单词 | to leave down |
释义 | > as lemmasto leave down to leave down ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ceasing > cease from (an action or operation) [verb (transitive)] > discontinue solvec1450 to let pass1530 stay1538 to leave down1548 quita1681 1548 Proclam. Edward VI 6 Feb. (single sheet) That no maner persone..do omitte, leaue doune,..or innouate any ordre, Rite or Ceremonie, commonly vsed..and not commaunded to bee left doune..in the reigne of our late souereigne lorde. 1654 C. Sydenham Greatnes of Myst. Godlines v. 121 As if God came and once manifested himself in flesh to satisfie for the sins of his Elect, and so to leave it down againe, but very flesh remaines to this day, and shall remaine. 2. transitive. Chiefly Irish English. To place in a lower position; to put down, to let drop. [Perhaps compare Irish fág síos to put down, lit. ‘to leave downwards’ and also fág thíos, lit. ‘to leave down’.] ΚΠ 1762 Proc. Court Martial Major Commandant C. Campbell 16 Q. Who saw you leave the Bayonet on the Table? A. Lieutenant Grant and Lieutenant Maiban saw me leave it down; Surgeon Davis was in the Tent; I can't say whether he saw me leave it down, or no. 1894 J. Jacobs More Celtic Fairy Tales xxxiii. 77 Och! thresher, thresher, leave down your flail at me, that I may give the crane a rest! 1985 H. H. Glassie Irish Folktales xcviii. 213 ‘Leave down that corpse,’ says he. 1998 P. Williams Gangland (1999) 92 One of the ERU members shouted back: ‘Leave down your guns and put your hands over your head and you won't be harmed.’ < as lemmas |
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