rallyn.1
/ˈrali/, U.S. /ˈræli/ 1.
a. A rapid reassembling of forces for renewed effort or fighting (esp. of an army after being repulsed or dispersed); a counter-attack made by a group thus reassembled. Also figurative.
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society > armed hostility > military operations > manoeuvre > [noun] > rally
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1646 Great Overthrow Kings Forces Wales (title page) The Enemy not above one hundred and forty left upon the Rally.
1650 T. Vaughan Man-mouse 58 Here my Observator recapitulates, and brings his rooted Pultrons to a Rally.
1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 120 This darting force or rally of stirring springs, is shotten or propagated also.
1695 W. Kennett Parochial Antiq. iii. 7 After this defeat, and a second unsuccessful rally, they still retir'd.
1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 96. ⁋15 They yielded at last..with frequent rallies, and sullen submission.
1808 W. Scott Marmion (ed. 3) vi. xxv. 355 Recoil and rally, charge and rout.
1866 C. Kingsley Hereward the Wake I. xvii. 317 She told of..the last rally of the men.
1902 E. F. Henderson Short Hist. Germany II. vii. 312 They were saved by the presence of mind of the last-named [sc. Grolman], who organized a successful rally of the exhausted troops.
1917 F. H. Simonds Hist. World War I. i. vi. 116 The battle was not the sudden rally of..hundreds of thousands of soldiers. It was the result of a clear, cool, and deliberate plan.
1963 W. G. Carleton Revol. Amer. Foreign Policy vii. 343 He finally made a rally at Kolwezi, where he threatened to blow up the huge dams.
2004 M. O'Callaghan in D. G. Boyce Ireland in Transition ii. ix. 164 Failing to reach..Dromahaire Castle for a final rally, after a series of defeats, O'Rorke had scarcely time to escape alone to Scotland.
b. Military. The signal for rallying. Also (now chiefly) figurative, esp. in to sound the rally.
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society > armed hostility > military organization > signals > [noun] > signal to rally
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1674 Hogan-Moganides 8 Blasphem'd in gloss of holy Text, Which they proclaim'd with Trump and Ralley.
1797 Gen. Regulations & Instr. Light-Horse Volunteers (Brit. Army) (ed. 2) 193 When the Bugle and Trumpets sound the Rally, all firing must instantly cease.
1838 H. W. Herbert Cromwell I. ii. i. 201 Sound trumpets—ha! sound merrily a rally and a charge!
1897 E. Wood Achievem. Cavalry i. 14 A relieving force coming out, the ‘Rally’ was sounded.
1912 Times 1 Oct. 6/2 The new note heard..was ‘We stand by Ulster’. It sounded the rally of British support in aid of the Irish Unionists.
1939 B. Creighton tr. H. von Hofmannsthal in W. S. Maugham Tellers of Tales 866 The trumpeter at his side put the trumpet..to his lips and blew the rally.
1981 Daily Intelligencer (Doylestown, Pa.) 8 Apr. 14/1 In his plan for sharp budget cuts..Reagan has sounded the rally for the country's businesses.
2002 Gazette (Montreal) (Nexis) 6 Sept. 10 We have to sound the rally, to return to a spirit of collaboration.
2.
a. Chiefly British regional. A crowd of people; a large group.
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a1794 M. Palmer Dialogue Devonshire Dial. (1837) 16 There was a whole rally of us at the Pigeons.
1885 Rep. Provinc. 105 'Twas a pretty rolly o' 'm, sure enough.
1892 S. Hewett Peasant Speech Devon 116 There's a turrabul rally aw'm down there.
1908 Daily Chron. 16 Jan. 8/5 There's a whole rally of us driving over in Peter's wagonette.
1911 G. K. Chesterton Ballad of White Horse iii. 43 A rally of Danes with shield and bill Rolled drunk over the dome of the hill.
1993 S. Stewart Ramlin Rose xx. 198 There was quite a rally of us at the Juxon Street wharf.
b. Originally U.S. A meeting of the supporters of a cause, esp. in order to demonstrate the strength of public feeling, or to inspire or foster enthusiasm; spec. a political mass meeting.Nuremburg, party, peace rally, etc.: see the first element.
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society > authority > rule or government > politics > party politics > [noun] > mass meeting of party
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1831 Ohio Repository 25 Nov. 1/6 They join the great rally of anti-masons.
1878 E. Eggleston Roxy I. v. 58 The grand rally of each party had been held in the village of Luzerne.
1886 F. H. Burnett Little Ld. Fauntleroy v He described the Republican Rally in all the glory of its banners.
1921 Proc. 3rd Nat. Country Life Conf. 48 Funds for the school are obtained through rallies held in the churches on the fifth Sunday.
1940 N. Henderson Failure of Mission ii. vii. 192 The Nuremberg party rally of 1939 would be given the title of ‘peace rally’.
1960 M. Laurence in Tamarack Rev. Autumn 8 ‘Hey, you Sabina!’ Mammi Ama shouted. ‘Were you at the rally?’
1981 P. White Let. 28 Oct. (1994) xiv. 550 My life has been additionally complicated by that nuclear disarmament rally I spoke at in Melbourne last week.
2000 J. Simpson Mad World, my Masters (2001) vi. 189 An aspiring Party hack addressing a rally of happy workers.
c. Theatre. A general mêlée or chase of the characters in a pantomime. Also in extended use. Now rare.
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > pantomime > [noun] > part of
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1853 C. Dickens Bleak House xxxix. 393 The late lodger whose appearance is the signal for a general rally.
1856 Times 22 Dec. 6/2 (advt.) The ups and downs of the Harlequinade, showing the ins and outs and turns about of the pantomime rally.
1882 W. Ballantine Some Exper. Barrister's Life xxiii. 230 A storm of carrots..and turnips..terminated the act, technically termed, I believe, a ‘general rally’.
1907 A. Conan Doyle Through Magic Door vii. 142 He [sc. Richardson] condescends to none of those scuffles and buffetings and pantomime rallies which enliven, but cheapen, many of Fielding's pages.
