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to put to
to put to
1. transitive. To add (to what is already present, has already been done or said, etc.). Also intransitive. Cf. sense 30a. Obsolete (archaic and rare after 17th cent.).
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a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) 2 Kings xx. 10 Amasa waitide not weel þe knijf þat Joab hadde, þe whiche smoot hym in þe sijde..ne þe secounde wounde he putte to [a1425 L.V. addide; L. apposuit].
1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Matt. vi. 27 Who of ȝou thenkinge may putte to [L. adjicere] to his stature oo cubite?
a1402 J. Trevisa tr. Dialogus Militem et Clericum (Harl.) 36 (MED) Þe kyng..may putt to priuyleges & lawes, & wiþdrawe & chaunge & redresse euereche þat erreþ.
?c1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (Paris) (1971) 431 And þere were put to [?a1425 N.Y. Acad. Med. added] with ham þe drye rootes of lilye..of yreos, of aaron.
a1500 R. Roos tr. La Belle Dame sans Mercy 500 I may not put to, nor take away.
1502 tr. Ordynarye of Crysten Men (de Worde) ii. xvi. sig. m.vi v Over the .x. commaundementes of god..holy chirche hath put to fyue.
1577 M. Hanmer tr. Bp. Eusebius in Aunc. Eccl. Hist. iv. xxii. 71 Pulling away some, putting to other some.
1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. sig. Nn4v When hee commeth to a particular, he shall haue nothing to doe, but to put too Names, and, times, and places. View more context for this quotation
1638 A. Cant Serm. 13 June (1741) 22 It is not little that will awaken sleeping sinners, therefore he puts to an oyes.
1888 C. M. Doughty Trav. Arabia Deserta II. v. 135 The village Sheykh Sâlih..put-to his word that Aly had reason!
2. transitive.
a. To attach, affix (a seal or signature) to a document, etc. Obsolete.
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society > communication > writing > [verb (transitive)] > attach as writing
to put to1396
to set toa1400
putc1436
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > attachment > attach or affix [verb (transitive)]
fastenOE
fasta1225
tachec1315
to-seta1340
catcha1350
affichea1382
to put ona1382
tacka1387
to put to1396
adjoina1400
attach?a1400
bend1399
spyndec1400
to-tachc1400
affixc1448
complexc1470
setc1480
attouch1483
found?1541
obligate1547
patch1549
alligate1563
dight1572
inyoke1595
infixa1616
wreathe1643
adlige1650
adhibit1651
oblige1656
adent1658
to bring to1681
engage1766
superfix1766
to lap on1867
accrete1870
society > communication > indication > marking > imprinting > sealing > seal [verb (transitive)] > affix seal to
put1379
to put to1396
fix1569
1396 in Sc. Antiq. 14 218 To the part of this indentoure remaynand with the forsaid Scher Jone the sele of the sayd earle is put to.
1416 in T. Madox Formulare Anglicanum (1702) 16 (MED) Wee..have to these Vewes afore writton putto our sealles.
c1460 in A. Clark Eng. Reg. Oseney Abbey (1907) 8 (MED) To this present wrytyng, my sele I haue put to.
a1475 in A. Clark Eng. Reg. Godstow Nunnery (1905) i. 145 Both partyes maade hit stronge by puttyng to þere seelys, euerych to oþer.
1528–30 tr. T. Littleton Tenures (new ed.) f. xxxiv In wytnes whereof ye partyes beforesayd interchaungeably haue put to theyr seales.
1552–3 Inventory Church Goods in Ann. Diocese Lichfield (1863) IV. 2 In wittenes wherof..we..to thes presents interchaungeabli have putto our handes.
