单词 | to bear a hand |
释义 | > as lemmasto bear (a person or thing) in (also an, a, on) hand (i) With clause, esp. that-clause, as complement. To assert, maintain to (a person) (that he or she has done something, or is something); to charge, accuse (a person) (of something). Also: to assert, maintain (that something is true). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > accusation, charge > make accusation [phrase] to bear (a person or thing) in (also an, a, on) handc1300 to lay the blame on1393 to give the wrong to?1473 to lay in (his) neckc1515 to cast (any one) in the teeth1526 to cast (a thing) in one's teeth1526 to lay to (also cast in) a person's nose1526 to dash one in the teeth with (something)1530 call to or in coram1542 to cast (also lay, throw) (something) in one's dish1551 to throw (cast) a stone or stones (at)1568 to cast up1604 to nail to the barn door1894 the mind > language > statement > maintaining or upholding as true > maintain or uphold as true [verb (intransitive)] to bear (a person or thing) in (also an, a, on) handc1300 contend1548 happen1705 the mind > mental capacity > belief > belief, trust, confidence > act of convincing, conviction > convince someone [phrase] to put in weeningc1275 to bear in handc1300 to threap (something) uponc1440 to bear (a person or thing) in (also an, a, on) handa1716 the mind > language > statement > assertion without proof > [verb (transitive)] > claim, maintain, or profess to bear (a person or thing) in (also an, a, on) handc1300 pretend1402 presumea1470 profess1530 vendicate1557 pretence1567 intend1570 to show for ——1573 affect1606 to make out1659 purport1679 proport1884 society > authority > control > [verb (transitive)] > manage or administer steerc888 leadc1175 guyc1330 guidec1374 governa1382 ministera1382 treat1387 administer1395 dispose1398 skift?a1400 warda1400 solicit1429 to deal with1469 handlea1470 execute1483 convoy?a1513 conveyc1515 mayne1520 to bear (a person or thing) in (also an, a, on) handa1522 keepa1535 administrate1538 solicitate1547 to dispose of1573 manure1583 carry1600 manage1609 negotiate1619 conduct1632 to carry on1638 mesnage1654 nurse1745 work1841 operate1850 run1857 stage-manage1906 ramrod1920 c1300 Life & Martyrdom Thomas Becket (Harl. 2277) (1845) l. 909 We wolleth the bere anhond that thu ert his traitour. c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Man of Law's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 522 So stant this Innocent bifore the kyng This false knyght..Bereth hir on hond þt she hath doon this thyng. 1439 Early Chancery Proc. (P.R.O.: C 1/9/124b) And than come oon Richard Sharp of Couentre marchaunte in to the same Inne at Oxonford and bar anhond þat the sayde clothes wer the goodys of oon John Haddessors of Couentre. 1528 T. More Dialogue Heresyes i. in Wks. 109/1 To dowte whither Luther himselfe..wrote in dede so euyll as he is borne in hande. a1529 J. Skelton Magnyfycence (?1530) sig. Biv They bare me in hande that I was a spye. (ii) To profess, claim (to do something, esp. with intent to deceive); to delude (a person); to lead (a person) to believe that something is true. Cf. beanhond v. Obsolete. ΚΠ c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Wife of Bath's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) Prol. l. 232 A wys wyf..Shal bere hym an hond the Cow is wood. a1475 (?a1430) J. Lydgate tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Life Man (Vitell.) l. 14316 (MED) Thys wynd..Bereth me An hand that I am ffayr. 1559 Certayne Serm. (new ed.) sig. R.iiv Let vs diligently foresee, that oure faith and hope, whiche we haue conceiued in almightie god, and in our sauiour Christ, waxe not fainte, nor that the loue whiche we beare in hande [1547 pretende] to beare to him, waxe not colde. a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) v. vi. 43 Your daughter, whom she bore in hand to loue With such integrity, she did confesse Was as a Scorpion to her sight. View more context for this quotation 1625 J. Ussher Answer to Jesuite 4 Not so easie to be discerned, as fooles bee borne in hand they are. a1716 R. South 12 Serm. (1717) VI. 25 If Popery and Fanaticism are so irreconcilable, as our True Protestants would bear us in hand that they are. 1771 I. Backus Lett. to Gentleman in Mass. Gen. Assembly 10 Some would bear us in hand, that we have anually as much Liberty as the other Denomination. (iii) To carry on, manage. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1959) vi. xv. l. 103 The batalis and the wer Quhilk eftir this he had to ber on hand. to bear a hand (b) to bear a hand: to lend a hand, give help. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > aid, help, or assist [verb (intransitive)] help?c1225 to shove at the cart1421 supply1446 assist?1518 to lend a hand (or a helping hand)1598 to hold handc1600 to put to one's hand (also hands)1603 seconda1609 subminister1611 to give (lend) a lift1622 to lay (a) hand1634 to give a hand1682 to bear a hand1710 to chip in1872 1710 C. Shadwell Fair Quaker of Deal i. 15 Sail. Come prithee go, for an the Commadore gets into his Tantrum Humours, there's no coming within a Cables length of him. Cox. Ay, that's true, therefore bear a hand. 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Bear-a-hand! a phrase of the same import with make haste..quick. 1865 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend II. iii. vi. 47 Get him to bear a hand. 1961 Lowell (Mass.) Sun 9 Dec. 4/2 The thing that most impresses me..is his willingness to bear a hand with what might be called ‘extra-curricular activities’. < as lemmas |
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