| 释义 |
† ˈoverte, -tee Obs. rare.
[f. over a. + -té, -ty, after words from Fr. such as poverty.]
The condition of being over or above another; superiority.
c1449Pecock Repr. iii. iv. 299 Preestis ouȝten not haue ouerte among hem silf..neither eny preest ouȝte haue ouerte upon eny lay persoon. Ibid. 426 Sithen it is now bifore proued that preesthode and bischophode..ben ouertees to hem for which thei ben had and usid. |