1609 Bible (Douay) I. 3 Kings vii. 36 They semed not to be engrauen, but put to round about.
1693 J. Tyrrell Bibliotheca Politica (1694) vii. 473 Only I shall take notice of the date of this Letter, to which the King also put to his Seal.
b. To introduce (a male animal) to a female animal for breeding. Cf. sense 11e. Obsolete. rare.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > rear animals [verb (transitive)] > breed > put to for breeding
put?1523
to put to?1523
match1530
matea1593
submit1697
couple1721
breed1886
?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. xx Euery man may nat put to there rammes all at one tyme.
c. To harness (a horse, etc.) to a vehicle; (occasionally) to attach (a locomotive) to a train. Also intransitive. Cf. sense 11f and to put in 1b(b) at Phrasal verbs 1.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > horse-gear > [verb (transitive)] > tack or harness
harness13..
putc1550
to put in1709
tackle1714
to put to1732
reharness1775
crupper1787
crup1880
tack1946
society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > [verb (transitive)] > yoke (a horse, cart, or carriage)
join1377
couple1393
bind1535
to put in1709
to put to1732
to hook up1825
inspan1834
society > travel > rail travel > rolling stock > [verb (transitive)] > provide locomotive for > attach locomotive
to put to1862
1732 R. Gwinnett et al. Pylades & Corinna II. vii. 25 But the Horses are put to, and I shall lose my Breakfast if I write any more.
1768 L. Sterne Sentimental Journey I. 103 I..bid him..get the horses put to.
1816 J. Austen Emma II. viii. 165 You know how impossible my father would deem it that James should put-to for such a purpose. View more context for this quotation
1841 E. Bulwer-Lytton Night & Morning i. i Tell the post-boy to put-to the horses immediately.
1862 Temple Bar 5 142 A Scotch engine was being put to at Berwick.
1951 G. Heyer Quiet Gentleman xx. 301 When he was bidden, put-to the greys he..made all haste to obey the order.
1988 Carriage Driving June 47/4 Peter Munt's gelderlanders will take the coach from Merstham to the Chequers at Horley, where Lex Ruddiman's grey Hungarians will be put to.
1997 Your Horse Nov. 127/3 When ready to put-to (put the horse in the carriage), put on the bridle.
3.
a. transitive. To exert, apply; to bring to bear, put forth. Frequently (now only) in to put to one's hand (also hands): to lend a hand; to set to work, fall to; (Scottish) to help oneself (to food, etc.). Now rare (chiefly Scottish in later use).
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the world > action or operation > cause to operate [verb (transitive)] > put in effective operation
yieldc1315
underbear1382
to put forthc1390
showa1398
apply?c1400
to put outc1400
exercisec1405
to put toc1410
employ?1473
enforce1490
exerce1535
adhibit?1538
addict1562
endeavour?1575
work1591
address1598
to give stream to?1611
to lay out1651
exsert1665
exert1682
the world > action or operation > undertaking > undertake [verb (transitive)]
underfoc893
fandOE
onfangOE
undernimc1000
takec1175
to take tillc1175
to take toa1250
underfongc1330
undertakea1340
to take in (also on) handa1350
undertakec1385
attamec1386
to take in (also on) handc1390
embrace1393
emprisec1410
to put to one's hand (also hands)c1410
to go upon ——c1450
enterprise?1473
to set (one's) hand to1477
go?a1500
accept1524
assume1530
to hent in (also upon) handc1540
to swallow up1544
to take to task1546
to go into ——?1548
to set in hand1548
to fare about1563
entertain1569
undergo1606
to set about ——1611
to take up1660
to come at ——1901
the world > action or operation > undertaking > beginning action or activity > begin action or activity [verb (intransitive)]
beginc1000
onginOE
aginOE
ginc1175
to go tillc1175
to take onc1175
comsea1225
fanga1225
to go toc1275
i-ginc1275
commencec1320
to get (also get down, go, go adown, set, set down) to workc1400
to lay to one's hand(sc1405
to put to one's hand (also hands)c1410
to set toc1425
standa1450
to make to1563
to fall to it1570
to start out1574
to fall to1577
to run upon ——1581
to break off1591
start1607
to set in1608
to set to one's hands1611
to put toa1616
to fall ona1625
in1633
to fall aboard1642
auspicatea1670
to set out1693
to enter (into) the fray1698
open1708
to start in1737
inchoate1767
to set off1774
go1780
start1785
to on with1843
to kick off1857
to start in on1859
to steam up1860
to push off1909
to cut loose1923
to get (also put) the show on the road1941
to get one's arse in gear1948
the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > aid, help, or assist [verb (intransitive)]
help?c1225
to shove at the cart1421
supply1446
assist?1518
to lend a hand (or a helping hand)1598
to hold handc1600
to put to one's hand (also hands)1603
seconda1609
subminister1611
to give (lend) a lift1622
to lay (a) hand1634
to give a hand1682
to bear a hand1710
to chip in1872
c1410 tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1879) VII. 153 He..prayed to the pope þat, in þe emperoures stede and wiþ þe emperours costage, he wolde putte to [L. apponat] his handes.