1920 Music & Lett. 1 135 Any writer..could have burdened the fairy world of ‘A Midsummer Night's Dream’ with the addition of pantomime rallies and transformation scenes.
1957 E. Newman in G. Marek World Treasury Grand Opera 205 There is a touch of the genuine sardonic quality in his serenade; but on the whole he suggests not so much the spirit of denial as the spirit of the pantomime rally.
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a. Boxing. A sustained exchange of blows. Also: a separate bout.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > boxing > [noun] > bout or contest
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1805 Times 10 Oct. 3/1 Chicken bled copiously from the blows given in the rally.
1829 P. Egan Boxiana New Ser. II. 20 A terrible rally was the finishing stroke of the round.
1857 T. Hughes Tom Brown's School Days ii. v. 322 The two stand to one another like men; rally follows rally.
1909 J. London Piece of Steak in Sat. Evening Post 20 Nov. 6/2 No longer could he do a fast twenty rounds,..with fierce rally on top of fierce rally.
1920 H. C. Witwer Leather Pushers 338 In the tenth round Kid Roberts made a dyin' rally that panicked the already hysterical mob.
1989 St. Louis (Missouri) Post-Dispatch (Nexis) 14 May 12 f Victor McKinnis..used a furious rally in the third round to gain a 3-2 decision over Millett.
b. In tennis, badminton, squash, etc.: a series of strokes exchanged between players which is begun by a service and ends with a failure to return the ball; esp. an extended exchange of these strokes.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > racket games > [noun] > types of play or stroke
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1879 Times 16 July 10/4 Considerably over 1,000 people were on the ground, and the interest shown in every rally was something remarkable.
1887 J. Hamilton Splendid Rally xiii. 83 Just then the players were in the heat of an exciting ‘rally’.
1921 Atlanta Constit. 27 Sept. 11/5 Here a long rally ensued, but Carter had twice before had victory snatched from him and this time he was not to be denied.
1969 J. D. Hashman Badminton ii. 28 If I kept the rally going long enough, my advantage in speed and strength became evident.
1987 Squash Player Internat. Mar. 12/1 They decided to restrict rallies to 15 strokes.
2005 I. McEwan Saturday ii. 106 Jay's prepared to let the rallies go on while he hogs centre court and lobs to the back, drops to the front, and finds his angle shots.
4.
a. A rapid or sudden recovery (of a person) from a state of exhaustion; a renewal of strength or energy (of a person or a thing); (frequently) spec. an initial or temporary recovery of strength during illness.
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the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > refreshment or invigoration > [noun]
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the world > health and disease > healing > recovery > [noun] > in part
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1826 W. Scott Jrnl. 24 Sept. (1939) 235 I made a rally to-day and wrote four pages.
1855 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. (1856) II. v. 63 The constant rally of its energies to meet the calls of the hour.
1896 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. I. 302 The improvement was but temporary, though the rally might be repeated more than once before death.
1926 R.W. Seton-Watson Sarajevo i. 16 Fifty years later the war..again ended in failure and an unexpected rally of Turkish power.
1948 T. D. Eliot in H. Becker & R. Hill Family, Marriage & Parenthood v. xxii. 653 Collapse is less frequent than a sudden rally; but after exaltation, watch out for a slump.
2003 Slate Mag. (Nexis) 22 Aug. English researchers tried it [sc. penicillin] out on a man sick with septicemia. (After a brief rally, the man died.)
b. A rapid or marked rise in the price of a share or other commodity after a fall; an improvement in trading in such a commodity. Cf. rally v.1 4b(a).
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society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > [noun] > prices of stocks and shares > rise or tendency to rise
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1826 Times 23 Feb. 2/5 Though some attempts were made to support the price, the rally was an ineffectual one.
1884 N.-Y. Times 6 Jan. 7/6 The buying caused a rally in the N. P. preferred stock of about nine points.
a1902 F. Norris Pit (1903) x. 384 ‘The wheat, I mean, is it going up or down?’ ‘Up, they tell me. There was a rally; I don't know.’
1945 Daily Tel. 7 Aug. 2/1 To-day the question uppermost in their minds will be whether last Friday's rally..represents the beginning of steadier markets.
1967 D. L. Thomas Plungers & Peacocks iv. 64 Traders tend to cling to their stocks, waiting, even if deludedly, for a rally on which they can sell and minimize their losses.
2000 G. Arnold New S. Afr. xiv. 139 It almost dropped out of the FTSE 100 within a short time of its listing though it managed to avoid this by a late rally.
c. Sport. A (rapid) concerted effort by a team, player, or competitor, esp. one made from a losing position to draw level or take the lead. Cf. rally v.1 4b(b).
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1867 N.Y. Times 5 June 8/3 The Unions made a manly fight of it, and in the seventh innings made a rally for six runs.
1874 Times 25 June 10/5 Notwithstanding his indifferent steering and a rally from Conant below Poplar, [he] won cleverly by three lengths.
1899 Chicago Tribune 13 May 6/2 No one has offered a solution for the remarkable series of ninth inning rallies.
1928 Observer 19 Feb. 27/1 In a belated rally Ivor Jones scored and converted his own try for Llanelly.
1981 Los Angeles Times 17 Jan. iii. 1/6 Freshman guard Ralph Jackson, climaxing an impressive rally, made a line-drive 20-footer with forty-six seconds remaining. The 57-57 score stood.
2006 Athletics Weekly 14 Dec. 47/5 Howey still had some work to do, but with a late rally he clinched second place ahead of fast-finishing David Hall.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
rallyn.2
/ˈrali/, U.S. /ˈræli/ rare.
An instance of rallying or banter.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > banter or good-humoured ridicule > [noun] > piece or instance of
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1659 J. Davies tr. G. de Costes de La Calprenède Hymen's Præludia: 9th & 10th Pts. 225 Marcellus and Drusus, who would not interrupt the first Rallies of Love and Friendship[Fr. aux premiers mouuemens de l'amour].
