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单词 to give in
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to give in
to give in
1. intransitive. To yield; to give up the contest; to acknowledge oneself beaten; occasionally (colloquial) to admit under pressure of argument (that).
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the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > be irresolute or vacillate [verb (intransitive)] > give way or give in
benda1400
sink?a1513
to give over1530
to cry creak?1562
yield1576
to hold up1596
succumb1604
to give in1616
to hoist, lower, strike the topsaila1629
to cry cravena1634
to give up or cross the cudgels1654
incumb1656
to fall in1667
to knock under1670
to knock under board, under (the) table1692
to strike underc1730
knuckle down1735
to throw (also chuck) up the sponge1860
chuck up (the sponge)1864
to throw in one's hand1893
to sky the wipe (or towel)1907
to drop one's bundle1915
to throw (chuck, or toss) in the towel1915
to buckle up1927
the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > absence of resistance > offer no resistance [verb (intransitive)] > give in
descend?a1400
to give up the girdlea1400
submita1525
to give over1530
subscribe1560
yield1576
come1607
to give in1616
to give the stoop1623
buckle1642
incumb1656
to knock under board, under (the) table1692
capitulate1714
to strike underc1730
knuckle down1735
cave1844
to throw (also chuck) up the sponge1860
incline1866
to give (it) best1878
give way1879
to roll over1919
1616 S. Ward Coal from Altar (1627) They tire, giue in, and end in the flesh.
a1627 J. Hayward Life & Raigne Edward Sixt (1630) 32 The charge was giuen with so well gouerned fury, that the left corner of the Scots battalion was enforced to giue in.
1648 W. Jenkyn Ὁδηγος Τυϕλος iii. 57 You give in..and shew your self..a founder'd disputant.
1805 Sporting Mag. 26 56 According to the boxing phrase, [he] shewed the white feather and gave in.
1873 M. Oliphant Innocent II. ii. 36 ‘You won't give in?’ said Frederick. ‘You are just like all women. You will never allow you are in the wrong.’
1877 M. Collins Young Musgrave I. xv. 264 The squire won't give in he owns them.
1890 A. Conan Doyle Firm of Girdlestone xxiii. 262 Nothing..would..bring her to give in upon that point.
2. To yield to (a habit, fashion, opinion, or person). [Probably originated by a false analysis of give into (see to give into —— at Phrasal verbs 2) = French donner dans. (Most of our examples of give into appear in later editions as give in to.)]
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1793 T. Jefferson Writings (1830) IV. 483 So far from giving in to this opinion..he was clear the debt was growing on us.
1846 R. C. Trench Christ Desire of All Nations i. 23 No doubt there is a temptation to give in to this.
1873 M. Collins Squire Silchester I. x. 138 You advise me to give in to Louisa on this point?
1882 W. Blades Life & Typogr. W. Caxton 87 Caxton never gave in to the new-fangled ideas of printers about the advantage of title-pages to books.
3. To fail, die off.
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the world > life > death > [verb (intransitive)] > of plants or crops
diec1384
to give in1840
to lose plant1844
1840 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 1 iii. 288 These plants ‘gave in’: and hardly a cane three feet high was left in the following year.
4. To intervene. Also, to rush into conflict. Obsolete.
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society > armed hostility > armed encounter > contending in battle > contend in battle or give battle [verb (intransitive)] > join or meet in battle
to come togetherOE
to lay togetherc1275
smitec1275
to have, keep, make, smite, strike, battle1297
joustc1330
meetc1330
copec1350
assemblea1375
semblea1375
coup?a1400
to fight togethera1400
strikea1400
joinc1400
to join the battle1455
to commit battle?a1475
rencounter1497
to set ina1500
to pitch a battlea1513
concura1522
rescounter1543
scontre1545
journey1572
shock1575
yoke1581
to give in1610
mix1697
to engage a combat1855
to run (or ride) a-tilt1862
1610 J. Healey tr. J. L. Vives in tr. St. Augustine Citie of God iii. xiii. 123 In the middest of the fight the women gaue in betwixt the battels.
1640 tr. G. S. du Verdier Love & Armes Greeke Princes i. 139 The gallant Pagan..gave in upon them with the Giants, hoping to break them.
1641 Earl of Monmouth tr. G. F. Biondi Hist. Civil Warres Eng. I. v. 159 Fearing..that, if new troopes of the enemy should come up, the enterprise would bee the more difficult, hee resolutely gave in amongst them.
5. transitive. To hand in, to deliver (an account, return, etc.) to the person officially appointed to receive it. to give in one's adhesion to: to notify formally one's acceptance of (principles, etc.). †Also, to deliver (a thrust); to prefer (an accusation).
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the mind > possession > relinquishing > relinquish or give up [verb (transitive)] > hand over to another > hand in
to give in1602
to hand in1623
to pass in1869
1602 J. Marston Hist. Antonio & Mellida ii. sig. D3 Pray you giue in an Epithite for loue.
1678 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress 36 The third..gave him a Roll with a Seal upon it, which he bid him look on as he ran, and that he should give it in at the Cœlestial Gate. View more context for this quotation
1688 Bp. G. Burnet Three Lett. State of Italy 104 Some Accusations were given in to the Inquisitors against him.
1692 W. Hope Compl. Fencing-master (ed. 2) 4 The figures giving in the thrust are Paried by the figures opposite to them.
1722 D. Defoe Jrnl. Plague Year 115 The..Officers did not give in a full Account.
1876 C. M. Yonge Cameos cxxxi, in Monthly Packet Oct. 321 The Scots gave in their adherence to the peace of Crespy.
1890 Standard 5 Nov. 5/1 The formula to which Mr. Gladstone bids us believe they have given in their adhesion.
1899 N.E.D. at Give Mod. Names of competitors must be given in before the end of the month.
6. To bestow in addition.
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1886 R. C. Praed Miss Jacobsen's Chance I. viii. 157 Don't be led away by that professional manner of his. It's the regulation thing, given in gratis with the prescription.
7. Of a pugilist: To droop (the head).
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1814 Sporting Mag. 44 240 Donnelly shewed evident symptoms of weakness, and gave his head in.
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