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单词 to take for
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to take for ——
to take for ——
1. transitive.
a. To include in the meaning or conception of; to count as. Obsolete.
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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.
b. To understand to mean; to interpret as. Obsolete.
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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.
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(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.
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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.
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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. 136Whom 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. 293What 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.’
2. intransitive. To support, side with. Obsolete. rare.
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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.
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