1698 E. Settle Farther Def. Dramatick Poetry 44 Is not this plain Burlesque upon Holy Scripture, and a profane Ralley upon the Divine Solomon himself?
1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Rally,..exercise of good humor or satirical merriment.
1863 C. C. Clarke Shakespeare-characters xvi. 404 It is after this friendly rally that the grave Merchant..turns to Bassanio.
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rallyn.3
/ˈrali/, U.S. /ˈræli/ Motor Racing.
A race for motor vehicles, usually over a long distance on public roads or rough terrain and typically divided into several stages.Monte Carlo, motor rally: see the first element.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > racing with vehicles > motor racing > [noun] > race testing car quality, skill, etc.
rally1911
motor rally1932
rallying1957
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1911 Autocar 21 Jan. 79/2 (heading) Motor car rally to Monaco.
1911 Autocar 21 Jan. 79/2 Twenty-three entries have been received for what the French press designate Le Rallye International de Monaco. As far as we can ascertain, this is in the nature of a ‘go-as-you-please’ competition for motorists who..are allowed a fixed time in which to complete the journey to Monaco.]
1921 Times 22 Feb. 7/7 The opening rally of the Junior Car Club will be held at Benford Bridge on March 19.
1930 Sportsman (N.Y.) May 7 (headline) Duesenberg winner of Elegance Rallye.
1949 C. A. N. May ‘Wheelspin’ Abroad v. 79 There can be no guarantee of a 1949 Rallye actually taking place.
1963 P. Drackett Motor Rallying i. 9 The true progenitor of the rally was the reliability trial.
2001 Dirt Bike July 110/1 GPS has been proven at such rallies as Paris–Dakar.
Compounds
rally car, rally driver, rally driving, rally plate, rally wheel, etc.; rally-proved adj.
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1936 Times 30 Dec. 13/6 The last day of the month will find..Monte Carlo busy with the examination of Rally cars.
1937 Times 1 Feb. 5/5 D. Healey, perhaps the most famous of all British Rally drivers..is out of the rally this year.
1949 C. A. N. May ‘Wheelspin’ Abroad iii. 40 One car..carrying the official Rallye plates.
1954 C. Meisl tr. J. A. Grégoire Best Wheel Forward 121 The future racing driver passes through three well-defined phases: rally driving, hill climbs and endurance tests.
1960 Times 23 July 5 (advt.) Zephyr: the sportsman's rally-proved six-cylinder favourite.
1962 Newark (Ohio) Advocate Sept. 3 22/5 (advt.) Travel in great style with Penney's cotton-acetate Rally coat!
1976 Liverpool Echo 22 Nov. 15/4 (advt.) Mini 1000, blue, Rostyle wheels, rally seats etc.
1990 Petersen's 4-wheel & Off-road May 7/1 A former European rallye driver who has competed and won..the Paris-Dakar Rallye.
2001 Automobile Mag. Nov. 25/2 These factory Healeys established the image of the 3000 as a highly competitive long-distance rally car.
2006 Woodstock (Ont.) Sentinel-Rev. (Nexis) 23 Dec. 34 The car..comes with a new original interior that boasts..power steering, 14 inch rally wheels and a black vinyl top.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
rallyv.1
/ˈrali/, U.S. /ˈræli/α. 1500s–1600s rallie, 1600s ragly, 1600s ralley, 1600s r'ally, 1600s– rally; Scottish pre-1700 raly, pre-1700 ralye, pre-1700 1700s– rally, 1700s ralzy, 1800s rallie, 1800s ralyie, 1900s– rajlli (Shetland).
β. English regional (south-western) 1800s rolley (Devon), 1800s– rolly.
1.
a. intransitive. To come together again, to reassemble, esp. in order to renew a conflict or contest; to return in a body to the fray.Originally of soldiers, troops, etc.
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society > armed hostility > military operations > manoeuvre > [verb (intransitive)] > rally
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1599 J. Hayward 1st Pt. Henrie IIII 148 The scottes rallied as well as the soddainnesse did serue, and valliantlie receiued the charge.
1627 G. Richardson Of State of Europe ii. 3 Being once broken not easily brought to rally, and gather head againe.
1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. i. 31 This Conquerour..now routed the Remnant, which began to ralley and make head again.
a1680 S. Butler Genuine Remains (1759) I. 6 The Battle's desperately fought: The gallant Subvolvani rally.
1723 D. Defoe Hist. Col. Jack (ed. 2) 280 The Battalions rallyed and they came boldly on to Charge a second time.
1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth III. 384 The dogs..instantly turn tail,..and no exhortations can ever bring them to rally.
1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. v. 583 The Whigs, few and weak as they were, attempted to rally.
1887 C. Bowen tr. Virgil Æneid ii, in tr. Virgil in Eng. Verse 142 Severed asunder at starting, we there shall rally at last.
1902 H. C. Butler Story of Athens ix. 303 The soldiers rallied with their old-time dash and courage.
1949 ‘G. Orwell’ Nineteen Eighty-four ii. p. v The bugs had rallied and were massing for the counter-attack.
1992 A. W. Eckert Sorrow in our Heart vii. 432 The Americans..rallied and momentarily checked the charge with a hot fire.
b. transitive. To reassemble, bring together again (a dispersed army or company). Also with back, together, up.
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society > armed hostility > military operations > manoeuvre > [verb (transitive)] > rally
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1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. vii. 275 And for as much as the Samnite soldiers..could neither rally themselves & take armes, nor retire..they drave them at first with feare into their camp.
1604 R. Cawdrey Table Alphabet. Rallie, gather together men dispersed, and out of order.
1632 P. Massinger Maid of Honour i. i. sig. B3v The great Gonzaga,..rallying up Her scatter'd troopes.
1712 Boston News-let. 15 Sept. 2/2 Upon this Disaster Capt. Harman and Capt. Lane rallyed their Men together to the number of 70, and engag'd the Enemy.
