单词 | out-reckon |
释义 | out-reckonv. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > enumeration, reckoning, or calculation > number, calculate, or reckon [verb (transitive)] > count beyond overtellc1610 out-reckona1625 out-tella1625 a1625 J. Fletcher Valentinian i. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Aaaaaaa/2 A power that can preserve us after ashes, And make the names of men out-reckon ages. 1868 C. Lofft Ernest (ed. 2) ii. 28 My spendthrift life Foamed over, and failed, wastefully for-done, Ere half out-reckoned: were that all—would t'were! 2. transitive. To make a higher estimate than; to overestimate. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > misjudgement > misjudge [verb (transitive)] > over-estimate or overvalue to make much (also little, nothing, too much, etc.) of (or on)c1395 to make of (also on)c1449 to make fair weather of1537 over-reckon1537 overmind1571 overween1588 overprize?1589 overcount1593 overvalue1597 overrate1599 wondernize1599 overhold1609 over-cess1611 overweight1613 overthinka1618 over-title1620 overcast1622 overmeasure1625 over-sum1628 overesteema1639 overproportion1642 outbid1688 overcharge1711 overestimate1797 overreach1822 overplay1835 maximize1866 maximate1881 out-reckon1898 fetishize1934 1698 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 20 141 It [sc. the opossum] has Four or Five Young Ones at a time, saith Hernandez..and Cardan says, it has Seven. But Jul. Cæs. Scaliger..out-reckons them all. 1898 T. Hardy Wessex Poems 154 But though, your powers outreckoning, You hold you dead and dumb. 1928 Cent. Mag. May 15/2 His work was bearing fruit and proving he had not out-reckoned his strength. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.a1625 |
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