29 He could not ‘find up’ a couple of taps needed, and had to buy them. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > inventive or creative faculty > contrive, devise, or invent [verb (transitive)] findeOE conceive1340 seek1340 brewc1386 divine1393 to find outc1405 to search outc1425 to find up?c1430 forgec1430 upfindc1440 commentc1450 to dream out1533 inventa1538 father1548 spina1575 coin1580 conceit1591 mint1593 spawn1594 cook1599 infantize1619 fabulize1633 notionate1645 to make upc1650 to spin outa1651 to cook up1655 to strike out1735 mother1788 to think up1855 to noodle out1950 gin1980 ?c1430 J. Wyclif Eng. Wks. (1880) 279 Tradicions founden vp of synful wrecchis. < as lemmas |
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