| 单词 | to put to rest |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto put to rest Phrases P1. to go to (one's) rest. a. To go to bed for the night; to retire in order to sleep. Also in extended use, of the sun, a flower, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > bed related to sleep or rest > go to bed or retire to rest [verb (intransitive)] to go to (one's) resteOE to take (one's) restc1175 to go to bedc1275 to lie downc1275 reposec1485 down-lie1505 bed1635 to turn in1695 retire1696 lay1768 to go to roost1829 to turn or peak the flukes1851 kip1889 doss1896 to hit the hay1912 to hit the deck1918 to go down1922 to bunk down1940 to hit the sack1943 to sack out1946 to sack down1956 eOE tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. (Tanner) iii. i. 156 Þa he to reste eode... Þa wæs æt middre neahte, þa he wæccende wæs. OE Prose Charm: Celestial Letter (Calig. A.xv) in G. Storms Anglo-Saxon Magic (1948) 272 Sing þis ylce gebed on niht ær þu to þinum reste ga, þonne gescylt þe God wið unswefnum. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) 14139 To reste [c1300 raste] eode þa sunne. c1300 (c1250) Floris & Blauncheflur (Cambr.) (1966) l. 63 Floriz geȝ to his rest; On Blauncheflur he þoȝte mest. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 6317 Þat night yod moyses to rest. On-slepe he lai in þat forest. c1430 (c1395) G. Chaucer Legend Good Women (Cambr. Gg.4.27) (1879) Prol. l. 94 Clothede was the flour & gon to reste Ffor derknese of the nyht. c1440 (a1400) Awntyrs Arthure (Thornton) 460 Whene the ryalle renke was gone to his ryste. 1535 D. Lindsay Satyre 3967 That beand done, I hauld it best That everie man ga to his rest. 1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie ii. xi. 46 Euery one had prepared himselfe too goe to his rest. 1606 Bp. J. Hall Heauen vpon Earth 72 Another..goes to his rest, not breaking an houres sleepe for that, which woulde breake the hart of some others. 1678 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress 63 This done, they went to their rest again. View more context for this quotation 1748 S. Richardson Clarissa VI. lxxiii. 260 Go to rest at ten at night. Rise not till seven in the morning. 1797 T. Holcroft Adventures Hugh Trevor VI. xi. 130 He took a gentle opiate at going to rest: but was waked in the middle of the night, by symptoms of a very alarming kind. 1848 Sc. Jrnl. Topogr. 2 13/2 The sun had been lang to rest before John thocht aboot steerin'. 1894 Pall Mall Mag. Feb. 590 He played it over a dozen times with the mute on his violin after she had gone to rest. 1944 L. Welsh Kookaburra 11 The yellow robin. One of the first birds in the bush to awaken and one of the last to go to rest. 1988 Independent 26 Sept. 13 It is not every afternoon I go to my rest a dull old woman and rise a potential monster. b. To die. Also to go to one's last rest. Cf. senses 1c, 3b. ΚΠ 1594 W. Shakespeare Titus Andronicus i. i. 133 Alarbus goes to rest and we suruiue, To tremble [etc.] . View more context for this quotation 1612 T. Adams Gallants Burden f. 23 Woe to them that goe to their last rest thus. 1700 J. Dryden Char. Good Parson in Fables 532 David left him, when he went to rest, His Lyre. 1782 J. Wesley Let. 23 Dec. (1931) VII. 155 One of our Society here went to rest on Tuesday last, and another on Wednesday. 1855 C. Kingsley Westward Ho! xxvii Long ere they were within sight of land, Lucy Passmore was gone to her rest beneath the Atlantic waves. 1888 Photogr. Times 28 Dec. 634/2 After five days of suffering, Maurice Norton Miller went to his rest, lamented by all who had ever known him. 1915 J. A. R. Marriott & C. G. Robertson Evol. Prussia i. 20 With..the earth around him black with storm Elector John Sigismund in 1619 went to his rest. 1978 G. Mitchell Mingled with Venom x. 107 By the time the doctor got here..everything was over and madam gone to her last rest. 2004 Lexington (Kentucky) Herald Leader (Nexis) 30 July a13 I wish my parents could share this moment. They went to their rest in the last few years. P2. to take (one's) rest: to sleep; to take a break from activity, relax. