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over-leaven, v.|-ˈlɛv(ə)n|
[over- 27.]
trans. To leaven too much; to imbue to excess with some modifying element; to cause to rise or swell too much, to ‘puff up’.
1602Shakes. Ham. i. iv. 29 Some habit, that too much o'er⁓leavens The form of plausive manners. a1644Chillingw. Serm. (1664) vii. §48, I beseech you..to free yourselves from the burden and weight of other men's riches, lest they over⁓leaven and swell you so unmeasurably. 1648Herrick Hesper., To Bk. (1869) 3 Come thou not neere those men, who are like bread O're-leven'd.
So † ˈover-ˈleaven a., having an excess of leaven. Obs. nonce-wd.
1648Herrick Hesper., To M. Jo. Wicks (1869) 344 Yet sho'd I chance, my Wicks, to see An over-leven look in thee, To soure the bread, and turn the beer To an exalted vineger. |