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  • 81 arreglar

    v.
    1 to fix, to repair.
    Ricardo arregla los muebles Richard fixes the furniture.
    2 to tidy (up).
    3 to sort out.
    todo arreglado, podemos pasar everything's been sorted out now, we can go in
    4 to arrange (Music).
    5 to smarten up.
    arregla a los niños, que vamos a dar un paseo get the children ready, we're going for a walk
    6 to put in order, to arrange, to adjust, to accommodate.
    Ella arregla los horarios She puts in order the schedules.
    7 to rig out, to dress up.
    Ella arregló el encuentro She rigged the encounter.
    8 to compromise.
    Los hermanos arreglaron The brothers compromised.
    * * *
    1 (gen) to settle, sort out, fix
    2 (ordenar) to tidy up, clear up
    3 (reparar) to mend, fix, repair
    4 MÚSICA to arrange
    5 familiar to sort out
    ■ ¡ya te arreglaré! I'll teach you!, I'll sort you out
    1 (componerse) to get ready, dress up; (cabello) to do
    2 (solucionarse) to get sorted out, work out; (pareja) to get back together again
    \
    arreglárselas to manage, cope
    ■ ¿cómo te las arreglas para tener tantas novias? how do you manage to have so many girlfriends?
    * * *
    verb
    1) to repair, fix, mend
    2) settle, sort out, solve, work out
    •
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=reparar) [+ electrodoméstico, reloj] to repair, fix, mend; [+ coche] to repair, fix; [+ zapatos, vestido] to mend, repair; [+ casa] to do up

    ¿cuánto te ha costado arreglar el coche? — how much did it cost you to have your car repaired o fixed?

    2) (=acicalar) to get ready

    ¡a ti te voy a arreglar yo! — iró I'll show you! *

    3) (=resolver) [+ asunto] to sort out; [+ conflicto, disputa] to settle; [+ problema] to solve, sort out

    no te preocupes por el dinero, yo lo arreglaré — don't worry about the money, I'll sort it out o I'll take care of that

    si te crees que vas a arreglar el mundo, vas listo — iró if you think you're going to put the world to rights, you've got another think coming *

    • arreglar cuentas con algn — to settle accounts with sb

    4) (=ordenar) [+ casa, habitación] to tidy, tidy up
    5) (=organizar) to arrange

    lo arregló todo para que la entrevista fuera el lunes — he fixed up o arranged everything so the interview could be on Monday

    6) (=acordar) [+ detalles] to settle; [+ cita] to arrange, fix up

    hemos arreglado que si yo no puedo hacerlo lo hará él — we have arranged that if I can't do it, he will

    7) (Mús) to arrange
    8) (Culin) [+ ensalada] to dress
    9) LAm (=amañar) to arrange
    10) LAm [+ deuda] to pay, repay

    le trabajé un mes y todavía no me arregla — Chile I worked for him for a month and still haven't been paid

    11) LAm (=esterilizar) [+ macho] to castrate; [+ hembra] to spay
    12) Chile [+ registro, documento] to update
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) <aparato/reloj> to mend, fix; <ropa/zapatos> to mend, repair

    compró la casa muy barata, pero tiene que arreglarla — she bought the house very cheaply, but it needs a lot of work

    el dentista me está arreglando la boca — (fam) the dentist is fixing my teeth (colloq)

    esto te arreglará el estómago — (fam) this'll sort your stomach out (colloq)

    b) (Chi fam) < documento> to doctor
    2)
    a) <casa/habitación> to tidy (up), clean up
    b) <niño/pelo>

    ve arreglando a los niños ¿quieres? — can you start getting the children ready?

    c) (preparar, organizar)
    d) ( disponer) <flores/muebles> to arrange
    3) ( solucionar) < situación> to sort out; < asunto> to settle, sort out

    lo quiso arreglar diciendo que... — she tried to put things right by saying that...

    4) (fam) ( como amenaza)
    2.
    arreglarse v pron
    1) (refl) ( ataviarse)
    2) <pelo/manos>
    a) (refl) to do
    b) (caus)
    3)
    a) ( solucionarse) situación/asunto to get sorted out

    ya verás como todo se arregla — you'll see, everything will turn out all right

    b) pareja ( tras una riña) to make (it) up
    4) (fam) ( amañarse)

    la casa es pequeña pero nos arreglamos — it's a small house, but we manage

    arreglarse con algo: nos tendremos que arreglar con tu sueldo we'll have to get by o manage on your wages; se tendrán que arreglar con lo que hay they'll have to make do with what there is; arreglárselas (fam) to manage; no sé cómo se las arreglan I don't know how they manage; arréglatelas como puedas sort o work it out as best you can; sabe arreglárselas solo he can look after himself; ya me las arreglaré para llegar — I'll find a way of getting there

    5) día/tiempo to get better, clear up
    * * *
    = remedy, repair, tidy up, fix, right, fix up, manicure, groom, clear up.
    Ex. After 1728, the initiative for investigating and remedying the state of the public records passed to the House of Commons.
    Ex. In the more common perspective of linear causality, we seek to explain a negative consequence by searching for its root cause and repairing it.
    Ex. Government agencies have taken the trouble to create a standard format for their publications and generally tidy up their presentation until in physical appearance their reports look like a collection of pamphlets or paperbound books.
    Ex. There is always a need to fix manually the formatting of articles taken from an online service such as DIALOG.
    Ex. The author questions whether this is a transitional phenomenon which will be righted later.
    Ex. So ISI have the dosh to fix up ProCite.
    Ex. Army officials would often manicure locations before journalists would enter and so it took far too long for anyone to start being critical of the war.
    Ex. Never has there been a greater interest in grooming pubic hair than there is today.
    Ex. What they will not do is clear up the foggy area in most cataloguers' minds, the area that leads to an inconsistent application of half-understood principles'.
    ----
    * arreglar el entuerto = sort out + the mess.
    * arreglar las cosas = put + things right.
    * arreglar + Posesivo + asuntos = put + Posesivo + (own) house in order.
    * arreglar + Posesivo + vida = put + Posesivo + (own) house in order.
    * arreglarse = get + ready.
    * arreglarse el aspecto = preen.
    * arreglarse el pelo = primp.
    * arreglárselas = get by, make + do, make out, cope.
    * arreglárselas a duras penas = muddle through.
    * arreglárselas como pueda = losers weepers.
    * arreglárselas lo mejor posible = make + the best of things.
    * arreglarse las manos = manicure.
    * arreglárselas para que = see to it that.
    * arreglárselas sin = do without, live without, get along without.
    * arreglárselas sobre la marcha = wing it.
    * arreglárselas solo = fend for + Reflexivo, losers weepers.
    * arreglarse las uñas = manicure.
    * arreglarse lo mejor posible = look + Posesivo + best.
    * arreglarse los pies = pedicure.
    * arreglar un fallo = fix + fault.
    * arreglar un problema = fix + problem.
    * dejar a Alguien que se las arregle solo = leave + Pronombre + to + Posesivo + own devices.
    * dejar que Alguien se las arregle solo = leave (up) to + Posesivo + own resources, leave to + Posesivo + own devices.
    * que se puede arreglar = fixable.
    * tener que arreglárselas solo = leave (up) to + Posesivo + own resources, leave to + Posesivo + own devices.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) <aparato/reloj> to mend, fix; <ropa/zapatos> to mend, repair

    compró la casa muy barata, pero tiene que arreglarla — she bought the house very cheaply, but it needs a lot of work

    el dentista me está arreglando la boca — (fam) the dentist is fixing my teeth (colloq)

    esto te arreglará el estómago — (fam) this'll sort your stomach out (colloq)

    b) (Chi fam) < documento> to doctor
    2)
    a) <casa/habitación> to tidy (up), clean up
    b) <niño/pelo>

    ve arreglando a los niños ¿quieres? — can you start getting the children ready?

    c) (preparar, organizar)
    d) ( disponer) <flores/muebles> to arrange
    3) ( solucionar) < situación> to sort out; < asunto> to settle, sort out

    lo quiso arreglar diciendo que... — she tried to put things right by saying that...

    4) (fam) ( como amenaza)
    2.
    arreglarse v pron
    1) (refl) ( ataviarse)
    2) <pelo/manos>
    a) (refl) to do
    b) (caus)
    3)
    a) ( solucionarse) situación/asunto to get sorted out

    ya verás como todo se arregla — you'll see, everything will turn out all right

    b) pareja ( tras una riña) to make (it) up
    4) (fam) ( amañarse)

    la casa es pequeña pero nos arreglamos — it's a small house, but we manage

    arreglarse con algo: nos tendremos que arreglar con tu sueldo we'll have to get by o manage on your wages; se tendrán que arreglar con lo que hay they'll have to make do with what there is; arreglárselas (fam) to manage; no sé cómo se las arreglan I don't know how they manage; arréglatelas como puedas sort o work it out as best you can; sabe arreglárselas solo he can look after himself; ya me las arreglaré para llegar — I'll find a way of getting there

    5) día/tiempo to get better, clear up
    * * *
    = remedy, repair, tidy up, fix, right, fix up, manicure, groom, clear up.

    Ex: After 1728, the initiative for investigating and remedying the state of the public records passed to the House of Commons.

    Ex: In the more common perspective of linear causality, we seek to explain a negative consequence by searching for its root cause and repairing it.
    Ex: Government agencies have taken the trouble to create a standard format for their publications and generally tidy up their presentation until in physical appearance their reports look like a collection of pamphlets or paperbound books.
    Ex: There is always a need to fix manually the formatting of articles taken from an online service such as DIALOG.
    Ex: The author questions whether this is a transitional phenomenon which will be righted later.
    Ex: So ISI have the dosh to fix up ProCite.
    Ex: Army officials would often manicure locations before journalists would enter and so it took far too long for anyone to start being critical of the war.
    Ex: Never has there been a greater interest in grooming pubic hair than there is today.
    Ex: What they will not do is clear up the foggy area in most cataloguers' minds, the area that leads to an inconsistent application of half-understood principles'.
    * arreglar el entuerto = sort out + the mess.
    * arreglar las cosas = put + things right.
    * arreglar + Posesivo + asuntos = put + Posesivo + (own) house in order.
    * arreglar + Posesivo + vida = put + Posesivo + (own) house in order.
    * arreglarse = get + ready.
    * arreglarse el aspecto = preen.
    * arreglarse el pelo = primp.
    * arreglárselas = get by, make + do, make out, cope.
    * arreglárselas a duras penas = muddle through.
    * arreglárselas como pueda = losers weepers.
    * arreglárselas lo mejor posible = make + the best of things.
    * arreglarse las manos = manicure.
    * arreglárselas para que = see to it that.
    * arreglárselas sin = do without, live without, get along without.
    * arreglárselas sobre la marcha = wing it.
    * arreglárselas solo = fend for + Reflexivo, losers weepers.
    * arreglarse las uñas = manicure.
    * arreglarse lo mejor posible = look + Posesivo + best.
    * arreglarse los pies = pedicure.
    * arreglar un fallo = fix + fault.
    * arreglar un problema = fix + problem.
    * dejar a Alguien que se las arregle solo = leave + Pronombre + to + Posesivo + own devices.
    * dejar que Alguien se las arregle solo = leave (up) to + Posesivo + own resources, leave to + Posesivo + own devices.
    * que se puede arreglar = fixable.
    * tener que arreglárselas solo = leave (up) to + Posesivo + own resources, leave to + Posesivo + own devices.

    * * *
    arreglar [A1 ]
    vt
    A
    1 (reparar, componer) ‹aparato/reloj› to mend, fix, repair; ‹ropa/zapatos› to mend, repair
    van a arreglarme la televisión they're going to fix o mend o repair my television
    tengo que arreglar esta falda, me está muy ancha I must get this skirt altered, it's too big
    se compró la casa muy barata, pero tiene que arreglarla she bought the house very cheaply, but it needs a lot of work
    están arreglando la calle they're repairing the road, they're carrying out roadworks
    el dentista que me está arreglando la boca ( fam); the dentist who is seeing to o fixing my teeth ( colloq)
    esto te arreglará el estómago ( fam); this'll sort your stomach out ( colloq)
    2 ( Chi fam) ‹documento› to doctor
    B
    1 ‹casa/habitación/armario› to straighten (up), tidy (up) ( BrE)
    2 ‹niño/pelo›
    ven aquí que te arregle come here and let me tidy you up a bit
    ve arreglando a los niños ¿quieres? can you start getting the children ready?
    mañana voy a ir que me arreglen el pelo I'm going to have my hair done tomorrow
    3
    (preparar, organizar): ya tengo todo arreglado para el viaje I've got everything ready for the trip
    un amigo me está arreglando todos los papeles a friend is sorting out o taking care of all the papers for me
    4 (disponer) to arrange
    arreglar las rodajas de carne en la fuente arrange the slices of meat in the serving dish
    C (solucionar) ‹situación› to sort out; ‹asunto› to settle, sort out
    no me iré sin arreglar este asunto I'm not leaving until I get this business sorted out o settled
    ya está todo arreglado it's all sorted out o settled o straightened out now
    a ver si lo puedes arreglar para que venga el jueves see if you can arrange for her to come on Thursday
    lo quiso arreglar diciendo que … she tried to put things right o make amends by saying that …
    D (acordar) to arrange
    arreglaron volver a reunirse la semana siguiente they arranged to meet again the following week
    ya arreglé con Pilar que si yo no vengo lo hace ella I've already arranged with Pilar for her to do it if I don't come, I've already arranged with Pilar that she'll do it if I don't come
    E ( fam)
    (como amenaza): ya te arreglaré yo a ti I'll show you! ( colloq)
    A ( refl)
    (ataviarse): tarda horas en arreglarse she takes hours to get ready o do herself up
    no te arregles tanto, sólo vamos al pub de la esquina you don't need to get so dressed up, we're only going to the bar on the corner
    sabe arreglarse she knows how to make herself look good o nice
    B ‹pelo/manos›
    1 ( refl):
    te has arreglado el pelo muy bien you've done your hair really nicely, your hair looks really nice
    me tengo que arreglar las manos I have to do my nails ( colloq)
    2 ( caus):
    tengo que ir a arreglarme el pelo I must go and have my hair done
    ¿por qué no se arreglará la boca? why doesn't she go and have her teeth seen to?
    C
    1 (solucionarse) «situación/asunto» to get sorted out
    ojalá se arregle pronto lo del permiso de trabajo I hope this business about your work permit gets sorted out soon
    ya verás como todo se arregla you'll see, it'll all get sorted out o it'll all work out OK o everything will turn out all right
    2 «pareja» (tras una riña) to make (it) up; (empezar una relación) ( ant) to start courting ( dated), to start dating ( AmE)
    D ( fam)
    (apañarse): ya nos arreglaremos para volver a casa we'll make our own way home
    es difícil arreglarse sin coche en una ciudad grande it's difficult to get by o to manage without a car in a big city
    no hay camas para todos, pero ya nos arreglaremos there aren't enough beds for everyone, but we'll sort o work something out
    aunque la casa es pequeña, nos arreglamos it's a small house, but we manage
    arreglarse CON algo:
    nos tendremos que arreglar con tu sueldo we'll have to get by o manage on your wages
    se tendrán que arreglar con esta leche, no queda más they'll have to make do with this milk, it's all there is left
    arreglárselas ( fam): me pregunto cómo se las arreglan para comprar estas cosas I don't know how they manage o where they find the money to buy all these things
    tú te lo has buscado, así que ahora arréglatelas como puedas you got yourself into this, now it's up to you to sort o work it out as best you can
    sabe arreglárselas solo he can look after himself
    ya me las arreglaré para llegar a tiempo I'll find a way of getting there in time
    no sé cómo se las arregla que siempre llega tarde I don't know how she does it, but she always manages to arrive late
    E «día/tiempo» to get better, clear up
    * * *

