单词 | to usher in |
释义 | > as lemmasto usher in 7. to usher in (see also 1). extracted from usherv. a. To bring in (a banquet, meat, etc.) with ceremony. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > serving food > [verb (transitive)] servec1275 spenda1375 serve1381 to serve forth1381 ministerc1400 messa1425 sewc1440 to serve ina1450 to serve upc1475 asservec1500 dish1587 appose1593 to usher in1613 send1662 to hand round1692 to serve away1709 hand1851 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming in > go or come into [verb (transitive)] > bring in > formally usher1596 to usher in1613 introduce1685 1613 T. Heywood Siluer Age ii. sig. C4 Vsher me in a costly banquet straight To entertaine my Lord. 1707 E. Ward Wooden World Dissected 94 The Captain's Bell calls him to usher in the Apple Dumplins. 1829 S. H. Cassan Lives Bishops of Bath & Wells 262 The meat was ushered in. b. To inaugurate or bring in (a period of time). ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > initiating or causing to begin > initiate [verb (transitive)] > inaugurate > an era or period of time to usher in1609 1609 W. Shakespeare Sonnets cxxxii. sig. H4v That full Starre that vshers in the Eauen. View more context for this quotation 1656 S. Winter Serm. 147 That so he might usher in the eternitie of the world. 1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 276 The Morning being ushered in with..Music. 1782 W. Cowper Hope in Poems 177 If chance..A tempest usher in the dreaded morn. 1791 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse §306 The year 1762 was ushered in with stormy weather. 1827 H. W. Longfellow in S. Longfellow Life H. W. Longfellow (1891) I. viii. 121 The day was ‘ushered in’, as the newspapers say, by the firing of cannon. 1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam lxx. 98 Dim dawn,..Who usherest in the dolorous hour With thy quick tears. 1872 J. Yeats Techn. Hist. Commerce 298 The French Revolution ushered in a new era of taste. c. = sense 2d. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > antecedence or being earlier > precede or come before [verb (transitive)] forecomea1300 precede?a1425 fore-run1590 usher1607 eve1638 to usher in1641 surmounta1647 antevene1655 antedate1664 antecedea1676 anticipate1855 precourse1888 predate1889 precursea1892 1641 H. Maisterson Serm. 18 An anteambulo to usher in a thousand pains. 1695 J. Edwards Disc. conc. Old & New-Test. III. ix. 414 The Lord, who was to be usher'd in by Elijah the Prophet. 1707 tr. P. Le Lorrain de Vallemont Curiosities in Husbandry & Gardening 44 Flowers..appear only to usher in the Fruit, or the Seed; afterwards they fade. 1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 363. ¶18 That vision of Lewdness and Luxury, which ushers in the Flood. a1716 R. South 12 Serm. (1717) V. 89 Every Fast portended some Villany, as still a Famine ushers in a Plague. a1721 M. Prior Many Daughters have done Well 10 How welcome did that light appear Which usher'd in a form all Heav'nly fair. d. To mark the introduction, beginning, or occurrence of (an event, etc.); to introduce. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > initiating or causing to begin > initiate [verb (transitive)] > inaugurate auspicate1611 augurate1624 to usher in1646 inaugurate1755 augur1865 1646 J. Hall Horæ Vacivæ 8 They generally usher in uproares in the State. 1650 R. Stapleton tr. F. Strada De Bello Belgico vii. 49 These punishments seemed only to usher in the Death of the two Counts. 1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World xiv. 394 A convenient place to usher in a Commerce with the Neighbouring Country. 1785 W. Cowper Task iv. 23 But oh th' important budget! usher'd in With..heart-shaking music. 1801 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 5 231 Increased heats..already described as ushering in the hæmorrhage. 1843 R. J. Graves Syst. Clin. Med. x. 106 The symptoms..bear a very strong analogy to those which usher in typhus. 1870 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (ed. 2) I. App. 738 The event of 1018..was ushered in by a comet. e. = sense 4. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > speak, say, or utter [verb (transitive)] > introduce premit?c1425 premisec1450 infera1529 preamble1628 usher1635 to usher in1662 1662 E. Stillingfleet Origines Sacræ ii. vi. §5 Their deliverance by Cyrus..he ushers..in with this preface that [etc.]. 1673 True Notion Worship of God 8 These Sacrifices not only accompanying their Confessions..; but their Hymns and Doxologies also,..to usher them in with more acceptance. 1699 R. Bentley Diss. Epist. Phalaris (new ed.) 222 He would have usher'd the Word in with some kind of introduction. 1757 T. Gray Let. 28 Sept. in Corr. (1971) II. 528 All that ushers in the incantation from ‘Try we yet..’, I am delighted with. a1763 W. King Polit. & Lit. Anecd. (1819) 154 He was..so unfortunate as to usher in his criticisms with [etc.]. 1814 T. Chalmers Evid. Christian Revel. ii. ii The quotation is..ushered in by the general words, ‘As it is written’. < as lemmas |
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