单词 | to lift the hand |
释义 | > as lemmasto 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). ΘΚΠ 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 (a) (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.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. < as lemmas |
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