1723 D. Defoe Hist. Col. Jack (ed. 2) 281 Their Troops, being rally'd by the Dexterity of their Generals,..came on again to the Charge.
1753 R. Rolt Mem. Life J. Lindesay iv. iii. 401 It would have been impossible for marshall Saxe even to have rallied his people again, especially as general Zastrow had thrown into confusion their best troops.
1824 T. Campbell Theodric 348 Oh! were he there..to rally back One broken band.
1868 E. Edwards Life Sir W. Ralegh I. xxv. 622 Young Ralegh was the first to rally his men under the unexpected charge.
1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 154/2 Saladin rallied his men, and, when the Christians began to retire with their booty, let loose his light horse upon them.
1961 L. Fermi Mussolini (1966) ii. x. 157 Kerenski had disappointed him, for he had not rallied the army against the Central Powers.
1997 W. J. Wood Civil War Generalship xi. 171 He was taking measures to rally the scattered units..to bolster his right against the threat of Longstreet's impending attack.
2.
a. transitive. To collect, bring together (people) in support of a person or cause, or for concentrated action. Also with together.
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the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > gather together [verb (transitive)] > assemble (people or animals)
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1603 J. Florio in tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. i. Ep. Ded. sig. A3 Yet did your honoured name r'ally to my succour the forces of two deare friends.
1678 Earl of Lindsey in 12th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1890) App. v. 50 I make no question butt your Lordship too will rally your friends.
1829 Times 21 Oct. 2/6 An Administration thus composed..would have rallied the doctrinaires and moderate men who sit at the centre gauche to the côté droit.
1854 A. Pratt Flowering Plants & Ferns Great Brit. I. 148 Up yon hazel'd slope the farmer loudly rallies Reapers to their morning task.
1883 Manch. Examiner 1 Dec. 5/2 He does not believe that the Mahdi will rally to his banners the pure Arab tribes.
1927 Publ. Mod. Lang. Assoc. Amer. 42 357 Rabelais' aim was..to rally together all..who were hoping for a total emancipation from all forms of religious belief.
1962 Pasadena (Calif.) Independent 30 Nov. v5/5 If all the individual leaders in the city could be rallied together under two or three banners, the city's potential would be tremendous.
1990 J. Trollope Passionate Men vi. 76 ‘She's a powerful lobbyist,’ Richard went on. ‘She'll rally all her ramblers.’
b. transitive. To gather, bring together, muster (things).Often with overtones of sense 2a.
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1643 J. Caryl Nature Sacred Covenant 7 The Lord doth r'ally all the promises of mercy made to us, which lie scattered.
1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 131 To rally together all those sparks of life, that lay asunder in a clammy dew.
1715 J. Catherwood New Method curing Apoplexy 3 All the Spirits indulgent Nature can rally to support the Fabric, are detach'd to the Muscles of the Thorax, to perform Respiration.
1727 W. Somervile Occas. Poems 332 Ned Smart..Got ev'ry Penny he could rally, To try his Fortune in Change-Alley.
1800 T. Jefferson Let. 7 Mar. in Papers (2004) XXXI. 420 On rallying all other resources I find I can cover about 1800. dollars for you.
1942 Portsmouth (Ohio) Times 4 Nov. 4/1 When the United Nations rally the resources and determination to do what needs to be done, they will win.
1993 Econ. Jrnl. 103 980 Currie and Steedman..rally together convincing evidence.
c. intransitive. Of things: to come together; to collect, gather. Now rare.
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the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > gather together [verb (intransitive)]
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1647 J. Hall Poems 6 We must have matter and good words to boot, And yet how seldome meet they? most our rithmes Rally in tunes but speak no sense like chimes.
a1694 J. Tillotson Serm. (1728) I. 17 Innumerable parts of matter chanc'd just then to rally together, and to form themselves into this new world.
1701 tr. D. Tauvry New Rational Anat. i. xi. 105 These small Urinary Pipes rallying together at the end, terminate in small Papillæ, that empty into the Pelvis.
1735 H. Brooke Universal Beauty iv. 12 Now swells the Porta, now the Cava veins, Here rallies last the recollected blood, And on the right pours in the Cordial Flood.
1770 L. Carter Diary 24 July (1965) I. 453 The Southern clouds..rallied back again.
1935 A. Quiller-Couch Poet as Citizen 198 Though a line of dry weed may mark the last impulse of a tide from which it receded, there is no searchable line in the deeps where the waters rallied and gathered.
d. intransitive. To come to (the help or support of) a person, cause, etc.; to gather in response to a call, cry, etc.
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society > society and the community > social relations > co-operation > co-operate with [verb (transitive)]
coadjuvate1601
rally1706
to work in1875
to sit in1925
the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > support > [verb (transitive)] > unite in support of
rally1706
1706 R. Estcourt Fair Example iv. 50 My Virtue rallies to my Aid, and tells me, I shou'd bear even this to rid me of his Love.
1810 J. Porter Sc. Chiefs II. v. 99 Just as the whole of Wallace's men had leaped the wall and rallied to his support, the inner ballium gate burst open.
1821 T. Jefferson Autobiogr. 96 The Patriots all rallied to the principles thus settled..and reduced the Aristocracy to insignificance and impotence.
1879 G. B. Smith Life Gladstone I. iv. 85 Mr. Gladstone, amongst others, rallied to the support of the Government.
1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. I. xi. 142 Some of these senators..rally to the cry.
1901 F. Norris Octopus ii. i. 314 The women rallied to the defense of their protége.
1952 N. Mandela Conference Addr. in Struggle is my Life (1986) ii. iii. 34 All rallied to the national call and defied the pass laws.
1965 J. A. Michener Source (1967) 411 We rallied to him, I think, because he was handsome and commanding.
1997 M. Hasan Legacy of Divided Nation p. viii They rallied to my side when I was vilified.
2004 Uncut Mar. 38/1 As an ex-paratrooper he was among the last of his peers to rally to the peacenik cause.
e. intransitive. Of people: to come together in a body, esp. to offer aid or support to a person, cause, etc.; to unite for a common purpose. Frequently with round. Also with singular subject ( to rally round).