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > bed related to sleep or rest > go to bed or retire to rest [verb (intransitive)] to go to (one's) resteOE to take (one's) restc1175 to go to bedc1275 to lie downc1275 reposec1485 down-lie1505 bed1635 to turn in1695 retire1696 lay1768 to go to roost1829 to turn or peak the flukes1851 kip1889 doss1896 to hit the hay1912 to hit the deck1918 to go down1922 to bunk down1940 to hit the sack1943 to sack out1946 to sack down1956 c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 6492 Þeȝȝ tokenn nihhtess resste þær. c1330 (?a1300) Arthour & Merlin (Auch.) (1973) 1315 (MED) Rest þai token þat ich niȝt. c1430 (c1380) G. Chaucer Parl. Fowls (Cambr. Gg.4.27) (1871) l. 94 Myn spirit..For-wery of myn labour al the day Tok reste that made me to slepe faste. 1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos xxiv. 89 The tyme after the daye is paste and goon is couenable..for the bodyes humayn that haue traueylled, to take rest. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Matt. xxvi. 45 Then came he to his disciples, and sayde vnto them: Slepe on now, and take youre rest. 1576 G. Gascoigne Complaynt of Phylomene in Steele Glas sig. K But I which spend, the darke and dreadful night, In watch & ward, when those birds take their rest, Forpine my selfe. a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) ii. i. 202 We two..will guard your person, While you take your rest, and watch your safety. View more context for this quotation 1628 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy (ed. 3) ii. ii. v. 266 He that will intend to take his rest must goe to bed..with a secure and composed minde. 1748 T. Smollett Roderick Random I. viii. 55 As we run no risk, we might take our rest with great confidence. 1760 C. Johnstone Chrysal II. ii. iii. 139 If we are to fight to-morrow we had better take our rest to-night, to make us fresh and strong for the battle. 1820 J. Keats Eve of St. Agnes in Lamia & Other Poems 102 Here will I take my rest After so many hours of toil and quest. 1898 J. Blewett Heart Songs 62 Tis said that Peter and the rest did sleep, Did sleep and take their rest that last night in Gethsemane. 1902 J. Payne Poet. Wks. I. 358 Down, to sleep and take my rest, I lay. 1981 S. Rushdie Midnight's Children 373 Hey mister, why not—finish your writery and then take rest. 2007 Yorks. Post (Nexis) 10 Nov. If Sir Thomas does not find the accommodation at this hotel satisfies him on his next visit, I can only recommend him to take his rest in the Headrow Gardens. P3. without rest: †(a) without delay, immediately (obsolete); (b) without a break, with no relief or intermission. Cf. rest n.2 1a. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > immediacy > immediately [phrase] without restc1225 but bodea1300 without residence1488 before you know where you are1803 in a heartbeat1860 before (one) can say knife1874 c1225 (?c1200) St. Margaret (Bodl.) (1934) 22 (MED) Þe sunne reccheð hire rune wið-uten euch reste. a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vii. 4774 (MED) So jangle thei withoute reste. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. iv. sig. Ee8 So forth she rode without repose or rest, Searching all lands and each remotest part. 1651 E. Sherburne Poems & Transl. 167 The voice of God in Man! which, without rest Doth softly cry within a troubled Breast. 1712 R. Blackmore Creation ii. 67 The bright Glutton revels without rest On his Cool Banquet, and Aerial Feast. 1761 J. Burgh Art of Speaking 38 The soul of Ixion was tied upon a wheel, and whirled about without rest. 1872 H. Parr Echoes of Famous Year xxxii. 134 The swift reel of events runs on without rest or pause. 1893 R. L. Stevenson Catriona v. 51 His eyes speeding here and there without rest. 1916 F.J. Reynolds et al. Story of Great War viii. lvi. 326 It was determined that the Senate, on reassembling, should sit without rest, recess or intermission. 1961 S. Woolf tr. P. Levi Survival in Auschwitz ii. iv. 56 It fabricates phantasms and terrible symbols, and without rest projects and shapes their images. 2001 R. F. Murphy Body Silent 102 This leaves one adrift in a lonely monologue, an inner soliloquy without rest or surcease. P4. day of rest n. a day in the week set aside from normal work or activity; esp. Sunday, the Sabbath. Cf. rest day n. ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > a day or twenty-four hours > specific days > [noun] > Sunday rest dayeOE SundayeOE seventh dayOE worthing dayOE sun's daya1300 day of resta1325 Sabbath-dayc1440 sabbath1509 First-day1649 Sunday sabbath1661 Continental Sunday1856 a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 252 God sette ðis dai folk bitwen Dai of blisse and off reste ben. c1450 (c1415) in W. O. Ross Middle Eng. Serm. (1940) 118 (MED) It is called a day of reste to refresche þin bodie with resonable reste. 