单词 | to see for |
释义 | > as lemmasto see for —— to see for —— a. Scottish. To make arrangements for; to deal with, or take steps to deal with; to see to. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. < as lemmas |
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