单词 | to turn again |
释义 | > as lemmasto turn again to turn again 1. intransitive. To return, go back; = main sense 19. Now archaic.Familiar in modern English from the legend of Dick Whittington (cf. quot. 1612). ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > return > [verb (intransitive)] to wend againeOE i-cherrec1000 again-chareOE again-comeOE again-fareOE again-goOE eft-sithec1175 to turn againc1175 returna1325 attournec1386 turnc1390 recovera1393 repair?c1400 recourse?a1425 to go backc1425 resortc1425 revertc1475 renew1488 retour?1505 to make return1534 to turn back1538 retend1543 to come short home1548 regress1552 rejourna1556 revolt1567 revolve1587 repeal1596 recur1612 rewend1616 revene1656 to get back1664 to take back1674 c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 6499 Till herode king onn ȝænn he þeȝȝm forrbæd to turrnenn. a1200 MS Trin. Cambr. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1873) 2nd Ser. 87 Ihc wile turnen agen to mine huse. c1300 St. Michael (Laud) l. 21 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 300 He nam one aruwe envenimed..And schet to þis selie bole..Ake þis Arewe tornede euene a-ȝein to him þat hire schet, And smot him. c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Clerk's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 872 Naked out of my fadres hous quod she I cam and naked moot I turne agayn. ?c1510 tr. Newe Landes & People founde by Kynge of Portyngale sig. Diij Then make we them to tourne ageyne unto there owne lande. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Ruth i. 11 But Naemi sayde: Turne agayne my doughters, why wolde ye go with me? 1612 R. Johnson Crowne-Garland Goulden Roses sig. Bvv London bells sweetly rung... Euermore sounding so, turne againe Whittington: For thou in time shalt grow, Lord Maior of London. 1667 S. Pepys Diary 2 Sept. (1974) VIII. 416 I took a coach and went homeward; but then turned again and to White-hall. 2014 C. Rimmer Earl's Pregnant Bride 49 She turned again for the castle, emerging a few minutes later into the open space where the crenellated ruin loomed against the sky. 2. a. transitive (reflexive). To turn or face the other way (usually in order to go back); = senses 2b, 1. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > backward movement > move backwards [verb (reflexive)] > turn back or reverse course to turn againa1300 to turn abouta1400 re-turn1483 a1300 Passion our Lord l. 653 in R. Morris Old Eng. Misc. (1872) 55 Hi turnden heom ayeyn..to iherusalem. c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 3394 (MED) Roland tornd hym þanne aȝeyn..Toward þe tour..as harde as þe hors may go. a1450 St. Edith (Faust.) (1883) l. 1739 When þe messagers seyen herre so stedfaste..Þey tur [n] den hem aȝeyne. 1539 Bible (Great) Psalms xc. 13 Turne the agayne (O Lorde) at the last, and be gracious. 1892 C. E. Norton tr. Dante Divine Comedy III. v. 29 Beatrice..all desireful turned herself again to that region. 1987 J. I. McEnerney tr. Cyril of Alexandria Lett. 1-50 iv. 38 I shall now turn myself again to what most becomes me. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > backward movement > move backwards [verb (intransitive)] > turn back or reverse course turnc1275 to turn aboutc1330 repeata1382 to turn againc1384 to turn backc1425 re-turn1483 resore1486 to turn the backc1540 to turn round1560 to set back1803 resile1887 to break back1933 c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Dan. ix. 13 Al this yuel came vpon vs, and we preyeden not thi face, Lord oure God, that we shulden turne aȝein fro oure wickidnessis, and shulden thinke thi trewthe. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 12594 At þe vte-cuming o þe yatte He turnd again. ?a1425 Mandeville's Trav. (Egerton) (1889) 13 Scho turned agayne with a hidous crie. c1450 (a1400) Libeaus Desconus (Calig. A.ii) (1969) l. 464 (MED) Þef, turne agayn and fyȝt, Wyth þe we denkeþ roune! 1678 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress 5 Come then, Neighbour Pliable, let us turn again, and go home. View more context for this quotation 1817 W. Scott Rob Roy II. viii. 156 Few turned again to take a few minutes voluntary exercise. