| 单词 | to set one's rest |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto set (up) one's rest Phrases P1. In sense 4b, in adverbial phrases. a. (as) for (also to) the rest: in all other respects; as far as other matters are concerned. Now somewhat archaic. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > that which is left or remainder > as for the rest [phrase] in (also for) the residue1532 (as) for (also to) the rest1545 au reste1752 1545 T. Raynald tr. E. Roesslin Byrth of Mankynde ii. sig. D.ivv As for the rest how to open, clense, dry, and hele suche apostumations, ye must consult with sum phisition. 1595 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 iii. iii. 92 But for the rest you tell a pettigree [etc.]. 1609 P. Holland tr. Ammianus Marcellinus Rom. Hist. 314 Let it suffice for this present:..for the rest, I shall not cease to admonish thee accordingly. 1655 tr. C. Sorel Comical Hist. Francion viii. 6 For the rest, all these debauchment are very true. 1745 E. Haywood Female Spectator No. 8 (1748) II. 87 As to the rest, he has a very good estate [etc.]. 1771 Bp. W. Warburton Lett. (1809) 464 As to the rest, you shall live to yourself. 1784 R. Bage Barham Downs II. 344 For the rest, it is I believe as compleat as human nature..will permit. a1822 P. B. Shelley Cyclops in Posthumous Poems (1824) 343 I know not that his strength is more than mine. As to the rest I care not. 1847 C. Brontë Jane Eyre I. xiv. 270 For the rest, you are not my conscience keeper, so don't make yourself uneasy. 1885 in M. Pattison Mem. Pref. vi ‘As to the rest,’ he went on, ‘I give you full editorial powers.’ 1917 E. Ferber Fanny Herself xvii. 281 As for the rest, it was plain that he was interested, but unhappy. 1956 ‘N. Shute’ Requiem for Wren 10 There was a couple of new stores and electricity had reached the place while I had been away. For the rest it was unaltered. 1987 I. Roberts Kingdom of Sun i. 26 You are at liberty to call me Brother while we are alone, Zarah. As to the rest, you must obey. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being exclusive > exclusiveness [phrase] > in other respects in the rest1590 1590 J. Smythe Certain Disc. Weapons Ded. 8 And in the rest to take their aduentures, and sometimes to starue. ΚΠ 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ix. 653 Of this Tree we may not taste nor touch..; the rest, we live Law to our selves, our Reason is our Law. View more context for this quotation P2. to set (up) one's rest. Cf. sense 5. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > resolve or decide [verb (intransitive)] choosec1320 definec1374 to take advisementa1393 appointc1440 conclude1452 to come to (an) anchor?1473 deliber1485 determine1509 resolvea1528 rest1530 deliberate1550 point1560 decide1572 to set (up) one's rest1572 to set down one's rest1578 to make account1583 to fix the staff1584 to take a party1585 fadge1592 set1638 determinate1639 pitch1666 devise1714 pre-resolve1760 settle1782 to make up one's mind1859 the mind > will > intention > intend [verb (transitive)] > have as purpose or object followeOE studylOE turna1200 pursuea1382 purposec1384 to shoot atc1407 ensue1483 proponea1500 studyc1503 prick1545 tread1551 suit1560 to go for ——1568 to set (up) one's rest1572 expect1578 propose1584 propound1596 aima1616 scope1668 to set up1691 aim1821 to go in for1835 to be out for1887 to be flat out for1930 target1966 shoot1967 1572 Copie Let. conc. Ladie Marie of Scotl. sig. B.iv We which by open thrustyng our selues agaynst her enemyes haue set vp our rest vpon our Queene Elizabeth. 1589 R. Greene Menaphon sig. F2 Haue ye alreadie..set your rest vpon some higher personage? a1637 B. Jonson Tale of Tub ii. v. 37 in Wks. (1640) III Arrested, As I had set my rest up, for a wife! View more context for this quotation 1663 S. Pepys Diary 19 Jan. (1971) IV. 18 He seems to set off his rest in this plenty and the neatness of his house. 