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单词 to see for
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to see for ——
to see for ——
1. intransitive.
a. Scottish. To make arrangements for; to deal with, or take steps to deal with; to see to. Obsolete.
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the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > occupy or engage (a person) [verb (transitive)] > conduct (an affair)
demeanc1315
to see for ——1405
to go in hand with (also to do something)c1450
treatc1450
behavea1529
ordera1535
handle1548
manage1579
to bear forth1631
conduct1632
1405 in J. Slater Early Scots Texts (Ph.D. thesis, Univ. of Edinb.) (1952) No. 59 It lyes to yhour heenes to se for chastyninge of trespassouris.
1427 in C. Innes Registrum Honoris de Morton (1853) I. p. xlii God willande we sall se weyll for yhour deliuerance.
a1525 Thre Prestis of Peblis (Asloan) (1920) 22 We tak it apon hand To se for þis as resoun can remeid.
c1550 Balcarres Papers in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Se Note and se well for the furnyture of the pecis.
1566 Actis & Constit. Scotl. f. xliiiiv (heading) To see for the distructioun of wolfis.
b. To act in the interests of; to give attention to. Obsolete.
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the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > care for, protect, or have charge of [verb (transitive)] > take care of or look after > specifically a person > attend to or act for the benefit of
seea1350
to see to ——a1382
sorrow1481
to see for ——c1500
to fend for1629
to see someone right1829
to see someone all right1840
c1500 Debate Carpenter's Tools in Rev. Eng. Stud. (1987) 38 457 Thou schuldys not þi mayster reuyle. For thoff he be vnhappy Ȝit for his thryft þou schuldys se.
1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Matt. i. 19 He began to cast in his mynde, by what meanes he myght bothe see for the good name, & also the lyfe of his wyfe.
2. intransitive. Originally Scottish. To look for, try to find; (also) to be on the lookout for. Cf. to see out for at Phrasal verbs 1. Now rare.
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the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > search for or seek [verb (transitive)]
seekc888
aseekc1000
i-secheOE
huntc1175
to seek afterc1175
beseechc1200
fand?c1225
ofseche?c1225
to seek forc1250
atseekc1275
furiec1290
forseeka1300
outseekc1300
upseekc1315
to look after ——c1330
wait1340
laita1350
searchc1350
pursuea1382
ensearchc1384
to feel and findc1384
inseekc1384
looka1398
fraist?a1400
umseeka1400
require?c1400
walec1400
to look up1468
prowla1475
to see for ——c1485
to look for ——a1492
to have in the wind1540
sue1548
vent?1575
seek1616
explore1618
dacker1634
research1650
to see out for1683
quest1752
to see after ——1776
c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 270 First he schape hym to se for a gude confessoure.
a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Fox, Wolf, & Cadger l. 2033 in Poems (1981) 78 Thairfoir I reid that we se for sum wayis To get sum fische.
a1600 ( W. Stewart tr. H. Boece Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) I. l. 17388 And mony saikles ȝit sall suffer deid, Without richt sone ȝe se for sum remeid.
1655 tr. C. Sorel Comical Hist. Francion xii. 38 Hortensius..advised him to take heed how he adventured again to see for Forrage in such reproachfull places.
1694 Narbrough's Acct. Several Late Voy. 32 My Lieutenant went up the River in the Boat nine or ten miles to see for People that way.
1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 237 I..went to the West End..of the Island, almost every Day, to see for Canoes, but none appear'd.
1778 F. Burney Evelina III. xv. 156 [She] begged me to see for some books she had left in the parlour.
1789 C. Smith Ethelinde IV. iv. 93 Montgomery..went down himself to see for a coach.
1801 M. Edgeworth Forester in Moral Tales I. 67 I was just coming to see for you.
1812 J. Groom in Examiner 31 Aug. 552/1 He searched the..lodging-houses.., to see for suspicious persons.
1848 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair lxiv. 580 Little Bob Suckling, who..would walk a mile in the rain to see for her carriage in the line at Gaunt House.
2008 J. Kelman Kieron Smith, Boy (2009) 24 Ye looked through dirty old rags and ye were to see for rats.
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