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单词 give place
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give place
47. give place: (const. to).
a. To give ground, yield to pressure or force (obsolete).
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > backward movement > move backwards [verb (intransitive)] > retire, withdraw, or retreat
withdraw1297
recoilc1330
give place1382
arrear1399
to draw backa1400
resortc1425
adrawc1450
recedec1450
retraya1470
returna1470
rebut1481
wyke1481
umbedrawc1485
retreata1500
retract1535
retire1542
to give back1548
regress1552
to fall back?1567
peak1576
flinch1578
to fall offa1586
to draw off1602
to give ground1607
retrograde1613
to train off1796
to beat a retreat1861
to back off1938
the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > absence of resistance > accept without resistance [verb (transitive)] > give in or submit to action, treatment, or events
undergoc1175
give place1382
receivec1384
obeyc1390
to go under ——a1400
servec1400
underliec1400
submitc1425
subscribe1560
resign1593
stoop1611
to let loose1667
to qualify on1753
1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Judges xx. 36 The which thing biholdynge the sones of Yrael ȝeuen to hem place to flee.
1413 Pilgr. Sowle (1483) i. iii. 4 Right as the fletyng ayer yeuyth place to the flyght of byrdes..so was al this erthe passyble to spirites.
1559 W. Baldwin et al. Myrroure for Magistrates Suffolk xxii Which must perforce geve place vnto the wave.
1582 N. Lichefield tr. F. L. de Castanheda 1st Bk. Hist. Discouerie E. Indias lviii. 121 The enimies were driuen to giue place.
figurative.c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Rom. xii. 19 Gyue ȝe place to ire.c1595 Capt. Wyatt in G. F. Warner Voy. R. Dudley to W. Indies (1899) 35 The Generall gaue place to his earnest suite.1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 605 Although he were glad to depart and giue place to his euill fortune for a time [etc.].1638 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Eromena 5 I am resolved to give fortune place.
b. To quit one's place to make room (for another); to yield precedence; †figurative to be inferior, ‘yield’ to.
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the world > time > change > exchange > substitution > supplanting or replacement > take the place of or replace [verb (intransitive)] > be replaced by
give placec1384
yield1604
cede1633
decede1655
give way1713
c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Luke xiv. 9 He comynge that clepide thee and him, seye to thee, Ȝyue place to this.
a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1897–1973) 279 Stynt, I say, gyf men place!
1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection i. sig. Dviiv The water deuydyng it selfe, and gyueng place to them for their passage.
1557 Earl of Surrey et al. Songes & Sonettes sig. X.iiiv Limpyng age will hedge him now, Where youth must geue him place.
a1566 R. Edwards Damon & Pithias (1571) sig. Givv Geue place, let the prisoner come by, geue place.
1576 A. Fleming tr. Cicero in Panoplie Epist. 69 Giving place to none that is neere unto you for auncientnesse of acquaintaunce.
a1604 M. Hanmer Chron. Ireland 83 in J. Ware Two Hist. Ireland (1633) Hee prudently governed his Church some thirty yeeres, and gave place to nature.
1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 91 A House and Garden of the Kings, giuing place to few in Parthia.
1748 J. Hervey Contempl. Night in Medit. & Contempl. (ed. 2) II. 7 What was gay..as well as glittering..gives place to an universal Gravity.
1757 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. IV. 171 The body of Henry, which lay on the right hand, immediately moved to the left, and gave place to his imperial consort.
1871 R. Ellis tr. Catullus Poems lxiv. 268 Thessaly's youth gave place to the Gods high-throned in heaven.
c. To yield or defer (to advice) (obsolete).
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1578 T. Tymme tr. J. Calvin Comm. Genesis xv. 324 The wicked..do at no hand giue credite to his promises: but the godly..they giue place lest they stop the way to the word of God.
1633 Bp. J. Hall Plaine Explic. Hard Texts ii. 115 If yee had given place to that saving word of mine, which hath beene delivered unto you.
d. To be succeeded or superseded (by another person or thing). [In the first two senses the phrase is a literal rendering of Latin dare locum, Greek τόπον διδόναι.]
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the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > succession or following in time > succeed or follow [verb (transitive)] > be succeeded by
give placea1555
a1555 J. Hooper in M. Coverdale Certain Lett. Martyrs (1564) 153 His enemies both of the body and soule..when death commeth they shal auoide and geue place to such ioyes as be prepared for vs in Christ.
1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 49. ⁋3 These Gentlemen..give place to Men who have Business or good Sense in their Faces.
1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. ii. 158 The liturgy gave place to the Presbyterian directory.
a1889 W. Collins Blind Love (1890) III. lx. 240 Autumn had given place to winter.
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b. to give place: see give place at give v. Phrases 1d.
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