单词 | to speak with |
释义 | > as lemmasto speak with —— to speak with —— 1. To converse with, talk to; to consult or confer with.In Old English and early Middle English similarly with mid. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > conversation > converse with [verb (transitive)] to speak to ——c825 speakc950 to speak with ——971 to speak unto ——c1386 entertain1553 to stand with ——1564 wissel1571 discourse1677 dialogue1681 converse1718 971 Blickl. Hom. 241 He þæt is se þe wið me spræc. c1000 Ælfric Exodus xxxii. 23 Þa þu.. wið god spæce. c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 85 Alse wise hire lerden, þanne hie wið hire speken. a1250 Owl & Nightingale 1553 Ne mot no mon wiþ hire speke. c1330 (?a1300) Sir Tristrem (1886) l. 811 Wiþ morgan speke wil y And spede. c1426 J. Audelay Poems (1931) 17 Ȝe spekyn with Hym in spyrit. 1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur i. x. 48 They spak with the knyghtes & welcomed hem. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 727/2 He shalbe spoken with towchyng your cause. 1622 in W. Foster Eng. Factories India 1622–3 (1908) 10 They both retired themselves to there privacy, soe that wee could not then speake with them. 1675 City Mercury 18–25 Nov. 2/1 He [a Physician] is any time to be spoke with from eight in the Morning to four in the Afternoon. 1764 S. Foote Patron iii. 67 Not to be spoke with! Don't tell me, Sir; he must, he shall. 1816 W. Scott Old Mortality vii, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. IV. 140 Your uncle..has been spoken with, and declines visiting you. 1847 Ld. Tennyson Princess ii. 27 Not for three years to speak with any men. 2. Nautical. To hold communication with (another vessel). Cf. 19b. ΚΠ 1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 182 The expedition bearing vp to speak with vs, the ships fell foule. 1708 London Gaz. No. 4422/7 We made Signal to the Commanding Officer..that we would speak with him. 1745 P. Thomas True Jrnl. Voy. South-Seas 24 On our speaking with her we found she had sprung her Fore-stay. 1775 B. Romans Conc. Nat. Hist. E. & W. Florida App. 6 I need not direct seamen how to proceed, in order to speak with any vessel they chance to see. 3. To communicate with (a place). rare. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > [verb (transitive)] to speak with ——1659 to link up with1907 1659 D. Pell Πελαγος 275 In Greenland, and Nova Zembla, &c. which onely in Summer-time may bee spoke with. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > steal [verb (transitive)] > steal from picka1350 lifta1529 filch1567 purloinc1571 prowl1603 touch1631 pinch1632 to pick up1687 to speak with ——1725 knock1767 shab1787 jump1789 to speak to ——1800 shake1811 spice1819 sting1819 tap1879 to knock over1928 1725 New Canting Dict. (at cited word) I will never speak with any thing but Wedge or Cloy; I'll never steal, or have to do with any thing but Plate, or Money, &c. 1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue (at cited word) I spoke with the cull on the cherry coloured prancer, I robbed the man on the black horse. < as lemmas |
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