单词 | to put at |
释义 | > as lemmasto put at —— to put at —— Scottish. extracted from putv. intransitive. To take action against (a person); †to proceed against, prosecute (obsolete); to importune, press.In later use sometimes in prepositional passive. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > request > make a request [verb (intransitive)] > urgently or persistently pressa1425 instandc1450 to put at ——1534 importune1548 push1595 to put upon ——a1617 drum1833 what-the-hell1924 opportune1941 society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > action of courts in claims or grievances > go to law or litigate [verb (intransitive)] pursue1389 suea1422 pleada1425 proceed1425 pleac1450 to wage one's (or the) law1455 to go to (the) law?a1513 to put at ——1534 to prosecute the law against (also upon)1535 law?a1550 to follow a suit1571 prosecute1611 to go to suit1690 litigate1726 1534 in J. Imrie et al. Burgh Court Bk. Selkirk (1960) 138 Helyne, he is ane slawe payar, put at hyme. 1547 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1877) 1st Ser. I. 69 The autorite to putt at thame baith in thair personis, landis, and gudis, quhill tha cum to obedience. a1578 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) I. 322 The Douglassis pat sair at the Lord Lyndsay. 1583 in D. Masson Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1880) 1st Ser. III. 599 Thay ar persewit and put at for the said publict act. 1616 Sir C. Mountagu in Buccleuch MSS (Hist. MSS Comm.) (1899) I. 248 Sir Robert Rich puts hard at them for the extent of his land. 1685 in W. Mackay & G. S. Laing Rec. Inverness (1924) II. 332 That the nonsolvents may be put at to pay their proportiones according to their bonds. 1866 W. Gregor Dial. Banffshire (Philol. Soc.) 127 Pit-at, to dun; as ‘The bankers beginnin' t' pit-at him for the bill’. 1907 A. Lang Hist. Scotl. IV. iii. 73 Argyle advised Carstares that Simon should not be put at for this. 1956 C. M. Costie Benjie's Bodle 130 Agnes wisno hard-pitten at for money. < as lemmas |
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