1558 C. Goodman How Superior Powers 171 God thy Lorde chargeth thee no further then onely with his daye of reste. 1636 P. Heylyn Hist. Sabbath ii. 114 [That] the Lords day..should be a non-lee day, a day of rest and ease unto them. 1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 1297 This Idols day hath bin to thee no day of rest. 1719 J. Ozell tr. F. M. Misson Mem. Trav. Eng. 235 These Sabbatharians are so call'd because they will not remove the Day of Rest from Saturday to Sunday. 1738 J. Hildrop Let. to Member of Parl. 8 They who are oblig'd to labour six Days in the Week..are indulged by this Commandment in having the seventh Day allowed them for a Day of Rest. 1816 J. Wilson City of Plague i. i. 64 It is the Sabbath-day—the day of rest. 1863 W. G. Blaikie Better Days for Working People ii. 48 Will the six days of labour be none the lightsomer for the sunshine of the day of rest? 1915 Herald of Gospel Liberty 24 June 775/3 The seventh day was set apart by God to commemorate the completion of creation and as a day of rest for the Jews. 2000 Sunday Times (Nexis) 30 Jan. [He] does not give interviews to Sunday newspapers because he believes they should not publish on the day of rest. P5. at rest. Cf. to set at rest at Phrases 6a. a. Dead, chiefly with the implication of lying in the grave or enjoying the bliss of the afterlife. Cf. senses 1c, 3b. ΚΠ ?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) ii. 109 Henry is at is reste, his soule at Criste's wille. c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Pardoner's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 405 Lo how I vanysshe flessh & blood & skyn Allas whan shal my bones been at reste. 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. cxvj The soules of dead men were at quiet rest. 1611 Bible (King James) Job iii. 13 For now..I should haue slept; then had I bene at rest . View more context for this quotation 1651 Life & Reigne King Charls 220 I have made use of nothing but authentick authority, or took up any passage on bare trust, neither with the least intention to injure the memory of him who is at rest. 1709 S. Centlivre Busie Body i. i. 1 A Father at Rest with his Ancestors. 1786 R. Burns Poems 165 Welcome the hour, my aged limbs Are laid with thee at rest! 1853 G. J. Whyte-Melville Digby Grand xii. 274 When years have glided down upon the stream of time, when you are laid at rest in your grave. 1889 Ann. Rep. Amer. Bible Soc. 86 Now, after more than thirty-one years of continuous service, one of them is at rest. The death of Dr. Isaac G. Bliss [etc.]. 1943 M. H. Harrison Captain of Andes xxi. 197 On the table flickered two candles, the only light in the shabby room, where lay at rest at last the Captain of the Andes. 2007 Kingston (Ont.) Whig-Standard (Nexis) 23 June 9 One would be fortunate to have one's father at rest in Cataraqui Cemetery surrounded by the memories of time and the beauty of nature. b. Of a person: in a state of physical or mental repose; not active, resting. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > in a state of inactivity [phrase] at resta1500 at (a) quiet1603 the world > action or operation > inaction > quietness or tranquillity > in a state of quietness and tranquillity [phrase] at peacea1400 at rest1847 a1500 (a1450) tr. Secreta Secret. (Ashm. 396) (1977) 97 (MED) Eyen full holow..sheweth hym to be imprudent, wikked, vncertayn, and neuer at rest. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Dan. iv. A I..beynge at rest in myne house,..sawe a dreame, which made me afrayed. 1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. iv. 49 Forasmuch as God is euermore dooing, he is euer at rest. a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) ii. i. 11 What Sir, not yet at rest? the King's a bed. View more context for this quotation 1645 J. Milton On Christ's Nativity: Hymn xxiv, in Poems 11 Nor is Osiris seen..: Nor can he be at rest Within his sacred chest. 1764 S. Johnson Let. 22 May (1992) I. 242 You will hardly be quite at rest till you have talked yourself out to some friend. 1782 F. Burney Cecilia III. vi. iii. 243 Had her heart not interfered in this matter, she might now have been perfectly at rest. 1847 C. Brontë Jane Eyre III. xi. 284 He sat in his chair,—still, but not at rest: expectant evidently. 1869 J. Phillips Vesuvius iii. 48 After this terrific disturbance Vesuvius has never been really at rest. 1912 K. Dunlap Syst. Psychol. xviii. 