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单词 to take vent
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to take vent
4. to take vent, in various figurative or transferred senses. Obsolete.
a. Of news, etc.: To become known, to be divulged or let out.
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society > communication > manifestation > disclosure or revelation > disclose or make revelations [verb (intransitive)] > be disclosed or revealed
to come to (also in, on) (the) lightOE
sutelea1000
kitheOE
unfoldc1350
disclosea1513
burst1542
to break up1584
to take vent1611
vent1622
bleed1645
emerge1664
to get (also have) vent1668
to get or take wind1668
to stand (appear) confessed1708
eclat1736
perspire1748
transpire1748
to come out1751
develop1805
unroll1807
spunk1808
effloresce1834
to come to the front1871
to show up1879
out1894
evolve1920
to come or crawl out of the woodwork1964
1611 Sir D. Carleton in 10th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1885) App. i. 542 Though all care hathe been taken to carrie ye matter secretly,..yet hath it taken vente [etc.].
1693 T. Smith in J. Ray Coll. Curious Trav. II. 59 This presently took vent, and the Turks thought that they had got a man among them that could cure all Diseases infallibly.
1723 Pres. State Russia II. 123 If Affonassief is no longer at Petersbourg, this Affair cannot take vent; for besides us two and him, no body knows of it.
1728 J. Morgan Compl. Hist. Algiers I. iii. 253 A conspiracy was formed against him: But it took Vent; and he made cruel Examples of many of the Contrivers.
b. Of coin: to pass into circulation. rare.
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society > trade and finance > money > circulation of money > be in circulation [verb (intransitive)]
gangOE
run1399
pass1475
servec1475
go1504
to pass, go, or run current1596
to take vent1641
circulate1691
float1778
1641 Sc. Acts, Chas. I (1870) V. 341/2 Concerneing..the copper money allreddy coyned, how the same shall take vent and passe in payment in tyme comeing.
c. Of a mine, or powder: to explode imperfectly; to lose explosive power.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > use of mines and explosives > use mines and explosives [verb (intransitive)] > of mine: explode improperly
to take vent1684
1684 J. P. von Valcaren Relation Siege Vienna 41 At which time they sprung two Mines..without any considerable Effect, one of them taking Vent.
1693 J. Evelyn tr. J. de La Quintinie Compl. Gard'ner i. ii. iv. 27 Gun-Powder, which being bad, or having taken Vent, cannot take Fire.
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