单词 | give place |
释义 | > as lemmasgive place 47. give place: (const. to). extracted from givev.ΘΚΠ 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. b. To quit one's place to make room (for another); to yield precedence; †figurative to be inferior, ‘yield’ to. ΘΚΠ 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. ΚΠ 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.] ΘΚΠ 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. to give place b. to give place: see give place at give v. Phrases 1d. < as lemmas |
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