     

    arreglar ( conjugate arreglar) verbo transitivo
    1 ‹aparato/reloj› to mend, fix;
    ‹ zapatos› to mend, repair;
    ‹falda/vestido› to alter;
    ‹ calle› to repair;

    esto te arreglará el estómago (fam) this'll sort your stomach out (colloq)
    2
    a) ‹casa/habitación› ( ordenar) to straighten up, to tidy (up) (BrE);

    ( hacer arreglos en) to do up (colloq)
    b) (preparar, organizar):

    ◊ ve arreglando a los niños ¿quieres? can you start getting the children ready?;

    tengo todo arreglado para el viaje I've got everything ready for the trip;
    un amigo me está arreglando los papeles a friend is sorting out the papers for me;
    arreglar una entrevista to arrange an interview
    c) ( disponer) ‹flores/muebles› to arrange

    3 ( solucionar) ‹ situación› to sort out;
    ‹ asunto› to settle, sort out;
    ◊ lo quiso arreglar diciendo que … she tried to put things right by saying that …

    arreglarse verbo pronominal
    1 ( refl) ( ataviarse):

    no te arregles tanto you don't need to get so dressed up;
    sabe arreglarse she knows how to make herself look good
    2 ‹pelo/manos›
    a) ( refl) to do

    b) ( caus):


    3 ( solucionarse) [situación/asunto] to get sorted out
    4 (fam) ( amañarse):

    la casa es pequeña pero nos arreglamos it's a small house, but we manage;
    arreglárselas (fam) to manage;
    no sé cómo se las arreglan I don't know how they manage;
    arréglatelas como puedas sort o work it out as best you can;
    ya me las arreglaré I'll manage, I'll be OK
    5 [día/tiempo] to get better, clear up
    arreglar verbo transitivo
    1 (poner en funcionamiento) to repair, fix
    2 (solucionar) to sort out
    3 (ordenar una habitación) to tidy
    4 (poner elegante) to get ready
    ' arreglar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    dedicarse
    - estimativa
    - estimativo
    - hacer
    - acomodar
    - arte
    - asear
    - componer
    - disponer
    - gracia
    - mandar
    - parchar
    - saber
    English:
    adjust
    - alter
    - arrange
    - bone
    - crack
    - do up
    - fix
    - fix up
    - groom
    - house
    - mend
    - patch up
    - repair
    - right
    - see to
    - set
    - set out
    - settle up
    - sew up
    - smarten
    - smarten up
    - sort out
    - straighten
    - tidy
    - tidy up
    - any
    - do
    - doctor
    - get
    - have
    - pedicure
    - preen
    - rig
    - score
    - settle
    - smooth
    - sort
    - spruce
    - square
    - stage
    - work
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [reparar] to fix, to repair;
    me arreglarán la moto en una semana they'll fix o repair my bike for me within a week;
    están arreglando la autopista they're repairing the motorway;
    Fam
    me costó una fortuna arreglarme la boca it cost me a fortune to have my teeth seen to
    2. [ropa] [estrechar] to take in;
    [agrandar] to let out
    3. [ordenar] to tidy (up);
    arreglar la casa to do the housework
    4. [solucionar] to sort out;
    todo arreglado, podemos pasar everything's been sorted out now, we can go in;
    arreglaron los papeles para casarse they got all the necessary papers together so that they could marry;
    ya arreglaremos cuentas cuando hayas cobrado we'll settle once you've been paid, we'll sort out who owes what once you've been paid
    5. Mús to arrange
    6. [acicalar] to smarten up;
    [cabello] to do;
    arregla a los niños, que vamos a dar un paseo get the children ready, we're going for a walk;
    tengo que arreglarme el pelo para la fiesta I have to get my hair done before the party
    7. [adornar] to decorate
    8. [plato] to season;
    ¿quieres que arregle la ensalada? shall I put some dressing on the salad?
    9. Am [planta] to tend to
    10. Am [votación] to rig
    11. Fam [escarmentar]
    ¡ya te arreglaré yo! I'm going to Br sort o US straighten you out!
    ♦ vi
    Am [quedar]
    arreglé de ir al cine el sábado I've arranged to go to the cinema on Saturday;
    ¿cómo vas a la fiesta? - ya arreglé con Silvia how are you getting to the party? - I've already arranged to go with Silvia
    * * *
    v/t
    1 ( reparar) fix, repair
    2 ( ordenar) tidy (up)
    3 ( solucionar) sort out;
    arreglar cuentas settle up; fig settle scores
    4 MÚS arrange
    5
    :
    ¡ya te arreglaré yo! amenaza I’ll show you!, I’ll soon settle your hash! fam
    * * *
    1) componer: to repair, to fix
    2) : to tidy up
    arregla tu cuarto: pick up your room
    3) : to solve, to work out
    quiero arreglar este asunto: I want to settle this matter
    * * *
    1. (reparar) to repair / to mend
    2. (ordenar) to tidy up [pt. & pp. tidied]
    3. (poner en regla) to sort out
    ¿has arreglado ya los papeles? have you sorted out your papers yet?

    Spanish-English dictionary > arreglar

  • 82 llover

    v.
    to rain.
    está lloviendo it's raining
    nunca llueve a gusto de todos you can't please everyone
    llueve sobre mojado it's just one thing after another
    ha llovido mucho desde entonces (figurative) a lot of water has passed o gone under the bridge since then
    Llovieron piedras It rained stones.
    * * *
    Conjugation model [ MOVER], like link=mover mover
    ► verbo intransitivo (Used only in the 3rd pers; it does not take a subject)
    1 to rain
    \
    como llovido del cielo out of the blue
    como quien oye llover like water off a duck's back
    ha llovido mucho desde entonces a lot of water's passed under the bridge since then
    llover a cántaros to pour down, rain cats and dogs
    siempre llueve sobre mojado it never rains but it pours
    nunca llueve a gusto de todos you can't please everyone
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    VI
    1) (Meteo) to rain

    como llovido del cielo —

    llegar o venir (como) llovido del cielo — [inesperado] to come (totally) out of the blue; [muy oportuno] to be a godsend, come just at the right time

    llover sobre mojado —

    2)

    lloverle algo a algn —

    * * *
    1.
    verbo impersonal to rain

    llovió con ganas — (fam) it poured (with rain)

    ha llovido mucho desde entonces — a lot of water has flowed o passed under the bridge since then

    llover sobre mojado: a este pobre país le llueve sobre mojado it's just one disaster after another in this wretched country; llueva o truene come rain or shine; llueve/llovía a cántaros or mares it's/it was pouring (with rain); mandar a alguien a ver si llueve — (AmL hum) to send somebody on a fool's errand

    2.
    llover vi

    las desgracias llovieron sobre él — misfortunes rained down on him; (+ me/te/le etc)

    * * *
    = rain.
    Ex. Then early in the morning it had begun raining -- a cold, steady, autumnal downpour.
    ----
    * llover a cántaros = rain + cats and dogs, tip + it down with rain, pelt + (it down) with rain, chuck + it down with rain, piss + it down with rain, lash + it down with rain, teem with + rain, hammer + it down with rain, the heavens + open, rain + pour down, pour down, pour down with + rain.
    * llover a mantas = hammer + it down with rain, teem with + rain, lash + it down with rain, piss + it down with rain, chuck + it down with rain, pelt + (it down) with rain, tip + it down with rain, rain + cats and dogs, the heavens + open, rain + pour down, pour down, pour down with + rain.
    * llover a mares = rain + cats and dogs, tip + it down with rain, pelt + (it down) with rain, chuck + it down with rain, piss + it down with rain, lash + it down with rain, teem with + rain, hammer + it down with rain, the heavens + open, rain + pour down, pour down, pour down with + rain.
    * llovido del cielo = heaven-sent.
    * llueva o truene = come rain or shine, come hell or high water.
    * llueva, truene o relampaguee = come hell or high water.
    * llueve o truene = rain or shine.
    * regalo llovido del cielo = boon.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo impersonal to rain

    llovió con ganas — (fam) it poured (with rain)

    ha llovido mucho desde entonces — a lot of water has flowed o passed under the bridge since then

    llover sobre mojado: a este pobre país le llueve sobre mojado it's just one disaster after another in this wretched country; llueva o truene come rain or shine; llueve/llovía a cántaros or mares it's/it was pouring (with rain); mandar a alguien a ver si llueve — (AmL hum) to send somebody on a fool's errand

    2.
    llover vi

    las desgracias llovieron sobre él — misfortunes rained down on him; (+ me/te/le etc)

    * * *
    = rain.

    Ex: Then early in the morning it had begun raining -- a cold, steady, autumnal downpour.

    * llover a cántaros = rain + cats and dogs, tip + it down with rain, pelt + (it down) with rain, chuck + it down with rain, piss + it down with rain, lash + it down with rain, teem with + rain, hammer + it down with rain, the heavens + open, rain + pour down, pour down, pour down with + rain.
    * llover a mantas = hammer + it down with rain, teem with + rain, lash + it down with rain, piss + it down with rain, chuck + it down with rain, pelt + (it down) with rain, tip + it down with rain, rain + cats and dogs, the heavens + open, rain + pour down, pour down, pour down with + rain.
    * llover a mares = rain + cats and dogs, tip + it down with rain, pelt + (it down) with rain, chuck + it down with rain, piss + it down with rain, lash + it down with rain, teem with + rain, hammer + it down with rain, the heavens + open, rain + pour down, pour down, pour down with + rain.
    * llovido del cielo = heaven-sent.
    * llueva o truene = come rain or shine, come hell or high water.
    * llueva, truene o relampaguee = come hell or high water.
    * llueve o truene = rain or shine.
    * regalo llovido del cielo = boon.

    * * *
    llover [E9 ]
    parece que va a llover it looks as though it's going to rain, it looks like rain
    se puso or ( AmL) se largó a llover it started o began to rain
    nos llovió todo el fin de semana ( fam); it rained all weekend, we had rain all weekend
    ayer llovió con ganas it poured (with rain) yesterday
    ha llovido mucho desde entonces a lot of water has flowed o passed under the bridge since then
    llover sobre mojado: a este pobre país le llueve sobre mojado it's just one disaster after another in this wretched country
    decirnos que ha gastado el dinero es llover sobre mojado telling us he's spent the money only makes matters worse o is really adding insult to injury
    llueva o truene come rain or shine, no matter what
    llueve/llovía a cántaros or chuzos or mares it's/it was raining cats and dogs, it's/it was pouring o ( BrE) bucketing down
    mandar a algn a ver si llueve ( AmL hum); to send sb on a fool's errand
    nunca llueve a gusto de todos you can't please everybody
    vi
    las desgracias llovieron sobre nosotros misfortunes rained down on us
    (+ me/te/le etc): le llovieron golpes blows rained down on him
    le llovieron piropos/regalos she was showered with compliments/gifts
    le han llovido las ofertas de trabajo she's been deluged o inundated with offers of work
    ‹techo/azotea› to leak
    * * *

     

    llover ( conjugate llover) v impers
    to rain;

    llueve a cántaros or a mares or a chuzos it's pouring (with rain)
    llover verbo impersonal to rain
    ♦ Locuciones: ha llovido mucho desde entonces, a lot of water has passed under the bridge since then
    llover a mares, to rain cats and dogs
    llovido del cielo, out of the blue

    ' llover' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    cántaro
    - oscurecerse
    - que
    - chuzo
    - creer
    - dicha
    - duro
    - fuerte
    - gana
    - hasta
    - llueva
    - parar
    - parecer
    - poner
    English:
    afraid
    - alter
    - as
    - begin
    - bound
    - bucket
    - cease
    - certain
    - close
    - come on
    - come out
    - fortunately
    - go
    - hard
    - heavily
    - inside
    - let up
    - pelt
    - piss
    - pour down
    - rain
    - rain down
    - shower
    - steadily
    - teem
    - tend
    - beat
    - cat
    - hold
    - in
    - pour
    - relief
    - roll
    - soon
    - stop
    * * *
    ♦ v impersonal
    to rain;
    está lloviendo it's raining;
    CSur
    se largó a llover it suddenly started raining;
    está lloviendo a cántaros o [m5] a mares o Méx [m5] duro it's pouring, Br it's bucketing down;
    nunca llueve a gusto de todos you can't please everyone;
    llueve sobre mojado it's just one thing after another;
    él, como quien oye llover he wasn't paying the slightest bit of attention o Br a blind bit of notice;
    ha llovido mucho desde entonces a lot of water has passed o gone Br under the bridge o US over the dam since then;
    como llovido del cielo: el trabajo me cayó o [m5] llegó como llovido del cielo the job fell into my lap;
    la ayuda cayó o [m5] llegó como llovida del cielo the help came just at the right moment, the help was a godsend;
    Am Hum
    anda a la esquina a ver si llueve go and play with the traffic
    ♦ vi
    le llueven las ofertas offers are raining down on him;
    las peticiones de indulto llovieron sobre el presidente the president was inundated with pleas for pardon;
    le llovieron las felicitaciones everyone rushed to congratulate her;
    sobre esa familia han llovido las desgracias misfortune has rained down on that family, that family has suffered one misfortune after another
    * * *
    v/i rain;
    llueve it is raining;
    llover sobre mojado fig fam be one thing after another;
    es como quien oye llover it’s like talking to a wall;
    nunca llueve a gusto de todos you can’t please everybody
    * * *
    llover {47} v impers
    : to rain
    está lloviendo: it's raining
    llover a cántaros: to rain cats and dogs
    llover vi
    : to rain down, to shower
    le llovieron regalos: he was showered with gifts
    * * *
    llover vb to rain
    ¿llueve? is it raining?

