单词 | to make return |
释义 | > as lemmasto make return P8. to make return (now chiefly archaic or historical): = return v.1 (in various senses); spec. (a) to come or go back; (b) to give back in return; to repay; (c) to return a writ or judgment; to reply; (d) to make an official report. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > return > [verb (intransitive)] to wend againeOE i-cherrec1000 again-chareOE again-comeOE again-fareOE again-goOE eft-sithec1175 to turn againc1175 returna1325 attournec1386 turnc1390 recovera1393 repair?c1400 recourse?a1425 to go backc1425 resortc1425 revertc1475 renew1488 retour?1505 to make return1534 to turn back1538 retend1543 to come short home1548 regress1552 rejourna1556 revolt1567 revolve1587 repeal1596 recur1612 rewend1616 revene1656 to get back1664 to take back1674 1534 J. Heywood Play of Loue sig. Biiv Make brefe returne a felyshyp spede ye. 1544 T. Chaloner tr. St. J. Chrysostom Homilie sig. Biiijv We shulde refraine customynge with them, and rather make retourne to our owne noblesse. 1581 W. Lambarde Eirenarcha i. xvi. 115 Then must the Iustice of the Peace..make retourn of ye Writ. 1624 30 Apr. in Notes & Queries 10 Oct. (1857) 285/1 Roger Purdy..shall take downe the Tenor Bell now hanginge in the Tower of the P'ishe Churche of St. Cuthb'ts,..and after the weying therof,..make retorne of the same Bell. 1626 F. Bacon New Atlantis (1900) 15 Wee never heard tell..of any Shipp..that had made returne from them. 1636 J. Trussell Contin. Coll. Hist. Eng. 101 The English Harrolds..made returne, that there were slaine 10000. 1740 Polit. State Great Brit. May 368 In 1716, they [sc. the Government] say, ‘All the Silver Money, which formerly made Payments in Trade to be easy, being now sent into Great-Britain, to make Return for Part of what is owing there.’ 1742 J. Anderson Geneal. Hist. House of Yvery II. vii. xi. 514 [They] made Return, that after having searched the Records in their Custody, they did not find that the said Thomas and his Wife Joan had ever..released, or quitted Claim to the said Manors. 1777 G. Washington Gen. Orders 29 Aug. in Papers (2001) Revolutionary War Ser. XI. 89 Each Brigadier is to make return immediately to the Quarter Mr General of the number of Arm-Chests necessary for carrying safely, all the spare arms. 1783 J. Hoole tr. L. Ariosto Orlando Furioso III. xxiiii. 137 When from her couch Aurora made return, With many-coloured beams to paint the morn, [etc.]. 1792 Universal Mag. Oct. 260/2 This was our recompence, and the most affectionate method of making return for our benevolence. 1812 J. Wilson Isle of Palms 407 Full many a wanderer to the paths of peace Ere now hath made return. 1846 J. C. Hare Mission of Comforter I. ix. 355 We have much to atone for, numberless blessings to make return for. 1868 Friend 41 240/1 The sergeant at arms made return that he had personally served on the President the notice of the Court, ordering him to appear and answer. 1912 R. C. Armstrong tr. S. Ninoyima in Just before Dawn ii. i. 178 A younger brother should make return to his older brother for his favor. 1927 W. A. Morris Medieval Eng. Sheriff viii. 212 For upon the back of each returnable writ he was supposed to make return unless the lord of the franchise had this peculiar privilege. 1957 D. L. Sayers tr. Song of Roland 157 Yesterday Charles towards the passes went; To make return to France was his intent. 1997 J. E. Lendon Empire of Honour ii. 68 And the moral ghastliness of the man who failed to make return for favours he was given was never in question. 2006 S. Harrison Fracturing Resemblances 5 We give because we expect others to make return for what they receive. < as lemmas |
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