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单词 to take hold
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to take hold

Phrases

to take hold.See also to take (also have) (a) strong hold at strong adj. 15e.
a. To get something by one's own act into one's (physical) hold; to grasp, seize: = to catch hold at catch v. Phrases 6, lay hold (lay v.1 22). Const. of; on, upon (archaic). Also said of things.
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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
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 748/2 I take holde apon one, jempoygne.
1611 in J. Barmby Churchwardens' Accts. Pittington (1888) 161 To picke forth the ould lyme and morter that the new might better take hold.
1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 19 [The Indian] Figge-tree..whose branches..doe bend themselves downewards to the earth, where they take holde, and with new rooting multiply.
1754 J. Shebbeare Marriage Act II. lxiv. 217 [She] fell on her Knees..taking hold on the Skirt of his Coat.
1816 W. Scott Antiquary I. vii. 156 Take haud o' my arm, my winsome leddy!
b. figurative. To get a person or thing into its (or one's) ‘hold’ or power; usually with of (on, upon archaic); of a feeling, a disease, etc.: to seize and affect forcibly and more or less permanently; of fire, to ‘lay hold’ of (something), begin to burn. Also, to seize, avail oneself of (an opportunity).
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society > authority > control > [verb (transitive)] > get into one's or its control
temea1387
to take hold1577
to lay, fasten a gripe on, upona1586
amenage1590
to get (a person, etc.) where the hair is short1872
cinch1875
to get a handle on1901
to sew up1904
1577 W. Harrison Descr. Eng. (1877) ii. vi. i. 164 A thing latelie sproong vp, when pampering of the bellie began to take hold.
1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear xx. 225 Hence least that the infection of his fortune take like hold on thee. View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1623) i. iii. 55 Nor doth the generall care Take hold on [1622 of] me.
1708 J. C. Compl. Collier 7 in T. Nourse Mistery of Husbandry Discover'd (ed. 3) Another dangerous sort of bad Air, but of a fiery Nature like Lightning,..if it takes hold of the Candle.
1725 N. Robinson New Theory of Physick 292 When the Disease has taken any Hold of the Patient.
1889 ‘M. Gray’ Reproach of Annesley iii. vi A sense of her bitter bereaval took hold of her.
c. (with of) To take possession and management of, take under one's control. ? U.S.
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1877 R. W. Raymond Statistics Mines & Mining 222 They..know that a company of moneyed men taking hold of their camp will have to spend a considerable amount of money before they can expect to recoup their investment.
1897 R. Kipling Captains Courageous ix No, I only capt—took hold of the ‘Blue M.’ freighters—Morgan and M'Quade's old line—this summer.
d. To attach itself, take root. Obsolete. rare.
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the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > stability, fixity > be stable [verb (intransitive)]
to take holda1400
radicate1602
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 10009 Þat er four vertus principalys,..All oþer vertus of þaim tas [Vesp. has] hald.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 9350 (MED) It tok neuer in þer hertes hald.
e. To apply oneself to action; to set to; to take an active part. dialect and U.S.
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the world > action or operation > undertaking > undertake or set oneself to do [verb (intransitive)]
found12..
to take on (also upon) one(self)a1300
assay1330
study1340
to put (also lay, set, etc.) one's hand to the ploughc1384
intendc1385
pressc1390
to put oneself in pressc1390
gatherc1400
undertakec1405
sayc1425
to fall in hand with (also to do (something))c1450
setc1485
obligea1500
essay?1515
attend1523
supprise1532
to set in foot1542
enterprise1547
address1548
to set in hand1548
prove1612
to make it one's businessa1628
engage1646
embark1647
bend1694
to take hold1868
1868 J. C. Atkinson Gloss. Cleveland Dial. 518 Tak' hold, to undertake; an office, or specified performance or duty.
1870 L. M. Alcott Old-fashioned Girl xi. 217 I'm in despair, and shall have to take hold myself, I'm afraid.
1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. III. lxxxvi. 153 To believe that things will come out right whether he ‘takes hold’ himself or not.
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