单词 | to put on work |
释义 | > as lemmasto put (also †set) on work d. to put (also †set) on work: = to put (also set) to work at Phrases 1f(a). Now rare.In quot. ?1440 in †to set to on work; cf. to set to 6a at set v.1 Phrasal verbs 2. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > beginning action or activity > begin or enter upon (an action) [verb (transitive)] > cause to begin to act or operate to put (also set) to worka1398 to put on work?1440 streek?a1500 setc1500 to put (also set) in (also into) motion1598 spring1598 to set offa1625 to put (also set) in work1626 to set (a-)going1705 start1822 to start up1865 to set in motion1890 tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) iv. l. 720 Fodder hem [sc. cattle] as thay beth setto on werke [L. laborum coget accessio]. 1549 H. Latimer 1st Serm. before Kynges Grace sig. Diiii To the setting his subiectes on worke, and kepynge them from idlenes. a1568 R. Ascham Scholemaster (1570) ii. f. 31v His witte shalbe new set on worke. 1576 G. Gascoigne tr. Pope Innocent III 1st Bk. Vewe Worldly Vanities in Droomme of Doomes Day sig. B.j They..till feildes, dresse viniards, heat fornaces, and set milles on worke. 1636 G. Primrose tr. D. Primrose Treat. Sabbath iv. v. 300 The persons whom the one put on work for the preparing of their feast. 1693 J. Norris Pract. Disc. Divine Subj. III. 193 When the Powers of the Soul shall be more awaken'd, and its Thoughts more vehemently set on work. 1722 D. Defoe Jrnl. Plague Year 258 All the manufacturing Hands in the Nation were set on Work. 1788 J. Priestley Lect. Hist. v. lii. 401 By setting on work such immense numbers of our manufacturers. 1839 Brit. & Foreign Rev. 8 246 How is the unemployed population of Ireland to be put on work in a manner that will be useful to the state? 1887 Manch. Guardian 10 Aug. 6/4 The express engine drivers, the men of long experience in the Company's service, have been put on work. 1908 Monthly Cycl. & Med. Bull. (Philadelphia) Oct. 528 In the White Haven Sanatorium patients were originally put on work. < as lemmas |
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