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单词 to return to oneself
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to return to oneself (also one's senses, †one's sense)
f. intransitive. to return to oneself (also one's senses, †one's sense): (a) to regain consciousness, to revive; (b) to resume one's usual or true frame of mind or character. Cf. to come to oneself at to come to —— 2 at come v. Phrasal verbs 2.
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the mind > emotion > calmness > become composed or calm [verb (intransitive)] > recover composure
to pull, shake oneself togethera1400
to return to oneself?1566
recollect1587
breathea1616
collect1631
recover1648
to take a pull (at or on oneself)1890
1521 R. Copland tr. St. Edmund Rich Myrrour of Chyrche xxx. sig. f.1 The fyrst degre of contemplacyon of ye soule is, that the soule be retorned to herselfe and gadred togyder & brynge her selfe in herselfe.]
?1566 J. Alday tr. P. Boaistuau Theatrum Mundi sig. S.vi So often as he would be in contemplation or praier, he would fall down as dead..and after he was returned to himselfe, he woulde tell such straunge things that the assistantes would maruell to heare him.
1579 Poore Knight his Pallace sig. Biiv Orestes then returnde vnto his sence againe.
1629 F. Quarles Argalus & Parthenia iii. 158 There she fainted..But soone returning to her selfe againe; Welcome sweet death, said she.
1679 M. D'Assigny tr. Sieur de Sainctyon Hist. Tamerlan the Great viii. 297 As soon as the Bassa, had recollected his Spirits and was returned to himself, he resolved to incamp and intrench his Army.
1718 G. Sewell tr. J. H. Meibom Treat. Flogging in Venereal Affairs 3 If the Madness is not so cured, let him be..dieted with Bread and Water 'till he returns to his Senses.
1737 R. Dodsley Sir John Cockle at Court iv, in King & Miller of Mansfield 53 Come, come, Kitty; for shame! lay aside these foolish airs of the fine lady; return to yourself, and let me ask you one serious question.
a1773 A. Butler Lives Saints (1779) I. 353 Chrysostom said, that as to himself, upon the first news of his danger he had swooned away, and only returned to himself to vent his grief by abundance of tears.
1824 North Devon Mag. Nov. 142 This can only be a passing illusion of Eleanor's, she will soon return to herself.
1860 W. Collins Woman in White 121 While he was maundering on in this way I was..returning to my senses.
1887 ‘E. Lyall’ Knight-errant III. iv. 114 He had hardly returned to himself and ceased to be the Toreador, when both visitors beset him.
1944 P. W. Harsh Handbk. Classical Drama iv. xvi. 232 Here the deranged Orestes, slowly returning to his senses, says that he discerns a calm returning over his troubled sea.
1969 Negro Digest July 13/1 Thanks to my continued striving (jihad) and growth, I have returned to myself.
1988 R. Basu Hours before Dawn xvi. 128 I would rather you did not speak to me at all until you return to your senses.
2007 A. Fluckey tr. M. Payno Bandits from Río Frío 559 He put smelling salts under her nose and it was almost an hour before the lady finally returned to herself.
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