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overˈstand, v.
[over- 1, 17: cf. MHG. überstân, Ger. überstehen.]
1. trans. To stand over; to stand beside.
c1330Amis & Amil. 1986 Y bad him fain Forsake the lazer in the wain, That he so ouerstode [cf. 1970 ouer him stode a naked swain]. 1888G. M. Hopkins Poems (1967) 198 Fairyland; silkbeech, scrolled ash, packed sycamore, wild wychelm, hornbeam fretty overstood By. 1938Venerabile Oct. 61 The lofty roof o'erstands the graceful shrine.
†2. To stand, endure, or stay to the end of; to get through; to outstay, overstay. Obs.
1600Abp. Abbot Exp. Jonah 168 If they can over-stand that journey and escape well from danger. 1666Bunyan Grace Ab. ⁋66 How, if you have overstood the time of mercy? 1784J. Potter Virtuous Villagers I. 51 She was too nice and particular..and so overstood her market.
3. To pass over; to cross.
1949Sun (Baltimore) 27 Aug. 8/8 But Colie outguessed him, for while Reckord was watching the Jersey boat, he overstood the mark. Colie whipped about and Scanty was second before the Baltimore sailor realized what had happened. 1976Yachts & Yachting 20 Aug. 372/1 Colin Evans overstood the line, thus losing the much-disputed 3rd place to Geoff Tindale.
4. to be overstanding for honours: in the University of Oxford, to be incapable of obtaining honours in an examination because of the lapse of more than the permitted number of terms (normally twelve) since matriculation.
The phrase ‘disqualified for Honours by standing’ is preferred in the O.U. Examination Decrees and Regulations.
1933V. Brittain Testament of Youth iii. x. 476 They had undertaken, since I was so excessively ‘over-standing’ for Honours, a special procedure on my behalf. 1965N. Coghill in J. Gibb Light on C. S. Lewis 52 Had we taken two [years] we would have been overstanding for Honours. |