| 单词 | to gather to a head |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto gather to a head b. To accumulate and come to a head, as purulent matter in the body. Hence, of a wound, a sore, a wounded finger, etc.: To develop a purulent swelling. Also to gather to a head (in quots. figurative). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [verb (intransitive)] > to highest degree > reach highest degree of increase to grow to a head1579 to gather to a heada1616 to come to a head1655 culminatea1662 climax1882 to reach a crescendo1925 to top off1970 to top out1972 the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > suppuration > suppurate [verb (intransitive)] > come to head mature?a1425 to gather heada1593 beal1611 ripen1653 gather1804 point1876 c1000 [implied in: Sax. Leechd. I. 300 Wið cyrnlu & wið ealle yfele gegaderunga, genim [etc.]. (at gathering n. 3)]. a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) v. i. 1 Now do's my Proiect gather to a head . View more context for this quotation 1804 J. Abernethy Surg. Observ. 81 A redness took place superficially in the skin, which gathered and burst. 1855 W. H. Prescott Hist. Reign Philip II I. ii. vi. 207 Religious troubles in France had been fast gathering to a head. < as lemmas |
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