314 If you sit beside a water-fall with your mind at rest, the purl of the water may continue vivid for hours. 1958 Nursing (St. John Ambulance Assoc.) xix. 240 It too causes violent pain, which often comes on while the patient is at rest. 1999 New Yorker 12 Apr. 95 How I was at rest then, enclosed in peace, obsessionless, and accepting a definition for once and for once happy. c. Static; not moving. ΚΠ 1656 tr. T. Hobbes Elements Philos. ii. viii. 83 Whatsoever is at Rest, will alwayes be at Rest, unless there be some other Body besides it, which by endeavouring to get into its Place by motion, suffers it no longer to remain at Rest. 1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 71 As if he should thrust it against some hard body at rest, of too stout a withstanding to yield way or give back. 1751 C. Colden Princ. Action in Matter iii. 90 If no motion were communicated to the æther from any other moving thing, the ball would remain at rest where it loses its projectile motion. 1774 M. Mackenzie Treat. Maritim Surv. 50 When the Plummet is at Rest, and both Stars are seen. 1839 G. Bird Elements Nat. Philos. 99 General properties of fluids at rest. 1884 N. Amer. Rev. Aug. 115 The solicitations of Jupiter's attractive force are as urgent on a swiftly rushing body as on one at rest. 1920 Flight 12 1194/2 Below 15° the aerofoil remains at rest, but at high angles it auto-rotates. 1986 Golf Monthly July 45/2 If..the ball has not fallen into the hole it is deemed to be at rest. 1994 Sci. Amer. May 14/2 Bodies in motion remain in motion, and those at rest stay at rest. d. Of a question or issue: settled, decided; no longer up for discussion. ΚΠ 1825 Anderson's Q. Jrnl. Med. Sci. Oct. 577 Either there is something to be learned in this art, or there is nothing. If there be nothing, the question is at rest. 1878 All Year Round 25 May 414/2 Of course the matter is at rest now. 1906 J. L. O. Croke Logic iii. i. 104 The range and character of certain kinds of inference remain points on which discussion is not yet at rest. 2007 St. Paul (Minnesota) Pioneer Press (Nexis) 17 Aug. I'm not prepared to say this matter is at rest. P6. a. to set at rest: to satisfy, assure; to settle, decide finally. Frequently to set (a person's) mind (also †heart) at rest. Cf. at rest at Phrases 5.In quot. a1413: to set (one's heart) on a person. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > calmness > be calm [phrase] > compose or make calm to set at resta1413 to come to one's senses (or oneself)c1450 the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > judge, determine [verb (transitive)] > conclude resolvec1565 conclude1586 pitch1610 reduce1616 to set at rest1826 the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > making certain, assurance > assure, make certain [verb (transitive)] > make firm, establish i-fastc950 tailc1315 terminea1325 foundc1394 stablish1447 terminate?a1475 tailyec1480 to lay down1493 ascertain1494 bishop1596 salve1596 pitch1610 assign1664 determinate1672 settle1733 to set at rest1826 definitize1876 cinch1900 a1413 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (Pierpont Morgan) (1881) ii. l. 760 I myn herte sette at reste Vpon þis knyght. a1450 (?c1421) J. Lydgate Siege Thebes (Arun.) (1911) l. 1587 (MED) Forto sette ȝoure hertes mor at reste My purpoos is. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 715/2 Set your herte at rest. 1562 E. Lewicke tr. G. Boccaccio Titus & Gisippus sig. A.iii It is expedient,..to content Your selfe: and set your hart at rest. 1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream ii. i. 121 Set your heart at rest. The Faiery Land buies not the childe of mee. View more context for this quotation a1645 W. Browne tr. M. Le Roy Hist. Polexander (1647) iv. ii. 199 I see no cause we have to feare; set your minde therefore at rest. 1727 J. Mitchell Judgm. Hercules 27 O'ercome your Passions, set your Mind at Rest. 1769 F. Brooke Hist. Emily Montague IV. ccvii. 132 I have this moment a letter from Temple which has set my heart at rest. 1826 R. Southey Vindiciæ Ecclesiæ Anglicanæ 286 It might have been thought that the question..had been set at rest. 1855 C. Kingsley Westward Ho! viii But set your mind at rest. I know no more of that lady's mind than you do. 1884 Manch. Examiner 21 May 4/7 The enormous majority..should set that question at rest. 1908 R. Bagot Anthony Cuthbert xvi. 188 His fears were set at rest by the receipt of the lawyer's missive. 