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单词 to lift the hand
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to lift (up) the hand(s, (occasionally one's arm)
b. to lift (up) the hand(s, (occasionally one's arm): (a) gen.; (b) in prayer, thanksgiving, etc.; (c) in taking an oath; (d) in hostility against (a person); (e) to do a stroke of work (modern slang).
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society > faith > worship > prayer > pray [verb (intransitive)] > raise hands in prayer
to lift (up) the hand(s, (occasionally one's arm)1340
the mind > language > statement > assertion or affirmation > [verb (intransitive)] > swear or take an oath > solemnize an oath
to lift (up) the hand(s, (occasionally one's arm)1340
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > make attack [verb (intransitive)]
onreseeOE
onslayc1275
entera1425
to be upon (also on) a person's jack1588
endeavour?1589
to fall aboard1591
to let fly1611
strikea1616
to lift (up) the hand(s, (occasionally one's arm)1655
to fall on board (of)1658
tilt1708
to walk into ——1794
to run in1815
to peg it1834
to sail in1856
to wade in1863
to light in1868
to roll into ——1888
to make for ——1893
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1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 7976 Ne myght have anes to lyft þair hand To wype þe teres fra þair eghen oway.
1759 S. Johnson Idler 19 May 153 He lifts up his hands with astonishment.
(b)c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) 1 Tim. ii. 8 I wole, men for [printed menf or] to preie in al place, liftynge vp clene hondis with oute wraththe.a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 4767 Oft he liftud vp his hend To godd, þat he helpe þam wald send.a1500 (?a1400) Sir Torrent of Portyngale (1887) l. 1273 To god he did his hondys lifte, And thankid hym of his sond.1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 24 A Negroe..lift vp his hands, inuocating Mahomet or the Deuil.1807 J. Robinson Archæol. Græca iii. v. 222 In praying it was likewise customary to lift up the hands towards heaven.(c)1535 Bible (Coverdale) Gen. xiv. D I lift vp my honde vnto the Lorde the most hye God.1626 F. Bacon New Atlantis 4 in Sylua Syluarum At which Answear the said Person lift vp his Right Hand towards Heauen.1845 M. Pattison in Christian Remembrancer Jan. 81 Chilperic lifted his hands, and calling the Almighty to witness, swore that, etc.1897 R. Kipling Captains Courageous 52 Seventeen brass-bound officers, all gen'elmen, lift their hand to it that [etc.].(d)1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms cv[i]. 26 Then lift he vp his honde agaynst them, to ouerthrowe them in the wildernes.1655 Ld. Orrery Parthenissa II. i. vi. 167 He has lift up his prophane Arme against his generous Deliverer.1804 J. Grahame Sabbath 340 The murderer—let him die, And him who lifts his arm against his parent.(e)1889 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Robbery under Arms xlviii He would not lift his hand for any one that day.
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