1702 S. Parker tr. Cicero Five Bks. De Finibus v. 327 Those very Men who have set up their rest in Pursuit of External Profit and Pleasure. 1704 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion III. xiii. 360 When this Address was made by the Dutch, he set up his whole rest and interest, that it might be well accepted. 1740 S. Richardson Pamela II. 202 As if I believ'd I ought to set up my Rest in my mean Self, and think nothing further to be done. ΚΠ 1573 G. Gascoigne tr. Ariosto Supposes iii. ii, in Hundreth Sundrie Flowres 27 Of whom some one peraduenture shal leese a great sum of money before he win one stake, & at last halfe in anger shal set vp his rest [It. doue tu uedi luno fure il resto]. a1612 J. Harington Treat. Playe in Nugæ Antiquæ (1775) II. 31 The Kinge, 55 eldest hand, set vp all restes. 1656 Earl of Monmouth tr. T. Boccalini Polit. Touch-stone (1674) 288 [The] advantage which he had of three Sevens in hand, had enforced him to set his Rest. 1875 Notes & Queries 24 Apr. 333/1 Whether the player, who was so satisfied with his hand as to set up his rest, had the right of continuing to take cards, is not certain. c. In extended use. To gamble one's entire position, or all of one's hopes and chances; to stake one's all (usually with on, upon). Also: to place one's final hope or trust in something. rare after 17th cent. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > chance or causelessness > chance [verb (intransitive)] > run a risk or take one's chance to take one's chancec1325 to take penancec1400 to throw at allc1400 to buy a pig (in Scotl. a cat) in a poke1546 to throw the helve after the hatchet1546 to set (up) one's rest1579 to give the adventure1607 to make a shaft or a bolt of ita1616 to run a fortune1627 to run for luck1799 to go the vole1816 chance1863 to chance one's arm1889 to take a chance or chances1902 gamble1919 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > hope > confident hope, trust > trust in, rely on [verb (transitive)] to set one's heart on (also (in)c825 littenc1175 leanc1230 fie1340 trusta1382 resta1393 reappose1567 repose1567 lite1570 rely1574 to set (up) one's rest1579 rely1606 to look back1646 recumba1677 to pin one's faith (also hope, etc.) on (also to) a person's sleeve1791 to look to ——1807 bank1884 1579 G. Fenton tr. F. Guicciardini Hist. Guicciardin xviii. 1074 The king ment in that warre to set vppe his last rest. 1587 R. Greene Penelopes Web sig. D2v Least ayming more at the weale of our countrey then our own liues, we set our rest on the hazard and so desperatly throw at all. 1605 E. Sandys Relation State of Relig. sig. G2 If the Pope..were brought to his last hand, to set vp his rest vpon those men. 1630 R. Norton tr. W. Camden Hist. Princesse Elizabeth i. 74 The Queene of Scots being..one which set vp her rest in hope of England. 1670 C. Cotton tr. G. Girard Hist. Life Duke of Espernon i. iv. 174 The greatest part of those who had set up their rest upon the Fortune of the Duke his Father. 1684 Bp. G. Burnet tr. T. More Utopia 13 They would set up their Rest on such an Answer. 1862 Law Mag. & Law Rev. 12 223 He had set his rest on that which never fails the man who leans on it. 1905 Ld. Coleridge Story Devonshire House ix. 134 He had set his rest on his Saviour's atonement;..his soul was in peace. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > endeavour > make an attempt or endeavour [verb (intransitive)] > do one's utmost forcec1340 to give business to1340 to set (up) one's rest1589 to strain every nerve1837 to shoot one's wad1914 1589 J. Lyly Pappe with Hatchet sig. B Wee'le set vp all our rests, to make you all restie. e. To take up residence, esp. permanently; to settle down. Now rare.In later use rest is often interpreted as rest n.1 4a. