单词 | to take arms |
释义 | > as lemmasto take (up) arms b. to take (up) arms: to arm oneself; to assume a hostile attitude either defensive or offensive; to prepare to fight; cf. to take on 3b at take v. Phrasal verbs 1; also figurative. [After Middle French prendre armes (second half of the 12th cent. in Old French as prendre ses armes; French prendre armes).] ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military service > serve as a soldier [verb (intransitive)] to bear armsc1325 to take armsa1425 serve1430 war1535 to trail a pikec1550 sold1564 to follow the drum1575 to see and serve1590 soldierize1593 militate1625 soldier1647 be in buff1701 to go (a-)soldiering1756 society > armed hostility > [verb (intransitive)] > begin hostilities asty1297 to take weapon in handa1538 to raise one's standard1548 to rise in arms1563 to take (up) armsa1593 to break into arms1594 to unsheathe the sword1649 to take up the hatchet1694 to throw away the scabbard1704 to fly to arms1847 society > armed hostility > attack > attack [verb (transitive)] greetc893 overfallOE riseOE assail?c1225 to lay on or upon?c1225 onseekc1275 to set on ——c1290 infighta1300 saila1300 to go upon ——c1300 to turn one's handc1325 lashc1330 annoyc1380 impugnc1384 offendc1385 to fall on ——a1387 sault1387 affrayc1390 to set upon ——1390 to fall upon ——a1398 to lay at?a1400 semblea1400 assayc1400 havec1400 aset1413 oppressa1425 attachc1425 to set at ——c1430 fraya1440 fray1465 oppugn?a1475 sayc1475 envaye1477 pursue1488 envahisshe1489 assaulta1500 to lay to, untoa1500 requirea1500 enterprise?1510 invade1513 assemblec1515 expugn1530 to fare on1535 to fall into ——1550 mount1568 attack?1576 affront1579 invest1598 canvass1599 to take arms1604 attempt1605 to make force at, to, upon1607 salute1609 offence1614 strikea1616 to give a lift at1622 to get at ——1650 insult1697 to walk into ——1794 to go in at1812 to go for ——1838 to light on ——1842 strafe1915 a1425 (?a1400) G. Chaucer Romaunt Rose (Hunterian) (1891) l. 7131 Vp it [sc. the vniuersite] stert and armes toke Ayens this fals horrible boke. a1500 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Nero) ii. l. 1520 Hir douchtyr..Tuk vp armys in hir stede. a1593 C. Marlowe Massacre at Paris (c1600) sig. C6 The Guise hath taken armes against the King. 1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet iii. i. 61 To take Armes against a sea of troubles. View more context for this quotation 1660 tr. M. Amyraut Treat. conc. Relig. ii. iv. 216 He took up arms for the conservation of his Country. 1702 D. Defoe New Test Church Loyalty 8 'Tis such a Jest, such a Banter, to say, we did take up Arms, but we did not kill him. 1709 J. Strype Ann. Reformation xxxiv. 344 Taking up armes against the invinceable God and Christ. 1769 W. Robertson Hist. Charles V II. iii. 183 The nobles were obliged to take arms in self-defence. 1855 D. Brewster Mem. Life I. Newton (new ed.) II. xiv. 2 Newton took up arms in his own cause. 1898 Argosy Sept. 203 All the young men of my district took up arms against the king. 1958 Observer 14 Sept. 17/4 Taking up arms against the majority of the Irish people. 2013 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 10 Oct. 34/1 The militias..who had taken up arms against Qaddafi. < as lemmas |
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