| 单词 | to give a give or gift |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto give a give or gift (that) 8. To hand over as a pledge. Also figurative (often with mixed notion of branch VI), to pledge (one's word, honour, etc.). †to give a give or gift (that): to give a pledge or assurance (that). ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > agreement > promise > promise or vow [verb (transitive)] > pledge or undertake to give or do sweara1154 fast?a1160 plightc1275 givec1300 undertake1393 strokea1400 warranta1400 foldc1400 pledge?a1439 affiance1523 pass1528 betroth1573 assume1602 impawna1628 gagea1642 spond1698 guarantee1820 vouch1898 the mind > language > statement > assent > [verb (transitive)] cordc1380 to give handsa1425 to fall to ——a1450 agree1472 to go into ——1540 astipulate1548 subscribe1560 seal1579 suffragate1606 give1621 assent1637 homologate1644 to take up with1673 affirmative1775 chorus1836 yea-say1887 yes1915 c1300 Havelok (Laud) (1868) 2880 For ich giue þe a giue, Þat euere more hwil ich liue, For hire shal-tu be with me dere [etc.]. c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. Wace (Rolls) 13481 Þorow þem ys Rome..Halden hed of al þe werd, & so schal be, y gyue ȝow a gyue, Al so longe as y may lyue. a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 536 I..leye my loue on þat lud lelly for euere. To god here i gif a gift, it gete schal neuer oþer. a1400 Sir Perc. 85 And therfore gyffes he a gyfte..That he scholde quyte hym that dynt. a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1633) ii. 143 I giue you my word, he for me shall maintaine this quarrell against you. 1621 R. Montagu Diatribæ Hist. Tithes 121 We must speake, unless we will give hands to be such as you blazon us for. 1724 A. Ramsay Tea-table Misc. (1733) I. 75 I'll..gi'e my thumb I'll ne'er beguile thee. 1742 H. Walpole Corr. (1837) I. xxxv. 143 I give you my honor I repeated it over and over to his mother. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. vii. 241 What guarantee could he give that he would adhere to his bargain? 1889 A. Conan Doyle Micah Clarke xxxiv. 378 I gave them the word of a sailor. 1893 Law Times 95 79/2 After the pledge which had been given by the Government, he thought [etc.]. < as lemmas |
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