单词 | to stand forth |
释义 | > as lemmasto stand forth to stand forth 1. a. intransitive. To step forward (in order to do something, make a speech, face a company, etc.); to come boldly or resolutely to the front or centre. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > forward movement > move forward or advance [verb (intransitive)] > a short distance or for a purpose to step forthc1000 to stand forthc1390 to stand forward1602 to step up1660 to step forward1793 c1390 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Vernon) (1867) A. ii. l. 57 Now Simonye and Siuyle stondeþ forþ boþe. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 10231 Joachim son forth can stand, And mad him bun wit his offrand. c1500 (?a1475) Assembly of Gods (1896) l. 442 He stood forthe boldly with grym countenaunce. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Luke vi. f. lxxxijv Ryse vp, and stonde forthe in the myddes. 1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII v. iii. 82 I doe beseech your Lordships, That..my Accusers..may stand forth face to face, And freely vrge against me. 1780 Mirror No. 68 In such a cause every man would stand forth. 1872 C. E. Maurice Life S. Langton i. 28 The prophet who had stood forth to denounce the awful corruption. 1995 Face Aug. 7/3 I may now stand forth with the best and state hand on heart that I too watched Swap Shop. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > oppose [verb (transitive)] > confront abidec1275 stand?1316 visagec1386 bidec1400 to stand to ——1562 affront1569 to look (a person, etc.) in the face1573 outface1574 front1582 to meet with1585 confront1594 propose1594 to stand up to1596 outfront1631 to stand forth to1631 head1682 meet1725 1631 B. Jonson Staple of Newes iv. iv. 63 in Wks. II Now he treats of you, Stand forth to him, faire. 2. intransitive. Of a thing: to be conspicuous or prominent. Also: (in concrete use) to project, protrude, jut out (from a surface, etc.). Cf. to stand out 1c at Phrasal verbs 1. ΘΚΠ society > communication > manifestation > [verb (intransitive)] > strikingly shinec1340 to stand fortha1425 to stick out1612 to stick off1613 to stand offa1616 stare1645 glare1712 to stand out1824 to burn out, forth1834 the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > visibility > be visible [verb (intransitive)] > be clearly visible > be conspicuous to stand fortha1425 to catch the (also a person's) eye1585 salutea1586 stare1645 to make (familiarly to cut) a figure1699 to show up1860 to jump to the eye(s)1926 to stick (or stand) out like a sore thumb1936 a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) 2 Esdras iii. 25 Phalel, the sone of Ozi, bildide aȝens þe bowyng, and the tour that stondith forth [E.V. a1382 Douce 369(1) stant aboue; L. eminet], fro the hiȝ hows of the kyng. 1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 1004 S. Barnabies Thistle another kinde of Star Thistle; notwithstanding it hath prickles no where saue in the head only, and the prickles of it stand foorth in manner of a star. a1764 R. Lloyd Dialogue Author & Friend in Wks. Eng. Poets (1810) 108/1 Yes—it [sc. his book] stands forth to public view. 1862 Temple Bar 6 356 No buildings are allowed to touch it, and thus it stands forth in its native gigantesque proportions. 1999 Vanity Fair Feb. 68/2 From a thousand adjectives..there immediately stands forth one adjective in which our epoch finds its perfect portrait. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > perseverance or persistence > persevere or persist in [verb (transitive)] to stand in ——a1382 maintainc1385 willc1400 to stand fortha1425 to stick to ——1525 to tug out1631 worry1727 to stick out1833 to stick at ——1845 slog1846 stay1956 to chase up1958 a1425 (?a1400) G. Chaucer Romaunt Rose (Hunterian) (1891) l. 3547 To stonde forth in such duresse. < as lemmas |
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