单词 | to make search |
释义 | > as lemmasto make search a. The action of looking carefully for someone or something; the action of attempting to find something one seeks, esp. when it is lost, hidden, or unknown; searching. Frequently, esp. in early use, in to make search; now usually in in search of (see Phrases 1). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > [noun] seeking1303 out-seekinga1382 searchinga1382 search1426 laita1500 searching out1531 hunting-down1542 fishing1548 research1577 upseeking1594 riping1815 questing1848 casting1856 1426 in Collectanea Topographica & Genealogica (1837) IV. 252 Þe which þe forseid lorde shall fynde..by dewe and diligent serche. 1455 in J. T. Gilbert Cal. Anc. Rec. Dublin (1889) I. 287 That they make serch withyn har qarterys. 1527 J. Ashwell in G. Joye Lett. Ashwel to Lyncolne (?1531) sig. A.iiv Also M. chawnceler made serche for him diuerse times when he came into the contre. c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy (2002) f. 10 The woman..shewid forth hir ernd..In sauyng hir seluen and serche of his wille. 1578 J. Banister Hist. Man i. f. 10v A man no lesse expert then learned, hath by his singular industry, and narrow search, found (as he reporteth) a thyrd. a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) ii. i. 328 Lead off this ground & let's make further search For my poore sonne. View more context for this quotation 1686 J. Scott Christian Life: Pt. II II. vii. 682 [Ministers] who by their..diligent search of Scripture were..to qualifie themselves to teach and instruct the several Flocks. 1745 Life Bampfylde-Moore Carew 95 They all ride to 'Squire Blagden's, and while making Search in he Stables,..Bampfylde leaves them and posts away to Honiton. 1829 W. Scott Rob Roy (new ed.) I. Introd. p. lxxxviii Robin Oig absconded, and escaped all search. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. ii. 234 Search was made; and Godfrey's corpse was found in a field near London. 1902 J. T. Smith Art of Disappearing xxxvii. 347 While he was alive you could have found him as easily as I could, but he was beyond search always, though I guess not beyond betrayal. 2008 W. Rybolt Higher Thoughts (e-book, accessed 17 Apr. 2020) 138 And yet again such men in haste Made search for another lamb more chaste. < as lemmas |
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