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > social relations > co-operation > co-operate [verb (intransitive)]
conjoin1532
conspirea1538
concurc1550
co-operate1604
coadjute1612
coacta1616
to jump in quilla1616
co-operate1616
co-opere1663
to pull together1772
rally1792
to row in1861
collaborate1871
to play ball (with)1903
to play along1929
play1937
the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > support > [verb (intransitive)] > unite in support of another
rally1792
1792 Times 12 Sept. 2/1 The present daring combination of Regicides and Atheists..calls upon every Englishman to rally round his Constitution.
1818 Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 33 106 The people would have rallied round the Bill.
1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. ii. 263 The majority of the upper and middle classes hastened to rally round the throne.
1866 ‘G. Eliot’ Felix Holt I. iii. 87 People were told they must ‘rally’ at the coming election.
1905 R. Fry Let. 21 Jan. (1972) I. 233 I find that these people will rally and do all they can.
1925 P. G. Wodehouse Carry on, Jeeves iv. 81 Mr Bickersteth is in a hole, Jeeves,..and wants you to rally round.
1978 J. Barnett Head of Force iii. 19 The demonstrators marched..to Trafalgar Square where they planned to rally, sing the National Anthem and dismiss.
1991 R. Ashton G. H. Lewes A Life vii. 136 Lewes was one of those who rallied round the ailing Westminster Review at this time.
f. Originally U.S. intransitive. to rally round the flag: (of a group) to demonstrate loyalty to the nation or to a cause, esp. at a time of perceived threat. Also attributive with reference to appeals to patriotic feelings (among voters, etc.)
ΘΚΠ
society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > faithfulness or trustworthiness > fidelity or loyalty > be faithful or loyal [verb (intransitive)] > demonstrate loyalty
to rally round the flag1837
1837 Gentleman's Mag. Feb. 198/1 He looked to that spirit that would..rally round ‘the flag which braved a thousand years the battle and the breeze’.
1861 G. F. Root Battle Cry of Freedom (song sheet) Yes, we'll rally round the Flag, boys, we'll rally once again, Shouting the battle-cry of Freedom.
1868 Petersburg (Va.) Index 22 June The war being over, we can no longer carry elections by reading bulletins of Union victories, and exhorting the people to rally round the flag.
1898 Evening Democrat (Warren, Pa.) 25 June [He] was foisted upon the Republican voters of the state as their candidate for governor upon a ‘rally 'round the flag, boys,’ platform.
1911 Ann. Amer. Acad. Polit. & Social Sci. 38 164 The spirit of patriotism prevailed and they rallied round the flag.
1948 Philos. Rev. 57 165 Sartre's atheism here is essentially a cry to rally round the flag of liberalism and humanism.
1964 New Yorker 4 Jan. 77 Much of the book is written in a tough, choppy, emotional style, but this approach disguises a spurious rally-round-the-flag vision.
1988 H. Sklar Washington's War on Nicaragua xvi. 366 Public opinion followed historical precedent and ‘rallied round the flag’—albeit temporarily—with the introduction of U.S. troops.
2005 Christian Sci. Monitor 1 Sept. 9 There is an urge in the public and in Congress to rally round the flag and support the president no matter how foolish his actions.
3.
a. transitive. To revive, reanimate (a person or animal); to restore the morale (of a person); to rouse, encourage, exhort. Also reflexive: to pull oneself together; to gird or prepare oneself.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > support > support or encouragement > support or encourage [verb (transitive)]
shoveOE
to hold with (arch. of, on, for)1154
favour1362
abetc1380
sustainc1390
supportc1405
courage1470
comfort1481
friend1550
through-bear1554
countenance1568
foster1569
favourize1585
seconda1586
sidea1601
rally1624
feed1626
countenance1654
encourage1668
inserve1683
to go strong on1822
partake1861
sponsor1884
to hold a brief for1888
root1889
rah-rah1940
affirm1970
babysit1973
barrack-
1624 R. Montagu Immediate Addresse 32–3 Sometimes, they break off, & fetch breath, and rally themselves now & then upon a Pawse, to be heard the sooner.
1647 H. Woodward As you Were (title page) Presenting to your view the broken state of the kingdom, as it now stands, with a good way to rally it to its former happiness.
1790 R. Burns Tam o' Shanter 191 in Poems & Songs (1968) II. 563 Scarcely had he Maggie rallied, When out the hellish legion sallied.
1819 W. Scott Bride of Lammermoor viii*, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. II. 194 The Lord Keeper with difficulty rallied himself so far as to explain.
1832 R. Lander & J. Lander Jrnl. Exped. Niger I. vii. 261 I endeavoured..to rally him, but he was scarcely able to stand.
1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. I. xvi. 188 They were sinking with fatigue and hunger, and could hardly be rallied enough to tell us the direction.
1863 E. C. Gaskell Sylvia's Lovers III. xxxiv. 85 Philip rallied himself, and tried to speak up to the old standard of respectability.
1916 Manitoba Free Press 22 Jan. 13/7 General Crandall..rallied himself nevertheless to combat an aspersion cast on a British officer.
1966 Pacific Stars & Stripes (Tokyo) 7 Sept. 23/4 He had to have some work on his throat and it didn't look good. John, naturally, tried to rally him.
1988 M. Yorke Spirit of Place i. 51 Now, with all the zeal of a convert, he rallies his fellows to ‘a structural pursuit’.
