| 单词 | to work up |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto work up to work up 1. a. transitive. To shape, knead (a soft or malleable substance) (to or into a paste, mixture, etc.); to mix or stir (with another material).In quot. c1425 figurative. ΘΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being mixed or blended > mix or blend [verb (transitive)] > by kneading, stirring, etc. workeOE welka1400 confrayc1420 to work upc1425 tamper1573 to mill up1747 braid1851 c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) Prol. l. 348 How mony worthi loste ther his lyf Thorouȝ olde hatrede wrouȝt vp with newe st[r]if. c1450 Med. Recipes (BL Add. 33996) in F. Heinrich Mittelengl. Medizinbuch (1896) 127 Let hit stande nyne dayes & nyne nyȝtes, & þan go werche hit vp, & let frye hit in apanne. a1500 in C. B. Hieatt & S. Butler Curye on Inglysch (1985) 151 (MED) Stere wyth ȝoure hand... In þis manere schull ȝe wyrke it vp til it be as grete as a peys. ?1550 H. Llwyd tr. Pope John XXI Treasury of Healthe sig. U.iiv Take..Frankencense, [and] as much oyle as shalbe thought sufficient, make it and worke it vp well. 1577 W. Harrison Descr. Scotl. xii. 15/1 in R. Holinshed Chron. I They grinde them [sc. their fish] to smal powder, which they worke vp with water into loaues. 1584 T. Cogan Hauen of Health xxxv. 48 I aduise all studentes that be troubled with winde..to cause Fenell seedes, Anise or Carewaie to be wrought up in their bread. 1635 J. Babington Pyrotechnia xix. 23 These oyles must be..wrought up, till you finde your mixture bound like dough. 1661 W. Rabisha Whole Body Cookery 155 Mince a few sweet herbs and Parslee, with a little Beef-suet;..work it up with a piece of Butter, [etc.]. 1740 G. Smith tr. Laboratory (ed. 2) App. p. xi Take scalding hot water, and..with Newcastle soap, beat and work it up to a clear lather. c1770 H. Glasse Compl. Confectioner 118 Then work it up into a stiff paste. 1830 M. Donovan Domest. Econ. I. x. 355 To this strained matter, one half of the whole quantity of flour is to be added, and well worked up with the hands so as to form sponge. 1868 L. M. Alcott Little Women I. xi. 167 Hannah had left a pan of bread to rise, Meg had worked it up early,..and forgotten it. 1933 G. M. Hindlip Minnie (rev. ed.) 52 Add a mite of salt and work up the paste with a spoon. 1984 N. N. Greenwood & A. Earnshaw Chem. of Elements (1986) vii. 257 The solution is worked up with an excess of LiAlH4. 1997 D. Davis Southern Jack Tales 58 The farmer's wife worked up the butter while Jack churned the second churnful of cream. 2009 Sun (Nexis) 13 June 37 You use much less [shower gel] if you put a tiny blob on a shower puff or flannel and work it up into a lather. b. intransitive. To be able to be shaped, mixed, etc., in this way. Also: to undergo mixing; to blend. ΘΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being mixed or blended > become mixed or blended [verb (intransitive)] mingOE meddlec1350 mella1387 blenda1400 commix?1520 admixa1522 mixa1522 mingle1530 wallc1598 co-minglea1616 comminglea1626 congregate1626 intermingle1626 intermella1641 conflux1662 intermix1722 partake1731 to work up1841 interfuse1851 interblend1854 immingle1858 inmix1892 meld1959 1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop i. xviii. 188 A stew of tripe,..and cow-heel,..and bacon,..and steak,..and peas, cauliflowers, new potatoes, and sparrow-grass, all working up together in one delicious gravy. 1855 D. T. Ansted et al. Geol., Mineral. & Crystallogr. 213 Any hard material, that does not soon work up into mud or grind into dust. 1924 Pop. Sci. Sept. 96/1 (advt.) The shaving cream..works up into a rich, creamy lather almost instantly. 1930 Prof. Papers U.S. Geol. Surv. No. 165. 31/2 The shale works up readily in water to a mud. 2013 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 2 Feb. (Mag.) 13 Its exfoliating grains are as fine as salt and work up into a silky polishing foam. a. transitive. To construct, raise, build up (a wall or other structure). Obsolete.In quot. 1712: to build up material around, shore up. