单词 | to give a stop to |
释义 | > as lemmasto give a stop to 41. In various obsolete uses, where put or set would now be used; e.g. to give (an) end, to give a period to, to give a date to, to give a stop to. Also to give in hand, to give fire to (see fire n. and int. Phrases 2c(b)). ΚΠ a1475 [see α. forms]. 1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) xvii. 396 Reynawd..wyll not gyve noo yrens to your nevewe. 1490 [see γ. forms]. a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1546) sig. B Tyme gyuethe ende to that suffrethe ende. 1595 [see γ. forms]. 1617 F. Moryson Itinerary iii. 253 His death gave an end to that warre in the yeere 1477. 1624 T. Heywood Γυναικεῖον iii. 160 To give date unto that which hath..afflicted me. a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) ii. i. 132 To give some stop to those Atheistical and Epicurean Opinions. a1677 I. Barrow Serm. Several Occasions (1678) 7 The imperceptible course of nature..may..give an end to our businesses and lives together. 1698 Spelman's Hist. Sacrilege 121 King Henry I..dying afterward without Issue Male, in the year 1135, gave a period to this Norman Family. 1712 J. James tr. A.-J. Dézallier d'Argenville Theory & Pract. Gardening 108 Placing..Barrels of Powder at the Foot of them, to which they give Fire, by Trains laid for that purpose. to give a stop to ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ceasing > cease from (an action or operation) [verb (transitive)] > cause to cease or put a stop to astintc700 stathea1200 atstuntc1220 to put an end toa1300 to set end ofa1300 batec1300 stanch1338 stinta1350 to put awayc1350 arrestc1374 finisha1375 terminec1390 achievea1393 cease1393 removec1405 terminate?a1425 stop1426 surceasec1435 resta1450 discontinue1474 adetermine1483 blina1500 stay1525 abrogatea1529 suppressa1538 to set in or at stay1538 to make stay of1572 depart1579 check1581 intercept1581 to give a stop toa1586 dirempt1587 date1589 period1595 astayc1600 nip1600 to break off1607 snape1631 sist1635 to make (a) stop of1638 supersede1643 assopiatea1649 periodizea1657 unbusya1657 to put a stop to1679 to give the holla to1681 to run down1697 cessate1701 end1737 to choke off1818 stopper1821 punctuate1825 to put a stopper on1828 to take off ——1845 still1850 to put the lid on1873 on the fritz1900 to close down1903 to put the fritz on something1910 to put the bee on1918 switch1921 to blow the whistle on1934 a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) ii. xvi. sig. Z7v But Basilius, (swearing he would put out her eyes, if she stird a foote to trouble his daughter) gaue her a stoppe for that while. 1611 G. H. tr. Anti-Coton 63 Words that had given vs the stop, had they been put in the entrance (of his discourse). 1678 S. Butler Hudibras: Third Pt. iii. i. 17 In hast, I snatch'd my weapon up, And gave their Hellish Rage a stop. 1693 J. Locke Some Thoughts conc. Educ. §107 'Tis a great Step towards the mastery of our Desires, to give this stop to them, and shut them up in Silence. < as lemmas |
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