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > change to something else, transformation > change of direction, reversion > revert [verb (intransitive)] > to former state or condition to turn againc1325 returnc1405 resorta1438 revert?a1513 to pass and repass1548 refall1570 relapse1593 unhappen1805 react1841 involute1904 relax1934 reset1946 society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > right to succeed to title, position, or estate > reversion > revert [verb (intransitive)] reverta1325 to turn againc1325 turn1500 to fall in1784 c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) l. 3562 Þis luþer false men in þe se come & tornde aȝen to suikedom. 1375 in L. Morsbach Mittelengl. Originalurkunden (1923) 1 (MED) In cas þat hit so by-ful, þat non heires ne com by-twuxte þe forseide john and jhone, þe forseide londes turne agayn to sir Renaud of Remmebury and to his heires for euermore. a1400 (c1303) R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne (Harl.) l. 5232 To leue hys synne..And turne aȝen to lyfe and grace. ?a1425 Mandeville's Trav. (Egerton) (1889) 12 Þan sall scho turne agayne to hir awen kynde and be a womman. a1475 in A. Clark Eng. Reg. Godstow Nunnery (1905) i. 198 Aftur þe deceasse of þe foreseyde..þe foreseyde mansyon with hys pertinences shulde turne holly & fully a-geyne to þe foreseyde abbas & couent. a1500 (?a1390) J. Mirk Festial (Gough) (1905) 82 (MED) Þou art but eskys, and to eskys þou schalt aȝeyne turne. a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) ii. vii. 162 His bigge manly voice, Turning againe toward childish trebble pipes, And whistles in his sound. View more context for this quotation 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iv, in tr. Virgil Wks. 140 'Till..he turns agen To his true Shape. View more context for this quotation ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > change of direction of movement > change direction of movement of [verb (transitive)] > cause to deviate from course charec1000 wrencha1200 turnc1275 to turn againc1330 swerve1390 wrya1400 reflectc1425 traverse1438 to turn aside1535 deduce1541 divert1548 to turn off1573 wrig1582 react1599 deflect1615 slent1639 decline1646 deviate1660 to wind off1677 sway1678 warp1814 switch1861 baffle1883 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > causing to go away > command to go away [verb (transitive)] > drive away > repel recoil?c1225 to turn againc1330 to put awayc1350 rebukec1380 to put abacka1382 to put againa1382 again-puta1400 rebut?a1425 repeal?a1425 retroylc1425 rebatea1475 repel?a1475 repulse?a1475 to put backa1500 refel1548 revert1575 rembar1588 to beat back1593 rebeat1595 reject1603 repress1623 rambarrea1630 stave1631 refringe1692 slap-back1931 c1330 (?a1300) Arthour & Merlin (Auch.) (1973) l. 992 (MED) Þo þat child ycristned was Blasi turned oȝain his pas. c1330 Otuel (Auch.) (1882) l. 1464 Traitours, tourneþ aȝein þe berd [emended in ed. to herd]..& we wole make þe freinche fle. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1874) V. 233 By his witte and sleiþe þe Hunnes were i-torned aȝen. c1400 J. Wyclif Eng. Wks. (1880) 288 To turnen aȝen þis þondir þat is [read it] persiþ noȝt. ?c1475 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 15562) (1881) 397 To Turne agayn to gudnes,..conuertere. a1500 (?c1450) Merlin xx. 320 (MED) After shall we go..to turneyen a-gein these sarazins that this londe do werryen. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > oppose [verb (intransitive)] > take up opposition to turn againc1330 to join issue1583 to turn tail1611 turn1887 c1330 (?a1300) Arthour & Merlin (Auch.) (1973) l. 6871 Þe Sarraȝins turned oȝen On king Vrien. c1400 (?a1387) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Huntington HM 137) (1873) C. xxi. l. 402 Now by-gynneþ thi gyle a-gayn on þe turne. ?a1425 tr. Catherine of Siena Orcherd of Syon (Harl.) (1966) 260 (MED) I do as a stoon, þe which whanne it is smyte, it resceyueth no strook ne hirt of hem, but it turneþ aȝein aȝeins þe smyter. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward IV f. cxcix What worme is touched, and will not once turne again? 1641 in F. P. Verney & M. M. Verney Mem. Verney Family 17th Cent. (1907) I. 199 A worme will turne agayne if it be trod on. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > bluntness > become blunt [verb (intransitive)] to turn edge1578 to turn again1579 rebate1587 turn1633 blunt1684 1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. Feb. 203 The Axes edge did oft turne againe. a1640 J. Fletcher & P. Massinger Lovers Progres ii. iii in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) Kkk3/2 And try then if your Sword will bite, it cannot, The edge will turne againe, asham'd, and blunted. < as lemmas |
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