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > build or construct [verb (transitive)] timbera900 workOE betimberOE craftOE buildc1275 lifta1300 stagec1330 upraise1338 wright1338 edifya1340 to make outa1382 to make upa1382 biga1400 housea1400 risea1400 telda1400–50 to work upa1450 redress1481 levy1495 upmake1507 upbuild1513 exstruct?c1550 construct1663 to run up1686 practise1739 to lay up1788 elevate1798 to put up1818 to lay down1851 practicate1851 a1450 St. Edith (Faust.) (1883) l. 3534 To wyrche vp herre werk he ȝaff hem space. a1500 (?a1400) Sir Torrent of Portyngale (1887) l. 1532 The Giaunt wrought vp his wall And laid stonys gret and small. c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy (2002) f. 26v The walles [were] vp wroght wondur to se. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 262/1 Putlocks, pieces of Spar put into the Sides of the Wall to lay Boards on for the Bricklayer to stand and work up high Walls. 1700 Moxon's Mech. Exercises: Bricklayers-wks. 22 In working up the Walls of a Building, do not work any Wall above 3 foot high before you work up the next adjoining Wall. 1712 J. James tr. A.-J. Dézallier d'Argenville Theory & Pract. Gardening 119 Set this Pole very upright,..and work up the Foot of it with Rubble.., for fear its own Weight, or the Wind, should throw it down. 1735 J. Price Some Considerations Stone-bridge Thames 8 Strong Cross-Walls..must be work'd up to the Top of the Crown of the Arches. 1831 P. Nicholson Mechanic's Compan. 195 In working up the wall it would be proper not to work more than four or five feet at a time. b. transitive. To lift or raise (a weight) with effort; to hoist. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > raising > make to go up or cause to rise [verb (transitive)] > hoist heave971 lifta1300 to set upa1300 lift1362 raisec1384 weigh1421 horsea1500 hawsec1500 heeze1513 hoise1548 hoist1548 wind1577 to work upc1610 hist1707 c1610 in G. C. Bond Early Hist. Mining (1924) 15 A smale weight..will growe heavye before it be worked up and worke many wheeles. 3. a. transitive. To do work on (a substance or material), esp. so that it is ready for use; to make (something) up into a finished product. ΘΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > [verb (transitive)] > bring (a person or thing) into a state or condition set971 haveOE wendOE to bring onc1230 teemc1275 putc1330 run1391 casta1400 laya1400 stead1488 constitute1490 render1490 takea1530 introduce1532 deduce1545 throw?1548 derive?c1550 turn1577 to work up1591 estate1605 arrive1607 state1607 enduea1616 assert1638 sublime1654 to run up1657 the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > prepare [verb (transitive)] > for use > material tawa900 defyc1380 work1440 suborn1541 to work up1591 1591 in G. C. Bond Early Hist. Mining (1924) 11 The fyner and hammerman for working up the said 50 tonns of barr iron. 1698 in Acts & Laws Massachusetts-Bay (1724) 116 No Person..shall work up into Shoes..any Leather that is not tanned and curried in Manner as aforesaid. 1739 C. Labelye Short Acct. Piers Westm. Bridge 60 Fir..Timber was chosen as being..the easiest work'd up. a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. iii. 42 Seneca..starting a doubt whether God made His own materials, or only worked up such as he found already in being. 1797 E. Burke Lett. Peace Regic. France iii, in Sel. Wks. (1892) 236 The raw and prepared material [sc. silk]..is worked up in various ways. 1844 G. Dodd Textile Manuf. Great Brit. Introd. 7 The straw-plait..is wrought up into hats and bonnets. 1869 W. T. Thornton On Labour iii. v. 323 A builder..willing to keep his men employed during the bad weather..allowed them to work up a quantity of stone to be ready for use in the spring. 