carry (the chief fig. uses are the foll.)
1.
to win,
obtain
Cor. II. i. 257
“rather Than carry
it”
[i.e. the consulship] “by the suit o' the gentry”; so carry it, win
the day
Wiv. III. ii. 73
“he will carry't”
All'sW. IV. i. 30,
Oth. I. i. 67
“What a full fortune
does the thick-lips owe”
(=possess), “If he can
carry't thus!”
2.
to take by assault,
conquer
All'sW. III. vii. 19
“Lays down his wanton
siege before her beauty, Resolv'd to
carry her,”
Cor. IV. vii. 27
“think you he'll
Rome?”
3.
to conduct, manage
Meas. III. i. 269, Ado IV. i. 212,
MND. III. ii. 240
“This sport, well
carried,”
Lr. V. iii. 37
“carry it so As I have
set it down”
; refl. to behave or conduct oneself All'sW. IV. iii. 121,
H8 II. iv. 141
“like her true nobility,
she has Carried herself towards
me”
; so also carry
it, conduct matters, behave, act
Tw.N. III. iv. 152
“we may it thus.”
4.
to endure, put up
with Rom. IV. v. 120,
Lr. III. ii. 48
“man's nature cannot
carry The affliction.”
carry it away,
carry the day Rom. III. i.
79, Ham. II. ii. 385; carry out
“my side,” win my game
Lr. V. i. 61; carry through
“itself,” be successful
Lr. I. iv. 3.
