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to make means

b. †to make means: to take steps or make efforts (obsolete). to find means [compare Middle French trouver moyen de (a1473)] : to find a way, contrive, manage (with infinitive as object; formerly also with †of); also to find the means (also †mean) (with infinitive as object; formerly also with †for or †that-clause).

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > endeavour > make an attempt or endeavour [verb (intransitive)] > to do something

cuneOE

seekc1000

fanda1225

suec1325

tastec1330

enforcec1340

study1340

temptc1384

intendc1385

assaila1393

proffera1393

to make meansc1395

search?a1400

fraistc1400

pursuec1400

to go aboutc1405

pretend1482

attempta1513

essay?1515

attend1523

regarda1533

offer1541

frame1545

to stand about1549

to put into (also in) practice1592

prove1612

imitate1626

snap1766

begin1833

make1880

the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > intercession or influence on someone's behalf > intercede or use influence for [verb (transitive)] > intercede or use influence with

to make meansc1395

intercess1586

intercessionate1594

intercede1698

the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > find means to do something [verb (intransitive)]

to make one's waya1400

to find (the) moyen (also moyens)1449

to find the means (also mean)1461

to find means?1464

to see one's way1628

c1395 G. Chaucer Franklin's Tale 883 How thanne may it be That ye swiche menes make it to destroyen, Whiche menes do no good but euere anoyen?

1461 J. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 96 That Richard Calle fynde the meane that a distresse may be taken of such bestes as occupie the ground at Stratton.

?1464 J. Russe in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 282 Ore hise wryting cam Wydwell fond the meanys..that we had a discharge fore hym out of the Chauncery.

1551 R. Robinson tr. T. More Vtopia ii. sig. Piv^v They make all the meanes and shyftes that maye be to kepe themselfes from the necessitye of fyghtynge.

1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 45 Then meanes was made vpon either side for the deliuery and exchaunge of prisoners.

1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie i. viii. 8 b I founde the meanes for moneye and withe fayre woordes to hyre a..Spaniarde.

1617 F. Moryson Itinerary i. 259 We..found meanes to pierce the vessell, and get good Wine to our ill fare.

1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments 562 A man much renowned for..the charges he was at, and the meanes he made, to adorne..his Church.

1675 T. Hobbes tr. Homer Odysses xvi. 193 There he found means to give them all the slip.

1742 H. Fielding Joseph Andrews I. i. iii. 10 It was this Gentleman, who..had found means to question him, concerning several Particulars.

1782 J. H. St. J. de Crèvecoeur Lett. from Amer. Farmer viii. 211 One of them had been bred a weaver, and having a loom in the house, found means of cloathing the whole family.

1818 M. W. Shelley Frankenstein II. vi. 88 This lovely girl..found means to express her thoughts in the language of her lover by the aid of an old man, a servant of her father's, who understood French.

1851 N. Hawthorne House of Seven Gables xii. 190 He had visited Europe, and found means, before his return, to see Italy, and part of France and Germany.

1881 A. Trollope Dr. Wortle's School I. viii. 142 If the first brunt of it were over, I could find means to comfort you.

1916 E. R. Burroughs Beasts of Tarzan x. 157 It was with difficulty that Tarzan could find means to communicate with the natives.

1991 H. Barty-King Worst Poverty 89 Though the law prohibited the forcible opening of a door, yet the bailiffs found means to evade that prohibition.

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to make mean(s)

†5. Mediation or intercession; exercise of influence to bring about something; instigation. to make mean(s) [compare Middle French faire son moyen (mid 15th cent.)] : to intercede; to negotiate with; to make overtures to.Cf. sense 2.

a. In plural. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > intercession or influence on someone's behalf > [noun]

erndinga1000

mediationa1387

advocacyc1390

mediacya1425

meanc1450

moyen1454

interposition1462

mean1465

myance?a1513

advocation1532

intercession1534

advocateship?1555

intercessionment1593

interceding1600

intermise1612

means-making1617

intermission1647

interposal1687

spoke1867

c1450 (?c1400) Three Kings Cologne (Cambr. Ee.4.32) (1886) 130 Sche made grete menys and grete preiors.

