单词 | to sit with |
释义 | > as lemmasto sit with —— to sit with —— 1. intransitive. Scottish and English regional (northern). To put up with or tolerate, to stand (a wrong, etc.). Cf. to sit down 5 at Phrasal verbs 1. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > calmness > patience > endure patiently [verb (transitive)] > bear with or tolerate forbearc897 tholec950 bearOE abidec1300 bidea1325 takec1330 suffer1340 wielda1375 to have patience with (also in, toward)c1384 supportc1384 to sit with ——c1400 sustainc1400 thulgec1400 acceptc1405 to away with1528 brook1530 well away1533 to bear with —1538 digest1553 to comport with1565 stand1567 purse?1571 to put up1573 well away1579 comport1588 fadge1592 abrook1594 to come away1594 to take up with1609 swallow1611 embracea1616 to pack up1624 concocta1627 to set down bya1630 to take with ——1632 tolerate1646 brook1658 stomach1677 pouch1819 c1400 (?c1380) Patience l. 527 For he þat is to rakel to renden his cloþeȝ Mot efte sitte with more vnsounde to sewe hem to-geder. 1508 Golagros & Gawane (Chepman & Myllar) sig. aii* That sege wald sit with none wrang Of berne that wes borne. a1578 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) I. 28 Ane man..nocht willing to seit with so mony wrangis as he had gottin onrewengit. 1678 G. Mackenzie Laws & Customes Scotl. i. 222 Nor is it probable that the person offended would have sitten long with such a wrong. 1714 in Cloud of Witnesses (1778) 5 God will not sit with all the wrongs done to him. 1995 J. M. Sims-Kimbrey Wodds & Doggerybaw: Lincs. Dial. Dict. 270/1 Well, if we can't do nuthin' about it we'll just atta sit wiyit then, woernt we? 2. intransitive. To be consonant or in harmony with, to agree with (a quality); to befit (a person). Now chiefly in negative contexts. Cf. main sense 22. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > agree, harmonize, or be congruous with [verb (transitive)] conspirec1384 accorda1393 to stand with ——c1449 to sit with ——a1500 correspond1545 resound1575 square1583 quader1588 to comport with1591 sympathize1594 beset1597 range1600 even1602 consort1607 to run with ——1614 countenancea1616 hita1616 sympathy1615 filea1625 quadrate?1630 consist1638 commensurate1643 commensure1654 to strike in1704 jig1838 harmonize1852 chime in with1861 equate1934 to tie in1938 to tune in1938 to tie up1958 a1500 (?c1450) Merlin xxv. 453 She..was clothed in a riche robe..that satte so well with hir bewte that all the worlde myght haue ioye her to be-holden. 1555 W. Waterman tr. Josephus in tr. J. Boemus Fardle of Facions sig. X.iiij It sitteth not with equitie, that the elder should be putte beside the enheritaunce of his father. 1579 E. Spenser Let. to G. Harvey in Wks. (Globe) 706/1 It sitteth with you now, to call your wits and senses togither. a1631 J. Downe Christs Prayer for Church 141 in Certaine Treatises (1633) It sits not with the wisdome of God to doe things in vaine. 1642 T. Matthew tr. St. Teresa of Avila Flaming Hart xi. 121 But this, seemes not to be of a Suite; nor doth the one Stuffe, sitt well, with the other. 1874 H. Dickens Mill Wheel III. ii. 12 There was an amount of easy indifference which sat well with him. 1992 Independent 2 Mar. 15/6 Somehow her south London accent sits uneasily with her beach-babe appearance. 2011 Independent 8 Dec. 25/2 The business of Aurum doesn't sit with my personal politics and ethics. 3. intransitive. To be received in a manner specified by (a person) or in accordance with (a person's views, etc.). ΚΠ a1734 R. North Examen (1740) iii. viii. §45. 617 The Author has Qualms, and these Events do not sit well with him. 1854 W. Cowper Let. 13 Mar. in Gospel Standard Apr. (1876) 166 Fresh assurance sits well with my conscience. 1972 Listener 1 June 705/2 In the meanwhile sanctions would be continued, and this did not sit well with right-wing opinion inside the Conservative Party. 1985 G. Naylor Linden Hills 178 I don't know how all this is gonna sit with those folks from Linden Hills. 1994 B. A. Staples Parallel Time x. 186 Sparrow was a Unitarian minister and a conciliator by nature. The Panther routine sat badly with him. < as lemmas |
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