单词 | to put in requisition |
释义 | > as lemmasto put (also place, call, etc.) in (or into) requisition a. to put (also place, call, etc.) in (or into) requisition: to put (something) into use; to press (a person) into service. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > seizing > seize [verb (transitive)] > by (public) authority > for public service > release from > esp. military to put (also place, call, etc.) in (or into) requisitiona1637 requisition1837 commandeer1881 the mind > language > speech > request > request or ask for [verb (transitive)] > demand calla1300 yeiec1320 to ask account?c1450 to call for ——1479 demand1484 inquirea1513 expostulate1548 advocatea1575 to stand upon ——1577 postulate1605 to stand on ——1606 bespeak1677 to put (also place, call, etc.) in (or into) requisition1831 requisition1874 society > authority > command > command or bidding > command [verb (transitive)] > demand bid971 ofgoOE askOE cravec1025 to call after ——?a1300 requirea1382 callc1430 protest1459 to call for ——1479 demand1489 speer1493 command1576 to put (also place, call, etc.) in (or into) requisition1831 requisition1874 a1637 B. Jonson Tale of Tub iii. i, in Wks. (1640) III Wee good Vree-holders cannot live in quiet, But every houre new purcepts, Huy's and Cry's , Put us to requisitions night and day. View more context for this quotation 1796 C. Smith Marchmont IV. 56 His eldest son..having been put in requisition: he was himself, he said, too old for a soldier. 1815 H. M. Williams Narr. Events France xi. 244 As the carriages arrived near the bridge, they were immediately put in requisition [to transport the wounded]. 1831 W. Godwin Thoughts Man 84 When the first novelty of his pieces was gone, they were seldom called into requisition. 1877 W. E. Gladstone in 19th Cent. Nov. 549 The old terrors, the old bugbears, were at once put in requisition. 1900 Davenport (Iowa) Daily Leader 21 Nov. 8/2 20 tables were placed in requisition. 1934 S. J. Cash Prospecting for Gold 9 There was an improvement in the method..when someone brought the loam-bag into requisition. 2007 Times 8 Nov. 80 The task of preserving order..will call into requisition not only the utmost exertions of the police, but the good feeling of the masses and their sense of decorum. < as lemmas |
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