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† overˈlead, v. Obs.
[OE. oferlǽdan to oppress: see over- 2; cf. OHG. ubarleitan ‘transducere’.]
1. trans. To overwhelm; to oppress; to domineer or tyrannize over.
971Blickl. Hom. 203 Ða wæs Garganus se munt..mid mycclum broᵹan and mid ongryslan eall oferlæded. 1377Langl. P. Pl. B. iii. 314 Shal neither kynge ne knyȝte constable ne Meire Ouer-lede þe comune to don hem pliȝte here treuthe. c1400Sowdone Bab. 2502. 1413 Pilgr. Sowle (Caxton 1483) iv. xxxiv. 83 That the poure peple be nought ouerled with tyrannye. c1440Promp. Parv. 373/1 Ovyr ledyn, or oppressyn, opprimo.
2. To lead as a superior; to rule, govern.
c1440J. Capgrave Life St. Kath. iv. 2060 Thys mayde wil ouere-leede us, sirs, we are caught In oure artes, be we neuere so proude. Ibid. v. 975. c 1450 Merlin 122 For that he may not hem now Iustice and ouerlede. 1720Humourist 92 Shewing how little his best Actions are overled by what ought to be his Standard of Action.
3. To lead over, across, or to another place; fig. to lead into some way of acting or thinking; to lead astray, mislead; to ‘carry away’, impel. [over- 10, 11.]
1382Wyclif Isa. xxiii. 13 In to caitifte thei ouerladden [1388 ledden ouer] the stalwrthe men of it. 1447O. Bokenham Seyntys (Roxb.) 107 Wyth the rage of woodnesse ovyrled. 14..in Babees Bk. (1868) 332 Lette neuer þy wylle þy witt ouer lede. 1636Heywood Challenge ii. i, Could opportunity have mov'd, words tempted,..or griefes have o'reled, Beneath my much importance she had falne.
Hence † overˈleading vbl. n. oppression; also, leading over; also † overˈleader, an oppressor.
1382Wyclif Wisd. ii. 14 He is mad to vs in to ouerleding [Vulg. in traductionem] of oure thoȝtis. c1440Jacob's Well 86 Because he is pruddere, þe more teraunt, þe more ouerledere, þe more cursyd lyvere. c1440Promp. Parv. 373/1 Ovyrledare (or ovyr settar, infra), oppressor. 1496Dives & Paup. (W. de W.) v. vii. 203/2 Mansleers that by extorcyon, raueyne and ouerledynge..robbe men of ther good. |