单词 | to take for |
释义 | > as lemmasto take for —— to take for —— 1. transitive. ΚΠ c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 19029 Tacc nu þe sawle forr þatt mann. Þatt cumeþþ her to manne. a1425 (a1400) Prick of Conscience (Galba & Harl.) (1863) 2818 Alle þir four stedes..for helle þai may alle be tane, Of whilk four purgatory es ane. c1425 Castle of Love (Egerton) (1967) l. 106 (MED) Worschip thi fader and thi moder..And whoso is thi warldly lord or thi kyng Is taken for thi fadir in this byddyng. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > understand [verb (transitive)] yknoweOE acknowOE anyeteOE latchc1000 undernimc1000 understandc1000 underyetec1000 afindOE knowOE seeOE onfangc1175 takec1175 underfindc1200 underfonga1300 undertakea1300 kenc1330 gripea1340 comprehend1340 comprendc1374 espyc1374 perceivea1387 to take for ——?1387 catcha1398 conceivea1398 intenda1400 overtakea1400 tenda1400 havec1405 henta1450 comprise1477 skilla1500 brook1548 apprend1567 compass1576 perstanda1577 endue1590 sound1592 engrasp1593 in1603 fathom1611 resent1614 receivea1616 to take up1617 apprehend1631 to take in1646 grasp1680 understumblec1681 forstand1682 savvy1686 overstand1699 uptake1726 nouse1779 twig1815 undercumstand1824 absorb1840 sense1844 undercumstumble1854 seize1855 intelligize1865 dig1935 read1956 ?1387 T. Wimbledon Serm. (Corpus Cambr.) (1967) 116 (MED) Now preueþ þis doctour þat a day mot be take here for a ȝeer, boþe by auctorite of holy writ..and also by resoun. 1596 J. Harington New Disc. Aiax sig. C2 Which word..many of the simple hearers, & readers, take for a precious stone. 1664 J. Evelyn Acct. Archit. in tr. R. Fréart Parallel Antient Archit. 126 Otherwhiles again it [sc. the astragal] is taken for the Cincture or Coller next the Hypotrachelium. 1679 J. Moxon Math. made Easie 126 In Astronomy, a Radius or Ray is taken for the Aspect or Configuration of two Stars. 1684 J. Phillips tr. N. A. de La Framboisière Art of Physick iii. 95 Generally the Word Aposteme is taken for any Tumor which is preternatural. 1792 W. Osbaldiston Brit. Sportsman 395 The word heel is taken for the spur itself; hence they say..‘he knows the heels; he obeys the heels [etc.].’ 1834 R. B. Paul Antiq. Greece (ed. 2) i. v. v. 152 The principal aliment of the Greeks was bread, called ἄρτος: hence this word is taken sometimes for food in general. c. (a) To suppose or assume to be; esp. to suppose (something) to be (what it is not); to mistake for. Also: †to esteem or repute as (obsolete).See also to take for gospel at gospel n. 4, to take for granted at granted adj. 2b. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > evaluation, estimation, appraisal > appraise, estimate [verb (transitive)] > view in a certain way findOE telllOE to take for ——a1393 receivec1400 notec1440 reputec1475 esteem1532 read1591 estimate1609 relish1617 set1648 resent1649 view1715 contemplate1785 a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) Prol. 844 To peise now with that beforn, The chaf is take for the corn. c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 81 That Holi Writt mai be take for the outward lettris writun and schapun vnder dyuerse figuris in parchemyn or in velim. a1500 (?a1400) Sir Torrent of Portyngale (1887) l. 1333 Gret lordys..for a doughty knyght hym tase. ?1518 Cocke Lorelles Bote sig. B.iv A man wolde take hym for a shrewe I trowe. 1579 S. Gosson Apol. Schoole of Abuse in Ephemerides Phialo f. 82 I am not so childishe to take euery bushe for a monster. 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. ix. 396 An Eagle taking his bald pate for a white rocke, let a shell-fish fall on it. 1693 N. Tate tr. Juvenal in J. Dryden et al. tr. Juvenal Satires xv. 303 So soft his Tresses..You'd doubt his Sex, and take him for a Girl. 1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 289. ¶1 I have been sometimes taken..for a Parish Sexton. 1770 Trial W. Wemms 100 I heard a bell ring, which I took at first for nine o'clock. 1881 H. Brazenor Ivy Cranbourne ix. 55 Had a stranger seen Jenny on this memorable Whitsun morn, they would scarcely have taken her for a peasant's child. 1889 R. L. Stevenson Master of Ballantrae x. 267 Do you take me for a fool? 1924 Amer. Midland Naturalist May 139 One of the party discovered by the roadside a plant which at first was taken for a Silphium. 1979 G. MacEwan Pat Burns, Cattle King (1981) vi. 45 The good people of that city took him for a foreign missionary home on furlough. 2005 R. Thomson Divided Kingdom (2006) 158 At first I took it for a coin, but then I bent closer and saw that it was a ring. (b) what (also who, whom) do you take me for?: said as a challenge to a derogatory implication, as of foolishness, dishonesty, etc. ΚΠ a1625 J. Fletcher Wild-goose Chase (1652) ii. iii. 23 What do you take me for, Sir? 1684 E. Ravenscroft Dame Dobson iv. ii. 50 How! Profit! who do you take me for? There is no deceit Sir in what I perform. 1793 Sporting Mag. Oct. 55/2 Come, none of your winking, fellow, what do you take me for? 1847 A. S. Mayhew & H. Mayhew Greatest Plague of Life vii. 87 I wanted to ask her who the dickens she took me for. 1861 Mrs. H. Wood East Lynne II. ix. 136 ‘Whom do you take me for?—what do you take me for?’ she repeated, rising in her bitter mortification. 1892 R. Kipling & W. Balestier Naulahka xvii. 202 ‘You won't get the chance,’ said Tarvin unshakenly... ‘What do you take me for?’ 1912 C. Mackenzie Carnival xxx. 293 ‘What do you take me for?’ enquired Irene. ‘I take you for what you are—a rotter.’ 1927 W. S. Maugham Constant Wife iii. 186 But, my poor John, whom do you take us for? Am I so unattractive that what I'm telling you is incredible? 1983 ‘R. B. Dominic’ Flaw in Syst. xx. 129 What do you take me for? A simp? 2005 C. H. Vaite Frangipani 99 ‘Everyone?’ she says, ‘who do you take me for?.. I only told two people.’ ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > support > support or encouragement > support or encourage [verb (transitive)] > take someone's side or side with favoura1375 to stand with ——1384 takec1400 to take (a) part witha1470 to hold sides1490 to take the part ofc1500 to stick with ——1523 partake1546 follow1548 to join issue1551 to make with ——1559 favourize1585 side1585 party1587 to take in1597 part1669 to fall in1709 to take for ——1770 to take up for1824 range1874 1770 S. Foote Lame Lover ii. 31 A wise man should well weigh which party to take for. < as lemmas |
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