a1425 (a1382) Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Corpus Oxf.) (1850) Gen. xix. 10 The men putten to hoonde, and brouȝten into hem Loth.
1491 Act 7 Hen. VII c. 22 Preamb. Endevoir youre self and put to your hand and spare no cost.
a1500 (?c1450) Merlin 70 (MED) Ye must put to grete besynesse to take the Duke.
1537 J. Whalley Let. 4 Feb. in Lisle Papers (P.R.O.: SP 3/8/55) f. 76 The beste lerned men in Englond hathe putto theyre handes.
1588 R. Parke tr. J. G. de Mendoza Hist. Kingdome of China 134 Putting to their diligence and industrie.
1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 1115 Whereunto also Clement..put to his helping hand.
a1625 J. Fletcher & J. Shirley Night-walker (1640) ii. sig. D2v Put to your strength and make as little noise.
1673 J. Ray Coll. Eng. Words 173 That so all Parties concerned may put to their fires at the same time.
1699 Bp. G. Burnet Expos. Thirty-nine Articles xiv. 134 We must not rest on the sabbath-day, if a Work of Necessity or Charity calls us to put to our hands.
1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess ii. 86 Among us a' a ravell'd hesp ye've made, Sae now, put too your hand, an help to red.
1801 W. Beattie Fruits Time Parings 8 Come, Mains, will ye put too yer hand.
1861 T. S. Muir Characteristics Old Church Archit. Scotl. 134 If you but put to your hand to do a few odd jobs for your own behoof, eschew vulgar airs, and feel full of your object.
1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. III. lxxviii. 33 People think of the government as a great machine which will go on, whether they put their hand to or not.
1890 M. Oliphant Kirsteen II. vii. 125 ‘All I want is to learn my work, and put to my hand.’ ‘To make your fortune?’ said Miss Jean.
1952 in Sc. National Dict. (1960) V. 28/1 Jist pit tee yer han', dinna weyt t' be prigget.
b. intransitive. To set to work. Obsolete. rare.
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the world > action or operation > undertaking > beginning action or activity > begin action or activity [verb (intransitive)]
beginc1000
onginOE
aginOE
ginc1175
to go tillc1175
to take onc1175
comsea1225
fanga1225
to go toc1275
i-ginc1275
commencec1320
to get (also get down, go, go adown, set, set down) to workc1400
to lay to one's hand(sc1405
to put to one's hand (also hands)c1410
to set toc1425
standa1450
to make to1563
to fall to it1570
to start out1574
to fall to1577
to run upon ——1581
to break off1591
start1607
to set in1608
to set to one's hands1611
to put toa1616
to fall ona1625
in1633
to fall aboard1642
auspicatea1670
to set out1693
to enter (into) the fray1698
open1708
to start in1737
inchoate1767
to set off1774
go1780
start1785
to on with1843
to kick off1857
to start in on1859
to steam up1860
to push off1909
to cut loose1923
to get (also put) the show on the road1941
to get one's arse in gear1948
a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) i. ii. 279 My Wife..deserues a Name As ranke as any Flax-Wench, that puts to Before her troth-plight. View more context for this quotation
4. transitive. To pull or push to (a door, etc.) into a position where it is shut or nearly shut. See to adv. 4. Now chiefly Scottish and English regional.