    Spanish-English dictionary > llover

  • 83 entre

    entre [ɑ̃tʀ]
       a. between
    • qu'y a-t-il exactement entre eux ? what exactly is there between them?
       b. ( = parmi) l'un d'entre eux one of them
    • nous sommes entre nous or entre amis we're among friends
    • lui, entre autres, n'est pas d'accord he, for one, doesn't agree
    * * *
    ɑ̃tʀ
    Note: entre se traduit par between sauf lorsqu'il signifie parmi ( 4) auquel cas il se traduit généralement par among
    1) (dans l'espace, le temps) between

    ‘doux ou très épicé?’ - ‘entre les deux’ — ‘mild or very spicy?’ - ‘in between’; quatre

    3) ( à travers) between
    4) ( parmi) among

    choisir entre plusieurs solutions — to choose between ou from among several solutions

    entre tous ces romans, lequel préfères-tu? — out of all these novels, which one do you like best?

    entre nous — between you and me, between ourselves

    nous sommes entre nous — ( deux personnes) there's just the two of us; ( plus de deux) we're among friends

    entre son travail et l'informatique, il n'a pas le temps de sortir — what with work and his computer he doesn't have time to go out

    * * *
    ɑ̃tʀ prép
    1) (= au milieu de) between

    Il est assis entre son père et son oncle. — He's sitting between his father and his uncle.

    2) (= parmi) among, amongst

    Ils préfèrent rester entre eux. — They prefer to keep to themselves.

    entre autres; entre autres choses — among other things

    entre nous,... — between ourselves..., between you and me...

    Ils se battent entre eux. — They are fighting among themselves., They are fighting amongst themselves.

    * * *
    entre prép
    ❢ Entre se traduit par between sauf lorsqu'il signifie parmi (⇒ 4) auquel cas il se traduit généralement par among.
    Exemples et exceptions sont présentés dans l'article ci-dessous. Les expressions telles que entre parenthèses, entre deux portes, lire entre les lignes sont traitées respectivement sous parenthèse, porte, lire; de même entre ciel et terre se trouve sous ciel, entre la vie et la mort sous vie etc.
    1 (dans l'espace, le temps) between; nous serons absents entre le 10 et le 15 mai we'll be away between 10 and 15 May ou from the 10th to the 15th of May; entre midi et deux at lunchtime; quelque part entre Grenoble et Valence somewhere between Grenoble and Valence;
    2 ( pour désigner un état intermédiaire) between; ‘doux ou très épicé?’-‘entre les deux’ ‘mild or very spicy?’-‘in between’; ⇒ quatre;
    3 ( à travers) between; passer la main entre les barreaux to slip one's hand between ou through the bars; le lézard s'est faufilé entre les pierres the lizard threaded its way through the stones;
    4 ( parmi) among; entre autres among others; entre autres choses among other things; choisir entre plusieurs solutions to choose between ou from among several solutions; c'est un exemple entre mille it's one example in ou among a thousand; entre tous ces romans, lequel préfères-tu? out of all these novels, which one do you like best?; la chambre 13? pourquoi celle-ci entre toutes? room 13? why that one of all rooms GB ou the rooms US?; beaucoup/la première/chacune d'entre elles many/the first/each of them; cette question est délicate entre toutes! this is a highly delicate matter!; oiseau sauvage entre tous, le lagopède… as wild a bird as any, the grouse…;
    5 ( pour désigner un groupe de personnes) organiser une soirée entre amis to organize a party among friends; ils discutent entre hommes they talk as one man to another; (soit dit) entre nous between you and me (and the gatepost), between ourselves; nous sommes entre nous, tu peux parler ( deux personnes) there's just the two of us, you can speak; ( plus de deux) we're among friends, you can speak; venez ce soir, nous en parlerons entre nous come this evening, we'll talk about it alone together ou we'll have a quiet talk together; ceci doit rester entre nous this is strictly between the two of us, this mustn't go any further;
    6 ( pour marquer la distribution) between; partagez le bénéfice entre vous share the profit between you; entre son travail et l'informatique, il n'a pas le temps de sortir what with work and his computer he doesn't have time to go out;
    7 ( pour exprimer une relation) between; les enfants sont souvent cruels entre eux children are often cruel to each other; ces motifs peuvent se combiner entre eux these patterns can be combined (with each other); deux d'entre eux sont cassés two of them are broken; la ressemblance entre elles est frappante the resemblance between them is striking; un accord a été conclu entre deux maisons d'édition an agreement was made between two publishing houses.
    [ɑ̃tr] préposition
    1. [dans l'espace] between
    [dans] in
    [à travers] through, between
    Lyon est à la cinquième place, entre Marseille et Bordeaux Lyons is in fifth place, between Marseilles and Bordeaux
    2. [dans le temps] between
    entre le travail et le transport, je n'ai plus de temps à moi between work and travel, I haven't any time left
    3. [indiquant un état intermédiaire]
    4. [exprimant une approximation] between
    5. [parmi] among
    a. [personne] I'd know him anywhere
    6. [dans un groupe]
    parle, nous sommes entre amis you can talk, we're among friends ou we're all friends here
    nous ferons une petite fête, juste entre nous
    a. [à deux] we'll have a small party, just the two of us
    b. [à plusieurs] we'll have a party, just among ourselves
    entre nous, il n'a pas tort
    a. [à deux] between you and me, he's right
    b. [à plusieurs] between us, he's right
    7. [indiquant une relation] between
    les clans se battent entre eux the clans fight (against) each other, there are fights between the clans
    entre autres locution adverbiale
    sa fille, entre autres, n'est pas venue his daughter, for one ou among others, didn't come
    sont exposés, entre autres, des objets rares, des œuvres de jeunesse du peintre, etc. the exhibition includes, among other things, rare objects, examples of the artist's early work etc