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > [verb (intransitive)] > establish residence wickc897 telda1325 buildc1340 nestlea1382 to take (up) one's inn (or inns)a1400 to hold (also keep, make, take, etc.) one's mansiona1425 to take one's lodgec1475 reside1490 inhabit1548 to settle one's rest1562 to sit down1579 to set up (or in) one's staff (of rest)1584 to set (up) one's rest1590 nest1591 to set down one's rest1591 roost1593 inherit1600 habituate1603 seat1612 to take up (one's) residencea1626 settle1627 pitch1629 fix1638 locate1652 to marry and settle1718 domesticate1768 domiciliate1815 to hang up one's hat1826 domicile1831 to stick one's stakes1872 homestead1877 to put down roots1882 to hang one's hat1904 localize1930 1590 T. Lodge Rosalynde (Hunterian Club) 50 Aliena resolued there to set vp her rest.., and so became Mistres of the farme. 1621 G. Hakewill King David's Vow 251 Hee may chance to come into my sight, but..hee shall not set up his rest there. 1676 G. Etherege Man of Mode ii. ii. 28 Shou'd I have set up my rest at the first Inn I lodg'd at, I shou'd never have arriv'd at the happiness I now enjoy. 1768 H. Brooke Fool of Quality III. xvi. 181 Here I counted to set up my rest for life. 1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker III. 111 I firmly believe he will set up his rest in Monmouthshire. 1810 C. Lamb Let. 2 Jan. in Lett. C. & M. A. Lamb (1978) III. 35 Here I hope to set up my rest. 1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop ii. lxxi. 209 We..will set up our rest again among our boyish haunts. 1881 Antiquary Apr. 186/1 She had a revelation that she should not set up her rest till she should come to a town where the bells should ring of themselves. 1904 M. Hewlett Road in Tuscany II. vii. 147 Here was the place where Telamon the companion of Jason upon the Argo may or may not have set up his rest. 1945 H. T. Lowe-Porter tr. T. Mann Tables of Law xviii. 51 Here he set up his rest and took time to get his breath. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > resolution or determination > be resolute or determined [verb (intransitive)] confirm1382 needsa1387 beseta1400 purposea1400 to be determined1529 to set downa1586 to set (up) one's rest1593 to stop at nothing1676 to keep one's pecker up1845 1593 T. Bilson Perpetual Govt. Christes Church To Rdr. sig. ¶¶4 On this they set vp their rest, that no Pastour shoulde haue power ouer others of the same calling. 1596 Z. Jones tr. M. Barleti Hist. G. Castriot vi. 194 Many of them..did set vp their rest to remaine and dwell there for euer. a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) iv. iii. 27 He that sets vp his rest to doe more exploits with his Mace, then a Moris Pike. View more context for this quotation 1633 J. Ford 'Tis Pitty shee's Whore v. sig. I3 Despaire or tortures of a thousand hells All's one to mee; I haue set vp my rest. 1646 J. Temple Irish Rebell. 4 I have cast up my accounts, I have set up my rest, and determine rather to displease any other man than offend my own conscience. 1684 J. Dryden tr. L. Maimbourg Hist. League iii. 347 The King..continu'd firm to the same resolution, and set up his rest to stand by it. 1897 S. Baring-Gould Guavas the Tinner iii. 22 Dickon hath set up his rest to unite your claim with his own. g. To be certain or assured that something is the case. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > making certain, assurance > be convinced or satisfied [verb (intransitive)] rest1561 resolve1585 to set (up) one's rest1594 1594 T. Nashe Terrors of Night sig. Hij You that are married and haue wiues of your owne, and yet hold too nere frendship with your neighbours; set vp your rests, that the Night will be an il neighbour to your rest. a1627 T. Middleton & W. Rowley Spanish Gipsie (1653) iv. sig. G2v Could I set up my rest, That hee were lost, or taken prisoner; I could hold truce with sorrow. