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单词 to raise a ghost
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to raise (up) a ghost
e. to raise (up) a ghost and variants: to perform a magic ritual intended to summon a ghost; to cause a ghost to appear. Also figurative: to revive the memory of an unpleasant or traumatic incident or period.
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1592 T. Nashe Strange Newes To Rdr. sig. B Poore Pierce Pennilesse, haue they turnd to a coniuring booke, for there is not that line in it, with which they doo not seeke to raise vp a Ghost.
1602 T. Lodge tr. Josephus Hist. Antiq. Iewes vi. in tr. Josephus Wks. xv. 155 Saul commandeth the witch to raise Samuel's ghost.
1795 W. Drennan Let. Excellency Earl Fitzwilliam 33 The object of the last administration was to cherish and nurture religious and political animosities; to raise up the ghost of buried prejudices;..and to divide a uniting people.
1884 B. Bosanquet et al. tr. H. Lotze Metaphysic iii. 63 We are fighting here against ghosts raised by ourselves.
1938 Essex Chron. 9 Sept. 4/6 Santos Casani..is prepared to run round an oak tree 100 times in an endeavour to raise a ghost.
2020 School Libr. Jrnl. (Nexis) 14 Aug. Shady's brother is accused of murder, and the only way to clear his name is to raise the ghost of the person he might have killed.
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