单词 | to take hold |
释义 | > as lemmasto 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. ΘΚΠ 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). ΘΚΠ 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. ΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. < as lemmas |
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