| 单词 | to take up parable |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto take up (one's) parable † to take up (one's) parable (in Middle English †to take (to) one's parable) [after post-classical Latin assumptaque parabola sua (Vulgate, Numbers 23:7), etc.] : to begin to speak. Obsolete.Apparently only in biblical translations before the mid 19th cent. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > speak [verb (intransitive)] > begin to speak upbreakc1275 to set spell on enda1300 gina1333 to take up (one's) parablea1382 braidc1400 to take up the word1477 begin1563 exordiate1594 to speak upa1723 to lug out1787 to speak out1792 upspeak1827 exordize1887 shoot1915 open1926 to come in1949 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) Num. xxiii. 7 He..take-to his parable [a1425 L.V. And whanne his parable was takun]. a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Job xxvii. 1 Also Job addide, takinge his parable, & seiþ, ‘God lyueþ þat tooc awei my dom.’ 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Num. xxiii. 7 He toke vp his parable and sayed: ryse vpp Balac. 1535 M. Coverdale Num. xxiii.7 Then toke he [sc. Balaam] vp his parable, & sayde [etc.]. 1611 Bible (King James) Num. xxiii. 7 And he tooke vp his parable, and said [etc.] . View more context for this quotation 1868 H. H. Milman Ann. St. Paul's Cathedral i. 5 In due time, the learned took up their parable. 1873 R. Browning Red Cotton Night-cap Country 59 Thus opportunely took up parable. 1876 C. M. Davies Unorthodox London (rev. ed.) 117 Then the clerically-dressed gentleman took up his parable. < as lemmas |
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