单词 | to serve forth |
释义 | > as lemmasto serve forth to serve forth Now chiefly U.S. extracted from servev.1 1. a. transitive. To carry or send (a dish, a meal, etc.) from kitchen to table; to present (food or drink) to a person or group as part of a meal; in early use sometimes intransitive with object understood. Also occasionally: †to present (a person) with food and drink at a meal (obsolete).Now often self-consciously formal or somewhat archaic. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > serving food > [verb (transitive)] servec1275 spenda1375 serve1381 to serve forth1381 ministerc1400 messa1425 sewc1440 to serve ina1450 to serve upc1475 asservec1500 dish1587 appose1593 to usher in1613 send1662 to hand round1692 to serve away1709 hand1851 the world > food and drink > food > serving food > [verb (transitive)] > serve person servec1275 to serve forth1381 rewarda1495 to carve toa1533 to serve in1629 help1688 1381 Diuersa Servicia in C. B. Hieatt & S. Butler Curye on Inglysch (1985) 75 For to make rys moyle. Nym rys & bray hem ryȝt wel in a mortere, & cast þereto god almaunde mylk & sugur & salt; & boyle it & serue yt forth. a1450 in T. Austin Two 15th-cent. Cookery-bks. (1888) 8 Sette hem on þe dysshe, an serue forth. 1508 Bk. Keruynge (de Worde) sig. A.ivv Yf marshall squyers and seruauntes of armes be there than serue forth your souerayne withouten blame. 1577 R. Holinshed Hist. Scotl. 257/1 in Chron. I No superfluous meates & drinkes to be sought by sea & land, nor curiously dressed or serued forth with sauces. 1601 in Coll. Ordinances Royal Househ. (1790) 284 Groomes in the seller and buttery, did in times past drawe the wine and drinkes themselves, and the Pages did carry it to..the barre; for there waited continually a yeoman to serve it forth. 1654 R. Vilvain Theoremata Theologica i. 25 'Tis nausity to serv forth twise sod Coleworts. 1827 Standard 11 Sept. About 12 o'clock [we] reached the spot on St. Mary's Loch, where our repast was to be served forth. 1948 Life 20 Dec. 4 (advt.) Use green pepper and glazed cranberries for the holly trim [for a ham]. Now serve it forth! 2010 M. Clark In Kitchen with Good Appetite vi. 220 Bumpy-topped and greasy, they [sc. quiches in the 1980s] were zapped in the microwave before being served forth, unappetizing and leaden. b. transitive. To offer, present, or deliver (something). Cf. to serve up 2 at Phrasal verbs. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > giving > offer or action of offering > offer [verb (transitive)] i-bedea800 bidOE make?a1160 forthc1200 bihedec1275 proffera1325 yielda1382 dressc1384 to serve fortha1393 dight1393 pretend1398 nurnc1400 offerc1425 profita1450 tent1459 tend1475 exhibit1490 propine1512 presentc1515 oblate1548 pretence1548 defer?1551 to hold forth1560 prefer1567 delatea1575 to give forth1584 tender1587 oppose1598 to hold out1611 shore1787 a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) iii. l. 502 The beste wordes wolde I pike..And serve hem forth in stede of chese. 1575 in J. Strype Brief Ann. Church & State (1731) Suppl. 12 The said Thurland..did suffer certain Extents to be served forth upon the said Lands for his own debts. 1652 R. Carpenter Perfect-law of God 39 Holy Scripture proposeth different Laws, serving them forth in different Times. 1752 Mod. Story-teller II. 107 His usual salute, and welcome Entertainment, served forth at his first Entrance by his faithful, eager, and desirable Wife. 1846 Era 29 Mar. In the Easter week, wrestling, single-stick, cricket, trap ball, &c., and a variety of manly sports, will be served forth profusely in a field contiguous to this establishment. 1913 H. Jordan Patchwork Comedy xvi. 226 Not even a republican official serving forth information with amazing celerity..can chase away the ancient state and the brooding air of kingship. 2008 N.Y. Observer (Nexis) 28 May While this project may have had the best..intentions, it ends up..serving forth a batch of tunes that often feel wooden, and at worst boring. ΘΚΠ society > education > learning > [verb (transitive)] > serve apprenticeship to serve an apprenticeship (to)1348 to serve forth1537 1537 T. Dorset Let. 13 Mar. (Cleo. E.iv/1) f. 131v Than one saide to the Byshope that they had good trust that they shold serue fforthe there lyffe tymes, And he saide they shulde serue it out at cart then. 1599 Ord. Pewterers City of York in Reliquary (1891) 5 76 If anye Mr..shall forton to dye before thend of the tearme of the same apprentice, the same apprentice not to be sett over to anye other to serve forth his tearme with. 1685 Royal Charter Confirmation James II to Trinity-House 18 To die, or to have served forth his time, or to be displaced, or removed from his said Office or Place of Master. 1854 S. R. Bosanquet First Seal xlv. 400 The Son of God being made the servant of all.., even unto death, and the serving forth his life for the ransom of many, that is, of all mankind, who are his enemies and murderers. < as lemmas |
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