单词 | to take service |
释义 | > as lemmasto take service d. to take service: (originally) to enlist under a military commander, to join a fighting force; (later also more generally) to engage to serve a particular person, in a particular organization, etc. Frequently as to take service with. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military organization > enlistment or recruitment > enlist soldiers [verb (intransitive)] > enlist as a soldier to take wages1338 shoulder1594 to take service1634 list1643 to take the shilling1707 enlist1776 to shoulder walnut1838 join1844 to join up1916 attest1917 1634 N. C. German Hist. Continued v. 4 The garrison..of their owne accord tooke service under the Princes, the Commanders onely and the Officers excepted. 1693 E. D'Auvergne Hist. Last Campagne Spanish Netherlands 102 Not six either English or Scots took Service with the Enemy, and of those few 'tis to be presum'd, that they were such who would of themselves have deserted to the Enemy on the first opportunity. 1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World i. 83 The People who were willing to take Service with us, and enter themselves on Board. 1847 F. Marryat Children of New Forest II. xiii. 279 Recollect, that whatever general you take service under, you will follow him. 1877 All Year Round 5 May 222/2 After his flight, he first took service with a deacon. 1990 Sunday Times (Nexis) 22 Apr. At the age of 20, he took service as a shepherd. 2009 Historia 43 300 Compare how in the 1030s AD Haraldr Sigurðarsson..took service under the emperor Michael IV Katallakos. < as lemmas |
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