intransitive. To give up or discontinue (a practice or habit); to withdraw from or renege on (a promise, undertaking, etc.). Obsolete.
| 单词 | θ144004 |
| 释义 | the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > reversal of or forsaking one's will or purpose > reverse or abandon one's purpose or intention [verb (transitive)] (112) to fall from ——a1425 intransitive. To give up or discontinue (a practice or habit); to withdraw from or renege on (a promise, undertaking, etc.). Obsolete. waivec1450 To abandon, relinquish, give up (an intention). Now rare or Obsolete. forthink1483 Occasional uses. transitive. To change one's mind about; to renounce. to leave up1523 transitive. To abandon, to give up, to resign. unresolve1608 transitive. To resolve against (a course of action upon which one has previously resolved). Also intransitive: to reverse or go back upon a previous… startle1612 intransitive. To swerve; to deviate from a purpose. Cf. start, v. 10. Obsolete. betray1614 figurative. To prove false to, let go weakly or basely. recant1648 transitive. To renounce, give up (an intention or purpose). recede1650 intransitive. To withdraw or back down from a position, proposal, opinion, etc. Chiefly with from. to turn round1808 intransitive. To change to the opposite opinion, state of mind, etc.; esp. to change from a friendly to a hostile attitude. Frequently with on or upon… to unmake one's mind1848 transitive. to unmake one's mind: to reconsider or reverse a decision; to change one's mind. Cf. to make up one's mind at make, v.1 phrasal verbs 1. unwill1871 To revoke or reverse (one's will or purpose). Subcategories:— withdraw from an engagement or promise (13) — desert/renounce a cause, principle, or person (31) — renounce allegiance to (2) — desert or deny a person (18) — recant or retract (27) — abandon, give up, or discontinue (6) — cause to desert or abandon something (3) |
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