2005 K. Harrison Starter Marriage 64 We..rallied the remaining demotivated teachers who'd been left to fend for themselves by the old head.
b. transitive. Originally: to concentrate or summon up (one's faculties, courage, etc.) by an effort of will. Later also: to revive or restore (another person's courage, spirits, etc.). Also with up.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > refreshment or invigoration > refresh or invigorate [verb (transitive)]
akeleOE
restOE
comfort1303
ease1330
quickc1350
recurea1382
refresha1382
refetec1384
restorec1384
affilea1393
enforcec1400
freshc1405
revigour?a1425
recomfortc1425
recreatec1425
quicken?c1430
revive1442
cheerc1443
refection?c1450
refect1488
unweary1530
freshen1532
corroborate1541
vige?c1550
erect?1555
recollect?1560
repose1562
respite1565
rouse1574
requicken1576
animate1585
enlive1593
revify1598
inanimate1600
insinew1600
to wind up1602
vigorize1603
inspiritc1610
invigour1611
refocillate1611
revigorate1611
renovate1614
spriten1614
repaira1616
activate1624
vigour1636
enliven1644
invigorate1646
rally1650
reinvigorate1652
renerve1652
to freshen up1654
righta1656
re-enlivena1660
recruita1661
enlighten1667
revivify1675
untire1677
reanimate1694
stimulate1759
rebrace1764
refreshen1780
brisken1799
irrigate1823
tonic1825
to fresh up1835
ginger1844
spell1846
recuperate1849
binge1854
tone1859
innerve1880
fiercen1896
to tone up1896
to buck up1909
pep1912
to zip up1927
to perk up1936
to zizz up1944
hep1948
to zing up1948
juice1964
the world > action or operation > amending > restoration > restore [verb (transitive)] > resume (form or appearance) > resume (power, strength, etc.) > by a strong effort
recollect?1560
rally1650
1650 R. Baron Pocula Castalia 29 Then rallying his wiser thoughts, he spake thus Unto the good (thats more than great) Evstachvs.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vi. 786 His hapless Foes..to rebellious fight rallied thir Powers. View more context for this quotation
1702 J. Logan in Mem. Hist. Soc. Pennsylvania (1870) IX. 157 I can say no more,..having rallied my memory for that to the utmost.
a1716 R. South 12 Serm. (1717) VI. 253 Let a Man rally up his best Attention, his severest and exactest Thoughts.
1791 A. Radcliffe Romance of Forest I. ii. 63 She rallied her drooping spirits.
1838 W. H. Prescott Hist. Reign Ferdinand & Isabella II. ii. vii. 428 He rallied his strength for a final blow.
a1859 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. (1861) V. xxv. 288 He rallied the last energies of his failing body and mind.
1904 Collier's 7 May 18/2 (advt.) The ‘Best’ Tonic, rallies the disordered forces of your system, giving them new strength.
1918 F. Palmer Amer. in France xxxvi. 470 The sight of our battalions rallied their hopes against the German offensives.
1967 A. Djoleto Strange Man ii. 24 Mensa rallied the boys' flagging morale.
1999 R. Deakin Waterlog (2000) xxiii. 251 The encounter with another living being somehow rallied my spirits.
2007 Star Phoenix (Saskatoon, Sask.) (Nexis) 17 Aug. c4 Snider and her team of volunteers had rallied their energies once again for another attempt.
4.
a. intransitive. To revive, recover; to pull oneself together; to acquire or assume fresh vigour or energy.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > refreshment or invigoration > become refreshed or invigorated [verb (intransitive)]
to take (one's, a) breatha1398
to pull, shake oneself togethera1400
wheta1400
recomfortc1425
revigour1447
breathe1485
respirea1500
convailc1500
unweary1530
air1633
recruit1644
refresh1644
reanimate1645
invigorate1646
rally1646
to perk upa1656
renovate1660
reawake1663
freshen1694
renervate1801
recuperate1843
to recharge one's (also the) batteries1911
1646 M. Lluelyn Men-miracles 24 And ere a Baker marke his Tallies, See Crane returnes againe, and Rallies.
1678 T. D'Urfey Trick for Trick iv. i. 36 The King's Peace put to flight—the Constable rallyes again.
1744 W. Ellis Mod. Husbandman Jan. vi. 60 After the first Mowing..they do not rally, as we call it, i.e. they do not grow again to much Profit.
1792 H. Newdigate Let. Feb. in A. E. Newdigate-Newdegate Cheverels (1898) viii. 111 Sally Rally'd last night and sang Charmingly.
1840 T. B. Macaulay Ranke's Hist. in Ess. (1851) II. 144 Catholicism had rallied, and had driven back Protestantism even to the German Ocean.
1850 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 17 665/1 He rallied, and gradually came back to consciousness.
1878 R. Browning Poets Croisic xlix The red fire..winks, Rallies, relapses, dwindles.
1938 P. M. A. Linebarger Govt. Republican China ii. iv. 94 Occasionally the Empire's military regime seemed to rally.
1951 ‘C. S. Forester’ Randall & River of Time (U.K. ed.) x. 149 Jerry was..staggering sometimes under the frightful blows dealt out to him, but rallying again, digging in, and fighting.
1981 W. Boyd On Yankee Station (1983) 90 As spring approached my spirits rallied and I began to feel a little better.
1995 Canad. Geographic July 27/1 Just when it seemed the city had gone down for the count..Moncton rallied and began reinventing itself.
b. spec.
(a) intransitive. Finance. Of a stock, commodity, or currency: to increase (rapidly) in price after a decline. Of trading in a commodity: to improve.
ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > deal in stocks and shares [verb (intransitive)] > state of market or prices > fall or rise (of prices)
to look downwards1796
to look downward1801
to look down1808
rally1826
sag1870
give way1883
slump1888
firm1896
move1904
spurt1931
perform1933
dip1956
to pull back1966
to go in the tank1974
1826 Times 20 May 4/1 The market rallied afterwards on its being ascertained that money stock was less abundant in the market than had been previously supposed.
1853 Economist 14 May 552/1 Centrals have rallied.
1875 Times 8 Nov. 10 Stocks rallied, and the feeling in business circles is greatly improved.
1913 Atlanta Constit. 22 Apr. 17/1 After making new ground for the movement, the cotton market rallied.
1951 S. Stern U.S. Internat. Banking 24 The pound rallied to $4.75 within a few minutes.
1994 J. Atack & P. Passell New Econ. View Amer. Hist. (ed. 2) xxi. 590 In early October the New York Stock Exchange rallied somewhat, rising about 8 percent.
