| 单词 | to send for |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto send for 9. to send for. extracted from sendv.1 a. To send a messenger or message for; to send (a person) to fetch ——. ΘΚΠ society > authority > command > command or bidding > command [verb (transitive)] > send (a person) > send to fetch to send for1338 1338 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 19 He sent for alle þe kynges, fro Berwik vnto Kent. 1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Rolls) VII. 237 He hadde nouȝt i-send for more help. a1500 (?c1450) Merlin xxviii. 566 Than com Merlin to Arthur, and bad hym sende for all his power in all haste. 1562 H. Machyn Diary (1848) 282 Ther was a grett frey and my lord mare..was send fore. 1672 R. Wiseman Treat. Wounds i. 38 The next day..it burst out impetuously; I was sent for, and found it bleeding with a strong impulse. 1704 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion III. xi. 146 The Guards..sent for drink. 1748 S. Richardson Clarissa VII. lix. 213 I send by poor Lovelace's desire, for particulars of the fatal breviate. 1847 Ld. Tennyson Princess iv. 77 She sent for Blanche to accuse her face to face. 1908 R. Bagot Anthony Cuthbert xxviii. 373 Would you not like me to send for one of your priests? b. With adverb qualifying ‘to come’ or ‘be brought’ understood. ΚΠ 1592 Arden of Feversham Epil. 3 The one tooke Sanctuary, and being sent for out, Was murthred in Southwark. a1648 Ld. Herbert Life (1976) 15 My mother thought fitt to send for mee home. 1678 tr. A. de Courtin Rules Civility (rev. ed.) vi. 57 You must go away without seeing him, unless he sends for you in. 1727 J. Swift Horace Imitated in J. Swift Misc. Last Vol. ii. 34 Send for him up, take no Excuse. 1753 J. Collier Ess. Art of Tormenting i. ii. 62 I shall not send for you back. 1833 T. Hook Parson's Daughter II. vii. 125 The Squire was sent for home. c. Of a sovereign: To command the attendance of; esp. to summon a leader or prominent member of a political party, for the purpose of offering him the office of prime minister. ΘΚΠ society > authority > command > command or bidding > command [verb (transitive)] > summon lathec900 hightOE clepec1000 ofclepeOE ofsendOE warna1250 callc1300 summonc1300 incalla1340 upcallc1340 summonda1400 becallc1400 ofgredec1400 require1418 assummonc1450 accitec1475 provoke1477 convey1483 mand1483 whistle1486 vocatec1494 wishc1515 to call up1530 citea1533 convent1540 convocate1542 prorogate1543 accersit1548 whistle for1560 advocatea1575 citate1581 evocate1639 demand1650 to warn in1654 summons1694 invoke1697 to send for1744 to turn up1752 requisition1800 whip1857 1744 T. Birch Life R. Boyle 154 He was then by his Majesty's order sent for to Whitehall. 1765 G. Williams in J. H. Jesse G. Selwyn & his Contemp. (1843) I. 382 The King declared to his ministers that he had no further occasion for their services, but had sent for Mr. Pitt. 1806 G. Rose Diaries (1860) II. 227 The King could do no better than to send for Lord Grenville. 1880 J. McCarthy Hist. our Own Times IV. 512 The Queen sent for Lord Hartington, she then sent for Lord Granville; but everyone knew in advance who was to come into power at last. < as lemmas |
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