overbearv.

Brit.

/ˌəʊvəˈbɛː/, U.S.

/ˌoʊvərˈbɛ(ə)r/

Forms: see over- prefix and bear v.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, bear v.¹

Etymology: < over- prefix + bear v.¹ In sense 1 frequently translating classical Latin transferre transfer v.

†1. transitive. To carry over or across, transfer, remove; to put away. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > place > removal or displacement > remove or displace [verb (transitive)] > remove or take away

ateec885

withbreidec890

animOE

overbearOE

to do awayOE

flitc1175

reavec1175

takec1175

to have away?a1300

to draw awayc1300

weve13..

to wend awaya1325

withdrawa1325

remuec1325

to carry away1363

to take away1372

waive1377

to long awaya1382

oftakec1390

to draw offa1398

to do froa1400

forflitc1420

amove?a1425

to carry out?a1425

surtrayc1440

surtretec1440

twistc1440

abstract1449

ostea1450

remove1459

ablatea1475

araisea1475

redd1479

dismove1480

diminish?1504

convey1530

alienate1534

retire1536

dimove1540

reversec1540

subtractc1540

submove1542

sublate1548

pare1549

to pull in1549

exempt1553

to shift off1567

retract?1570

renversec1586

aufer1587

to lay offa1593

rear1596

retrench1596

unhearse1596

exemea1600

remote1600

to set off1600

subduct1614

rob1627

extraneize1653

to bring off1656

to pull back1656

draft1742

extract1804

reef1901

OE Homily (Bodl. 340) in D. G. Scragg Vercelli Homilies & Related Texts (1992) 33 He efne sylf wegges stycce þa rode oferbær þe hine man eft on aheng.

c1300 St. Christopher (Harl.) 93 in F. J. Furnivall Early Eng. Poems & Lives Saints (1862) 62 Þat child him bad par charite: þat he him ouer bere Ȝe com herforþ quaþ Cristofre: y nuste wher þu were.

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1969) Isa. xxxiii. 20 Þyn eȝen shal seen..a tabernacle þat shal not mown ben ouerborn [a1425 L.V. borun ouer; L. transferri].

a1425 (a1382) Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Corpus Oxf.) 2 Kings xii. 13 The Lord hath ouerborn [L. transtulit] thi synne; thou shalt not die.

a1425 (a1400) Northern Pauline Epist. (1916) Coloss. i. 13 (MED) Þe whiche has delyuered vs..and has ouerborn vs in to þe kyngdam of þe sone of his charite.

a1500 (c1340) R. Rolle Psalter (Univ. Oxf. 64) (1884) lxxvii. 30 Transtulit austrum de celo..He ouerbare the south fra heuen..That is, the hete of the haly gast he ouerbare fra heuen in til the saules of his lufers.

a. transitive. To bear down, thrust, push, or drive over by weight or physical force; to overwhelm; to overcome.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > have or gain mastery or superiority over [verb (transitive)] > overcome or overwhelm

overcomeeOE

overgangOE

overnimOE

overswivec1175

foldc1275

overgoc1275

to bear downc1330

oversetc1330

outrayc1390

overleada1393

overreach?a1425

overwhelmc1425

to whelve overc1440

overruna1475

surprise1474

overpress1489

surbatea1500

overhale1531

overbear1535

overcrow1550

disable1582

surgain1586

overpower1597

overman1609

to come over ——1637

to run down1655

overpower1667

compel1697

to get over ——1784

overget1877

to grab (also take) by the balls1934

the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > have or gain mastery or superiority over [verb (transitive)] > overcome or overwhelm > specifically of things

to come over ——OE

accumberc1275

encumber1377

drown1398

overbear1535

to usurp on or upon1594

overact1649

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Ezek. xxvii. 26 But y^e easte wynde shal ouerbeare the in to the myddest off the sea.