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  • 84 HAFA

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    (hefi; hafða, höfðum; hafðr), v.
    1) to have (þeir höfðu sjau skip ok flest stór);
    hafa elda, to keep up a five;
    2) to hold, celebrate (hafa vinaboð, blót, þing);
    3) to keep, retain (rifu þær vefinn í sundr, ok hafði hverr þat er hélt á);
    4) to use (tvau net eru rý, ok hafa eigi höfð verit);
    orð þau sem hann hafði um haft, which he had made use of;
    hafa fagrmæli við e-n, to flatter one;
    hafa hljóðmæli við e-n, to speak secretly to one;
    hafa tvimæli á e-u, to speak doubtfully of a thing;
    hafa viðrmæli um e-t, to use mocking words;
    hann var mjök hafðr við mál manna, much used to, versed in, lawsuits;
    5) to have, hold, maintain;
    hafa vináttu við e-n, to maintain friendship with one;
    hafa hættumikit, to run a great risk;
    hafa heilindi, to have good health;
    6) to bring, carry;
    hafa e-n heim með sér, to bring one home;
    hann hafði lög, út hingat ór Noregi, he brought laws hither from Norway;
    hafa sik (to betake oneself) til annara landa;
    7) to take, carry off;
    troll hafi þik, the trolls take thee;
    8) to get, gain, win;
    hann hafði eigi svefn, he got no sleep;
    hefir sá jafnan, er hættir, he wins that ventures;
    hafa gagn, sigr, to gain victor;
    hafa meira hlut, to get the upper hand, gain the day;
    hafa sitt mál, to win one’s suit;
    hafa tafl, to win the game;
    hafa erendi, to do one’s errand, succeed;
    hafa bana, to suffer death, to die;
    hafa sigr, to be worsted;
    hafa góðar viðtökur, to be well received;
    hafa tíðindi af e-m, to get tidings of, or from, one;
    hafa sœmd, óvirðing af e-m, to get honour, disgrace from one;
    with gen., hafa e-s ekki, to fail to catch one (hann kemst á skóg undan, ok höfðu þeir hans ekki);
    ekki munu vér hans hafa at sinni, we shall not catch him at present;
    9) to wear carry (clothes, weapons);
    hann hafði blán kyrtil, he wore a blue kirtle;
    hafa kylfu í hendi sér, to have a club in one’s hand;
    10) to behave, do, or fare, so an so esp. with an adv.;
    hafa vel, illa, vetr, to behave (do) well, badly, be worse;
    hafa sik vel, to behave;
    11) with infin., hafa at varðveita, to have in keeping at selja, to have on sale;
    lög hafið þér at mæla, you are right;
    12) hafa e-n nær e-u, to expose one to (þú hafðir svá nær haft oss úfœru);
    hafa nær e-u, to come near to, esp. impers.;
    nær hafði okkr nú, it was a narrow escape;
    svá nær hafði hausinum, at, the shot so nearly touched the head, that;
    ok er nær hafði, skipit mundi fljóta, when the ship was on the point of flloating;
    13) as an auxiliary verb, in the earliest time with the pp. of transitive verbs in acc.;
    hefir þú hamar um fólginn, hast thou hidden the hammer?;
    ek hefi sendan mann, I have sent a man;
    later with indecl. neut. pp.;
    hefir þú eigi sét mik, hast thou not seen me?;
    14) with preps.:
    hafa e-t at, to do, act;
    hann tók af þér konuna, en þú hafðir ekki at, but thou didst not stir, didst take it tamely;
    absol., viltu þess freista, ok vita hvat at hafi, wilt thou try and see what happens?;
    hafa e-t at hlífiskildi (skotspœni), to use as a shield (as a target);
    hafa e-n háði, hlátri, to mock, laugh at;
    hafa e-t at engu, vettugi, to hold for naught, take no notice of;
    hafa sakir á e-n have charges against one;
    hafa á rás, to take to one’s heels, run off;
    hafa e-t fram, to produce (vápn þorgils vóru fram höfð); to carry out, hold forth;
    hafa mál fram, to proceed with a suit;
    var um búit, ekki fram haft, all was made ready but nothing done;
    hafa e-t frammi, í frammi, to use, make use of (hafa í frammi kúgan);
    ok öll lögmæt skil frammi hafa, and discharge all on official duties;
    hafa e-t fyrir satt, to hold for true;
    eigi em ek þar fyrir sönnu hafðr, I am not truly aimed for that, it is a false charge;
    hafa e-n fyrir sökum um e-t, to charge one with;
    hafa í hótum við e-n, to threaten one;
    hafa e-t með höndum, to have in hand;
    höfum eiai sigrinn ór hendi, let not victory slip out of our hands;
    hafa ór við e-n, to behave so and so towards one (hefir þú illa ór haft við mik);
    hafa e-t til e-s to use for (höfðu þeir til varnar skot ok spjót); to be a reason or ground for;
    vér hyggjum þat til þess haft vera, at þar hafi menn sézt, we believe the foundation of the story is that men have been seen there;
    hafa mikit (lítit) til síns máls, to have much (little) in support of one’s case;
    hafa e-t til, to have at hand, possess;
    orð þau, sem hann hafði um haft, the words which he had used;
    keisari hafði fátt um, did not say much;
    hafa e-n undir, to get one under, subdue one;
    hafa e-t uppi, to take (heave) up (hafa uppi fœri, net);
    Skarpheðinn hafði uppi øxina, S. heaved up the axe;
    hafa flokk uppi, to raise a party, to rebel;
    hafa uppi tafl, to play at a game;
    hafa e-n uppi, to bring one to light;
    hafa uppi rœður, to begin a discussion;
    hafa e-t úti, to have done, finished (hafa úti sitt dagsverk);
    hafa við e-m, to be a match for one;
    hafa sik við, to exert oneself;
    hafa mikit (lítit) við, to make a great (little) display;
    hann söng messu ok bafði mikit við, and made much of it;
    hann bad jarl leita, bann hafði lítit við þat, he did it lightly;
    haf ekki slíkt við, do not say so;
    haf þú lítit við at eggja sonu þina, refrain from egging on thy sons;
    15) refl., hafast.
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    pret. hafði; subj. hefði; pres. sing. hefi (less correctly hefir), hefir, hefir; plur. höfum, hafit, hafa: the mod. pres. sing. is monosyllabic hefr or hefur, and is used so in rhymes—andvara engan hefur | … við glys heims gálaus sefur, Pass. 15. 6, but in print the true old form hefir is still retained; the monosyllabic present is used even by old writers in the 1st pers. before the personal or negative suffix, e. g. hef-k and hef-k-a ek for hefi-g and hefig-a ek, see e. g. Grág. (Kb.) 79, 82, in the old oath formula, hef-k eigi, Hallfred; hef ek, Fms. iii. 10 (in a verse); but not so in 3rd pers., e. g. hefir-a or hefir-at, Grág. l. c.: imperat. haf, hafðu: part. pass. hafðr, neut. haft;—hafat is an απ. λεγ., Vsp. 16, and is prob. qs. hafit from hefja, to heave, lift: [Ulf. haban; A. S. habban; Engl. have; Hel. hebben; Germ. haben; Dutch hebben; Dan. have, Swed. hafva: it is curious the Lat. form habere retains the consonant unchanged, cp. the Romance forms, Ital. avere, Fr. avoir, Span. haber, etc. ☞ Hafa is a weak verb, and thus distinguished from hefja (to lift, begin), which is a strong verb, answering to Lat. capere, incipere; but in sundry cases, as will be seen below, it passes into the sense of this latter word; as also in some instances into that of another lost strong verb, hafa, hóf, to behave, and hœfa, to hit]:—to have.
    A. To have; hann hafði með sér ekki meira lið, Fms. i. 39; hafði hverr hirð um sik, 52; höfðu þeir áttján skip, viii. 42; Sverrir hafði tvau hundrað manna, … þeir höfðu annan samnað á landi, 328; hann hafði mikit lið ok frítt, x. 36; þeir höfðu sjau skip ok flest stór, 102; hafa fjölmennar setur, Eb. 22; hann hafði menn sína í síldveri, Eg. 42; mun ek naut hafa þar sem mér þykkir hagi beztr, 716.
    II. to hold:
    1. to keep, celebrate; hafa ok halda, Dipl. i. 6; hafa átrúnað, 10; hafa dóma, 12; hafa blót, Fms. iv. 254; hafa vina-veizlu, id.; hafa vina-boð, Nj. 2; hafa Jóla-boð, Eg. 516; hafa þing, Fms. ix. 449; hafa haust-boð, Gísl. 27; hafa drykkju, Eb. 154; hafa leik, Fms. x. 201, passim.
    2. to hold, observe; hlýðir þat hvergi at hafa eigi lög í landi, Nj. 149; skal þat hafa, er stendr …, Grág. i. 7; skal þat allt hafa er finsk á skrá þeirri …, id.; en hvatki es mis-sagt es í fræðum þessum, þá es skylt at hafa þat (to keep, hold to be true) es sannara reynisk, Íb. 3; ok hafða ek (I kept, selected) þat ór hvárri er framarr greindi, Landn. 320, v. l.
    3. to hold, keep, retain; ef hann vill hafa hann til fardaga, Grág. i. 155; skal búandinn hafa hann hálfan mánuð, 154; ok hafði hvárr þat er hélt á, Nj. 279; hitt skal hafa er um fram er, Rb. 56; kasta í burt þrjátigi ok haf þat sem eptir verðr, 494.
    4. to hold an office; hafa lögsögu, to hold the office of lögsaga, Íb. passim; hafa jarldóm, konungdóm, passim; þat höfðu haft at fornu Dana-konungar, Eg. 267; þér berit konunga-nöfn svá sem fyrr hafa haft ( have had) forfeðr yðrir, en hafit lítið af ríki, Fms. i. 52; hafa ríki, to reign, Hkr. pref.
    5. phrases, hafa elda, to keep a fire, cook, Fms. xi. 129; hafa fjárgæzlu, to tend sheep, Eg. 740; hafa embætti með höndum, Stj. 204; hafa gæzlur á e-u, Fms. ix. 313; hafa … vetr, to have so many winters, be of such an age (cp. Fr. avoir … ans), Íb. 15; margir höfðu lítið fátt þúsund ára, Ver. 7: hafa vörn í máli, Nj. 93; hafa e-t með höndum, to have in hand, Fms. viii. 280, ix. 239; hafa e-t á höndum, Grág. i. 38; hafa fyrir satt, to hold for true, Fms. xi. 10; hafa við orð, to intimate, suggest, Nj. 160; hafa e-t at engu, vettugi, to hold for naught, take no notice of, Fas. i. 318.
    6. with prepp. or infin.,
    α. with prep.; hafa til, to have, possess; ef annarr þeirra hefir til enn annarr eigi, þá er sá skyldr til at fá honum er til hefir, Grág. i. 33; ef annarr hefir til …, id.; þér ætlið at ek muna eigi afl til hafa, Ld. 28.
    β. with infin.; hafa at varðveita, to have in keeping, Eg. 500; lög hafit þér at mæla, you have the law on your tongue, i. e. you are right, Nj. 101; hörð tíðindi hefi ek at segja þér, 64; sá er gripinn hefir at halda, Grág. i. 438; hafa at selja, to have on sale, Ld. 28.
    III. to use; var haft til þess sker eitt, Eb. 12; þá höfðu þeir til varnar skot ok spjót, Fms. vii. 193; er þín ráð vóru höfð, that thy advice was taken, Fs. 57; Gríss hafði þessi ráð, Fms. iii. 21; ek vil at þat sé haft er ek legg til, x. 249; þykki mér þú vel hafa ( make good use of) þau tillög er ek legg fyrir þik, xi. 61; til þess alls er jarli þótti skipta, þá hafði hann þessa hluti, 129; tvau ný (net), ok hafa eigi höfð verit ( which have not been used), haf þú ( take) hvárt er þú vilt, Háv. 46; þær vil ek hafa enar nýju, en ek vil ekki hætta til at hafa enar fornu, id.; önnur er ný ok mikil ok hefir ( has) til einskis höfð ( used) verið, id.; buðkr er fyrir húslker er hafðr, Vm. 171; gjalda vápn þau er höfð eru, N. G. L. i. 75; þat hafði hann haft ( used) fyrir skála, Edda 29; þeir vóru hafðir til at festa með hús jafnan, Nj. 118; sá hólmr var hafðr til at …, Fms. i. 218; hann skyldi hafa hinn sama eið, x. 7; orð þau sem hann hafði ( had) um haft ( used), Nj. 56; orð þau er hann hafði ( made use of) í barnskírn, K. Þ. K. 14.
    2. more special phrases; hafa fagrmæli við e-n, to flatter one, Nj. 224; hafa hljóðmæli við e-n, to speak secretly to one, 223; allmikil fjölkyngi mun vera við höfð áðr svá fái gört, Edda 27; hafa mörg orð um e-t, Ld. 268; hafa tvímæli á e-u, to discuss, doubt, speak diffidently of a thing, Lv. 52; hafa viðrmæli um e-t, to use mocking words, Nj. 89; hafa nafn Drottins í hégóma, to take the Lord’s name in vain, Fms. i. 310; (hann var) mjök hafðr við mál manna, much used to, versed in lawsuits, Dropl. 8: hafa sik til e-s, to use oneself to a thing, i. e. to do a mean, paltry thing; þeir er til þess vilja hafa sik, at ganga í samkundur manna úboðit, Gþl. 200; ef hann vill sik til þessa hafa, Fms. i. 99: hafa sik við, to exert oneself; skaltú ok verða þik við at hafa um þetta mál, ef þú getr þat af þér fært, Grett. 160: hafa e-n at skotspæni, to use one as a target, Nj. 222; hafa e-n at hlífi-skildi sér, to use one as a shield, 262; hafa e-n at ginningar-fifli, auga-bragði, háði, hlátri, Hm. 133, Nj. 224, passim.
    IV. to have, hold, maintain, of a state or condition; hafa vináttu við e-n, to maintain friendship with one, Sks. 662; hafa vanmátt, to continue sick, Eg. 565; hafa hættu-mikit, to run a great risk, Nj. 149; hafa vitfirring, to be insane, Grág. i. 154; hafa heilindi, to have good health, 26, Hm. 67; hafa burði til e-s, to have the birthright to a thing. Eg. 479; hafa hug, áræði, hyggindi, to have the courage …, Hom. 28; hafa vit ( to know), skyn, greind … á e-u, to have understanding of a thing; hafa gaman, gleði, skemtun, ánægju af e-u, to have interest or pleasure in a thing; hafa leiða, ógeð, andstygð, hatr, óbeit á e-u, to dislike, be disgusted with, hate a thing; hafa elsku, mætr, virðing á e-u, to love, esteeem … a thing; hafa allan hug á e-u, to bend the mind to a thing; hafa grun á e-m, to suspect one; hafa ótta, beyg af e-u, to fear a thing; and in numberless other phrases.
    2. with prepp.:
    α. hafa e-t frammi (fram), to carry out, hold forth; hafa frammi róg, Nj. 166; hafa mál fram, to proceed with a suit, 101; stefnu-för, 78; heitstrengingar, Fms. xi. 103; ok öll lögmælt skil frammi hafa, and discharge all one’s official duties, 232; var um búit en ekki fram haft, all was made ready, but nothing done, viii. 113; beini má varla verða betri en hér er frammi hafðr, xi. 52; hafðú í frammi ( use) kúgan við þá uppi við fjöllin, Ísl. ii. 215; margir hlutir, þó at hann hafi í frammi, Sks. 276.
    β. hafa mikit, lítið fyrir e-u, to have much, little trouble about a thing; (hence fyrir-höfn, trouble.)
    γ. hafa við e-m (afl or the like understood), to be a match for one, Fms. vii. 170, Lv. 109, Nj. 89, Eg. 474, Anal. 176; hafa mikit, lítið við, to make a great, little display; (hence við-höfn, display, pomp); hann söng messu ok hafði mikit við, he sang mass and made a great thing of it, Nj. 157; þú hefir mikit við, thou makest a great show of it, Boll. 351; hann bað jarl leita, hann hafði lítið við þat, he did it lightly, Nj. 141; haf ekki slíkt við, do not say so, Ld. 182.
    B. To take, carry off, win, wield, [closely akin to Lat. capere]:
    I. to catch, take, esp. in the phrase, hafa ekki e-s, to miss one; hann kemsk á skóg undan, ok höfðu þeir hans ekki, he took to the forest and they missed him, Nj. 130; ekki munu vér hans hafa at sinni, we sha’nt catch him at present, Fms. vi. 278; hafða ek þess vætki vífs, Hm. 101; þeygi ek hana at heldr hefik, 95: in swearing, tröll, herr, gramir hafi þik, the trolls, ghosts, etc. take thee! tröll hafi líf, ef …, Kormak; tröll hafi Trefót allan! Grett. (in a verse); tröll hafi þína vini, tröll hafi hól þitt, Nj.; herr hafi Þóri til slægan, confound the wily Thorir! Fms. vi. 278, v. l. (emended, as the phrase is wrongly explained in Fms. xii. Gloss.); gramir hafi þik! vide gramr.
    II. to carry, carry off, bring; hafði einn hjartað í munni sér, one carried the heart off in his mouth, Nj. 95; hann hafði þat ( brought it) norðan með sér, Eg. 42; hafði Þórólfr heim marga dýrgripi, 4; hann hafði með sér skatt allan, 62; skaltú biðja hennar ok hafa hana heim hingat, Edda 22; fé þat er hann hafði ( had) út haft ( carried from abroad), Gullþ. 13; á fimm hestum höfðu þeir mat, Nj. 74; bókina er hann hafði ( had) út haft, Fms. vii. 156; konungr hafði biskup norðr til Björgynjar með sér, viii. 296; biskup lét hann hafa með sér kirkju-við ok járn-klukku, Landn. 42; hann hafði með sér skulda-lið sitt ok búferli, Eb. 8; hann tók ofan hofit, ok hafði með sér flesta viðu, id.; ok hafa hana í brott, Fms. i. 3; tekr upp barnit, ok hefir heim með sér, Ísl. ii. 20; hann hafði lög út hingat ór Noregi, he brought laws hither from Norway, Íb. 5; haf þú heim hvali til bæjar, Hým. 26; ok hafa hann til Valhallar, Nj. 119.
    III. to take, get; hann hafði þá engan mat né drykk, he took no food nor drink, Eg. 602; hann hafði eigi svefn, he got no sleep, Bs. i. 139.
    2. to get, gain, win; öfluðu sér fjár, ok höfðu hlutskipti mikit, Eg. 4; eigi þarftú at biðja viðsmjörs þess, þvíat hann mun þat alls ekki hafa, né þú, for neither he nor thou shall get it, Blas. 28; jarl vill hafa minn fund, he will have a meeting with me, 40, Skv. 1. 4: the sayings, hefir sá jafnan er hættir, he wins that risks, ‘nothing venture, nothing have,’ Hrafn. 16; sá hefir krás er krefr, Sl. 29.
    3. phrases, hafa meira hlut, to get the better lot, gain the day, Nj. 90, Fms. xi. 93; hafa gagn, sigr, to gain victory, ix. 132, Eg. 7, Hkr. i. 215, Ver. 38; hafa betr, to get the better; hafa verr, miðr, to have the worst of it, Fms. v. 86, Þorst. S. St. 48, passim; hafa mál sitt, to win one’s suit, Grág. i. 7, Fms. vii. 34; hafa kaup öll, to get all the bargain, Eg. 71; hafa tafl, to win the game, Fms. vii. 219; hafa erendi, to do one’s errand, succeed, Þkv. 10, 11, Fas. ii. 517: hafa bana, to have one’s bane, to die, Nj. 8; hafa úsigr, to be worsted, passim; hafa úfrið, to have no peace; hafa gagn, sóma, heiðr, neisu, óvirðing, skömm, etc. af e-u, to get profit, gain, honour, disgrace, etc. from a thing; hafa e-n í helju, to put one to death, Al. 123; hafa e-n undir, to get one under, subdue him, Nj. 95, 128; höfum eigi, sigrinn ór hendi, let not victory slip out of our hands, Fms. v. 294.
    4. to get, receive; hann hafði góðar viðtökur, Nj. 4; hón skal hafa sex-tigi hundraða, 3; skyldi Högni hafa land, 118; selja skipit, ef hann hafði þat fyrir ( if he could get for it) sem hann vildi; Flosi spurði í hverjum aurum hann vildi fyrir hafa, hann kvaðsk vildu fyrir hafa land, 259; hafa tíðindi, sögur af e-m, to have, get tidings of or from one, Ld. 28; hafa sæmd, metorð óvirðing, to get honour, disgrace from one’s hands, Nj. 101; hafa bætr, to get compensation, Grág. i. 188; hafa innstæðuna eina, id.; hafa af e-m, to have the best of one, cheat one.