1916 Boiler Maker July 197/2 The subsequent heatings necessary to work the material up into a finished product. 1985 M. F. Hendy Stud. Byzantine Monetary Econ. 665 Only metal obtained by the state through its various procedures was worked up into coin. 2010 R. J. Whitehurst & M. Van Oort Enzymes in Food Technol. vi. 130 The dough..can be worked up into high-quality bakery products. b. transitive. To form, construct, produce (something material or immaterial), esp. with care, effort, or difficulty. ΘΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > [verb (transitive)] > produce or bring forth > produce with effort or difficulty laboura1393 force1551 constrain1607 screw1630 toil1671 to work up1675 scratch1922 1675 T. Shadwell Psyche Pref. sig. A4v Here is more Variety, and the Scenes of Passion are wrought up with more Art. 1710 J. Addison Tatler No. 153 An eminent artist, who wrought up his pictures with the greatest accuracy. 1713 J. Addison Cato i. iv The Sun..Works up more fire and colour in their cheeks. 1820 Q. Musical Mag. 2 60 Fugues wrought up with infinite art, and little effect. 1885 Manch. Weekly Times 7 Mar. 5/5 I have perhaps worked up this picture a little too elaborately. 1897 G. A. Henty On Irrawaddy 120 My uncle is working up a very good business. 1911 ‘G. A. Birmingham’ Lighter Side Irish Life i. 9 He stood..in front of the looking-glass working up appropriate gestures. 1996 W. Carter in P. Trynka Rock Hardware 40/2 Sam Phillips sent Elvis over to Scotty's house to try to work up some material. 2012 New Yorker 3 Sept. 41/3 The police worked up an Operational and Raid Plan, which involved more than a dozen local and federal agents. c. transitive. To develop, expand, enlarge (an idea, thought, plan, etc.); to form into something more complete or satisfactory. ΘΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [verb (transitive)] > into something greater improve1647 to work up1693 to run on1886 1693 T. Creech tr. Juvenal in J. Dryden et al. tr. Juvenal Satires xiii. 268 For he that but conceives a Crime in thought, Contracts the danger of an Actual Fault: Then what must he expect that still proceeds To finish Sin, and work up Thoughts to Deeds? [L. cedo si conata peregit]. 1712 E. Budgell Spectator No. 307. ¶2 Your agreeable manner of working up Trifles. 1819 W. Irving Sketch Bk. ii. 134 A spray could not tremble in the breeze.., but it has been noticed by these impassioned and delicate observers, and wrought up into some beautiful morality. 1869 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest III. xiii. 278 All this could easily be wrought up into a claim. 1907 Mrs. C. Kernahan Fraud iv. 28 He had got a dramatic situation..which he meant Danvers to work up. 1957 New Scientist 24 Jan. 46/2 They [sc. sketch designs] could be worked up into a fully practicable design. 2010 New Yorker 16 Aug. 87/1 That may sound like standard post-Wildean wit, but Christie can work it up into lovely scenes. 4. a. intransitive. To make one's way up, esp. gradually, indirectly, or with difficulty; to rise, go, or come up; to ascend, advance. ΘΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > forward movement > move forward or advance [verb (intransitive)] wadeOE agoOE forthganga1000 forthgoOE syeOE kenc1275 to-stepc1275 vaunce1303 forthnima1325 passc1330 throc1330 forthpass1382 to pass forthc1384 to carry forthc1390 proceedc1392 to go alongc1400 to be forthwardc1430 get) groundc1436 to set onc1450 avauntc1460 pretend1481 to make way1490 advance?1507 to get forward1523 promove1570 to rid ground (also space)1572 to rid (the) way1581 progressa1586 to gather grounda1593 to make forth1594 to make on1597 to work up1603 perge1607 to work one's (also its) way1609 to pass on1611 to gain ground1625 to make its way1645 vadea1660 propagate1700 to gain one's way1777 further1789 to pull up1829 on1840 to make (up) ground1921 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > rise or go up [verb (intransitive)] > against impediment or indirectly to work up1603 clamber1852 1603 S. Harsnett Declar. Popish Impostures ix. 40 A pinte of this holy potion in her stomacke, working vp into her head. 1702 C. Beaumont J. Beaumont's Psyche (new ed.) viii. iii. 106 Æstuating in her mighty toil The Sea has wrought up to her highest shore. 