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to worm out

7. to worm out: to thrust out, get rid of, expel, by subtle and persistent pressure or undermining.

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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > let or send out [verb (transitive)] > expel > by subtle means

to worm out1594

1594 J. Lyly Mother Bombie ii. ii. sig. E4 I haue tied vp the louing worme my daughter, and will see whether fansie can worme fansie out of her head.

1643 Sir T. Browne Religio Medici (authorized ed.) i. §30. 67 It is a riddle to me, how this story of Oracles hath not worm'd out of the World that doubtful conceit of Spirits and Witches.

a1662 P. Heylyn Cyprianus Angl. (1671) i. 46 He did not only stock his Colledge with such a generation of Non-conformists as could not be wormed out in many years after his decease; but [etc.].

1665 T. H. Exact Surv. Affaires Netherlands 127 The industrious Portugeze, whom they have wormed almost out of all their discoveries in Asia and Africa.

1683 in J. Wickham Legg Eng. Ch. Life (1914) 115 A Temper, which must Inevitably..Worme out once againe the Common Prayer.

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) To Worm, to work one out of a Place, &c.

1714 R. Fiddes Pract. Disc. (ed. 2) II. 271 He who has the handsomest address..in worming others out of business, and winding himself in.

1748 E. Erskine Serm. (1755) 332 The Venom of the Old Serpent has diffused itself through all the Powers and Faculties of the Soul and Body; and it is worming out your Life.

1760 Ann. Reg., Chron. 114/1 Such a body of troops as..in time might be able to worm out the English from the trade of Bengal.

1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue Worm, to worm out,..also to undermine, or supplant.

1811 C. Lamb in Reflector 2 353 Innumerable are the ways which they take to insult and worm you out of their husband's confidence.

extracted from wormv.

to worm out

8. to worm out:

a. to extract (information, a secret, etc.) by insidious questioning. Similarly const. out of or from (a person).

ΘΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > interrogation > question, interrogate [verb (transitive)] > extract information

to worm out1716

1716 J. Addison Drummer ii. 17 I fancy..thou could'st worm it [sc. a secret] out of her.

1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue Worm, to worm out, to obtain the knowledge of a secret by craft.

1804 M. Edgeworth Will ix, in Pop. Tales I. 233 I do not want to worm your secret from you.

1807 G. Crabbe Birth Flattery in Poems 193 I..Who've loos'd a Guinea from a Miser's Chest, And worm'd his Secret from a Traitor's Breast.

1840 W. M. Thackeray Catherine xi Old Wood knew all her history... He had wormed it out of her, day by day.

1844 A. Smith Adventures Mr. Ledbury I. xx. 266 He was able..to worm out a description of the locality.

1853 E. Bulwer-Lytton My Novel III. x. xx. 202 By little and little our juvenile Talleyrand..wormed out from Dick this grievance.

1863 C. C. Clarke Shakespeare-characters iii. 68 He counsels his mother not to let the king worm from her his secret.

1865 S. Baring-Gould Bk. Were-wolves v. 62 The judge ordered one of his peasants to visit the man, and to worm the truth out of him.

1900 ‘A. Hope’ Quisanté i. 14 She could not get much out of him, but she found herself trying to worm out all she could.

b. To extract (money, etc.) out of (a person) by pleading.

1848 C. Kingsley Yeast in Fraser's Mag. Nov. 538/1 They make the labourer fancy that he is not to depend upon God and his own right hand, but on what his wife can worm out of the good nature of the rich.

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单词	to worm out
释义	> as lemmas to worm out 7. to worm out: to thrust out, get rid of, expel, by subtle and persistent pressure or undermining. ΘΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > let or send out [verb (transitive)] > expel > by subtle means to worm out1594 1594 J. Lyly Mother Bombie ii. ii. sig. E4 I haue tied vp the louing worme my daughter, and will see whether fansie can worme fansie out of her head. 1643 Sir T. Browne Religio Medici (authorized ed.) i. §30. 67 It is a riddle to me, how this story of Oracles hath not worm'd out of the World that doubtful conceit of Spirits and Witches. View more context for this quotation a1662 P. Heylyn Cyprianus Angl. (1671) i. 46 He did not only stock his Colledge with such a generation of Non-conformists as could not be wormed out in many years after his decease; but [etc.]. 1665 T. H. Exact Surv. Affaires Netherlands 127 The industrious Portugeze, whom they have wormed almost out of all their discoveries in Asia and Africa. 1683 in J. Wickham Legg Eng. Ch. Life (1914) 115 A Temper, which must Inevitably..Worme out once againe the Common Prayer. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) To Worm, to work one out of a Place, &c. 1714 R. Fiddes Pract. Disc. (ed. 2) II. 271 He who has the handsomest address..in worming others out of business, and winding himself in. 1748 E. Erskine Serm. (1755) 332 The Venom of the Old Serpent has diffused itself through all the Powers and Faculties of the Soul and Body; and it is worming out your Life. 1760 Ann. Reg., Chron. 114/1 Such a body of troops as..in time might be able to worm out the English from the trade of Bengal. 1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue Worm, to worm out,..also to undermine, or supplant. 1811 C. Lamb in Reflector 2 353 Innumerable are the ways which they take to insult and worm you out of their husband's confidence. extracted from wormv. to worm out 8. to worm out: a. to extract (information, a secret, etc.) by insidious questioning. Similarly const. out of or from (a person). ΘΠ the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > interrogation > question, interrogate [verb (transitive)] > extract information to worm out1716 1716 J. Addison Drummer ii. 17 I fancy..thou could'st worm it [sc. a secret] out of her. 1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue Worm, to worm out, to obtain the knowledge of a secret by craft. 1804 M. Edgeworth Will ix, in Pop. Tales I. 233 I do not want to worm your secret from you. 1807 G. Crabbe Birth Flattery in Poems 193 I..Who've loos'd a Guinea from a Miser's Chest, And worm'd his Secret from a Traitor's Breast. 1840 W. M. Thackeray Catherine xi Old Wood knew all her history... He had wormed it out of her, day by day. 1844 A. Smith Adventures Mr. Ledbury I. xx. 266 He was able..to worm out a description of the locality. 1853 E. Bulwer-Lytton My Novel III. x. xx. 202 By little and little our juvenile Talleyrand..wormed out from Dick this grievance. 1863 C. C. Clarke Shakespeare-characters iii. 68 He counsels his mother not to let the king worm from her his secret. 1865 S. Baring-Gould Bk. Were-wolves v. 62 The judge ordered one of his peasants to visit the man, and to worm the truth out of him. 1900 ‘A. Hope’ Quisanté i. 14 She could not get much out of him, but she found herself trying to worm out all she could. b. To extract (money, etc.) out of (a person) by pleading. Π 1848 C. Kingsley Yeast in Fraser's Mag. Nov. 538/1 They make the labourer fancy that he is not to depend upon God and his own right hand, but on what his wife can worm out of the good nature of the rich. extracted from wormv. < as lemmas
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