    IV. to carry, wear, of clothes, ornaments, weapons:
    1. of clothes, [cp. Lat. habitus and Icel. höfn = gear]; hafa hatt á höfði, Ld. 28; hafa váskufl yztan klæða, … þú skalt hafa undir ( wear beneath) hin góðu klæði þín, Nj. 32; hann hafði blán kyrtil, … hann hafði svartan kyrtil, Boll. 358; hafa fald á höfði, to wear a hood; hón hafði gaddan rautt á höfði, Orkn. 304; hann hafði um sik breitt belti, he wore a broad belt, Nj. 91; hafa fingr-gull á hendi, 146: to have about one’s person, vefja saman ok hafa í pungi sínum, Edda 27; hlutir sem mönnum var títt at hafa, Fms. xi. 128.
    2. of weapons, to wield, carry; spjót þat er þú hefir í hendi, Boll. 350; hafa kylfu í hendi sér, to have a club in one’s hand, Fms. xi. 129; hafa staf í hendi, to have a stick in the hand, Bárð.; Gunnarr hafði atgeirinn ok sverðit, Kolskeggr hafði saxit, Hjörtr hafði alvæpni, Nj. 93; hann hafdi öxi snaghyrnda, Boll. 358; hann hafði kesjuna fyrir sér, he held the lance in rest, Eg. 532.
    V. here may be added a few special phrases; hafa hendr fyrir sér, to grope, feel with the hands (as in darkness); hafa vit fyrir sér, to act wisely; hafa at sér hendina, to draw one’s hand back, Stj. 198; hafa e-t eptir, to do or repeat a thing after one, Konr.; hafa e-t yfir, to repeat (of a lesson): hafa sik, to betake oneself; hafa sik til annarra landa, Grett. 9 new Ed.; hann vissi varla hvar hann átti at hafa sik, he knew not where ( whither) to betake himself, Bs. i. 807; hefir hann sik aptr á stað til munklífisins, Mar.
    C. Passing into the sense of hefja (see at the beginning); hafa e-t uppi, to heave up, raise; hafa flokk uppi, to raise a party, to rebel, Fb. ii. 89: hafa uppi færi, net, a fisherman’s term, to heave up, take up the net or line, Háv. 46; Skarphéðinn hafði uppi ( heaved up) öxina, Nj. 144: hafa uppi tafl, to play at a game, Vápn. 29; þar vóru mjök töfl uppi höfð ok sagna-skemtan, Þorf. Karl. 406, v. l.: hafa e-n uppi, to hold one up, bring him to light; svá máttu oss skjótast uppi hafa, Fær. 42: metaph. to reveal, vándr riddari hafði allt þegar uppi, Str. 10.
    2. with the notion to begin; Bárðr hafði uppi orð sín ( began his suit) ok bað Sigríðar, Eg. 26, Eb. 142; hafa upp stefnu, to begin the summons, Boll. 350; hafa upp ræður, to begin a discussion; ræður þær er hann hafði uppi haft við Ingigerði, Fms. iv. 144, where the older text in Ó. H. reads umræður þær er hann hafði upp hafit (from hefja), 59; cp. also Vsp., þat langniðja-tal mun uppi hafat (i. e. hafit) meðan öld lifir, 16, (cp. upp-haf, beginning); þó at ek hafa síðarr um-ræðu um hann, better þó at ek hafa (i. e. hefja) síðarr upp ræðu um hann, though I shall below treat of, discuss that, Skálda (Thorodd) 168; er lengi hefir uppi verit haft síðan (of a song), Nj. 135; cp. also phrases such as, hafa á rás, to begin running, take to one’s heels, Fms. iv. 120, ix. 490; næsta morgin hefir út fjörðinn, the next morning a breeze off land arose, Bs. ii. 48: opp. is the phrase, hafa e-t úti, to have done, finished; hafa úti sitt dags-verk, Fms. xi. 431; hafa úti sekt sína, Grett. 149.
    D. Passing into the sense of a lost strong verb, hafa, hóf (see at the beginning), to behave, do, act:
    I. with an adverb, hafa vel, ílla, or the like, to behave, and in some instances to do well or badly, be happy or unhappy,
    α. to behave; en nú vil ek eigi verr hafa en þú, Fms. iv. 342; þeir sögðu at konungr vildi verr hafa en þeir, 313; hefir þú ílla ór (málum or the like understood) haft við mik, Fs. 140; ólikr er Gísli öðrum í þolinmæði, ok hefir hann betr en vér, Gísl. 28.
    β. to do so and so (to be happy, unhappy); verr hafa þeir er trygðum slitu, Mkv. 3; ílla hefir sá er annan svíkr, 18; vel hefir sá er þat líða lætr, 6; vel hefir sá ( he is happy) er eigi bíðr slíkt íllt þessa heims, Fms. v. 145; hvílíkt hefir þú, how dost thou? Mar.; hafa hart, to do badly, to be wretched; at sál Þorgils mætti fyrir þær sakir eigi hart hafa, Sturl. iii. 292, Mar.; Ólafr hafði þá hölzti ílla, O. was very poorly, D. N. ii. 156; þykisk sá bezt hafa ( happiest) er fyrstr kemr heim, Fms. xi. 248; þá hefir hann bazt af hann þegir, i. e. that is the best he can do if he holds his tongue, Hm. 19; þess get ek at sá hafi verr ( he will make a bad bargain) er þik flytr, Nj. 128; úlfgi hefir ok vel, the wolf is in a bad plight, Ls. 39; mun sá betr hafa er eigi tekr við þér, id.; betr hefðir þú, ef …, thou wouldest do better, if …, Akv. 16.
    γ. adding sik; hafa sik vel, to behave well, Fms. x. 415, Stj. 436.
    II. with the prep. at, to do, act, (hence at-höfn, at-hæfi, act, doing); hann lét ekki til búa vígs-málit ok engan hlut at hafa, Nj. 71; en ef þeim þykkir of lítið féit tekit, þá skulu þeir hafa at hit sama, to act in the same way, Grág. ii. 267; hvatki es þeir hafa at, Fms. xi. 132; hann tók af þér konuna, en þú hafðir ekki at, but thou didst not stir, didst take it tamely, Nj. 33; bæði munu menn þetta kalla stórvirki ok íllvirki, en þó má nú ekki at hafa, but there is no help for it, 202; eigi sýnisk mér meðal-atferðar-leysi, at vér höfum eigi at um kvámur hans, i. e. that we submit tamely to his coming, Fs. 32: absol., viltú þess freista, ok vita þá hvat at hafi, wilt thou try and see how it will do? Bjarn. 27; en nú skaltú fara fyrir, ok vita hvat at hafi, Bs. i. 712.
    III. phrases, hafa hátt, to be noisy, talk loud, Fms. i. 66; við skulum ekki hafa hátt ( do not cry loud) hér er maðr á glugganum, a lullaby song; hafa lágt, to keep silent; hafa hægt, to keep quiet; hafa sik á (í) hófi, to compose oneself, Ls. 36; hafa í hótum við e-n, to use threatening ( foul) language, Fb. i. 312; hafa í glett við e-n, to banter one, Fms. viii. 289; hafa íllt at verki, to do a bad deed, Ísl. ii. 184.
    E. Passing into the sense of the verb hæfa (see at the beginning), to aim at, hit, with dat.:
    I. to hit; svá nær hafði hausinum, at …, the shot so nearly hit the head, that …, Fms. ii. 272; þat sama forað, sem henni hafði næst váða, those very precipices from which she had so narrow an escape, Bs. i. 200, Fms. ix. 357; nær hafði nú, at skjótr mundi verða okkarr skilnaðr, Al. 124; nær hafði okkr nú, it struck near us, it was a narrow escape, Fms. viii. 281; kvaðsk svá dreymt hafa ( have dreamed), at þeim mundi nær hafa, ix. 387, v. l.; ok er nær hafði at skipit mundi fljóta, when the ship was on the point of floating, Ld. 58; ok hafði svá nær (it was within a hair’s breadth), at frændr Þorvalds mundu ganga at honum, Nj. 160; ok hafði svá nær at þeir mundi berjask, Íb. 11, cp. Bs. i. 21: the phrase, fjarri hefir, far from it! Edda (in a verse).
    2. to charge; eigi em ek þar fyrir sönnu hafðr, I am not truly aimed at for that, ‘tis a false charge, Eg. 64; þeim manni er fyrir sökum er hafðr, i. e. the culprit, Grág. i. 29; cp. the mod. phrase, hafa á e-u, to make a charge of a thing; það varð ekki á því haft, they could not make a case for a charge of it.
    II. metaph. to be the ground or reason for, (hence til-hæfa, reason, fact, foundation); til þess ætla vitrir menn þat haft at Ísland sé Tile (i. e. Thule) kallað, at …, learned men suppose that is the reason that Iceland is called Thule, that …, Landn. (pref.); mikit mun til haft, er einmæli er um (there must be some reason for it, because all people say so), Þorgils segir, eigi er fyrir haft ( there is no ground whatever for it), at ek mæla betr fyrir griðum en aðrir menn, Ísl. ii. 379; vér hyggjum þat til þess haft vera, at þar hafi menn sésk, we believe the substance of the story is that men have been seen there, Fms. xi. 158; hvat er til þess haft um þat (what is the truth of the matter?), hefir sundr-þykki orðit með ykkr? Boll. 364: in the saying, hefir hverr til síns ágætis nokkut, every one gets his reputation for something, Nj. 115.
    2. to happen, coincide; hefir svá til, at hann var þar sjálfr, Fms. xi. 138, v. l.
    β. the phrase, hafa mikit (lítið) til síns máls, to have much ( little) reason for one’s tale, i. e. to be much, little, in the right, Fms. vii. 221, xi. 138 (v. l.), Nj. 88: um þenna hefir svá stórum, it matters so much with this man, (v. l. for mun stórum skipta), Fms. xi. 311.
    F. REFLEX. to keep, dwell, abide, but only of a temporary shelter or abode, cp. Lat. habitare, (cp. also höfn, a haven); hann hefsk á náttartíma niðri í vötnum, at night-time he keeps down in the water, Stj. 77: to live, þeir höfðusk mjök í kaupferðum, they spent much of their life in travelling, Hkr. i. 276; hann hafðisk löngum í bænum, Bs. i. 353.
    β. with prep. við; hér mun ek við hafask ( I will stay here) en þú far til konungs, Fb. ii. 125; hafðisk hann við á skógum eðr í öðrum fylgsnum, 302; því at hann hafðisk þá á skipum við, Fms. viii. 44; hvílsk heldr ok hafsk við í því landi, rest and stay in that land, Stj. 162; Ásgeirr hafðisk við uppi í dalnum, Sd. 154; hafask lind fyrir, to cover oneself with a shield (?), Vsp. 50; hafask hlífar fyrir, to be mailed in armour, Hkm. 11.
    2. hafask at, to do, behave (cp. D. above); vóru þeir þá svá móðir, at þeir máttu ekki at hafask, Fms. ii. 149; en síðan skulut þér at hafa slíkt sem ek kann fyrir segja, i. 158; þat eitt munu við at hafask, at ek mun betr göra en þú, Nj. 19; Lambi sá hvat Steinarr hafðisk at, Eg. 747.
    3. hafask vel, to do well, thrive; vaxa ok vel hafask, to wax and do well, Hm. 142; nú er þat bæn mín, at þér hafisk við vel, that you bear yourself well up, Fms. ix. 497; Jungfrúin hafðisk vel við í ferðinni, x. 86; at fé hans mundi eigi hafask at betr at meðal-vetri, Grág. ii. 326.
    4. recipr., hafask orð við, to speak to one another; ok er þat ósiðlegt, at menn hafisk eigi orð við, Fs. 14; þar til er þeir hafask réttar tölur við, N. G. L. i. 182.
    II. part. hafandi is used in the sense of having conceived, being with child; þá verit hann varr við at hón var hafandi, 656 B. 14; hón skyldi verða hafandi at Guðs syni, id.; generally, allt þat er hafanda var lét burð sinn ok ærðisk, Fms. vii. 187; svá sem hón verðr at honum hafandi, Stj. 178; (hence barns-hafandi, being with child.)
    G. The word hafa is in the Icel., as in other Teut. languages, used as an auxiliary verb with a part. pass. of another verb, whereby a compound preterite and pluperfect are formed as follows:
    I. in transitive verbs with acc. the participle also was put in acc., agreeing in gender, number, and case with the objective noun or pronoun; this seems to have been a fixed rule in the earliest time, and is used so in all old poems down at least to the middle of the 11th century, to the time of Sighvat (circ. A. D. 990–1040), who constantly used the old form,—átt is an apostrophe for átta in the verse Ó. H. 81:
    1. references from poets, Gm. 5, 12, 16; þá er forðum mik fædda höfðu, Vsp. 2; hverr hefði lopt lævi blandit eðr ætt jötuns Óðs mey gefna, 29; þær’s í árdaga áttar höfðu, 60: ek hafða fengna konungs reiði, Ad. 3; en Grjótbjörn um gnegðan hefir, 18; mik hefir marr miklu ræntan, Stor. 10; þó hefir Míms-vinr mér um fengnar bölva bætr, 22: gaupur er Haraldr hafi sveltar, Hornklofi: Loka mær hefir leikinn allvald, Ýt. 7; sá hafði borinn brúna-hörg, 14; jarlar höfðu veginn hann, 15: ek hef orðinn ( found) þann guðföðr (verða is here used as trans.), Hallfred; höfum kera framðan, id.: hann hefir litnar, sénar, hár bárur, Ísl. ii. 223, thus twice in a verse of A. D. 1002; göngu hefik of gengna, Korm. (in a verse); hann hafði farna för, Hkr. i. (Glum Geirason); ek hefi talðar níu orustur, Sighvat; þú hefir vanðan þik, id.; ér hafit rekna þá braut, Ó. H. 63 (Óttar Svarti); hann hefir búnar okkr hendr skrautliga, Sighvat (Ó. H. 13); þeir hafa færð sín höfuð Knúti, id.; hvar hafit ér hugðan mér sess, id.; hafa sér kenndan enn nørðra heims enda, id.; Sighvatr hefir lattan gram, id.; hefir þú hamar um fólginn, Þkv. 7, 8; þú hefir hvatta okkr, Gkv. 6; ek hefi yðr brennda, Am. 39, cp. 56; hefi ek þik minntan, 81; hefir þú hjörtu tuggin, Akv. 36; hefir þú mik dvalðan, Hbl. 51; ek hefi hafðar þrár, I have had throes, Fsm. 51; en ek hann görvan hef-k, svá hefi ek studdan, 12 (verse 13 is corrupt); hann hefir dvalða þik, Hkv. Hjörv. 29; lostna, 30; mik hefir sóttan meiri glæpr, 32; ek hefi brúði kerna, id.; þú hefir etnar úlfa krásir, opt sár sogin, Hkv. 1. 36; sá er opt hefir örnu sadda, 35; hefir þú kannaða koni óneisa, 23; þá er mik svikna höfðut, Skv. 3. 55; hann hafði getna sonu, Bkv. 8; þann sal hafa halir um görvan, Fm. 42; bróður minn hefir þú benjaðan, 25; er hann ráðinn hefir, 37; sjaldan hefir þú gefnar vargi bráðir, Eg. (in a verse).
    2. references from prose; this old form has since been turned into an indecl. neut. sing. part. -it. The old form was first lost in the strong verbs and the weak verbs of the first conjugation: in the earliest prose both forms are used, although the indecl. is more freq. even in the prose writers, as Íb., the Heiðarv. S., the Miracle-book in Bs., Njála, Ó. H., (Thorodd seems only to use the old form,) as may be seen from the following references, Björn hafði særða þrjá menn, Nj. 262; hann mundi hana hafa gipta honum, 47; hann hafði þá leidda saman hestana, 264: ek hefi sendan mann, Ísl. (Heiðarv. S.) ii. 333; ek nefi senda menn, id.: hafa son sinn ór helju heimtan, Bs. (Miracle-book) i. 337; en er þeir höfðu niðr settan sveininn, 349; hann hafði veidda fimm tegu fiska, 350: er þér hefir ílla neisu gorva, Ó. H. 107: þá hefi ek fyrri setta þá í stafrófi, Skálda (Thorodd) 161; þar hefi ek við görva þessa stafi fjóra, id.; hafa hann samsettan, 167: góða fylgd hefir þú mér veitta, Þorst Síðu H. 2: sagði, at Ólafr konungr hafði sendan hann, Bs. i. 11: Þyri, er hertogi hafði festa nauðga, Fms. x. 393 (Ágrip): hefi ek þá svá signaða ok magnaða, v. 236: hefir sólin gengna tvá hluti, en einn úgenginn, K. Þ. K. 92 (Lund’s Syntax, p. 12).
    β. again, neut. indecl., hana hafði átt fyrr Þoróddr, Ísl. ii. 192: hón hafði heimt húskarl sinn …, Ísl. (Heiðarv. S.) ii. 339; hann hefir ekki svá vel gyrt hest minn, 340; hefir þú eigi séð mik, 341; hve hann hafði lokkat hann. id.; gistingar hefi ek yðr fengit, 343: þeir höfðu haft úfrið ok orrostur, Íb. 12; hann hafði tekið lögsögu, 14: stafr er átt hafði Þorlákr, Bs. (Miracle-book) i. 340; er þær höfðu upp tekit ketilinn ok hafit …, 342; göngu es hann hafði gingit, 344; es sleggjuna hafði niðr fellt, 346; sem maðr hefði nýsett (hana) niðr, id.; jartein þá er hann þóttisk fingit hafa, 347; hafði prestrinn fært fram sveininn, 349: hjálm er Hreiðmarr hafði átt, Edda 73: hafa efnt sína heitstrenging, Fms. (Jómsv. S.) xi. 141: slíkan dóm sem hann hafði mér hugat, Ó. H. 176, etc. passim:—at last the inflexion disappeared altogether, and so at the present time the indecl. neut. sing. is used throughout; yet it remains in peculiar instances, e. g. konu hefi eg mér festa, Luke xiv. 20, cp. Vídal. ii. 21. ☞ This use of the inflexive part. pass. may often serve as a test of the age of a poem, e. g. that Sólarljóð was composed at a later date may thus be seen from verses 27, 64, 72, 73, 75, 79; but this test is to be applied with caution, as the MSS. have in some cases changed the true forms (-inn, -ann, and -it, -an being freq. abbreviated in the MSS. so as to render the reading dubious). In many cases the old form is no doubt to be restored, e. g. in vegit to veginn, Fm. 4, 23; búit to búinn, Hkv. Hjörv. 15; borit to borinn, Hkv. 1. 1; beðit to beðinn, Fsm. 48; orðit to orðin, Og. 23; roðit to roðinn, Em. 5; brotið to brotinn, Vkv. 24, etc.: but are we to infer from Ls. 23, 26, 33, that this poem is of a comparatively late age?
    II. the indecl. neut. sing. is, both in the earliest poems and down to the present day, used in the following cases:
    1. with trans. verbs requiring the dat. or gen.; ek hefi fengit e-s, hann hafði fengit konu; hafa hefnt e-s, Fms. xi. 25; sú er hafði beðit fjár, Þkv. 32; stillir hefir stefnt mér, Hkv. Hjörv. 33, and so in endless cases.
    2. in the reflex. part. pass.; þeir (hann) hafa (hefir) látisk, farisk, sagsk, etc.
    3. in part. of intrans. neut. verbs, e. g. þeir þær (hann, hón), hafa (hefir) setið, staðit, gengit, legit, farit, komit, verit, orðit, lifað, dáit, heitið …, also almost in every line both of prose and poetry.
    4. in trans. verbs with a neut. sing. in objective case the difference cannot be seen.
    ☞ The compound preterite is common to both the Romance and Teutonic languages, and seems to be older in the former than in the latter; Grimm suggests that it originated with the French, and thence spread to the Teutons. That it was not natural to the latter is shewn by the facts, that
    α. no traces of it are found in Gothic, nor in the earliest Old High German glossaries to Latin words.
    β. in the earliest Scandinavian poetry we can trace its passage from declinable to indeclinable.
    γ. remains are left in poetry of a primitive uncompounded preterite infinitive, e. g. stóðu = hafa staðit, mundu, skyldu, vildu, etc., see Gramm. p. xxv, col. 2. ☞ We may here note a curious dropping of the verb hefir, at ek em kominn hingat til lands, ok verit áðr ( having been) langa hríð utan-lands, Ó. H. 31, cp. Am. 52; barn at aldri, en vegit slíka hetju sem Þorvaldr var, Glúm. 382. On this interesting matter see Grimm’s remarks in his Gramm. iv. 146 sqq.

