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单词 to set at rest
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to set at rest
a. to set at rest: to satisfy, assure; to settle, decide finally. Frequently to set (a person's) mind (also †heart) at rest. Cf. at rest at Phrases 5.In quot. a1413: to set (one's heart) on a person.
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the mind > emotion > calmness > be calm [phrase] > compose or make calm
to set at resta1413
to come to one's senses (or oneself)c1450
the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > judge, determine [verb (transitive)] > conclude
resolvec1565
conclude1586
pitch1610
reduce1616
to set at rest1826
the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > making certain, assurance > assure, make certain [verb (transitive)] > make firm, establish
i-fastc950
tailc1315
terminea1325
foundc1394
stablish1447
terminate?a1475
tailyec1480
to lay down1493
ascertain1494
bishop1596
salve1596
pitch1610
assign1664
determinate1672
settle1733
to set at rest1826
definitize1876
cinch1900
a1413 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (Pierpont Morgan) (1881) ii. l. 760 I myn herte sette at reste Vpon þis knyght.
a1450 (?c1421) J. Lydgate Siege Thebes (Arun.) (1911) l. 1587 (MED) Forto sette ȝoure hertes mor at reste My purpoos is.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 715/2 Set your herte at rest.
1562 E. Lewicke tr. G. Boccaccio Titus & Gisippus sig. A.iii It is expedient,..to content Your selfe: and set your hart at rest.
1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream ii. i. 121 Set your heart at rest. The Faiery Land buies not the childe of mee. View more context for this quotation
a1645 W. Browne tr. M. Le Roy Hist. Polexander (1647) iv. ii. 199 I see no cause we have to feare; set your minde therefore at rest.
1727 J. Mitchell Judgm. Hercules 27 O'ercome your Passions, set your Mind at Rest.
1769 F. Brooke Hist. Emily Montague IV. ccvii. 132 I have this moment a letter from Temple which has set my heart at rest.
1826 R. Southey Vindiciæ Ecclesiæ Anglicanæ 286 It might have been thought that the question..had been set at rest.
1855 C. Kingsley Westward Ho! viii But set your mind at rest. I know no more of that lady's mind than you do.
1884 Manch. Examiner 21 May 4/7 The enormous majority..should set that question at rest.
1908 R. Bagot Anthony Cuthbert xvi. 188 His fears were set at rest by the receipt of the lawyer's missive.
1924 Musical Q. 10 151 Only actual exhumation could set at rest the disconcerting rumours that..a corpse has revolved in its grave.
1990 A. L. Kennedy Night Geometry & Garscadden Trains 5 I wanted to see..what would happen to us. Just to set my mind at rest.
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