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ceasing > cease activity [verb (intransitive)] i-swikec893 swikec897 atwindc1000 linOE studegieOE stintc1175 letc1200 stuttea1225 leavec1225 astint1250 doc1300 finec1300 blina1325 cease1330 stable1377 resta1382 ho1390 to say or cry ho1390 resta1398 astartc1400 discontinuec1425 surcease1428 to let offc1450 resista1475 finish1490 to lay a straw?a1505 to give over1526 succease1551 to put (also pack) up one's pipes1556 end1557 to stay (one's own or another's) hand1560 stick1574 stay1576 to draw bridle1577 to draw rein1577 to set down one's rest1589 overgive1592 absist1614 subsista1639 beholdc1650 unbridle1653 to knock offa1657 acquiesce1659 to set (up) one's rest1663 sista1676 stop1689 to draw rein1725 subside1734 remit1765 to let up1787 to wind (up) one's pirna1835 to cry crack1888 to shut off1896 to pack in1906 to close down1921 to pack up1925 to sign off1929 1663 S. Pepys Diary 8 Jan. (1971) IV. 8 So home, with much ado.., now resolving to set up my rest as to plays till Easter. a. To decide firmly; to make up one's mind. Cf. Phrases 2a, Phrases 2f. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > resolve or decide [verb (intransitive)] choosec1320 definec1374 to take advisementa1393 appointc1440 conclude1452 to come to (an) anchor?1473 deliber1485 determine1509 resolvea1528 rest1530 deliberate1550 point1560 decide1572 to set (up) one's rest1572 to set down one's rest1578 to make account1583 to fix the staff1584 to take a party1585 fadge1592 set1638 determinate1639 pitch1666 devise1714 pre-resolve1760 settle1782 to make up one's mind1859 1578 W. Darell Short Disc. Life Seruingmen sig. Ev I haue set downe my rest in this order: if you grieue or be disquiet, it shall nothing content mee: if you laugh, I will doe the like for companie. 1589 ‘Pasquill of England’ Returne of Pasquill sig. Biv Where you sette downe your reste, you are very resolute. 1633 Bp. J. Hall Plaine Explic. Hard Texts ii. 312 They that set down their rest, and resolution, that they will be rich. 1662 C. Harvey Self-contradiction Censured 154 I set down my rest upon my former resolution. b. To stop or finish doing something; to bring an action or process to a conclusion. Also to lay down one's rest. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ceasing > cease activity [verb (intransitive)] i-swikec893 swikec897 atwindc1000 linOE studegieOE stintc1175 letc1200 stuttea1225 leavec1225 astint1250 doc1300 finec1300 blina1325 cease1330 stable1377 resta1382 ho1390 to say or cry ho1390 resta1398 astartc1400 discontinuec1425 surcease1428 to let offc1450 resista1475 finish1490 to lay a straw?a1505 to give over1526 succease1551 to put (also pack) up one's pipes1556 end1557 to stay (one's own or another's) hand1560 stick1574 stay1576 to draw bridle1577 to draw rein1577 to set down one's rest1589 overgive1592 absist1614 subsista1639 beholdc1650 unbridle1653 to knock offa1657 acquiesce1659 to set (up) one's rest1663 sista1676 stop1689 to draw rein1725 subside1734 remit1765 to let up1787 to wind (up) one's pirna1835 to cry crack1888 to shut off1896 to pack in1906 to close down1921 to pack up1925 to sign off1929 1589 R. Greene Ciceronis Amor 61 Setting downe his rest at this period, he went into the chamber to see if Lentulus were awake. 1592 A. Day 2nd Pt. Eng. Secretorie sig. M1, in Eng. Secretorie (rev. ed.) Here as a limit sufficient to that determined labour, doe I lay downe my rest. a1617 P. Baynes Lectures 202 in Comm. First & Second Chapters Colossians (1634) That man that comes in this life to the end of his walk, and there setteth down his rest from going any further. 