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  • 85 assistere

    1. v/t assist, help
    ( curare) nurse
    2. v/i ( essere presente) be present (a at), attend (a something)
    * * *
    assistere v.tr.
    1 to assist, to support, to help, to aid, to favour: se la fortuna vi assiste, if fortune favours you; ti assisterò come posso, I'll give you all the assistance I can
    2 ( curare) to nurse, to tend, to look after, to cure: assistere gli ammalati, to nurse (o to cure o to look after) the sick
    ◆ v. intr. to be present (at sthg.); to attend (sthg.); ( essere testimone) to witness (sthg.), to be a witness: assistere a una cerimonia, to be present at a ceremony; assistere a un incidente stradale, to witness a road accident; assistere a una lezione, to attend (o to go to) a lesson; assistere a una partita di calcio, to watch a football match.
    * * *
    1. [as'sistere]
    vb irreg vi
    (aus avere)

    assistere a — (essere presente) to be present at, attend, (incidente, scena) to witness, (spettacolo) to watch, (sorvegliare: lavori, esami) to supervise

    2. vt
    (aiutare) to assist, (malato) to look after, (curare) to treat
    * * *
    [as'sistere] 1.
    verbo transitivo
    1) (aiutare) to assist, to aid (in in, with; nel fare to do, in doing)
    2) (curare) to attend, to nurse [ malato]
    2.
    verbo intransitivo (aus. avere)

    assistere a — (essere presente) to watch [spettacolo, partita]; to attend [cerimonia, lezione, riunione]; (osservare) to witness [incidente, rapina]

    * * *
    assistere
    /as'sistere/ [21]
     1 (aiutare) to assist, to aid (in in, with; nel fare to do, in doing); che Dio mi assista! God help me!
     2 (curare) to attend, to nurse [ malato]
     (aus. avere) assistere a (essere presente) to watch [spettacolo, partita]; to attend [cerimonia, lezione, riunione]; (osservare) to witness [incidente, rapina].

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  • 86 bedeutend

    be·deu·tend adj
    1) ( wichtig) important;
    eine \bedeutende Person an eminent person;
    ein \bedeutender Politiker a leading politician;
    eine \bedeutende Rolle spielen to play a leading [or significant] role;
    etwas B\bedeutendes something important [or significant];
    2) ( beachtlich) considerable, significant adv considerably

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  • 87 akālu

    Sumer. wr. gu7"to eat, consume" Akk. akālu
    Sumer. wr. rig7"to eat; to do something to barley; to pasture, tend; to drink; to sup" Akk. akālu;  haţāpu;  re'û;  šatû; sarāpu

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  • 88 haţāpu

    Sumer. wr. rig7"to eat; to do something to barley; to pasture, tend; to drink; to sup" Akk. akālu;  haţāpu;  re'û;  šatû; sarāpu

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  • 89 re'û

    Sumer. wr. rig7"to eat; to do something to barley; to pasture, tend; to drink; to sup" Akk. akālu;  haţāpu;  re'û;  šatû; sarāpu

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  • 90 šatû; sarāpu

    Sumer. wr. rig7"to eat; to do something to barley; to pasture, tend; to drink; to sup" Akk. akālu;  haţāpu;  re'û;  šatû; sarāpu

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  • 91 rig₇

    wr. RIG7; rig10 "to boil down; concoction, infusion" Akk.  rabāku;  ribku
    wr. rig7; rig9; rigx(|PA.TUK.DU|) "to donate"
    wr. rig7 "to eat; to do something to barley; to pasture, tend; to drink; to sup" Akk.  akālu;  haţāpu;  re'û; šatû; sarāpu
    wr. rig7 "?" Akk.  gepû

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  • 92 RIG₇

    wr. RIG7; rig10 "to boil down; concoction, infusion" Akk.  rabāku;  ribku
    wr. rig7 "to eat; to do something to barley; to pasture, tend; to drink; to sup" Akk.  akālu;  haţāpu;  re'û; šatû; sarāpu

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  • 93 agito

    ăgĭto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. a. [ago], as if the supine were agitu; cf.: quaero quaerito.
    I.
    Lit., to put a thing in motion, to drive or impel (mostly poet., or in more elevated prose; from poetry it passed, after the Aug. per., into common prose).
    A.
    Of cattle, to drive, conduct (cf. ago):

    calcari quadrupedem agitabo advorsum clivom,

    Plaut. As. 3, 3, 118:

    stimulo boves agitat,

    Vulg. Eccli. 38, 26:

    hanc in curru bijugos agitare leones,

    drives her span of lions, Lucr. 2, 602:

    agitantur quadrigae,

    Varr. L. L. 6, § 41 Müll.:

    ad flumina currus,

    Verg. G. 3, 18:

    jussit agitari currum suum,

    Vulg. 2 Macc. 9, 4: lanigeros greges hirtasque capellas, to drive, poet. for to tend, Verg. G. 3, 287:

    sacros jugales (dracones),

    Ov. M. 5, 661:

    quadrigas bigasque et equos desultorios,

    Suet. Caes. 39.—
    B.
    Of the motion of other things, to move, impel, shake:

    triremem in portu,

    Nep. Dion, 9, 2:

    alas,

    Ov. Tr. 3, 4, 21:

    manibusque leves agitavit habenas,

    id. M. 7, 221:

    hastam,

    id. ib. 3, 667: caput, to move the head ( in token of assent = annuere), id. ib. 1, 567:

    arundinem vento agitatam,

    Vulg. Matt. 11, 7.—Esp., of animals, to hunt, chase, pursue: etiamsi excitaturus [p. 72] non sis nec agitaturus feras, Cic. Off. 3, 17:

    aquila insectans alias aves atque agitans,

    id. Div. 2, 70:

    trepidas columbas,

    Ov. M. 5, 606; 11, 300:

    damas,

    id. ib. 10, 539:

    cursu timidos onagros,

    Verg. G. 3, 409 al. —
    C.
    Of the motion caused by the wind, to drive to and fro, toss about, agitate, disturb:

    ventus enim fit, ubi est agitando percitus aër,

    when the air is violently agitated and driven, Lucr. 6, 686:

    mare ventorum vi agitari atque turbari,

    Cic. Clu. 49 fin.; id. Univ. 3, 7:

    freta ponti Incipiunt agitata tumescere,

    Verg. G. 1, 357:

    aristas,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 553:

