单词 | to take in the head |
释义 | > as lemmasto take (a person) in the head ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of ideation > idea, notion, or concept > come to mind, occur [verb (intransitive)] comeeOE runOE to come to mindOE occur?a1500 to move to mind?a1525 to come, fall under, lie in one's cap1546 to take (a person) in the head1565 present1585 overpass1591 to come in upon a person1638 suggest1752 to come up1889 1565 R. Shacklock tr. J. Osório Epist. to Quene of Eng. f. 54v What so euer toy taketh hym in the heade [L. quidquid illi in mentem venit], that he so ernestly doth defend. 1591 F. Sparry tr. C. de Cattan Geomancie 38 He..will not do any thing but that which taketh him in the head. 1609 P. Holland tr. Ammianus Marcellinus Rom. Hist. xxi. i. 165 Now, it tooke him in the head..to set first upon Constantius. a1632 T. Taylor God's Judgem. (1642) i. i. xx. 70 It took him in the head to..visit Rome. 1727 P. Aubin tr. R. Challes Illustrious French Lovers II. 32 A Whim took me in the Head, that it would be an excellent Comedy to go and bolt in upon my Mistress at that unseasonable Hour. 1757 J. H. Grose Voy. E.-Indies viii. 128 A fancy that shall take them in the head, that Bombay would afford a good present pillage. 1807 Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 22 Aug. 269 It took him in the head to write against the rulers there [sc. in America] also. < as lemmas |
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