1790 R. Beatson Naval & Mil. Mem. II. 194 He ordered the Queenborough ahead to observe their motions, and continued endeavouring to work up after them. 1830 Amer. Q. Rev. Dec. 287 The larger stones will infallibly work up to the surface. 1866 C. Kingsley Hereward the Wake II. vii. 107 Nearer and louder came the oar-roll, like thunder working up from the east. 1882 Daily Tel. 28 Oct. 2/4 The Torridge is in full flood, and plenty of salmon are working up to spawn. 1916 E. W. Hamilton First 7 Div. (1917) 41 An additional flanking corps that was said to be working up from the direction of Tournai. 1985 S. Lee Dunn's Conundrum iii. 283 Vera always looked sexy driving... Her dress always worked up. 2004 Santa Fe New Mexican (Nexis) 23 June c1 The mixture really thickens and reaches a boil and you see fat heavy bubbles work up to the surface and burst. b. intransitive. To progress towards something better by labour or effort. Now esp.: to ascend a hierarchy, series of ranks, etc., through hard work; to proceed gradually to something higher or more advanced. Cf. to work one's way up at Phrases 6b. Π a1631 J. Donne Second Anniversarie in Poems (1633) 274 Then, Soule, to thy first pitch worke up againe. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost v. 478 Till body up to spirit work. View more context for this quotation 1838 J. Forster Eminent Brit. Statesmen IV. 85 His old faith of the necessity of ‘working up to God’, by constant changes, and improvements. 1889 Athenæum 12 Jan. 45/2 The whole object of a Buddhist is..gradually to work up through higher stages to Nirwana. 1903 G. H. Lorimer Lett. Merchant viii. 109 He was..drawing ten thousand a year, which was more than he could have worked up to in the leather business in a century. 1938 Life 4 Apr. 9/1 He had worked up to assistant passenger agent of the Detroit & Windsor Ferry Co. 1992 Autosport 23 Apr. 54/2 Shaw turned in a gritty drive to work up to fourth at the expense of Dewar and Thompson. 2008 U. McGovern Lost Crafts (2009) 211 It would take many years, working up through the ranks from garden boy. c. transitive. To bring to or into a better or more exalted state or condition by labour or effort; to raise, elevate; to improve. Now chiefly reflexive.Sometimes overlapping with to work up sense 5b. ΘΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > improvement > [verb (transitive)] beetc975 betterOE goodOE sharpa1100 amendc1300 enhance1526 meliorate1542 embetter1568 endeara1586 enrich1598 meliorize1598 mend1603 sweeten1607 improve1617 to work up1641 ameliorate1653 solace1667 fine1683 ragout1749 to make something of1778 richen1795 transcendentalize1846 to tone up1847 to do something (also things) for (also to)1880 rich1912 to step up1920 uprate1965 up1968 nice1993 1641 C. Burges 1st Serm. House of Commons 2 Working up their hearts to that indispensable pitch of heavenly resolution, sincerely to strike through a religious and inviolable Covenant with their God. 1668 J. Dryden Of Dramatick Poesie 66 This last is indeed the representation of Nature, but 'tis Nature wrought up to an higher pitch. 1749 London Mag. Mar. 117/2 They [sc. manufactures] were..worked up to the greatest perfection. 1760 D. Webb Inq. Beauties Painting 158 The expression in this statue [Laocoon], is worked up to such a just extremity,..that, as the least addition would be extravagance, so every diminution would be a defect. 1824 Edinb. Philos. Jrnl. 11 277 (note) Square bars of malleable iron,..worked up to a high state of refinement by repeated heating and hammering. 