单词 | give leave |
释义 | > as lemmasto give leave (a) figurative. to give leave: (of conditions or circumstances, with indirect object or to-phrase, explicit or implied) to provide the right conditions for someone or something; to make something possible for someone or something; to allow, permit (to do). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > possibility > allow, admit of [verb (transitive)] suffera1400 to give leave?a1513 admita1538 endure1593 bear1597 thole1770 a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 194 Quhen I wald blythlie ballattis breif Langour thairto givis me no leif. 1576 A. Fleming tr. P. Manutius in Panoplie Epist. 316 As the measure of my abilitie wil give me leave. 1617 F. Moryson Itinerary ii. 109 He would..keepe the field as neere Tyrone, as his meanes would give him leave. 1618 D. Tucker Let. 10 Mar. in V. A. Ives Rich Papers: Lett. Bermuda (1984) 99 St. Georges..is free from the Disanoyinge vermynt and in the Mayne..they keepe them at a reasonable lowe estate unless it be in some parts where want of Inhabbitance gives them leave to increase. 1642 J. Denham Cooper's Hill 14 Here have I seene our Charles, when great affaires. Give leave to slacken, and unbend his cares, Chacing the royall Stagge. 1645 Directory Publique Worship 82 So far as the time will give leave. 1717 E. Halley in Philos. Trans. 1714–16 (Royal Soc.) 29 494 Some have contrived double flexible Pipes, to circulate Air down into a Cavity enclosing the Diver..to give leave to his Breast to dilate upon Inspiration. 1759 R. Hurd Moral & Polit. Dialogues i. 13 I..shall interpose as little as the tenor of your discourse will give leave. 1793 G. Riley Beauties of Creation (ed. 2) V. 159 The scarceness of Pontic Rhubarb from the Levant, hath given leave to some to substitute in its room..the roots of the Hippolapathum, or Bastard Rhubarb. 1797 Encycl. Brit. IX. 14/1 One..of these..columns will become longer..and give the lighter fluid..leave to rise in its place. to give (a fish) leave (b) Angling. to give (a fish) leave: to allow (a fish) freedom to move about in the water after being hooked. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1620 W. Lawson in J. Dennys Secrets of Angling (new ed.) ii. sig. C4v When you haue hookt him, giue him leaue, keeping your Line streight. 1675 Accomplish'd Lady's Delight 224 If you Fish at Snap for a Pike, give him leave to run a little before you strike, and then strike the contrary way he runs.] < as lemmas |
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