| 单词 | to lie at, upon |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto lie at, upon ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > request > request or ask for [verb (transitive)] > urge or importune depressc1400 nurnc1400 pressc1440 labourc1450 instancea1513 instanta1513 importune1530 to lie at, upon1535 apply1559 urge1568 importunate1574 ply1581 to put on ——?a1600 flagitate1623 besiege1712 earwig1804 bone1856 tout1920 S.O.S.a1936 opportune1941 1535 Bible (Coverdale) 1 Macc. xi. 40 He..laye sore vpon him, to delyuer him this yonge Antiochus. 1568 MS Depos. Canterbury Cathedral Libr. xvi. 24 Sept. Shee hath layne at me a good while to have your good will in maryage with her. 1573 G. Gascoigne tr. Ariosto Supposes i. i, in Hundreth Sundrie Flowres 4 The olde dotarde, he that so instantly dothe lye vpon my father for me [i.e. as a suitor for her hand]. 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. i. 32 Dame Tullia lay ever upon him, & pricked forward his distempered & troubled mind. 1619 W. Whately Gods Husb. (1622) ii. 114 To lie at him with vncessant and vehement sollicitations to commit such and such foule deeds. 1673 J. Janeway Heaven upon Earth (1847) 155 Shall they lie at you day and night, to give your consent,..and are you still unwilling? a1688 W. Clagett Seventeen Serm. (1699) 358 The judge in the parable granted the widow's suit merely because she lay upon him, and was troublesome to him. 1737 W. Whiston tr. Josephus Jewish War iii. viii, in tr. Josephus Genuine Wks. 830 Nicanor lay hard at Josephus to comply. < as lemmas |
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