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moreover, adv. Now only literary and slightly arch.|mɔəˈrəʊvə(r)|
Forms: 3–5 more-over, 4–7 more over, 5 mare over, more ovyr, 5–6 morover, 6 Sc. mair over, mairovir, maiowyr, marower, moirover, 6–7 mairour, mairover, 4– moreover.
[f. more adv. + over adv.]
†1. In the phrase and yet more over = ‘that is not all,’ ‘there is yet more to be said.’ Obs.
Frequent in Chaucer, who does not otherwise use moreover. Here more is not strictly an adv., but rather an elliptical use of the absolute adj. (quasi-n.).
c1374Chaucer Boeth. ii. Pr. iv. l. 110 And yit more ouer [orig. ad hæc] what man that [etc.]. c1386― Knt.'s T. 1943 And yet moore ouer for in hise Armes two The vital strengthe is lost and al ago. c1386― Melib. ⁋415 And yet moore ouer of thilke word that Tullius clepeth consentynge, thou shalt considere if [etc.]. 1526Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 13 b, And yet more ouer he hath not lefte vs as chyldren confortlesse.
2. Used at the beginning of a sentence or clause, or parenthetically, in order to mark the statement as additional to what has been said before; besides, further. (Often preceded by and; sometimes by but.) Cf. mairatour Sc.
1382Wyclif Acts xxi. 28 This is the man, that aȝens peple and lawe..techinge euery where alle men more ouer and [Vulg. insuper et] hath ledd yn hethen men into the temple. 1393Langl. P. Pl. C. vi. 53 And al-so more-ouer me þynkeþ..men sholde constreyne no clerke to knauene werkes. c1430Lydg. Min. Poems (Percy Soc.) 37 He..askid hir if she myht feithfullie Luf him of herte, and, morover, fynallye Become his wife. 1483Cath. Angl. 228/1 Mare ouer, preterea, insuper, quineciam. 1509Fisher Funeral Serm. C'tess Richmond Wks. (1876) 295 And more ouer to thentente all her werkes myght be more acceptable [etc.]. 1530Tindale Num. xx. 2 More ouer there was no water for the multitude. 1552Abp. Hamilton Catech. (1884) 50 Mairouir thow so doand, condemnis thi awin saule to panis eternal. 1654Bramhall Just Vind. ii. (1661) 16 Some were excluded..only from the use of the Sacraments, others moreover..both from Sacraments and Prayers. 1725De Foe Voy. round World (1840) 278 And he, moreover, told me that it was next to a miracle they could keep possession of the place. 1839Keightley Hist. Eng. II. 41 And moreover, then, as at all times, the clergy had been the most lenient of landlords. 1849Macaulay Hist. Eng. ii. I. 177 He was, moreover, partial to the Roman Catholic religion. 1860Tyndall Glac. i. x. 65 Vast plates of ice moreover often stood out midway between the walls of the chasms.
†b. in fuller form, moreover than this, etc. Obs.
1569J. Sandford tr. Agrippa's Van. Artes 71 b, More ouer then this, if there be any Philosophie or Doctrine of manners [etc.]. 1795Jemima I. 162 But moreover than all that, he is painted up to the eyes and perfumed.
†3. Qualifying a predicate: Besides. Obs. rare.
1517Domesday Inclos. (1897) I. 260 Thei say that [etc.]..thei say that [etc.]..And moreouer thei have nothing to say.
†4. Used prepositionally. Obs.
1390Gower Conf. II. 341 And if I schol more over this Declare what this vertu is [etc.].
†b. Governing a clause: Besides that. Obs. rare.
1602Shakes. Ham. ii. ii. 2 Moreouer, that we much did long to see you, The neede we haue to vse you, did prouoke Our hastie sending. |