单词 | to hold forth |
释义 | > as lemmasto hold forth to hold forth ΘΚΠ 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. 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. ΘΚΠ 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.) ΘΚΠ 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.] < as lemmas |
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