单词 | to charm the tongue |
释义 | > as lemmasto charm the tongue 4. To overcome or subdue, as if by magic power; to calm, soothe, allay, assuage. †to charm the tongue: (formerly a very common phrase for) to keep it silent. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > taciturnity or reticence > be silent/refrain from speaking [verb (intransitive)] to hold one's tonguec897 to keep one's tonguec897 to be (hold oneself) stilla1000 to say littleOE to hold one's mouthc1175 to shut (also close) one's mouthc1175 to keep (one's) silence?c1225 to hold (also have, keep) one's peacea1275 stillc1330 peacec1395 mum1440 to say neither buff nor baff1481 to keep (also play) mum1532 to charm the tonguec1540 to have (also set, keep) a hatch before the door1546 hush1548 to play (at) mumbudgeta1564 not to say buff to a wolf's shadow1590 to keep a still tongue in one's head1729 to sing small1738 to sew up1785 let that fly stick in (or to) the wall1814 to say (also know) neither buff nor stye1824 to choke back1844 mumchance1854 to keep one's trap shut1899 to choke up1907 to belt up1949 to keep (or stay) shtum1958 shtum1958 the world > action or operation > manner of action > lack of violence, severity, or intensity > make less violent or severe [verb (transitive)] > assuage or calm laya1300 disarm?c1400 lithec1430 mitigatea1513 charmc1540 hush1632 assopiatea1649 society > authority > power > influence > have influence with [verb (transitive)] > have controlling or prevailing influence upon rule?c1225 govern1340 overcomec1400 charmc1540 rein1557 oversway1593 reign1844 c1540 Play Wit & Sc. (1848) 37 Fall you to kyssyng, syr..Your mother shall charme you, go your wayes. 1567 T. Palfreyman Baldwin's Treat. Morall Philos. (new ed.) xi. i. f. 233 Charme thy tongue, thy bealy and thy priuities. 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene v. ix. sig. V2 A person..That well could charme his tongue, & time his speach. View more context for this quotation 1596 A. Munday tr. 1st Pt. Palmerin of Eng. xii Berolde..receiuing him at the point of his Launce, charmed his bolde attempt. 1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. v. 254 The stench of His corps could be charmed with no embalming. 1713 A. Pope Ode Musick 7 Musick the fiercest Griefs can charm. 1799 T. Campbell Pleasures of Hope & Other Poems i. 285 Mercy gave, to charm the sense of woe, Ideal peace. 1879 F. W. Farrar Life & Work St. Paul I. ix. xl. 314 The sound of their own language..charmed their rage for the moment. < as lemmas |
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