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the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > close or shut [verb (transitive)] > close (a door, window, etc.)
shutc1000
steek?c1225
makec1300
speara1325
yark toc1400
to shut toc1450
to put toa1500
warpc1540
enclose1563
to pull to1673
dub1753
a1500 (?a1450) Gesta Romanorum (Harl. 7333) (1879) 82 (MED) Anon he put to [v.r. shitte] the dore ayen with all his myght.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Judges iii. 23 Ehud gat him out at the backe dore, & put to [1611 shut] ye dore after him, and lockte it.
1582 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1882) IV. 253 The dur wes nocht lokkit bot onelie putt to and slottit.
a1625 J. Fletcher Mad Lover iii. ii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. C2/1 Put to the doores a while there.
1637 S. Rutherford Let. 16 Feb. (1848) xcix. 187 Alas, that my Father hath put to the door on my poor harlot-mother!
1723 in H. Paton Minnigaff Parish Rec. (1939) 431 [She] owns she put to the door; denyes that her husband wrestled to keep it open.
1775 R. Cumberland Choleric Man v. iii. 85 I'll put the shutters to.
1828 Examiner 588/1 Shut the door and put to the window shutters.
1859 S. Smith My Thirty Years out of Senate lix. 301 He turned round and put the door to, and begun to speak in a little lower tone.
a1878 C. J. Mathews Patter versus Clatter (1881) ii. 13 She put to the shutters, and bolted the door.
1931 H. W. Duncan in Sc. National Dict. (1968) VII. 148/1 Hinmist in pits tee the door.
1954 ‘F. Marton’ Mrs. Betsey i. 183 The footman touched his hat and stepped back. The woman put the door to.
2007 20six.co.uk 2 Feb. (O.E.D. archive) He came in without knocking. ‘Hi Lena,’ he said as he put the door to.
5. transitive (in passive). To be placed in difficulty or hardship; to find it difficult or awkward to do something. Now chiefly in to be hard put to: = to be hard put to it at Phrases 2b.
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the world > action or operation > difficulty > present difficulties [verb (intransitive)] > have difficulty
to be hard put to1631
to have a job1832
1631 W. Lisle Faire Æthiopian vi. 90 Hope I had, with such two noble Greekes, (Though hard put-to, as I) to finde some ease.
1693 T. Shadwell Volunteers iii. i. 28 There's one thing [sc. ice] we shall be miserably put to for, have you no way to come at it.
1694 T. Taylor tr. N. Malebranche Treat. Search after Truth ii. 184 A thing which the greatest Divines are hard put to, to explain.
1791 J. Woodforde Diary 8 Aug. (1927) III. 291 We were rather put to for a Dinner in so short a time.
1803 Pic Nic No. 6. 6 He is,..like myself, hard put to at times for a little money.
1886 T. Hardy Mayor of Casterbridge I. iv. 54 We must needs be put-to for want of a wholesome crust.
1924 Ann. Amer. Acad. Polit. & Social Sci. 111 204/1 The production would reach almost unbelievable figures and the world would be hard put to for fuel.
1961 Times 18 Oct. 15/4 They..are the product of the world at large and would be hard put to to enunciate a consistent moral philosophy.
2000 J. S. Jones Welsh Boys Too 34 Gethin was hard put to to detect an ill-formed mutation or a confused gender; Mr Bateman spoke better Welsh than many native speakers.
6. intransitive. Nautical. To put in to the shore, to make landfall; to take shelter inshore. Cf. sense 9c. Now rare.
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society > travel > travel by water > other nautical operations > [verb (intransitive)] > take or be forced into shelter
cove1631
to put to1801
1801 P. Buckner Diary 17 Mar. in William & Mary Q. (1926) 6 185 The wind rose & we put to at about 7 o'clock & stayed untill about 9 o'clock, then put off.
a1844 F. Baily Jrnl. Tour N. Amer. (1856) 195 We pushed off..and after going about twenty miles, were obliged to put-to on account of the wind.
1947 A. B. Guthrie Big Sky xvii. 129 Jourdonnais put to on the point of land between the rivers.
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