1924 Musical Q. 10 151 Only actual exhumation could set at rest the disconcerting rumours that..a corpse has revolved in its grave. 1990 A. L. Kennedy Night Geometry & Garscadden Trains 5 I wanted to see..what would happen to us. Just to set my mind at rest. b. to put at rest: = to set at rest at Phrases 6a. Frequently to put (a person's) mind at rest. ΚΠ a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. xxxii It was prorogyd unto the feest of Seynt Edwarde at the whiche season all thynge was put at reste for a wyle. 1617 Bruce's Way to True Peace & Rest i. 12 To craue that he would send out of himselfe that measure of peace, that may put thy conscience at rest, and restore thy soule to health. 1709 R. Steele Let. 25 Sept. in Epistolary Corr. (1787) I. 80 I send this, to put thy tenderness at rest, and acquaint you, that Mr. Margate had been so friendly as to take effectual care before he saw me. a1758 J. Edwards 20 Serm. (1789) xii. 186 They have reason to put their hearts at rest, and be at peace in their minds. 1795 R. Cumberland Henry I. iii. i. 203 Some new and unforeseen reverse of fortune at the story's close, which is to put the tortured mind at rest. 1819 Niles' Weekly Reg. 20 Nov. 191/2 The following remarks, from a Quebec paper,..will put these rumors at rest for the present. 1872 J. H. Matthews Little Sunbeams 391 Put her mind at rest if you can, or we shall be having headache and fever. 1919 T. W. Hughes Treat. Criminal Law & Procedure ii. xxiii. 293 There are others..who would have perhaps escaped irretrievable ruin had not their confidence been secured, and their apprehensions put at rest, by a promise of marriage. 2009 Daily Tel. 2 Feb. 24/1 Anyone..can learn if they are at risk, and go armed to their GP to demand the blood tests that will put their minds at rest. ΚΠ c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Manciple's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 350 The flemyng seith and lerne it if thee leste That litel Ianglyng causeth muchel reste. ?1465 A. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 43 Ȝoure fadyr sayde, ‘In lityl bysynes lyeth myche reste.’ c1475 Prov. Wisdom (Rawl.) l. 128 in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen (1893) 90 247 (MED) Lytyll medlyng makyþe mych rest. 1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue ii. ii. sig. Gv For of lytle medlyng there comth great rest. ?a1603 E. Grymeston Miscelanea (1604) xiiii. sig. H4 In little medling lieth much rest. 1639 J. Clarke Paroemiologia 62 Of little medling much rest. P8. Used in expressions wishing a person good repose or sleep. Now rare (chiefly archaic in later use). ΚΠ a1500 (?a1475) Guy of Warwick (Cambr. Ff.2.38) l. 6687 (MED) Also, so god geue yow reste, Fylle the cuppe of the beste. 1535 D. Lindsay Satyre 4628 I will..pray to God omnipotent, To send ȝow all gude rest. 1599 W. Shakespeare et al. Passionate Pilgrime (new ed.) sig. B8 Good night, good rest, ah neither be my share. a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) iv. iii. 33 One that thinkes a man alwaies going to bed, and saies, God giue you good rest . View more context for this quotation 1682 T. D'Urfey Royalist ii. i. 12 Now I wish your Honours good rest, with my unfeign'd thanks for this dayes favour. 1735 L. Theobald Fatal Secret iii. 24 Ere Morning grows much older, I've strong hopes To find some Doubts resolv'd.—Good Rest t'ye Both. 1751 T. Smollett Peregrine Pickle II. xlii. 26 He conducted her into her own apartment, in presence of her footman, who lighted them thither, and wishing her good rest, returned to his own chamber. 1830 G. W. P. Custis Pocahontas ii. vii. 32 Gentle sirs, good rest to ye, and many sweet dreamings of your lady loves. 1885 E. E. Montgomery Songs of Singing Shepherd 36 Good-night, good-rest, Dream happy dreams. 1904 S. F. Bullock Red Leaguers ix. 170 Good rest to ye, sir. P9. to put to rest. a. To lull into or make ready for repose or sleep; to put to bed. ΚΠ 1492 tr. Dyalogus Salomon & Marcolphus sig. cii Salomon wery of waking put hym self to reste. 1696 T. Dogget Country Wake ii. ii. 15 If to Night I can but get her to use something that's prepar'd for her, it will put her kindly to rest, and make her clear another Woman by the Morning. 1799 Llewellin III. x. 334 The child, who had sat up longer than his accustomed time of being put to rest, dropt in sleep upon his mother's knee. 1847 A. Combe Treat. Physiol. & Moral Managem. Infancy (rev. ed.) xi. 96/1 No fixed hours can be named at which the infant should be put to rest. 1903 J. H. McCarthy Marjorie xxv. 209 The first thing to be done was to settle the fugitives in the utmost comfort we could afford them. We put them to rest in one of our tents we had built. 