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▪ I. overvault, v.1|əʊvəˈvɔːlt| Also 7 Sc. -voit. [over- 1.] trans. To vault or arch over. Hence overˈvaulted, overˈvaulting ppl. adjs.
a1610J. Sempill in Sempill Ballates (1872) 242 His deere and Loving sweit Ouervoited with the vailles of balme-rebaiting trees. 1801Southey Thalaba ix. xxvii, Polycarp of old..By the glories of the burning stake O'ervaulted. 1832Tennyson Pal. Art 54 That over-vaulted grateful gloom, Thro' which the livelong day my soul did pass. 1866Cornh. Mag. Nov. 547 The snows and overvaulting clouds which crown its mountains shine all day. ▪ II. overvault, v.2|əʊvəˈvɔːlt| [over- 5.] trans. To vault or spring over. Also fig. Hence overˈvaulting ppl. a.
1879Bain Educ. as Science viii. 270 An over-vaulting and premature attack on the citadel. 1886Homilet. Rev. Aug. 119 All this comes of the endeavor to overvault deliberation. |