单词 | to take up residence |
释义 | > as lemmasto take up (one's) residence P4. to take up (one's) residence: to establish oneself; to settle. Also in extended use. 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 a1626 L. Andrewes 96 Serm.: Nativity (1629) 88 By what manner place, He made choise of, to be borne at, He would teach us, what manner of spirits, He doth affect, to take up his residence, and to rest in. 1711 D. Manley Dk. Marlborough's Vindic. 15 Whilst his gracious Benefactress is contented to take up her Residence in an old patch'd-up Palace. 1788 J. Priestley Lect. Hist. v. xxxvi. 263 The arts and sciences took up their residence..at Rome. 1819 Weavers' Mag. & Lit. Compan. Aug. 264 Birds..which are either natives of the United States, or known to take up residence there. 1822 M. Graham Jrnl. 3 Nov. in Captain's Wife (1993) 130 San Martin, who..is about to move into the city, and is to take up his residence in the directorial palace. 1888 J. McCarthy & R. C. Praed Ladies' Gallery II. ii. 29 I did not accept his invitation to take up my residence in his house. 1909 Westm. Gaz. 4 Mar. 5/2 Yuan Shih-K'ai has received permission to take up his residence..in the first-class or prefectural city of Wei-hwei Fu. 1926 Amer. Mercury July 284/1 They take up residence in California to wear plus fours and play golf with their fellow-plutocrats. 1958 K. Tynan Let. Feb. (1994) iii. 216 The royal family should take up residence, with all convenient speed, in some distant British dependency. 2007 New Scientist 28 July 19/3 California's central coast, where the Humboldt squid has recently taken up residence. < as lemmas |
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