1861 T. Hughes Tom Brown at Oxf. I. i. 7 The kitchen and buttery were worked up to a high state of perfection. 1875 E. White Life in Christ (1878) iii. xviii. 237 A man can work himself up into an immortal condition of ‘equality with the angels’..no more than an ox or an ass can work himself up into humanity. 1941 Michigan Technic Nov. 24/2 Beginning with the lowly position of dish-washer,..he has worked himself up to the Vice-President. 1988 M. A. Grissom Southern by Grace of God (1989) i. 24 They would pick the showiest and most difficult gospel song..and try to work it up to perfection. 2003 B. Tracy Turbostrategy xix. 131 If on a scale of one to ten you give yourself a score of seven, your aim will be to work yourself up to an eight. d. transitive. To improve or refine one's knowledge of (a subject); to master by careful study or research. Now archaic and rare. ΘΚΠ society > education > learning > study > [verb (transitive)] > study diligently or hard to make a study ofa1591 nit1596 to sit over ——1606 to mouse over1808 to work out1830 bone1832 work1840 to work up1852 mug1868 swot1901 1852 C. A. Bristed Five Years Eng. University I. 305 My Mathematics began to feel a little less shaky, and the desire of working up my Classics increased. 1914 T. S. Eliot Let. 25 July (1988) I. 44 Send me some verse, please. I am working up my Greek, mornings. 2010 New Yorker 29 Mar. 101/1 Edmund Wilson..would say that he was ‘working up’ Hungarian poetry or Russian revolutionaries, the literature of the Civil War or Iroquois culture. 5. a. transitive. To agitate, whip up (water, the sea, etc.); to cause to move turbulently. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > agitate [verb (transitive)] weigha1000 dreveOE ruska1300 commovec1374 to-stira1382 busy?c1400 tormenta1492 squalper?1527 toss1557 jumble1568 buskle1573 agitate1599 disturb1599 to work up1615 vex1627 conturbate1657 jerry-mumble1709 rejumble1755 jerrycummumble1785 reesle1903 1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 328 A water Engine worketh vp a streame. 1705 J. Addison Remarks Italy 54 This Lake perfectly resembles a Sea, when it is work'd up by Storms. a1780 J. Macgowan Disc. Bk. Ruth (1781) xvi. 366 One Jonah sleeping in the sides of the ship will work up the sea to a tempest the most terrible. 1833 Pop. Introd. Study Quadrupeds ix. 484 The lashings of its ponderous tail work up the sea into boiling foam. 1936 J. W. Eisdell Back Country i. 17 Big ‘blows’ which quickly worked up the waves and gave us that wonderful sense of exhilaration which a strong breeze gives. b. transitive. To agitate, excite (a person, the mind, etc.); to move, rouse to or into a particular state or condition, esp. of heightened emotion. Also: to induce or persuade by effort to do something. Frequently reflexive. Cf. worked up adj. (b) at worked adj. Compounds.Sometimes overlapping with to work up sense 4c. ΘΠ the mind > emotion > excitement > exciting > excite [verb (transitive)] astirc1000 stir?c1225 araisec1374 entalentc1374 flamec1380 reara1382 raisec1384 commove1393 kindlea1400 fluster1422 esmove1474 talent1486 heavec1540 erect?1555 inflame1560 to set on gog1560 yark1565 tickle1567 flesh1573 concitate1574 rouse1574 warmc1580 agitate1587 spirit1598 suscitate1598 fermentate1599 nettle1599 startle1602 worka1616 exagitate1621 foment1621 flush1633 exacuatea1637 ferment1667 to work up1681 pique1697 electrify1748 rattle1781 pump1791 to touch up1796 excite1821 to key up1835 to steam up1909 jazz1916 steam1922 volt1930 whee1949 to fire up1976 geek1984 the mind > emotion > excitement > inspiration > inspire [verb (transitive)] inblowc975 flamec1380 inspire1390 inflate1530 mounta1546 adblast1548 heighten1604 inspirita1661 to work up1681 exalt1744 inspiratea1806 the world > action or operation > undertaking > beginning action or activity > begin or enter upon (an action) [verb (transitive)] > stir up or rouse up > to or into a state or activity rouse?1565 to work up1681 1681 J. Kettlewell Meas. Christian Obed. v. vii. 704 They can pray more passionately,..and work themselves up to more heavenly raptures than ordinarily they have been able to attain to. 1689 E. Stillingfleet Serm. Queen White-Hall 26 It is no very hard Matter to work up a heated and devout Imagination to the Fancy of Raptures and Ecstasies. 