1559 W. Baldwin et al. Myrroure for Magistrates Richard Dk. York f. lix^v See how force oft overbeareth right.

1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream ii. i. 91 Which, falling in the land, Hath euery pelting riuer made so proude, That they haue ouerborne their Continents.

1608 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iv. 129 Whose numbrous Arms..Haue over-born as many as with-stood.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis i, in tr. Virgil Wks. 206 Orontes Barque..From Stem to Stern, by Waves was overborn.

1719 Free-thinker No. 121. 1 The Mounds of their ancient Discipline over-born by the Inundation of foreign Luxuries.

1766 Compl. Farmer at Radish Level the surface of the ground even, observing to keep it clear from weeds, until the plants are so far advanced, as to be strong enough to over-bear and keep them down.

1841 L. Hunt Seer (1864) 25 [The fly in a tea cup] then stops, and sinks down, saturated and overborne with wateriness.

1859 Ld. Tennyson Lancelot & Elaine 484 in Idylls of King As a wild wave..overbears the bark, And him that helms it, so they overbore Sir Lancelot and his charger.

1911 J. London Mexican in Sat. Evening Post 19 Aug. 27/3 He was overborne, swept back against the ropes.

1951 S. H. Bell December Bride ii. xvii. 175 Both men reached the scarf together, closed and wrestled over it, until Frank's team-mate feeling himself overborne, put out his foot and touched the scarf.

1987 D. Potter Ticket to Ride (1988) xiii. 97 He pulled her towards the taxi, easily overbearing her struggling and her clawing.

b. transitive. figurative. To overcome, put down, or repress, as by power, authority, influence, or emotional pressure; to overpower, oppress; to exercise an oppressive influence upon. Also occasionally intransitive.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > subjection > subjecting or subjugation > subject [verb (transitive)] > suppress, repress, or put down

nithereOE

adweschOE

overtreadOE

quellOE

to trample or tread under foot (also feet)c1175

adauntc1325

to bear downc1330

oppressc1380

repressc1391

overyoke?a1425

quencha1425

to bear overc1425

supprisec1440

overquell?c1450

farec1460

supprime1490

downbeara1500

stanch1513

undertread1525

downtread1536

suppress1537

to set one's foot on the neck of1557

depress?a1562

overbear1565

surpress1573

trample1583

repose1663

spiflicate1749

sort1815

to trample down1853

to sit on ——1915

to clamp down1924

crack down1940

tamp1959

1565 T. Stapleton Fortresse of Faith f. 69 The vsurpers haue ouerboren the right inheritours.

a1593 C. Marlowe Edward II (1594) sig. F3 The Barons ouerbeare me with their pride.

1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing ii. iii. 146 The extasie hath so much ouerborne her, that my daughter is sometime afeard shee will doe a desperate out-rage to her selfe.

1676 J. Glanvill Seasonable Refl. 180 The friends of Truth and Reason..are liable to be still over-born, and out-nois'd by the Tumult.

1705 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1885) 17 Nov. I. 82 This was overbore so y^t it came not to y^e Question.

1789 J. Bentham Introd. Princ. Morals & Legisl. ii. p. xiii The fine feelings of the soul are not to be overborne and tyrannized by the harsh and rugged dictates of political utility.

1814 J. Austen Mansfield Park III. xvi. 320 The manner in which she spoke of the crime..considering its ill consequences only as if they were to be braved or overborne by a defiance of decency.

1864 D. G. Mitchell Wet Days at Edgewood 116 They overbear one with the grand air they carry.

1879 G. Meredith Egoist II. xv. 307 There are times when there is no medicine for us in sages, we want slaves; we scorn to temporize, we must overbear.

1906 J. Galsworthy Man of Prop. 68 And again he was silent, confusedly debating how it was that this fellow, whom by habit he despised, should have overborne his own decision.

1956 W. S. Churchill Hist. Eng.-speaking Peoples II. vi. iii. 263 Coke's claim that the fundamental law of custom and tradition could not be overborne, even by Crown and Parliament together..had been extinguished in England for ever.

