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单词 to take a stress
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to take a stress
c. to take a stress: to seize a person's property in order to obtain payment of money owed or to ensure the fulfilment of some other obligation; = distrain v. 8a. Cf. sense 8b, stress v. 8. Obsolete (English regional in later use).Frequently followed by a prepositional phrase introduced by for, indicating the specific debt or obligation.Apparently arising from the use of sense 8a as the object of take (see, e.g., quots. ?1466, 1510 at that sense).
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1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue i. xii. sig. Eivv Theyr landlorde came to theyr howse to take a stresse For rent.
1601 L. Andrewes Serm. Matt. xxii. 21 (1629) ii. 93 We must offer it as it were a Gift, voluntarily, willingly, cheerfully,..though Hophni had no flesh-hook, though Cæsar had no Publican to take a stresse.
1650 in H. M. Chapin Early Rec. Town of Warwick (1926) 56 If they fayle to bringe in theyer moneys in ye time appoynted the towne Deputy shall graunt out his warrant to the towne Sergeant to take a stress on his goods or cattells.
1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. (at cited word) Mr. Jones 've a-tookt a stress vor dree quarters' rent.
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