1698 J. Collier Short View Immorality Eng. Stage 25 To work up their Lewdness with Verse and Musick. 1710 R. Steele Tatler No. 172. ⁋2 We cannot but tremble to consider, what we are capable of being wrought up to. 1753 E. Young Brothers iv. 53 When I have work'd him up to Violence. 1831 G. P. R. James Philip Augustus III. i. 1 His whole powers and energies had been wrought up to bear it firmly and calmly. 1842 S. Lover Handy Andy x. 91 Tell him magnificent lies—astonish him with grand materials for a note-book and work him up to publish. 1874 F. C. Burnand My Time xxxi. 306 My father had tried to work himself up into a passion. 1930 Oxf. Ann. Girls 81/1 A groan went up from the waiting girls. ‘What a swizzle! After working us up to bursting point!’ 1962 L. Deighton Ipcress File xxxi. 200 The tape recordings..must have worked everyone up to fever pitch. 2004 Company Mar. 73/1 By the time this so-called ‘Jamie’ phoned to ask Becky out for a drink, I had worked myself up into a mammoth strop. c. intransitive. To become agitated or excited; to proceed gradually to a state of heightened emotion.In quot. 1681 as part of an extended metaphor; cf. sense 44a. ΘΠ the mind > emotion > excitement > be or become excited [verb (intransitive)] > gradually to work up1681 the mind > emotion > excitement > nervous excitement > be in state of nervous excitement [verb (intransitive)] > become gradually to work up1681 to get one's panties in a bunch1985 1681 J. Dryden Absalom & Achitophel 5 So, several Factions from this first Ferment, Work up to Foam. 1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 36. ⁋3 You know a premeditated Quarrel usually begins and works up with the words, Some people. 1806 H. B. Gascoigne Nat. Refl. iii. 25 The madning vein Works up to frenzy, and distorted nerves Declare that Reason has forsook her seat. 1895 Trans. Royal Acad. Med. Ireland 8 60 For some days [she] is quiet and comparatively good-humoured, but gradually works up to a similar climax again. 1899 R. Kipling Stalky & Co. i. 27 He was merely working up to a peroration. 1956 Billboard 6 Oct. 84/4 ‘Heeby-Jeebies’ is a driving tune with rapid-fire lyrics that works up to a frenzy. 1997 C. Shields Larry's Party x. 186 He wondered what she was getting at, what kind of mood she was working up to. 2011 Evening Chron. (Newcastle) (Nexis) 29 Jan. a10 A Minority Movement speaker was working up to a frenzy. d. transitive (reflexive). To prepare oneself mentally, to gather the courage or resolve to do something. With to-infinitive or to and it or a noun of action. Also intransitive with reflexive meaning. ΘΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > prepare [verb (reflexive)] > for effort girdc1450 bracea1500 buckle1570 accinge1657 screw1785 to work up1820 nerve1821 poise1831 to screw up1841 1820 C. R. Maturin Melmoth II. vi. 63 It was noon before I could work myself up to execute this resolution. 1877 J. L. Crane Two Circuits xxxv. 313 I was trying to work myself up to have this talk with you, as you know something of how things stand with me. 1943 R. P. Warren At Heaven's Gate ix. 126 ‘Well,’ she said, ‘you worked yourself up to bringing me home. You finally managed to do it. You see, Jerry darling,’ she continued, ‘I wasn't ever going to marry you unless you took me home.’ 1970 ‘A. Cross’ Poetic Justice (1991) viii. 138 Were you working up to asking me about it? 1995 K. Ishiguro Unconsoled v. 55 Then he said suddenly, as though he had for some time been working himself up to it: ‘Look, it's awfully impertinent of me. But are you sure you don't want to go back to the hotel?’ 