2005 C. Tiffany Everyman's Rules for Sci. Living vii. 67 Robert smiles weakly and nods towards the bedroom, where I am put to rest on the dusty mattress. b. To place in the grave; to bury. ΚΠ 1502 tr. Ordynarye of Crysten Men (de Worde) iv. xxi. sig. z.i v The bodyes sholde not be put to reste with the faythfull crysten men. 1711 I. Watts Conquest over Death in Serm., Disc. & Ess. Var. Subj. (1753) II. 145 The body is put to rest in the grave; the grave, which is sanctified into a bed of rest for all the followers of Christ. 1821 J. Baillie Metrical Legends of Exalted Characters 283 He unblest was put to rest, On a wild and distant shore. 1919 Gen. Sci. Q. 3 141 When at last he laid down and died his fellow countrymen put him to rest in Westminster Abbey. 1991 R. Silverberg Thebes of Hundred Gates 114 Eventually to have his own fine tomb over there where his own splendiferous mummy would be put to rest. c. To assure, put at ease; to settle, resolve finally; to allay (a fear, doubt, etc.) completely. Cf. Phrases 6a, Phrases 10b. ΚΠ 1578 J. Rolland Seuin Seages 240 Thairfoir gude freinds let put ȝour minde to rest. 1653 D. Dickson Brief Explic. First 50 Psalms 244 Let the burden of it rest on God, and let us not take it off him again, but put our mind to rest. 1793 World 9 July 3/3 An imputation had been thrown upon the whole profession,..that added to his anxiety, to have the point finally put to rest. 1813 W. Scott Let. 20 Nov. in J. G. Lockhart Mem. Life Scott (1838) II. 47 I did not answer your very kind letter, my dear Morritt, until I could put your friendly heart to rest upon the report you have heard. 1819 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Apr. 214/2 All suspicions were put to rest, and simplicity and truth left to war with superstition alone. 1831 Millennial Harbinger (Bethany, Va.) 5 Sept. 386 If this be a correct translation, then the matter is forever put to rest. 1910 St. Nicholas Jan. 206/2 Dolly soon put our minds to rest on that point. 1920 A. H. Tubby Consulting Surgeon in Near East xiii. 164 This ingenious investigation put the matter to rest. 2008 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) Nov. 124/1 For a bad-news bear fears are put to rest only to hop out of the box later in a new guise. P10. to lay to rest.Frequently in passive. a. To place in the grave; to bury. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > lack of violence, severity, or intensity > make less violent or severe [verb (transitive)] > assuage or calm > completely to lay to rest1605 1539 Bible (Great) 3 Kings i. 21 My Lorde the kyng is layde to rest with his fathers. 1634 G. Baker tr. A. Paré Apol. in T. Johnson tr. A. Paré Chirurg. Wks. xxix. 1166 The body was layd to rest in the Castle Galliard. a1750 A. Hill Wks. (1753) III. 106 Seiz'd, by death, and laid to rest, Abroad thy bounties flew. 1848 Ladies' Repository Jan. 42/2 I well remember the place where we made his grave, and laid him to rest, among his native mountains. 1888 J. W. Burgon Lives Twelve Good Men II. 301 He directed that he should be laid to rest in the cemetery of Chester. 1908 Sunset Mag. Mar. 463/2 They dug a rude grave, and..laid him to rest. 1968 Punch 3 Jan. 23/2 No mention..of the devoted servants laid to rest separated from their autopsied entrails. 1995 Times 4 Sept. 7/1 The fashionable Victorian conceit of being laid to rest above ground. b. To allay (a fear, doubt, etc.) completely. ΚΠ 1605 M. Drayton Poems sig. Gg2v The coast now cleere, suspition laide to rest, And each thing fit to further his intent. a1718 T. Parnell Coll. Poems (1989) 168 But hold—I feel my Gout decrease, My Troubles laid to rest. 1855 C. Kingsley Westward Ho! xxxi His fears, such as they were, were laid to rest. 1888 Overland Monthly June 625 Some of your doubts may be laid to rest for ever. 1940 Jrnl. Southern Hist. 6 458 The vexatious North-South issues of the preceding generation had been laid to rest. 1995 Autocar 1 Mar. (Porsche Suppl.) 24/2 With the Turbo, Porsche must have laid to rest forever the myth that rear-engined cars don't handle. P11. a. no rest for the wicked and variants: (in early use) no respite for wrongdoers; (later) no rest or tranquillity (esp. for the speaker); incessant activity, responsibility, or work. Cf. no peace for the wicked at peace n. Phrases 6. Now chiefly humorous. