| 单词 | make to |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto make to † to make to Scottish. Obsolete. intransitive. To set to work. Also (occasionally) reflexive in same sense. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > beginning action or activity > begin action or activity [verb (intransitive)] beginc1000 onginOE aginOE ginc1175 to go tillc1175 to take onc1175 comsea1225 fanga1225 to go toc1275 i-ginc1275 commencec1320 to get (also get down, go, go adown, set, set down) to workc1400 to lay to one's hand(sc1405 to put to one's hand (also hands)c1410 to set toc1425 standa1450 to make to1563 to fall to it1570 to start out1574 to fall to1577 to run upon ——1581 to break off1591 start1607 to set in1608 to set to one's hands1611 to put toa1616 to fall ona1625 in1633 to fall aboard1642 auspicatea1670 to set out1693 to enter (into) the fray1698 open1708 to start in1737 inchoate1767 to set off1774 go1780 start1785 to on with1843 to kick off1857 to start in on1859 to steam up1860 to push off1909 to cut loose1923 to get (also put) the show on the road1941 to get one's arse in gear1948 1563 N. Winȝet Certain Tractates (1890) II. 4 Quhilkis being done..makis he to without delay. 1570 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xii. 91 First on the feildis mak schortly to. ?1572 R. Sempill Premonitioun Barnis of Leith (single sheet) How sone I vnderstude the cace, I maid me to frahand. 1646 R. Baillie Let. 13 Oct. (1841) II. 403 Sundry other shyres are making to. to make to —— to make to —— (regionalto make till ——) ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > continuing > progress, advance, or further continuance > furtherance > further [verb (transitive)] > tend to further to make to ——1528 to make with ——1559 to conduce to1586 1528 S. Gardiner in N. Pocock Rec. Reformation (1870) I. li. 124 Such reasons as seemed to make to the contrary. 1573 J. Daus tr. H. Bullinger Hundred Serm. vpon Apocalipse (rev. ed.) xxxiv. f. 97 All thynges that may make to life and saluation. 1607 T. Rogers Faith, Doctr., & Relig. 92 This maketh to the strengthning of vs against those Popish assertions of Vignerinus. 1638 W. Rawley tr. F. Bacon Hist. Nat. & Exper. Life & Death 79 In every Corruptible Body, Quantity maketh much, to the Conservation of the whole. 1732 D. Neal Hist. Puritans I. 159 Making more to seemliness..or edification. 2. intransitive. To go in the direction of, proceed towards, approach. Now chiefly Scottish. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > travel in specific course or direction > direct (one's course, steps, etc.) [verb (transitive)] > be bound for or head for drawc1275 to-hieldc1275 roama1375 pretend1481 pursue1488 to make forth1508 to be in gate to1548 to make to ——a1568 to make unto ——1593 to be for1606 to set one's face for (from, to, towards)1611 steer1667 head1880 hit1889 a1568 Wyfe of Auchtermuchty (Bannatyne MS) 114 Then vp scho gat ane mekle rung, And the gudman maid to the dur. 1600 J. Ruthven Earle of Gowries Conspiracie sig. A2 The Court making to their horses, as his highnesse selfe was. 1602 J. Marston Antonios Reuenge i. i. sig. A4 Maria, Genoas Dutchesse, makes to Court. a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) iii. i. 18 Looke how he makes to Cæsar. View more context for this quotation 1694 Acct. Several Late Voy. (1711) ii. 20 When the Ice comes floating in too hard,..then the Ships make to the Harbours. 1780 W. Coxe Acct. Russ. Discov. 192 He cut his way through the troops..and made to the banks of the Irtish. 1793 J. Lindley in Hist. Coll. Michigan Pioneer & Hist. Soc. (1890) 17 623 They took to their canoes and made to her with tomahawks in hand. 1891 J. J. H. Burgess Rasmie's Büddie 47 Noo, whaar I'll-Helt's du makkin till Dis aerly i da moarnin? 1902 J. Horne Canny Countryside (ed. 2) 20 ‘Ye're makin' till 'e toon!’ reminds the passer of the drift of his steps. 1909 B. Stoker Lady of Shroud 351 The Lady began to make to a little northward of Ilsin port. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > relevance or pertinence > [verb (intransitive)] belimpOE beholda1067 belielOE pertaina1325 pendc1330 appendc1386 appertainc1386 holdc1430 pretenda1470 recorda1500 depend1525 extenda1533 inherea1628 to make to ——1645 apply1741 1645 J. Howell Epistolæ Ho-elianæ i. xxx. 60 That Hair is but an excrementitious thing, and makes not to this purpose. 1726 G. Leoni tr. L. B. Alberti Architecture II. 84/2 Those things which are most obvious, and make more immediately to the subject in hand. < as lemmas |
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