1456 in C. Innes & P. Chalmers Liber S. Thome de Aberbrothoc (1856) II. 88 And the boundis of it ar accordit be trety and the menys off thir personis.

1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. KKKii^v By whose suffrage, intercession and meanes, we be holpen in this lyfe.

1536 in J. T. Gilbert Cal. Anc. Rec. Dublin (1889) I. 498 Youre grase hys good mens.

1591 H. Unton Corr. (1847) 237 Great meanes have been made for him.

1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III i. iii. 78 Our brother is imprisoned by your meanes .

a1641 J. Finett Philoxenis (1656) 191 Sir Henry Mildmay had made his meanes to the Duke of Buckingham..for carriage..of the Present designed to the Ambassador.

b. In singular. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > intercession or influence on someone's behalf > [noun]

erndinga1000

mediationa1387

advocacyc1390

mediacya1425

meanc1450

moyen1454

interposition1462

mean1465

myance?a1513

advocation1532

intercession1534

advocateship?1555

intercessionment1593

interceding1600

intermise1612

means-making1617

intermission1647

interposal1687

spoke1867

1465 J. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 143 My lord of Norwich, by the meane of Master John Selot, had geue a jugement in the mater of the presentacion for the chirche of Drayton.

?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1872) IV. 239 (MED) He was sente ageyne the kynge of Araby thro meane of Cleopatra [L. ad petitionem Cleopatræ].

1477 Earl Rivers tr. Dictes or Sayengis Philosophhres (Caxton) (1877) lf. 1 Thurgh the meane of the Mediatrice of Mercy.

1510 Hours Blessed Virgin 91 Give us the life that ever doth excell, Through thy prayer & speciall meane.

1535 Goodly Prymer in Eng. sig. L.iij They must nedes fyrst make meane vnto hym [sc. a temporal prince] by some man that is in his fauour.

1565 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. i. 567 The m^r Maxwell..to reconcile my meane, on his knees entreated me to hear [etc.].