2002 A. Leclaire Leaving Eden 132 He was working himself up to apologize for some harm done. e. transitive. To arouse or build up (a quality, emotion, etc.) in oneself. Frequently with infinitive as complement. ΘΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > [verb (transitive)] > elicit or call forth movea1398 drawa1400 provoke?a1425 askc1450 to draw out1525 to stir up1526 allure?1532 suscitate1532 to call out1539 to draw fortha1569 draw1581 attract1593 raise1598 force1602 fetch1622 milka1628 invite1650 summon1679 elicit1822 to work up?1833 educe1840 ?1833 J. Barrington Rise & Fall Irish Nation xxiii. 219 Captain Armstrong became acquainted with the two brothers, pledged to them his friendship..and worked up sufficient guilt, to sacrifice the lives of both. 1881 T. Hardy Laodicean I. ii. 21 Who was he that had pondered, gone into solitudes, wrestled with himself, worked up his courage, and said, I will do this. 1912 Pacific Pharmacist Dec. 189/2 We cannot consider the highly problematical wishes, feelings and desires of those who could not work up enough energy to attend to the voting. 1952 B. Malamud Natural 15 If she hadn't yet eaten breakfast and he could work up the nerve, he could talk to her in the diner—only he didn't dare. 1992 Washington Post 10 Mar. e2/3 I'd been trying to work up the guts to talk to her. 2003 J. Flanders Victorian House (2004) viii. 281 Maud Berkeley was more sociable, yet even she could not work up much enthusiasm for all her obligations. f. transitive. To develop or produce (a sweat, appetite, thirst, etc.), usually by activity or effort. Π 1853 Boston Herald 1 July 1/1 The squealing of the little fellows, as the teachers (in order, half the time, we believe, to work up an appetite for dinner,) spank, birch, and switch them. 1880 Glasgow Herald 28 Dec. 6/2 Ayrshire curlers..will work up thirst for another tumbler, ruminating over their favourite game. 1907 N.Y. Med. Jrnl. 2 Feb. 202/2 You can run ‘on the spot’..and ‘work up a sweat’ in this way that will satisfy any trainer. 1948 Hartford (Connecticut) Courant 24 Oct. (Parade of Youth section) 3/3 After they worked up a thirst, soda pop in abundance was provided. 1988 Bike Events Summer 39/1 You'll work up a bit of an appetite on the road. 2003 ‘J.D. Robb’ Imitation in Death 43 By the time she was at full pace, she'd worked up a nice sweat. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > administration and ceremonial > organize naval affairs, etc. [verb (transitive)] > punish mastheada1809 to work up1812 haze1840 society > authority > punishment > other types of punishment > [verb (transitive)] > punish with hard work to work up1812 1812 in F. W. Howay Voy. New Hazard to Northwest Coast (1938) 37 The captain..jawed us, called us thieves, country boogars, infernal scoundrels; would work us up. 1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast viii. 18 Let an officer once say ‘I'll haze you’, and your fate is fixed. You will be ‘worked up’, if you are not a better man than he is. 1897 F. T. Bullen Cruise ‘Cachalot’ 208 The hands no longer felt that they were continually being ‘worked up’ or ‘hazed’ for the sole, diabolical satisfaction of keeping them ‘at it’. 7. transitive. Medicine. To perform diagnostic procedures upon (a patient). Cf. workup n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > diagnosis or prognosis > examination > examine medically [verb (transitive)] searcha1425 visit1484 examine?1541 to run the rule over1909 to work up1931 1931 Lancet 19 Dec. 1135/1 The two following cases..have been worked up in considerable detail. 1978 Jrnl. Family Pract. 7 541 Hospitalized patients from this practice were worked-up and used as the source of inpatient specialty learning. 2003 Amer. Jrnl. Cardiol. 91 840/2 I worked the patient up from stem to stern, tried to find the source of the bleeding. < as lemmas |
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