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▪ I. † ˈoverˌsearch, n. Obs. rare. [over- 9.] A thorough search.
1490Caxton Eneydos xiii. 47 But what ouerserche [Fr. recherche] nedeth more to be enquered. ▪ II. overˈsearch, v. [over- 9, 16.] trans. To search all over or through, examine thoroughly.
1532More Confut. Tindale Wks. 423/2 When I had ouer⁓searched all my booke and ransaked vp the verie bottom of my brest. 1590Greene Orl. Fur. Wks. (Rtldg.) 89/2 The matchless beauty of Angelica,..Forc'd me to cross and cut th' Atlantic seas, To oversearch the fearful ocean. |