transitive. To direct, aim. Obsolete. rare.
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释义 | the world > space > direction > direct [verb (transitive)] > aim at > aim (a blow, weapon, etc.) (17) reachOE transitive. To direct, aim. Obsolete. rare. seta1300 To direct, aim (transitive and intransitive). Obsolete. shapec1400 To direct, address (speech); to aim (a blow). Obsolete. ettlec1450 transitive. To direct (something) to or at a person or thing; esp. to aim (a blow or missile) at. Also intransitive to take aim (at). charge1509 To place (a weapon) in position for action; to ‘level’, direct the aim of. (In charge bayonets! it appears to have passed into sense 22.) bend1530 transitive. To direct, turn, aim, level, bring to bear (cannon, forces, etc.) against, upon, at. Obsolete. level1530 To aim (a missile weapon); to ‘lay’ (a gun); also rarely, to bring (a spear) to the proper level for striking. Also to level one's aim. (Frequently… aimc1565 transitive. To direct (a weapon), prepare (a blow), etc., with the intention of making it strike the desired mark or target. Frequently with at… butt1594 transitive. To aim or direct (a thing) on something. levy1618 Used for level, v.1 to give level to1669 The action of aiming a missile weapon, aim. to give level to: to aim (a gun). to lay, bend, take level: to take aim, to aim. Also, the line of… wise1721 To direct, aim, ‘send’, shoot (a missile) (Scottish); †figurative to utter. intenda1734 transitive. To direct, level, aim (something) against some one. Obsolete. train1795 transitive. To direct, point, or aim (originally a cannon or other firearm, later also the eye or sight, or an optical device), esp. by horizontal… sight1901 To take aim at (an object); to level or aim (a firearm, etc.) at a target. to zero in1944 transitive. Chiefly in passive. To set the sights of (a gun or missile) on a target. Frequently with on. Subcategories:— to a higher point (1) |
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