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being upset or perturbed > worry > constant worry [phrase] no rest for the wicked1574 1574 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Job (new ed.) Table sig. ★.iijv/2 There is no rest for the wicked in Death. 1723 R. Warren Pract. Disc. on Var. Subj. I. viii. 254 There is no Rest to the Wicked, no Freedom from the bitter Reproaches..of a guilty Breast. 1807 European Mag. & London Rev. Nov. 348/1 He will soon find that there is no rest for the wicked, no place on earth wherein the criminal can hide his devoted head. 1851 G. Borrow Lavengro III. x. 137 ‘Rest!’ said Peter; ‘there is no rest for the wicked!’ 1900 I. Zangwill Mantle of Elijah (1901) xi. 114 But there is no rest for the wicked, or those who meddle in politics. 1935 N. Marsh & H. Jellett Nursing-home Murder iv. 57 The throat specialist..remarked: ‘No rest for the wicked, nurse.’ 1965 T. Capote In Cold Blood iv. 321 I wish you'd send me earplugs. Only they wouldn't allow me to have them. No rest for the wicked, I guess. 1999 Select Feb. 68/1 I'm spending Christmas in Ireland with my family and at New Year I'm doing the Alexandra Palace show with New Order. No rest for the wicked! b. no rest for the ——: no peace or tranquillity for the specified type of person (frequently referring to the speaker); incessant anxiety, responsibility, or work is the lot of the ——. ΚΠ 1627 J. Reading Dauids Soliloquie 157 If there be no rest for the abounding of sinne: if Gods spirit bee not there to comfort, what shall a man doe? 1796 R. Jephson Conspiracy v. i. 64 No rest for the unhappy! Sleep forsakes me. a1845 C. A. Jerauld Poetry & Prose (1850) 224 I have found, alas! that there is no rest for the guilty, no pang like that of remorse! 1898 Literary World 11 Nov. 353/1 There is no rest for the—er—enterprising. 1919 J. Buchan Mr. Standfast xxi. 334 There was no rest for the weary. We had lost at least a third of our strength, and we had to man the same long line. 1964 Los Angeles Times 28 Dec. 4/1 Even though people are still shaking tinsel from their hair, there's no rest for the reveler. 2006 T. Brooks Armageddon's Children (2007) xix. 254 No rest for the wicked, whispered Michael. No rest for the living, said his father. P12. to get some rest: to have a break from labour or exertion; to relax; to sleep. ΚΠ 1576 A. Golding tr. Lyfe Shatilion sig. Fvv He hoped that after the owtwearing of so manie toyles, he should now gette some rest. 1688 T. D'Urfey Fool's Preferment iv. i. 54 If you could win him but to take my Medicine, and get some Rest, my Life upon the Operation. 1737 Med. Ess. & Observ. (ed. 2) II. xviii. 291 Towards Morning he got some Rest, and then the Stupor was much abated. 1849 T. C. Haliburton Old Judge I. ii. 30 Now let me get some rest, or I shall be unable to plead your cause for you, as I am excessively fatigued and very drowsy. 1894 G. W. Cable John March, Southerner lxii. 374 She'll be sick herself if she doesn't hire a nurse and get some rest. 1935 Washington Post 7 May 2/2 Contrary to persistent reports that James was coming to Washington to work with his father in the White House, it became known yesterday that smiling ‘Jimmy’ wants to get some rest and outdoor life. 2003 A. Notaro Back after Break v. 43 I won't give you any projects to work on tonight. Go home and get some rest and we start in earnest tomorrow at nine. P13. rest and recreation: time reserved for rest or leisure, spec. leave taken from employment for this purpose; free time; relaxation, fun. Cf. R and R n. ΚΠ 1586 L. Daneau True & Christian Friendshippe i. sig. D8v It was deuised for man, to refresh his decayed strength and to reuiue his wearied sprightes, and also by this kind of rest and recreation to preserue his bodie in health and soundnes. 1645 J. Ussher Body of Divinitie 248 Though servants had never so much rest and recreation upon other dayes, yet they ought to rest upon this day [sc. the Sabbath] in that regard. 1701 R. Wake Rationale upon Some Texts Script. 39 Human Nature requires relaxations and intermissions in point of Duty. Nature demands 'em, as we may observe from its propensity to intervals of Rest and Recreation. 1850 N. Brit. Rev. Aug. 194/1 Rest and recreation, properly applied, will do much to counteract the destroying influences of spasmodic labour at unseasonable hours. 1906 Amer. Jrnl. Nursing 6 598 When only one nurse is employed on a case she cannot secure a reasonable amount of rest and recreation. 