单词 | overdeal |
释义 | † overdealn.adv. Obsolete. A. n. A part left over or in excess; surplus. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > that which is left or remainder > [noun] > what remains in excess surplusc1374 overplusa1387 thrifta1387 surplusagec1407 surplusagec1407 superplusage1436 overdealc1440 overcome1445 superplusa1450 superfluities1483 upperplus1578 super1626 reserve1646 overs1864 overmatter1887 c1440 (?c1380–1400) Of Shrifte & Penance (St. John's Cambr. G. 30) (1998) 86 He þat is so hard of herte..and hath levre late his bred hore and godes rote vndur hym þanne þe overdel parte wyth God, he is lytul more worth þan a Iv. 1569 W. Samuel Abridgem. Old Test.: 4 Kings iv. sig. I.iiijv Colloquintida in the potage was put, he made them sweet with meale. He multiplyed the loues at ful, and left an ouerdeal. 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xl. xxxvi. 1083 The over-deale of twelve thousand footmen of Latines, and sixe hundred horse~men. 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 818 Concerning Berwicke haue heere now for an Ouerdeale, these verses of Maister I. Ionston. B. adv. Excessively. rare. ΚΠ a1500 (a1450) Partonope of Blois (BL Add.) (1912) 6358 (MED) They were not ouer-dele gaye. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2021). overdealv. rare. intransitive. To deal too much or to too great an extent. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > be occupied or busy (in or at something) [verb (intransitive)] > be involved in or have to do with something > too much overdeal1789 1789 J. Wolcot Subj. for Painters in Wks. (1812) II. 126 I come not to impute to thee the crime Of over~dealing in the true Sublime. c1870 Proc. National Baptist Educ. Convent. 158 Each one of these several classes will need a somewhat different treatment. But how shall he rightly deal with all, and yet not overdeal with any? 1991 Media Week 13 Sept. 3/2 Buyers are now wary of overdealing in October. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adv.c1440v.1789 |
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