2006 Financial Times (Nexis) 8 June 42 Gold also declined,..while copper rallied.
(b) intransitive. Sport. Of a team or player: to take the lead, draw level, or significantly reduce a deficit, esp. through (rapid) concerted effort. Cf. rally n.1 4c.
ΚΠ
1871 Times 3 Apr. 11/3 Cambridge was ahead, being 54 to their opponents' 25. Here Oxford began to rally.
1888 Outing June 280/2 In the fifth innings Yale rallied and got in two runs.
1911 Washington Post 30 June (Sporting section) 3/6 They managed to rally in the final stages of the game, mainly through a let-up on the part of the home pitcher.
1929 Times 8 June 6/7 Again Miss Heine rallied and made it 5 all.
1988 J. Hunter & A. Keteyian Catfish ix. 111 Three pinch hits helped us rally and beat the Reds 3–2 with two runs in the bottom of the ninth.
2004 B. Brill Duke Basketball viii. 95/2 Duke rallied to cut it to 70–69 on Ferry's basket with four seconds left.
c. intransitive. To recover from an illness, misfortune, etc.
ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > healing > recovery > recover or be healed [verb (intransitive)]
wholeeOE
botenc1225
cover1297
amendc1325
recovera1375
warisha1386
recovera1387
healc1390
recurec1400
soundc1402
mendc1440
convalesce1483
guarish1489
restore1494
refete?a1505
revert1531
to gather (or pick) up one's crumbs1589
cure1597
recruit1644
to perk upa1656
retrieve1675
to pick up1740
to leave one's bed1742
to sit up and take nourishment1796
to get round1798
to come round1818
to pull through1830
rally1831
to fetch round1870
to mend up1877
to pull round1889
recoup1896
recuperate1897
1831 Times 11 Apr. 2/6 Many gentlemen who were present..left the theatre, in the expectation that he would rally from his faintness.
1839 E. B. Barrett Lett. to M. R. Mitford (1983) I. 119 It is wonderful that I should have rallied at all from the last attacks.
1863 Sat. Rev. 8 Aug. 173/1 It is possible that the Confederates may rally from their heavy disasters.
1924 E. C. Mayne Byron xv. 215 Many a marriage has rallied from such blows.
1961 G. E. Brooks When Governors Convene ii. 24 Agriculture had never rallied from its postwar setbacks.
2003 Oregonian (Portland, Oregon) (Nexis) 8 Sept. e8 Receiver Bernard Berrian rallied from a weeklong illness that briefly hospitalized him to score the Bulldogs' lone touchdown.
d. intransitive. To make a partial recovery, esp. temporarily, from illness; to begin to recover from an illness.
ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > healing > recovery > recover or be healed [verb (intransitive)] > in part
rally1853
1853 J. W. Carlyle Let. 13 July in T. Carlyle & J. W. Carlyle Coll. Lett. (2000) XXVIII. 202 He wrote last night that it was quite uncertain whether she could rally again or no.
1855 W. M. Thackeray Newcomes II. xvi. 160 She never rallied, or, we believe, spoke, after the first fatal seizure.
1880 J. McCarthy Hist. our Own Times IV. lvi. 209 He rallied indeed and grew much better.
1915 J. Conrad Within Tides 110 He rallied a little one night and said he wanted to tell me something.
1976 A. Hailey Roots (1977) lxxx. 407 A few days later, Kunta showed signs of beginning to rally. Bell knew he was going to be all right.
1991 N. J. Hall Trollope x. 116 Cecilia rallied for a while, but in early 1849 began to fail rapidly.
a. intransitive. To engage once again with one's opponent; to make a renewed attack. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > boxing > box [verb (intransitive)] > renew attack
rally1802
1802 Times 21 Aug. 2/4 Belcher..returned his first blow, which hit Burke, who rallied again and hit Belcher a blow on one side of the neck.
1813 H. Smith & J. Smith Horace in London i. ii. 21 Long may'st thou rally, hit, and stop.
1829 P. Egan Boxiana New Ser. II. 436 Sampson commenced fighting, and took great liberties with the pimple of Brown..the latter rallied in the most decisive manner, until they both went down.
b. transitive. To attack (an opponent) vigorously; to rain blows upon. (In quot. 1808 in extended use.) Cf. rally n.1 3a. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > boxing > box [verb (transitive)] > attack
rally1805
1805 Times 6 June 3/1 In the first few rounds he rallied his opponent, who merely stopped his hits.
1808 P. Hawker Diary 3 Oct. (1988) I. 12 The two first people he warned off were Pearson and myself; having been served with notices, we kept him in tow while the others rallied his covers.
1812 Sporting Mag. 39 139 Molineux rallied him with quickness.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping of cattle > [verb (transitive)] > herd cattle
punch1859
bull-whack1869
night-herd1885
rally1888
to ride herd on (also over)1895
point1903
ring1935
1888 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Robbery under Arms I. v. 59 Now, you rally the cattle well after me.
7. intransitive. Chiefly Tennis. To engage in a rally or rallies (rally n.1 3b); to play casually, esp. as practice or to warm up.
ΚΠ
1950 Kingsport (Tennessee) Times 11 Aug. 4/6 Suppressed desire dept.: To play tennis with Katherine Hepburn and hear her say: ‘Really, let's rally.’
1966 S. Palfrey Tennis for Anyone! 77 Try, if possible, to find someone to rally with who is better than you.
1992 Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 23 Jan. 15/1 The Swede took the set,..forcing Lendl to rally from the baseline and then moving into the net to attack.
2007 Inside Bay Area (Calif.) (Nexis) 2 May The pair rally together during team practices.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
rallyv.2
/ˈrali/, U.S. /ˈræli/ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > banter or good-humoured ridicule > banter [verb (intransitive)]
bourd1303
japec1374
rail?1507
gaud1532
mow1559
railly1612
rally1625
banter1660
badiner1697
chaffa1845
josh1845
persiflate1850
to poke (the) borak1882
kibitz1923
to take the mickey (out of)1948
mickey-take1959
1625 J. Stradling Divine Poems 146 What though Elisha, holy Man of God, Spar'd not those gracelesse boyes that on him rally'd?