1704 Reply to Let. Aug. 15 102 in H. Layton Arguments & Replies We might here set down our rest, and put a stop to our further Enquiry concerning the propounded Subject of it. c. To settle down; to take up residence. Also figurative. Cf. Phrases 2e. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > [verb (intransitive)] > establish residence wickc897 telda1325 buildc1340 nestlea1382 to take (up) one's inn (or inns)a1400 to hold (also keep, make, take, etc.) one's mansiona1425 to take one's lodgec1475 reside1490 inhabit1548 to settle one's rest1562 to sit down1579 to set up (or in) one's staff (of rest)1584 to set (up) one's rest1590 nest1591 to set down one's rest1591 roost1593 inherit1600 habituate1603 seat1612 to take up (one's) residencea1626 settle1627 pitch1629 fix1638 locate1652 to marry and settle1718 domesticate1768 domiciliate1815 to hang up one's hat1826 domicile1831 to stick one's stakes1872 homestead1877 to put down roots1882 to hang one's hat1904 localize1930 1591 R. Greene Second Pt. Conny-catching sig. Fv Whereupon he thought this night to set downe his rest. 1600 S. Nicholson Acolastus his After-witte sig. H2v I hate all shifts, plaine dealing still is blest, I like the meane, and here set downe my rest. a1665 K. Digby Private Mem. (1827) 282 I have set down my rest where piety forbiddeth not to live according to nature. 1678 I. Walton Life of Sanderson sig. c6 v Being now resolv'd to set down his rest in a quiet privacy at Boothby Pannel. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or extraordinary > especially or particularly [phrase] > especially or most of all of (all) othera1425 of (all) the world1481 of anya1500 above the rest1608 über alles1967 1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear xv. 47 Doe as I bid thee, or rather doe thy pleasure, Aboue the rest, be gon. View more context for this quotation P5. a. and (all) the rest of it: and all the related things, or everything else of a similar type, that might be mentioned. ΚΠ 1807 J. Beresford Miseries Human Life II. xv. 38 She's so full of..Pic-nic, and Opera, and Grosvenor Square, and Lady Bab. and all the rest of it. 1855 C. Kingsley Westward Ho! v With their holy water, and their moppings and their scourings, and the rest of it. 1888 Times 2 Oct. 10/4 He was treated as an ordinary prisoner, plank bed and all the rest of it. 1920 Independent (N.Y.) 21 Aug. 211/2 The need for economy, efficiency, justice, a square deal, patriotism, the home, the dignity of womanhood, prosperity, liberty, order, democracy and the rest of it. 1945 J. Reith Diary 16 Apr. (1975) vii. 347 He was very civil and thought I had done a wonderful job and all the rest of it. 1998 N. Hornby About Boy (1999) xxiv. 180 If you were falling in love with someone beautiful and intelligent and all the rest of it, then feeling like a blank twit put you at something of a disadvantage. b. colloquial (chiefly British). and the rest: used as a response to something regarded as an underestimate or understatement; ‘and plenty more’; ‘and everything else’. Cf. and then some at some pron. 4f. ΚΠ 1887 A. Barrère Argot & Slang 136/1 This lady is forty years of age. Yes, and the rest! 1934 ‘J. Rhys’ Voy. in Dark (1982) 124 ‘She's only a kid... She's not seventeen.’ ‘Yes—and the rest,’ Joe said. ‘Well, she's not a day older than nineteen, anyway.’ 1993 J. Simpson This Game of Ghosts (1994) xii. 189 ‘Black, white, unemployed, whatever, it doesn't take away the fact that they're mindless, violent, thieving, vicious bastards.’ ‘And the rest,’ I added. 2008 Daily Record (Glasgow) (Nexis) 19 Sept. 50 Was it a realisation he knew what we all knew, that the movie just wasn't funny and he didn't want me to judge him on the basis of it? Yeah, and the rest. c. the rest is history: see history n. Phrases 1c. < as lemmas |
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