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单词 to hold forth
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to hold forth
to hold forth
1. transitive. To keep up, maintain, continue, go on with. Obsolete.
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the world > action or operation > continuing > continue (an action) [verb (transitive)]
i-haldOE
to hold fortha1325
sustainc1325
containc1330
continuea1340
maintainc1385
carrya1393
keepc1425
to keep upa1535
to stick by ——1551
to hold on1568
to hold out1595
to carry on1609
subsist1633
to keep at ——1825
a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 165 Ðis fifte dai held forð his fligt.
c1400 Ywaine & Gaw. 2931 Thus thair wai forth gan thai hald.
a1420 T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum 317 He held forthe his oppynyoun dampnable.
a1547 Earl of Surrey tr. Virgil Certain Bks. Aenæis (1557) ii. sig. Biv Hold fourth the way of health.
2. intransitive. To continue one's course; to go on, proceed. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > continuing > continue doing or keep going in a course of action [verb (intransitive)]
to hold a wayOE
to hold forthc1200
to hold ona1225
reignc1300
lasta1325
continuea1340
to continue doing or to doc1384
pursuea1425
perseverec1425
to hold one's wayc1480
prosecute1528
to go on1533
to run on1533
keep1548
to follow on1560
insist1586
to keep on1589
to carry on1832
to carry on1857
string1869
society > travel > aspects of travel > travel in specific course or direction > direct one's course [verb (intransitive)] > continue on one's course
to hold a wayOE
to hold forthc1200
to go ona1500
c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 85 Iohan baptist..bicom eremite and hield forð þerone.
1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xix. 249 Thai held furth soyn till Ingland.
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid ix. vi. (heading) Furth haldis Nysus and Eurillius baith tway.
3. transitive. To offer, proffer, propound, set forth, exhibit. ? Obsolete.
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society > communication > manifestation > [verb (transitive)]
uppec897
atewOE
sutelec1000
openOE
awnc1175
kithec1175
forthteec1200
tawnec1220
let witc1275
forthshowa1300
to pilt out?a1300
showa1300
barea1325
mythc1330
unfoldc1374
to open outc1390
assign1398
mustera1400
reyve?a1400
vouchc1400
manifest?a1425
outshowc1425
ostendc1429
explayc1443
objecta1500
reveala1500
patefy?1509
decipher1529
relieve1533
to set outa1540
utter1542
report1548
unbuckle1548
to set forth1551
demonstrate1553
to hold forth1560
testify1560
explicate1565
forthsetc1565
to give show of1567
denudec1572
exhibit1573
apparent1577
display?1578
carry1580
cipher1583
laya1586
foreshow1590
uncloud?1594
vision1594
explain1597
proclaim1597
unroll1598
discloud1600
remonstrate1601
resent1602
to bring out1608
palesate1613
pronounce1615
to speak out1623
elicit1641
confess1646
bear1657
breathe1667
outplay1702
to throw out1741
evolve1744
announce1781
develop1806
exfoliate1808
evince1829
exposit1882
pack1925
the mind > possession > giving > offer or action of offering > offer [verb (transitive)]
i-bedea800
bidOE
make?a1160
forthc1200
bihedec1275
proffera1325
yielda1382
dressc1384
to serve fortha1393
dight1393
pretend1398
nurnc1400
offerc1425
profita1450
tent1459
tend1475
exhibit1490
propine1512
presentc1515
oblate1548
pretence1548
defer?1551
to hold forth1560
prefer1567
delatea1575
to give forth1584
tender1587
oppose1598
to hold out1611
shore1787
1560 Bible (Geneva) Phil. ii. 16 Holding forthe [ἐπέχοντες] the worde of life.
1648 Eng. Way to Establ. in Harl. Misc. (1810) VI. 42 Now Heaven holds forth power and opportunity far more liberally than ever heretofore.
1704 J. Swift Disc. Mech. Operat. Spirit i, in Tale of Tub 287 This Animal, by whom I take human Nature to be most admirably held forth in all its Qualities.
1736 T. Lediard Life Marlborough I. 63 A chappel..where Mass was publickly held forth every Day.
1814 Father & Son ii. i The profligacy..that impelled you to hold forth that language to me.
4. intransitive. [ < Philippians ii. 16: see 3.] To preach; to speak publicly, discourse, harangue. (Usually somewhat contemptuous.)
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the mind > language > speech > speech-making > make a speech [verb (intransitive)] > discourse or lecture
carpa1375
movec1400
descant1536
discourse1547
lecturea1592
homilize1624
dissert1657
lecturize1661
pronounce1663
to hold forth1668
to hold out1689
sermonize1753
dissertate1766
1694 J. Wallis Def. Christian Sabbath ii. 27 The Phrase of Holding-forth was taken up by Non conformists..about the Year 1642 or 1643, as I remember,..in contradistinction to the word Preaching.]
1668 J. Dryden Secret-love v. i. 54 Lord what a misfortune it was..that the Gentleman could not hold forth to you.1693 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) III. 234 This week William Penn the quaker held forth at the Bull and Mouth in this citty.1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 142. ⁋5 He is able to hold forth upon Canes longer than upon any one Subject in the World.1881 G. M. Craik Sydney II. ix. 262 Netty was holding forth with the utmost eloquence.1889 A. Conan Doyle Micah Clarke xxii. 222 Nature is a silent preacher which holds forth upon week-days as on Sabbaths.
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