单词 | to stickle up for |
释义 | > as lemmasto stickle up for ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > support > support or encouragement > support or encourage [verb (transitive)] > support or defend to stand by ——OE to speak for ——a1300 to stand for ——1384 maintainc1390 to stand up for1562 to stand out for?c1576 to stand to ——1582 patronize1595 stickle1632 to stick up for1792 championize1840 champion1844 to take up the cudgels1869 1632 D. Rogers Pract. Catech. iii. 48 In Arbitratorships, not stickling for parties, but for a peaceable agreement upon equall condition betweene them. 1652 P. Heylyn Cosmographie i. sig. E3 If Servilius and others..had not stickled hard for him with the Souldiers. 1663 S. Butler Hudibras: First Pt. i. iii. 202 When Fortune (as she's wont) turn'd fickle And for the foe began to stickle. 1703 S. Centlivre Love's Contrivance iv. ii. 41 Come, come, Cousin, we never stickle up for the Person we don't care for. 1719 in Colonial Rec. Pennsylvania (1852) III. 72 He was Mr. Penn's stiff Friend and had stickl'd for him tho' to no effect. 1748 S. Richardson Clarissa V. viii. 91 The Widow Bevis indeed stickled hard for me. 1821 W. Cobbett Amer. Gardener (new ed.) Pref. §9 The gentleman has chosen the gardener; and the reason why he stickles for him is, that, if he allow the gardener to be a bad one, he himself has made a bad choice. < as lemmas |
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