| 单词 | to set one's hand to |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto set (also put) one's hand to b. The name of a person written with his or her own hand as an attestation of a document; signature. Now only in phrases in which hand is often understood more literally, as to set (also put) one's hand to. See also under the hand (also †hands) of at Phrases 1l(b).note of hand: see note n.2 20. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > naming > name or appellation > [noun] > signature hand1534 signature1579 superscriptionc1681 1448 Will of Henry VI in R. Willis & J. W. Clark Archit. Hist. Univ. Cambr. (1886) I. 380 (MED) I haue signed with myne owne hand thes present lettres. 1466 in E. W. W. Veale Great Red Bk. Bristol: Text Pt. II (1938) 121 (MED) Thise oure lettres signed with our hand be vnto theyme.] 1534 Act 26 Hen. VIII c. 3 §4 Euery writinge..subscribed with the hande and name of the clerke of the hanaper. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. xxix Notwithstandynge his othe..& his awne hand and seale. a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) iv. iv. 281 Dor. Is it true too, thinke you. Autol. Fiue Iustices hands at it, and witnesses more then my packe will hold. View more context for this quotation 1640 S. D'Ewes in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eminent Literary Men (1843) (Camden) 167 A petition..from the Cittie of London accompanied with fifteene thousand hands. 1666 S. Pepys Diary 25 Sept. (1972) VII. 295 By Coach to Lord Brouncker and got his hand to it. 1726 G. Shelvocke Voy. round World ii. 40 In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands and seals. 1798 Treaty 2 Oct. in Indian Treaties, & Laws & Regulations (1826) iv. 125 The parties hereunto set their hands and seals... Kunnateelah, or Rising Fawn, his x mark. Utturah, or Skin Worm, his x mark. [etc.] 1863 Farmer's Mag. Feb. 145/1 No Englishman who had twenty shillings in his pocket had a right to put his hand to any such agreement. 1893 Cornhill Mag. Feb. 118 Why Captain Lambert had these two men in to see him set his hand to the will is not hard to discover. 1945 Life 9 Apr. 104/3 On a cold December day in 1823, he set his hand to an immortal document. 2010 R. Hobb Dragon Keeper xi. 318 Had she ever before set her signature to a document that bound her? Only when she had set her hand to her marriage agreement. to set (one's) hand to c. to set (one's) hand to: to lay hold of, take into one's hand; figurative to set about, engage upon (†formerly const. infinitive). to set one's hand to the door: see door n. 5a. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > undertake [verb (transitive)] underfoc893 fandOE onfangOE undernimc1000 takec1175 to take tillc1175 to take toa1250 underfongc1330 undertakea1340 to take in (also on) handa1350 undertakec1385 attamec1386 to take in (also on) handc1390 embrace1393 emprisec1410 to put to one's hand (also hands)c1410 to go upon ——c1450 enterprise?1473 to set (one's) hand to1477 go?a1500 accept1524 assume1530 to hent in (also upon) handc1540 to swallow up1544 to take to task1546 to go into ——?1548 to set in hand1548 to fare about1563 entertain1569 undergo1606 to set about ——1611 to take up1660 to come at ——1901 the world > physical sensation > touch and feeling > touching > touching with the hand > touch or feel with the hand [verb (transitive)] repeOE warpa1225 treatc1384 feela1400 palp1534 palpabrize1593 fista1616 handa1616 thrumble1632 to set (one's) hand to1638 to feel of ——1678 digitize1689 the world > movement > absence of movement > hold or holding > hold [verb (transitive)] > lay hold of or grasp i-fangc888 gripc950 repeOE befongOE keepc1000 latchc1000 hentOE begripec1175 becatchc1200 fang?c1200 i-gripea1225 warpa1225 fastenc1225 arepa1250 to set (one's) hand(s onc1290 kip1297 cleach?a1300 hendc1300 fasta1325 reachc1330 seizec1374 beclipc1380 takea1387 span1398 to seize on or upon1399 getc1440 handc1460 to catch hold1520 to take hold1530 to lay hold (up)on, of1535 grasple1553 to have by the backa1555 handfast1562 apprehend1572 grapple1582 to clap hold of1583 comprehend1584 graspa1586 attach1590 gripple1591 engrasp1593 clum1594 to seize of1600 begriple1607 fast hold1611 impalm1611 fista1616 to set (one's) hand to1638 to get one's hands on1649 1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 81 Argos sette hand vnto the werk. 1542 N. Udall in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eminent Lit. Men (1843) (Camden) 2 Of your aboundaunt pitie to sette your helpyng hand to the bestowyng of me to suche condition. ?1562 Thersytes sig. A.iv They wyll not ones set hande to fight with me. 1638 W. Tirwhyt tr. J. L. G. de Balzac Lett. 144 If you appoint him to set hand to his Penne. 1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre i. ix. 13 God set his hand to this warre. 1662 J. Evelyn Sculptura sig. b6v Painters encouraged to set their hands to the Graver. 1788 Trifler No. 4. 47 I..resolved to set hand to work. 1865 A. C. Swinburne Atalanta in Calydon 1972 She set her hand to the wood, She took the fire in her hand. 1889 F. Barrett Under Strange Mask I. iii. 46 He set his hand to this good work. < as lemmas |
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