1570 R. Sempill Poysonit Schot (single sheet) How the same began to be suppressit: Be Murrayis meane we haif experience.

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as lemmas

单词	to make means
释义	> as lemmas to make means b. †to make means: to take steps or make efforts (obsolete). to find means [compare Middle French trouver moyen de (a1473)] : to find a way, contrive, manage (with infinitive as object; formerly also with †of); also to find the means (also †mean) (with infinitive as object; formerly also with †for or †that-clause). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > endeavour > make an attempt or endeavour [verb (intransitive)] > to do something cuneOE seekc1000 fanda1225 suec1325 tastec1330 enforcec1340 study1340 temptc1384 intendc1385 assaila1393 proffera1393 to make meansc1395 search?a1400 fraistc1400 pursuec1400 to go aboutc1405 pretend1482 attempta1513 essay?1515 attend1523 regarda1533 offer1541 frame1545 to stand about1549 to put into (also in) practice1592 prove1612 imitate1626 snap1766 begin1833 make1880 the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > intercession or influence on someone's behalf > intercede or use influence for [verb (transitive)] > intercede or use influence with to make meansc1395 intercess1586 intercessionate1594 intercede1698 the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > find means to do something [verb (intransitive)] to make one's waya1400 to find (the) moyen (also moyens)1449 to find the means (also mean)1461 to find means?1464 to see one's way1628 c1395 G. Chaucer Franklin's Tale 883 How thanne may it be That ye swiche menes make it to destroyen, Whiche menes do no good but euere anoyen? 1461 J. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 96 That Richard Calle fynde the meane that a distresse may be taken of such bestes as occupie the ground at Stratton. ?1464 J. Russe in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 282 Ore hise wryting cam Wydwell fond the meanys..that we had a discharge fore hym out of the Chauncery. 1551 R. Robinson tr. T. More Vtopia ii. sig. Piv^v They make all the meanes and shyftes that maye be to kepe themselfes from the necessitye of fyghtynge. 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 45 Then meanes was made vpon either side for the deliuery and exchaunge of prisoners. 1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie i. viii. 8 b I founde the meanes for moneye and withe fayre woordes to hyre a..Spaniarde. 1617 F. Moryson Itinerary i. 259 We..found meanes to pierce the vessell, and get good Wine to our ill fare. 1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments 562 A man much renowned for..the charges he was at, and the meanes he made, to adorne..his Church. 1675 T. Hobbes tr. Homer Odysses xvi. 193 There he found means to give them all the slip. 1742 H. Fielding Joseph Andrews I. i. iii. 10 It was this Gentleman, who..had found means to question him, concerning several Particulars. View more context for this quotation 1782 J. H. St. J. de Crèvecoeur Lett. from Amer. Farmer viii. 211 One of them had been bred a weaver, and having a loom in the house, found means of cloathing the whole family. 1818 M. W. Shelley Frankenstein II. vi. 88 This lovely girl..found means to express her thoughts in the language of her lover by the aid of an old man, a servant of her father's, who understood French. 1851 N. Hawthorne House of Seven Gables xii. 190 He had visited Europe, and found means, before his return, to see Italy, and part of France and Germany. 1881 A. Trollope Dr. Wortle's School I. viii. 142 If the first brunt of it were over, I could find means to comfort you. 1916 E. R. Burroughs Beasts of Tarzan x. 157 It was with difficulty that Tarzan could find means to communicate with the natives. 1991 H. Barty-King Worst Poverty 89 Though the law prohibited the forcible opening of a door, yet the bailiffs found means to evade that prohibition. extracted from meann.³ to make mean(s) †5. Mediation or intercession; exercise of influence to bring about something; instigation. to make mean(s) [compare Middle French faire son moyen (mid 15th cent.)] : to intercede; to negotiate with; to make overtures to.Cf. sense 2. a. In plural. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > intercession or influence on someone's behalf > [noun] erndinga1000 mediationa1387 advocacyc1390 mediacya1425 meanc1450 moyen1454 interposition1462 mean1465 myance?a1513 advocation1532 intercession1534 advocateship?1555 intercessionment1593 interceding1600 intermise1612 means-making1617 intermission1647 interposal1687 spoke1867 c1450 (?c1400) Three Kings Cologne (Cambr. Ee.4.32) (1886) 130 Sche made grete menys and grete preiors. 1456 in C. Innes & P. Chalmers Liber S. Thome de Aberbrothoc (1856) II. 88 And the boundis of it ar accordit be trety and the menys off thir personis. 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. KKKii^v By whose suffrage, intercession and meanes, we be holpen in this lyfe. 1536 in J. T. Gilbert Cal. Anc. Rec. Dublin (1889) I. 498 Youre grase hys good mens. 1591 H. Unton Corr. (1847) 237 Great meanes have been made for him. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III i. iii. 78 Our brother is imprisoned by your meanes . View more context for this quotation a1641 J. Finett Philoxenis (1656) 191 Sir Henry Mildmay had made his meanes to the Duke of Buckingham..for carriage..of the Present designed to the Ambassador. b. In singular. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > intercession or influence on someone's behalf > [noun] erndinga1000 mediationa1387 advocacyc1390 mediacya1425 meanc1450 moyen1454 interposition1462 mean1465 myance?a1513 advocation1532 intercession1534 advocateship?1555 intercessionment1593 interceding1600 intermise1612 means-making1617 intermission1647 interposal1687 spoke1867 1465 J. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 143 My lord of Norwich, by the meane of Master John Selot, had geue a jugement in the mater of the presentacion for the chirche of Drayton. ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1872) IV. 239 (MED) He was sente ageyne the kynge of Araby thro meane of Cleopatra [L. ad petitionem Cleopatræ]. 1477 Earl Rivers tr. Dictes or Sayengis Philosophhres (Caxton) (1877) lf. 1 Thurgh the meane of the Mediatrice of Mercy. 1510 Hours Blessed Virgin 91 Give us the life that ever doth excell, Through thy prayer & speciall meane. 1535 Goodly Prymer in Eng. sig. L.iij They must nedes fyrst make meane vnto hym [sc. a temporal prince] by some man that is in his fauour. 1565 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. i. 567 The m^r Maxwell..to reconcile my meane, on his knees entreated me to hear [etc.]. 1570 R. Sempill Poysonit Schot (single sheet) How the same began to be suppressit: Be Murrayis meane we haif experience. extracted from meann.³ < as lemmas
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