1940 Manch. Guardian 26 Apr. 2/5 Particular resorts are ready for early holidaymakers, ready to entertain them, give them rest and recreation, and the best of service. 2001 Analog Sept. 14/1 He seldom emerged from his headquarters aerie except when he was vacationing at the inhabited island paradise that headquarters personnel used for rest and recreation. P14. to come to rest: to come to a halt; to stop moving. ΚΠ 1588 T. Churchyard Sparke of Frendship sig. D3 v And bodie tost, and tumbled vp and downe, may come to rest. 1644 K. Digby Two Treat. i. ix. 75 (note) When a moueable cometh to rest, the motion doth decrease according to the rules of encrease. 1686 R. Boyle Free Enq. Notion Nature 147 If..you let fall a Ball upon the Ground, it will..make several lesser Rebounds, before it come to rest. 1796 Bell's Weekly Messenger 11 Sept. 159/2 When it [sc. a compass needle] came to rest, it constantly affected one and the same angle of declination from its variation. 1850 Harper's Mag. Sept. 500/1 The balloon should be so managed as to come to rest at certain altitudes, when barometric..and other observations, were to be taken. 1897 Earl of Suffolk et al. Encycl. Sport I. 129 Playing a bowl so that it shall come to rest between the next player and the jack, or any bowl at which he may wish to aim. 1935 C. J. Smith Intermediate Physics (ed. 2) v. xli. 688 Replacing the magnet..by a brass plummet of about the same mass and allowing this to swing until it comes to rest. 1967 Classic Car Profiles No. 65 10/1 It would..almost come to rest without one's slipping the clutch. 2005 J. Fredston Snowstruck ix. 274 It is the dissipation of this heat when the avalanche comes to rest that causes the particles to fuse almost instantly. P15. full of rest: having been restored to vigour or strength by means of rest; refreshed, rested. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > [noun] > good health > freshness or vigour > restored full of rest1598 1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 iv. iii. 29 So are the horses of the enemie..bated and brought low, The better part of ours are full of rest . View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) iv. ii. 254 We lying still, Are full of rest, defence, and nimblenesse. View more context for this quotation 1668 R. Alleine World Conquered 15 Hast thou not had thy belly full of meat, and thy belly full of mirth, and thy bones full of rest, and thy heart full of ease and content? 1841 T. J. Serle Joan of Arc II. xxi. 320 Perhaps it is not with wearied men that we should assail the enemy, full of rest as they are. 1886 A. E. H. Barr Between Two Loves i. 17 Sarah, also, was full of rest and confidence, and as she went about her common household tasks, Steve heard her cheerfully singing. 1915 S. Phillips Quest of Haidee viii. in Panama 139 He at length Restored and full of rest would leave her side. 1945 C. H. Garrigues Let. 20 Sept. in G. Garrigues He usually lived with Female (2006) 285 I feel in a mood to write a long letter this morning—being full of rest, bacon, eggs, toast, gruel, orange juice, coffee and contentment. P16. to break one's rest: see break v. 29a. P17. to give (something or someone) a rest: to stop thinking or talking about (something or someone). Chiefly in imperative, in give it (also us) a rest: ‘shut up’, stop talking about (something). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ceasing > cease from (an action or operation) [verb (transitive)] > cease from thinking or talking about to give (something or someone) a rest1870 1870 Real Estate Rec. & Builders' Guide (N.Y.) 19 Mar. 4/1 Find him, get him to put them through, and then—give us a rest. 1881 ‘M. Twain’ in Cent. Mag. Nov. 37 They ring out, ‘Oh, dry up!’ ‘Give us a rest!’..‘Oh, take a walk!’ 1919 Dial. Notes 5 66 Stop his mush and give us a rest. 1931 E. O'Neill Hunted ii, in Mourning becomes Electra (1932) 137 Give it a rest, Orin! It's over. Give yourself a chance to forget it. 1943 J. B. Priestley Daylight on Sat. xxix. 226 I'm a bit tired of hearing about him today. So let's give him a rest. 1966 R. Rendell Vanity dies Hard ii. 31 Could we give Nesta Drage a rest?.. I was glad when she went away. 1971 R. Rendell One Across i. 9 ‘All right Mother,’ said Vera. ‘Let's give it a rest, shall we?’ 2004 M. Hickey Irish Days 29/1 Holy God, give it a rest. You're always giving out about something. < as lemmas |
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