单词 | to turn one's arms against |
释义 | > as lemmasto turn one's arms against (also occasionally towards) f. to turn one's arms against (also occasionally towards) and variants: to wage war on; to attack. [Originally after Middle French torner ses armes contre quelqu'un (1560 in the passage translated in quot. 1569, or earlier; French tourner ses armes contre quelqu'un).] ΚΠ 1569 W. Haywarde tr. A. Guarna Bellum Grammaticale sig. D.ij Mine enimies will not withholde them from running vpon thy lordshippe and turne their victorious armes (which God forbid) against thee. 1579 G. Fenton tr. F. Guicciardini Hist. Guicciardin xvi. 919 You shal haue good oportunitie to turne your armes against the Lutherans & Infidels. 1622 F. Bacon Hist. Raigne Henry VII 163 Hee had turned his Armes upon unarmed and unprovided People. 1654 F. G. tr. ‘G. de Scudéry’ Artamenes III. 138 That language..moves me to part with my life, and so neither take your part, nor turn Arms against them I command. 1702 H. Maxwell Anguis in Herba 45 France..made great Offers to the King of Sweden, to induce him to turn his Arms against Germany. 1769 W. Robertson Hist. Charles V II. iv. 277 He turned his arms against Naples. 1853 C. Merivale Fall Rom. Republic i. 5 Should a victorious general dare to turn his arms against his own country. 1872 J. Yeats Growth Commerce 180 Albuquerque turned his arms towards Ormuz. 1932 D. Jenness Indians of Canada xviii. 282 The Iroquois turned their arms against the Ottawa. 2004 Filipino Reporter (N.Y.) 11 Mar. 19 The thugs of Gonaives who turned their arms against him and vowed to kill him. < as lemmas |
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