1677 T. D'Urfey Madam Fickle ii. 12 I see Madam you are disposed to rally.
1701 tr. Refl. Present Interests Several Courts Christendom 30 An Ingenious Person, pleasantly rallying upon this occasion.
1719 J. Barker Exilius (ed. 2) I. i. 9 My Father..began to rally at the young Gallants of the Age, who were so cold in their Amours.
1792 Elvina II. 185 She would have rallied, but he stopped her short.
1830 T. Flint Shoshonee Valley I. v. 153 She..rallied with them in their own tone, as long as her drooping spirits would allow.
2. † b. transitive. With complement: to bring or reduce (a person or (occasionally) matter) to a specified condition by means of banter. Obsolete.† c. transitive. To take (something) as a matter for banter or ridicule. Obsolete.
a. transitive. To treat (a person) with or subject to banter or good-humoured ridicule; to make fun of; to tease. Also with on.
ΚΠ
1668 G. Etherege She wou'd if she Cou'd iii. i. 30 This is too cruel, Mrs. Gazet, when all the Unkindness is on your side, to rallie your Servant Thus.
1695 R. Ferguson Brief Acct. Incroachm. & Depredations of Dutch upon Eng. 60 So no Man..will judge it the Interest of this Nation to quarrel with Scotland, or too much rally and vex the Scots upon this Account.
1699 R. Bentley Diss. Epist. Phalaris (new ed.) 298 Euripides..is pleasantly burlesqu'd and rally'd on this very account.
1733 Female Politician 36 Charlot was rallying her about Mecænas, and perceiving she received it with an Air that showed she was vexed.
1792 H. H. Brackenridge Mod. Chivalry I. i. i. 21 What by..the young ladies of the family, in the mean time, rallying him on his weakness, he came a little to his senses.
1806 J. Beresford Miseries Human Life I. xi. 298 Being rallied by a facetious gentleman.
1865 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend II. iii. xvii. 157 That playful creature rallies him on being so long overdue at the woolsack.
1922 E. von Arnim Enchanted April (1989) 45 Tennyson had sonorously rallied her on the length of her pig-tail.
1956 A. J. Cronin Crusader's Tomb 204 She was pronounced much improved, rallied a little on her pensive mood, then liberated..just before noon.
1991 Huntington Libr. Q. 54 76 The ballets of Benserade in which the French king and his courtiers were at once flattered and rallied.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > banter or good-humoured ridicule > banter [verb (transitive)] > get rid of by banter
droll1663
rally1668
1668 C. Sedley Mulberry-garden v. 65 'Twas only A trick he put upon us, and let's rall [1722 rally] it off.
1705 T. Walker Wit of Woman ii. 25 I rallied him to Death, Mun.
1782 F. Burney Cecilia V. ix. xi. 201 I will not..be rallied from my purpose.
1788 J. Wesley Serm. Several Occasions VII. 182 These..reason, and rally, and laugh you out of it.
1805 W. Godwin Fleetwood III. xvii. 299 She tried at first to rally me out of my purpose. She painted her suitor in ludicrous colours.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > banter or good-humoured ridicule > banter [verb (transitive)]
tauntc1530
railly1668
rally1672
banter1677
smoke1699
to get, take, or have a rise out of1703
joke1748
to run a rig1764
badinage1778
queer1778
quiz1787
to poke (one's) fun (at)1795
gammon1801
chaff1826
to run on ——1830
rig1841
trail1847
josh1852
jolly1874
chip1898
barrack1901
horse1901
jazz1927
to take the mike out ofa1935
to take the piss (out of)1945
to take the mickey (out of)1948
1672 A. Marvell Rehearsal Transpros'd (ed. 2) i. 25 Under the names of Germany and Geneva, he rallies and rails at the whole Protestancy of Europe.
1716 Town-talk 6 Jan. 41 The Sanguine Temper which precipitates People into Excesses..was most admirably rally'd in an Epilogue.
1726 J. Swift Cadenus & Vanessa 19 They rally'd next Vanessa's Dress.
1793 C. Smith Old Manor House III. vii. 143 He..often gaily rallied his country prejudices, but never seriously attempted to pervert his principles.
1831 J. K. Paulding Dutchman's Fireside I. iii. 29 She sometimes, in the gayety of her heart, sported with the feelings of poor Sybrandt, and rallied his shyness.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
rallyv.3
/ˈrali/, U.S. /ˈræli/ regional. Now rare.
intransitive. To make a loud or sharp noise.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > loudness > make a loud sound or noise [verb (intransitive)]
flitec900
beme?c1225
thunderc1374
full-sounda1382
claryc1440
reird1508
shout1513
to make the welkin ring1590
rally1728
din1798
alarm1839
trombone1866
clarion1885
blast1931
blare1955
1728 T. Arendt in Cal. Virginia State Papers (1875) I. 215 We were like a sow that had lost her pigs, would ralley for a little time and then have don.
1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel I. 29 All in chorus rallied out amain.
1893 J. Salisbury Gloss. Words S.E. Worcs. Rally, to crack or ‘smack’ a whip.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
rallyv.4
/ˈrali/, U.S. /ˈræli/ Motor Racing.
transitive. To drive (a vehicle) in a motor rally (rally n.3). Cf. rallying n.3
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > racing with vehicles > motor racing > take part in motor racing [verb (intransitive)] > drive in rally
rally1956
1956 Winnipeg Free Press 4 Aug. 14/8 (advt.) M.G. ‘A’... Most carefully maintained and run in. Not raced or rallied.
1969 Guardian 18 Aug. 10/2 He drove it around, occasionally attending vintage meetings, but never rallying the car.
2006 N.Z. Herald (Nexis) 12 Oct. Rossi has rallied cars in Italy and briefly in the British round of the world championship.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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