    Zephyris agitata Tempe,

    Hor. C. 3, 1, 24:

    ventis agitatur pinus,

    id. ib. 2, 10, 9:

    veteres agitantur orni,

    id. ib. 1, 9, 12:

    agitaret aura capillos,

    id. Epod. 15, 9.—
    D.
    Of the motion caused by the water: agitata numina Trojae, tossed or driven about upon the sea, Verg. A. 6, 68; Prop. 3, 21, 5.—
    E.
    In gen., of the motion caused by other things:

    magnes (lapis) agitat (ferri ramenta) per aes,

    Lucr. 6, 1054:

    agitari inter se concursu,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 39: pulsu externo agitari, Macr Somn. Scip. 9.— Poet. of mist, to produce it by motion or agitation: dejectuque (Peneus) gravi tenues agitantia fumos Nubila conducit, and by its impetuous descent (into the valley) raises clouds producing mist, Ov. M. 1, 571—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To rouse up, excite, move, urge, drive, impel one to something: aliquem, sometimes in aliquid (so in Florus very freq.):

    in furias agitantur equae,

    are excited to fury, Ov. A. A. 2, 487:

    agitare plebem,

    to stir up, rouse, Liv. 3, 11:

    populum,

    Flor. 2, 12, 2; so id. 11, 6, 2 al.:

    agitatus cupiditate regni,

    id. 3, 1:

    gens sacratis legibus agitata in exitium urbis,

    id. 1, 16, 7.—
    B.
    To disquiet, disturb, to drive hither and thither, to vex, trouble, torment (the fig. taken from the sea agitated by storm; cf. Gernh. and Beier upon Cic. Off. 1, 24, 82):

    dii deaeque te agitant irati,

    Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 115:

    atra bilis agitat hominem,

    id. Capt. 3, 4, 64; so id. Curc. 1, 1, 92; 2, 1, 24:

    ut eos agitent furiae, neque usquam consistere patiantur,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 24 (cf. Verg. A. 3, 331:

    scelerum furiis agitatus Orestes,

    id. ib. 4, 471):

    suum quemque scelus agitat amentiaque afficit,

    id. ib. 24:

    agitare et insequi poëtas,

    Tac. Or. 4; 25 and 41:

    multis injuriis jactata atque agita ta,

    Cic. Quint. 2:

    est magni viri, rebus agitatis (= perturbatis, Beier) punire sontes,

    id. Off. 1, 24, 82:

    agitabatur animus inopiā rei familiaris et conscientiā scelerum,

    Sall. C. 5, 7:

    quos conscientia defectionis agitabat,

    Tac. Agr. 16:

    commotus metu atque libidine diversus agitabatur,

    was drawn in different directions, Sall. J 25, 6; Liv. 22, 12. ne te semper inops agitet vexetque cupido, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 98:

    quos agitabat timor,

    Tac. Agr. 16:

    timore et metu agitati,

    Vulg. Judith, 15, 1:

    injuriis agitatus,

    Flor. 1, 8, 7:

    seditionibus,

    Just. 12, 4, 12.—
    C.
    To assail with reproach, derision, insult; to reprove, blame, scoff, deride, insult, mock:

    agitat rem militarem, insectatur totam legationem,

    attacks, ridicules, Cic. Mur. 9, 21; id. Brut. 28, 109: mea saevis agitat fastidia verbis, Hor Epod. 12, 13; without verbis:

    agitant expertia frugis,

    id. A. P. 341:

    vesanum poëtam agitant pueri,

    id. ib. 456.—
    D.
    In gen., to drive or urge on a thing, to accomplish or do, to drive at, to be employed in, be engaged in, to have, hold, keep, to celebrate; v. ago, II. D. (in the historians, esp. Sallust, very freq.):

    Haec ego non agitem?

    should I not drive at? Juv. 1, 52:

    vigilias,

    to keep, Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 27; so,

    custodiam,

    id. Rud. 3, 6, 20; so Tac. A. 11, 18:

    hoc agitemus convivium vino et sermone suavi,

    let us celebrate, Plaut. As. 5, 1, 7:

    Dionysia,

    Ter. Heaut. 4, 4, 11; so id. Hec. 1, 2, 18:

    convivia,

    Ov. M. 7, 431; Suet. Claud. 32 festa gaudia, Sil. 15, 423:

    meum natalem,

    Plaut. Pers. 5, 1, 16;

    so festos dies,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 63:

    jocos,

    Ov. M. 3, 319:

    agraria lex a Flavio tribuno plebis vehementer agitabatur,

    was powerfully urged, supportcd, Cic. Att. 1, 19:

    quae cum praecepta parentis mei agitarem,

    was striving to comply with, Sall. J. 14, 2 (modestius dictum pro:

    studere, ut agerem, Cort.): laeti pacem agitabamus,

    were at peace, enjoyed the delights of peace, id. ib. 14, 10:

    dicit se missum a consule venisse quaesitum ab eo, pacem an bellum agitaturus foret,

    id. ib. 109, 2:

    quoniam deditionis morā induciae agitabantur,

    there was a truce, id. ib. 29, 4; id. C. 24, 2.— Poet.:

    ceu primas agitant acies, certamina miscent,

    as if they formed the front rank, Sil. 9, 330.—Hence of time, esp. life, to pass, spend (cf. ago, II. D 5.):

    vita hominum sine cupiditate agitabatur,

    Sall. C. 2, 1:

    agitare aevum,

    Verg. G. 4, 154; id. A. 10, 235:

    festos dies,

    Tac. H. 3, 78.—In Sall., Tac., Flor., et al., agitare absol., to live, dwell, abide, sojourn, be:

    hi propius mare Africum agitabant,

    Sall. J 18, 9; cf id. ib. 19, 5; id. Fragm. H. 3, 11; so id. J. 54, 2; 59, 1; 94, 4:

    laeti Germant agitabant,

    Tac. A. 1, 50:

    secretus agitat,

    id. ib. 11, 21:

    montium editis sine cultu atque eo ferocius agitabant,

    id. ib. 4, 46; Flor. 4, 12, 48.—
    E.
    Of the mind: agitare aliquid or de aliquā re (in corde, in mente, animo, cum animo, secum, etc.), to drive at a thing in the mind, i. e. to turn over, revolve, to weigh, consider, meditate upon, and with the idea of action to be performed or a conclusion to be made, to deliberate upon, to devise, contrive, plot, to be occupied with, to design, intend, etc.: id ego semper mecum sic agito et comparo, Att ap. Non. 256, 20:

    quom eam rem in corde agito,

    Plaut. Truc 2, 5, 3:

    id agitans mecum,

    Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 10; so Sall. J. 113, 3:

    habet nihil aliud quod agitet in mente,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 41:

    est tuum sic agitare animo, ut, etc.,

    id. Fam. 6, 1:

    quae omnes animo agitabant,

    Tac. A. 6, 9:

    provincias secretis imaginationibus agitans,

    id. ib. 15, 36 in animo bellum, Liv 21, 2; Vell. 1, 16; Quint. 12, 2, 28.—With inf., as object:

    ut mente agitaret bellum renovare,

    Nep. Ham. 1, 4.— Poet.:

    aliquid jamdudum invadere magnum Mens agitat mihi,

    Verg. A 9, 187. —Sometimes also without mente, animo, and the like, agitare aliquid, in the same signif:

    quodsi ille hoc unum agitare coeperit, esse, etc.,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 96:

    rem a me saepe deliberatam et multum agitatam requiris,

    id. Ac. 1, 2: oratori omnia quaesita, disputata, tractata, agitata ( well considered or weighed) esse debent, id. de Or. 3, 14:

    fugam,

    Verg. A. 2, 640.—So esp. freq. in Tac.:

    Britanni agitare inter se mala servitutis, Agr 15: bellum adversus patrem agitare,

    id. H. 4, 86, id. A. 1, 5; 1, 12.—With de:

    de bello,

    Tac. H. 2, 1:

    agitanti de Claudio,

    id. A. 6, 46:

    de tempore ac loco caedis agitabant,

    id. ib. 15, 50; 1, 12; id. H. 4, 59.—With num:

    agitavere, num Messalinam depellerent amore Silli,

    Tac. A. 11, 29; id. H. 1, 19.— With - ne:

    agitavere placeretne, etc.,

    Tac. H. 3, 1.—With an:

    an Artaxata pergeret, agitavit,

    Tac. A. 13, 41 —With quomodo, Tac. A. 2, 12.—With ut (of purpose):

    ut Neronem pudor caperet, insita spe agitari,

    Tac. A. 16, 26.—
    F.
    To treat or speak of or concerning a thing, to confer about, deliberate upon. Romae per omnīs locos et conventus de facto consulis agitart ( impers., for agitabatur), discussions were had, Sall. J 30, 1;

    cum de foedere victor agitaret,

    Liv. 9, 5; 30, 3.—
    * G.
    Sat agitare, with gen., in Plaut., = sat agere, to have enough to do, to have trouble with: nunc agitas sat tute tuarum rerum, Bacch. 4, 3, 23.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > agito

  • 94 react

    [rɪˈækt] verb
    1) to behave in a certain way as a result of something:

    How did he react when you called him a fool?

    Hydrogen reacts with oxygen to form water.

    يَرُد الفِعْل
    2) ( with against) to behave or act in a certain way in order to show rejection of:

    Young people tend to react against their parents.

    يرُد الفِعْل ضِد
    3) ( with to) to be affected, usually badly, by (a drug etc):

    I react very badly to penicillin.

    يتأثَّر بصورةٍ سَيِّئَه

    Arabic-English dictionary > react

  • 95 neiging

    ♦voorbeelden:
    1   fascistische/artistieke neigingen • fascist/artistic tendencies
         hij toonde niet de minste neiging om … • he was not at all inclined to …
         vreemde neigingen hebben • have strange quirks
         ik heb altijd de neiging om haar te beschermen • I always tend to protect her
         ergens de neiging toe voelen • feel inclined to (do something)
         〈 politiek〉 een neiging naar links • a tendency to the left
         zijn natuurlijke neiging om precies het verkeerde te doen • his natural propensity for doing precisely the wrong thing
         een neiging tot wreedheid • a proclivity to(wards) cruelty

    Van Dale Handwoordenboek Nederlands-Engels > neiging

  • 96 saai

    1  boring ⇒ dull
    ♦voorbeelden:
    1   het is een saaie vent • he's a real bore
         verschrikkelijk saai • terribly boring
         iets saai brengen/vertellen • make something deadly boring
         zijn colleges zijn vaak nogal saai • his lectures tend to be rather dull

    Van Dale Handwoordenboek Nederlands-Engels > saai

  • 97 stilstaan

    1 [staan zonder te bewegen] stand still
    2 [stilhouden] stand still ⇒ pause, come to a standstill
    3 [zich niet ontwikkelen] stand still ⇒ stagnate
    4 [niet functioneren] stand still ⇒ stop, be at a standstill
    ♦voorbeelden:
    2   〈 figuurlijk〉 daar sta je normaal niet bij stil • 〈 ook〉 you tend to take it for granted
         〈 figuurlijk〉 heb je er ooit bij stilgestaan dat … • has it ever occurred to you that …
         ik heb er geen moment bij stilgestaan • I didn't give it a moment's thought
         〈 figuurlijk〉 lang blijven stilstaan bij iets • deal with something at great length
    3   in kennis blijven stilstaan • stagnate in one's knowledge
    4   mijn horloge staat stil • my watch has stopped
         de telefoon staat niet stil • the telephone never stops ringing
         daar staat mijn verstand bij stil • it's beyond my comprehension

    Van Dale Handwoordenboek Nederlands-Engels > stilstaan

  • 98 Austin, John

    SUBJECT AREA: Textiles
    [br]
    fl. 1789 Scotland
    [br]
    Scottish contributor to the early development of the power loom.
    [br]
    On 6 April 1789 John Austin wrote to James Watt, seeking advice about patenting "a weaving loom I have invented to go by the hand, horse, water or any other constant power, to comb, brush, or dress the yarn at the same time as it is weaving \& by which one man will do the work of three and make superior work to what can be done by the common loom" (Boulton \& Watt Collection, Birmingham, James Watt Papers, JW/22). Watt replied that "there is a Clergyman by the name of Cartwright at Doncaster who has a patent for a similar contrivance" (Boulton \& Watt Collection, Birmingham, Letter Book 1, 15 April 1789). Watt pointed out that there was a large manufactory running at Doncaster and something of the same kind at Manchester with working power looms. Presumably, this reply deterred Austin from taking out a patent. However, some members of the Glasgow Chamber of Commerce continued developing the loom, and in 1798 one that was tried at the spinning mill of J.Monteith, of Pollokshaws, near Glasgow, answered the purpose so well that a building was erected and thirty of the looms were installed. Later, in 1800, this number was increased to 200, all of which were driven by a steam engine, and it was stated that one weaver and a boy could tend from three to five of these looms.
    Austin's loom was worked by eccentrics, or cams. There was one cam on each side with "a sudden beak or projection" that drove the levers connected to the picking pegs, while other cams worked the heddles and drove the reed. The loom was also fitted with a weft stop motion and could produce more cloth than a hand loom, and worked at about sixty picks per minute. The pivoting of the slay at the bottom allowed the loom to be much more compact than previous ones.
    [br]
    Further Reading
    A.Rees, 1819, The Cyclopaedia: or Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature, London.
    A.P.Usher, 1958, A History of Mechanical Inventions.
    W.English, 1969, The Textile Industry, London.
    R.L.Hills, 1970, Power in the Industrial Revolution, Manchester.
    RLH

    Biographical history of technology > Austin, John

  • 99 Artificial Intelligence

       In my opinion, none of [these programs] does even remote justice to the complexity of human mental processes. Unlike men, "artificially intelligent" programs tend to be single minded, undistractable, and unemotional. (Neisser, 1967, p. 9)
       Future progress in [artificial intelligence] will depend on the development of both practical and theoretical knowledge.... As regards theoretical knowledge, some have sought a unified theory of artificial intelligence. My view is that artificial intelligence is (or soon will be) an engineering discipline since its primary goal is to build things. (Nilsson, 1971, pp. vii-viii)
       Most workers in AI [artificial intelligence] research and in related fields confess to a pronounced feeling of disappointment in what has been achieved in the last 25 years. Workers entered the field around 1950, and even around 1960, with high hopes that are very far from being realized in 1972. In no part of the field have the discoveries made so far produced the major impact that was then promised.... In the meantime, claims and predictions regarding the potential results of AI research had been publicized which went even farther than the expectations of the majority of workers in the field, whose embarrassments have been added to by the lamentable failure of such inflated predictions....
       When able and respected scientists write in letters to the present author that AI, the major goal of computing science, represents "another step in the general process of evolution"; that possibilities in the 1980s include an all-purpose intelligence on a human-scale knowledge base; that awe-inspiring possibilities suggest themselves based on machine intelligence exceeding human intelligence by the year 2000 [one has the right to be skeptical]. (Lighthill, 1972, p. 17)
       4) Just as Astronomy Succeeded Astrology, the Discovery of Intellectual Processes in Machines Should Lead to a Science, Eventually
       Just as astronomy succeeded astrology, following Kepler's discovery of planetary regularities, the discoveries of these many principles in empirical explorations on intellectual processes in machines should lead to a science, eventually. (Minsky & Papert, 1973, p. 11)
       Many problems arise in experiments on machine intelligence because things obvious to any person are not represented in any program. One can pull with a string, but one cannot push with one.... Simple facts like these caused serious problems when Charniak attempted to extend Bobrow's "Student" program to more realistic applications, and they have not been faced up to until now. (Minsky & Papert, 1973, p. 77)
       What do we mean by [a symbolic] "description"? We do not mean to suggest that our descriptions must be made of strings of ordinary language words (although they might be). The simplest kind of description is a structure in which some features of a situation are represented by single ("primitive") symbols, and relations between those features are represented by other symbols-or by other features of the way the description is put together. (Minsky & Papert, 1973, p. 11)
       [AI is] the use of computer programs and programming techniques to cast light on the principles of intelligence in general and human thought in particular. (Boden, 1977, p. 5)
       The word you look for and hardly ever see in the early AI literature is the word knowledge. They didn't believe you have to know anything, you could always rework it all.... In fact 1967 is the turning point in my mind when there was enough feeling that the old ideas of general principles had to go.... I came up with an argument for what I called the primacy of expertise, and at the time I called the other guys the generalists. (Moses, quoted in McCorduck, 1979, pp. 228-229)
       9) Artificial Intelligence Is Psychology in a Particularly Pure and Abstract Form
       The basic idea of cognitive science is that intelligent beings are semantic engines-in other words, automatic formal systems with interpretations under which they consistently make sense. We can now see why this includes psychology and artificial intelligence on a more or less equal footing: people and intelligent computers (if and when there are any) turn out to be merely different manifestations of the same underlying phenomenon. Moreover, with universal hardware, any semantic engine can in principle be formally imitated by a computer if only the right program can be found. And that will guarantee semantic imitation as well, since (given the appropriate formal behavior) the semantics is "taking care of itself" anyway. Thus we also see why, from this perspective, artificial intelligence can be regarded as psychology in a particularly pure and abstract form. The same fundamental structures are under investigation, but in AI, all the relevant parameters are under direct experimental control (in the programming), without any messy physiology or ethics to get in the way. (Haugeland, 1981b, p. 31)
       There are many different kinds of reasoning one might imagine:
        Formal reasoning involves the syntactic manipulation of data structures to deduce new ones following prespecified rules of inference. Mathematical logic is the archetypical formal representation. Procedural reasoning uses simulation to answer questions and solve problems. When we use a program to answer What is the sum of 3 and 4? it uses, or "runs," a procedural model of arithmetic. Reasoning by analogy seems to be a very natural mode of thought for humans but, so far, difficult to accomplish in AI programs. The idea is that when you ask the question Can robins fly? the system might reason that "robins are like sparrows, and I know that sparrows can fly, so robins probably can fly."
        Generalization and abstraction are also natural reasoning process for humans that are difficult to pin down well enough to implement in a program. If one knows that Robins have wings, that Sparrows have wings, and that Blue jays have wings, eventually one will believe that All birds have wings. This capability may be at the core of most human learning, but it has not yet become a useful technique in AI.... Meta- level reasoning is demonstrated by the way one answers the question What is Paul Newman's telephone number? You might reason that "if I knew Paul Newman's number, I would know that I knew it, because it is a notable fact." This involves using "knowledge about what you know," in particular, about the extent of your knowledge and about the importance of certain facts. Recent research in psychology and AI indicates that meta-level reasoning may play a central role in human cognitive processing. (Barr & Feigenbaum, 1981, pp. 146-147)
       Suffice it to say that programs already exist that can do things-or, at the very least, appear to be beginning to do things-which ill-informed critics have asserted a priori to be impossible. Examples include: perceiving in a holistic as opposed to an atomistic way; using language creatively; translating sensibly from one language to another by way of a language-neutral semantic representation; planning acts in a broad and sketchy fashion, the details being decided only in execution; distinguishing between different species of emotional reaction according to the psychological context of the subject. (Boden, 1981, p. 33)
       Can the synthesis of Man and Machine ever be stable, or will the purely organic component become such a hindrance that it has to be discarded? If this eventually happens-and I have... good reasons for thinking that it must-we have nothing to regret and certainly nothing to fear. (Clarke, 1984, p. 243)
       The thesis of GOFAI... is not that the processes underlying intelligence can be described symbolically... but that they are symbolic. (Haugeland, 1985, p. 113)
        14) Artificial Intelligence Provides a Useful Approach to Psychological and Psychiatric Theory Formation
       It is all very well formulating psychological and psychiatric theories verbally but, when using natural language (even technical jargon), it is difficult to recognise when a theory is complete; oversights are all too easily made, gaps too readily left. This is a point which is generally recognised to be true and it is for precisely this reason that the behavioural sciences attempt to follow the natural sciences in using "classical" mathematics as a more rigorous descriptive language. However, it is an unfortunate fact that, with a few notable exceptions, there has been a marked lack of success in this application. It is my belief that a different approach-a different mathematics-is needed, and that AI provides just this approach. (Hand, quoted in Hand, 1985, pp. 6-7)
       We might distinguish among four kinds of AI.
       Research of this kind involves building and programming computers to perform tasks which, to paraphrase Marvin Minsky, would require intelligence if they were done by us. Researchers in nonpsychological AI make no claims whatsoever about the psychological realism of their programs or the devices they build, that is, about whether or not computers perform tasks as humans do.
       Research here is guided by the view that the computer is a useful tool in the study of mind. In particular, we can write computer programs or build devices that simulate alleged psychological processes in humans and then test our predictions about how the alleged processes work. We can weave these programs and devices together with other programs and devices that simulate different alleged mental processes and thereby test the degree to which the AI system as a whole simulates human mentality. According to weak psychological AI, working with computer models is a way of refining and testing hypotheses about processes that are allegedly realized in human minds.
    ... According to this view, our minds are computers and therefore can be duplicated by other computers. Sherry Turkle writes that the "real ambition is of mythic proportions, making a general purpose intelligence, a mind." (Turkle, 1984, p. 240) The authors of a major text announce that "the ultimate goal of AI research is to build a person or, more humbly, an animal." (Charniak & McDermott, 1985, p. 7)
       Research in this field, like strong psychological AI, takes seriously the functionalist view that mentality can be realized in many different types of physical devices. Suprapsychological AI, however, accuses strong psychological AI of being chauvinisticof being only interested in human intelligence! Suprapsychological AI claims to be interested in all the conceivable ways intelligence can be realized. (Flanagan, 1991, pp. 241-242)
        16) Determination of Relevance of Rules in Particular Contexts
       Even if the [rules] were stored in a context-free form the computer still couldn't use them. To do that the computer requires rules enabling it to draw on just those [ rules] which are relevant in each particular context. Determination of relevance will have to be based on further facts and rules, but the question will again arise as to which facts and rules are relevant for making each particular determination. One could always invoke further facts and rules to answer this question, but of course these must be only the relevant ones. And so it goes. It seems that AI workers will never be able to get started here unless they can settle the problem of relevance beforehand by cataloguing types of context and listing just those facts which are relevant in each. (Dreyfus & Dreyfus, 1986, p. 80)
       Perhaps the single most important idea to artificial intelligence is that there is no fundamental difference between form and content, that meaning can be captured in a set of symbols such as a semantic net. (G. Johnson, 1986, p. 250)
        18) The Assumption That the Mind Is a Formal System
       Artificial intelligence is based on the assumption that the mind can be described as some kind of formal system manipulating symbols that stand for things in the world. Thus it doesn't matter what the brain is made of, or what it uses for tokens in the great game of thinking. Using an equivalent set of tokens and rules, we can do thinking with a digital computer, just as we can play chess using cups, salt and pepper shakers, knives, forks, and spoons. Using the right software, one system (the mind) can be mapped into the other (the computer). (G. Johnson, 1986, p. 250)
        19) A Statement of the Primary and Secondary Purposes of Artificial Intelligence
       The primary goal of Artificial Intelligence is to make machines smarter.
       The secondary goals of Artificial Intelligence are to understand what intelligence is (the Nobel laureate purpose) and to make machines more useful (the entrepreneurial purpose). (Winston, 1987, p. 1)
       The theoretical ideas of older branches of engineering are captured in the language of mathematics. We contend that mathematical logic provides the basis for theory in AI. Although many computer scientists already count logic as fundamental to computer science in general, we put forward an even stronger form of the logic-is-important argument....
       AI deals mainly with the problem of representing and using declarative (as opposed to procedural) knowledge. Declarative knowledge is the kind that is expressed as sentences, and AI needs a language in which to state these sentences. Because the languages in which this knowledge usually is originally captured (natural languages such as English) are not suitable for computer representations, some other language with the appropriate properties must be used. It turns out, we think, that the appropriate properties include at least those that have been uppermost in the minds of logicians in their development of logical languages such as the predicate calculus. Thus, we think that any language for expressing knowledge in AI systems must be at least as expressive as the first-order predicate calculus. (Genesereth & Nilsson, 1987, p. viii)
        21) Perceptual Structures Can Be Represented as Lists of Elementary Propositions
       In artificial intelligence studies, perceptual structures are represented as assemblages of description lists, the elementary components of which are propositions asserting that certain relations hold among elements. (Chase & Simon, 1988, p. 490)
       Artificial intelligence (AI) is sometimes defined as the study of how to build and/or program computers to enable them to do the sorts of things that minds can do. Some of these things are commonly regarded as requiring intelligence: offering a medical diagnosis and/or prescription, giving legal or scientific advice, proving theorems in logic or mathematics. Others are not, because they can be done by all normal adults irrespective of educational background (and sometimes by non-human animals too), and typically involve no conscious control: seeing things in sunlight and shadows, finding a path through cluttered terrain, fitting pegs into holes, speaking one's own native tongue, and using one's common sense. Because it covers AI research dealing with both these classes of mental capacity, this definition is preferable to one describing AI as making computers do "things that would require intelligence if done by people." However, it presupposes that computers could do what minds can do, that they might really diagnose, advise, infer, and understand. One could avoid this problematic assumption (and also side-step questions about whether computers do things in the same way as we do) by defining AI instead as "the development of computers whose observable performance has features which in humans we would attribute to mental processes." This bland characterization would be acceptable to some AI workers, especially amongst those focusing on the production of technological tools for commercial purposes. But many others would favour a more controversial definition, seeing AI as the science of intelligence in general-or, more accurately, as the intellectual core of cognitive science. As such, its goal is to provide a systematic theory that can explain (and perhaps enable us to replicate) both the general categories of intentionality and the diverse psychological capacities grounded in them. (Boden, 1990b, pp. 1-2)
       Because the ability to store data somewhat corresponds to what we call memory in human beings, and because the ability to follow logical procedures somewhat corresponds to what we call reasoning in human beings, many members of the cult have concluded that what computers do somewhat corresponds to what we call thinking. It is no great difficulty to persuade the general public of that conclusion since computers process data very fast in small spaces well below the level of visibility; they do not look like other machines when they are at work. They seem to be running along as smoothly and silently as the brain does when it remembers and reasons and thinks. On the other hand, those who design and build computers know exactly how the machines are working down in the hidden depths of their semiconductors. Computers can be taken apart, scrutinized, and put back together. Their activities can be tracked, analyzed, measured, and thus clearly understood-which is far from possible with the brain. This gives rise to the tempting assumption on the part of the builders and designers that computers can tell us something about brains, indeed, that the computer can serve as a model of the mind, which then comes to be seen as some manner of information processing machine, and possibly not as good at the job as the machine. (Roszak, 1994, pp. xiv-xv)
       The inner workings of the human mind are far more intricate than the most complicated systems of modern technology. Researchers in the field of artificial intelligence have been attempting to develop programs that will enable computers to display intelligent behavior. Although this field has been an active one for more than thirty-five years and has had many notable successes, AI researchers still do not know how to create a program that matches human intelligence. No existing program can recall facts, solve problems, reason, learn, and process language with human facility. This lack of success has occurred not because computers are inferior to human brains but rather because we do not yet know in sufficient detail how intelligence is organized in the brain. (Anderson, 1995, p. 2)

    Historical dictionary of quotations in cognitive science > Artificial Intelligence

  • 100 Computer Metaphors

       Within the AI community there is a growing dissatisfaction concerning the adequacy of sequential models to simulate the cognitive processes....
       For an example of the dissimilarity between computers and nervous systems, consider that in conventional computers... each piece of data [is] located in its own special space in the memory bank [and] can be retrieved only by a central processor that knows the address in the memory bank for each datum. Human memory appears to be organized along entirely different lines. For one thing, from a partial or a degraded stimulus human memory can "reconstruct" the rest, and there are associative relationships among stored pieces of information based on considerations of context rather than on considerations of location.... t now appears doubtful that individual neurons are so specific that they are tuned to respond to a single item and nothing else. Thus, connectionist models tend to devise and use distributed principles, which means that elements may be selective to a range of stimuli and there are no "grandmother cells."...
       Information storage, it appears, is in some ill-defined sense a function of connectivity among sets of neurons. This implies that there is something fundamentally wrong in understanding the brain's memory on the model of individual symbols stored at unique addresses in a data bank....
       A further source of misgivings about the computer metaphor concerns real-time constraints. Although the signal velocities in nervous systems are quite slow in comparison to those in computers, brains are nonetheless far, far faster than electronic devices in the execution of their complex tasks. For example, human brains are incomparably faster than any computer in word-nonword recognition tasks. (P. S. Churchland, 1986, pp. 458-459)

    Historical dictionary of quotations in cognitive science > Computer Metaphors

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