1992 J. M. Kelly Short Hist. Western Legal Theory viii. 317 Such as the laws inhibiting trade union activity (as tending to overbear employers and distort the terms of the labour bargains they would make if left undisturbed).

†3. transitive. To surpass in importance, cogency, or significance; to outweigh. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > predominance or preponderance > [verb (transitive)]

overweigh?c1225

outweigh1562

preponderate1611

preponder1624

outpoise1630

outbalance1642

overbear1712

1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 412. ¶1 The Horrour or Loathsomness of an Object may over-bear the Pleasure which results from its Greatness, Novelty, or Beauty.

1884 American 8 347 The interest of the subject is so great that it might overbear even more serious deficiencies.

4. intransitive. Horticulture. To produce too much fruit, either for the health of the plant or for the quality of the crop. Also transitive: to allow (a plant) to produce too much fruit.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > fruit or reproductive product > plant that bears fruit > be a fruit-bearing plant [verb (intransitive)] > bear fruit > bear too much

overbear1763

1763 J. Mills New Syst. Pract. Husbandry IV. 347 Nothing is more injurious to young vines, than leaving too much wood upon them, or over bearing them.

1863 Horticulturalist 18 295/2 You can now point out every tree that was allowed to overbear.

1872 1st Rep. Vermont State Board Agric. 1871–2 118 The Bartlett and Louise Bonne de Jersey commence bearing young, and are inclined to over bear.

1901 Yearbk. U.S. Dept. Agric. 1900 387 It is a great mistake to allow pear trees to overbear.

1979 Washington Post (Nexis) 27 May Fruit trees tend to overbear. So do grape vines.

1992 Cent. Home Aug. 63/2 New vines should have flowers removed for the first two years. Several varieties, especially French hybrids, tend to overbear, and in order to produce larger grapes the bunches need thinning.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	overbear
释义	overbearv. Brit. /ˌəʊvəˈbɛː/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈbɛ(ə)r/ Forms: see over- prefix and bear v.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, bear v.¹ Etymology: < over- prefix + bear v.¹ In sense 1 frequently translating classical Latin transferre transfer v. †1. transitive. To carry over or across, transfer, remove; to put away. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > removal or displacement > remove or displace [verb (transitive)] > remove or take away ateec885 withbreidec890 animOE overbearOE to do awayOE flitc1175 reavec1175 takec1175 to have away?a1300 to draw awayc1300 weve13.. to wend awaya1325 withdrawa1325 remuec1325 to carry away1363 to take away1372 waive1377 to long awaya1382 oftakec1390 to draw offa1398 to do froa1400 forflitc1420 amove?a1425 to carry out?a1425 surtrayc1440 surtretec1440 twistc1440 abstract1449 ostea1450 remove1459 ablatea1475 araisea1475 redd1479 dismove1480 diminish?1504 convey1530 alienate1534 retire1536 dimove1540 reversec1540 subtractc1540 submove1542 sublate1548 pare1549 to pull in1549 exempt1553 to shift off1567 retract?1570 renversec1586 aufer1587 to lay offa1593 rear1596 retrench1596 unhearse1596 exemea1600 remote1600 to set off1600 subduct1614 rob1627 extraneize1653 to bring off1656 to pull back1656 draft1742 extract1804 reef1901 OE Homily (Bodl. 340) in D. G. Scragg Vercelli Homilies & Related Texts (1992) 33 He efne sylf wegges stycce þa rode oferbær þe hine man eft on aheng. c1300 St. Christopher (Harl.) 93 in F. J. Furnivall Early Eng. Poems & Lives Saints (1862) 62 Þat child him bad par charite: þat he him ouer bere Ȝe com herforþ quaþ Cristofre: y nuste wher þu were. a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1969) Isa. xxxiii. 20 Þyn eȝen shal seen..a tabernacle þat shal not mown ben ouerborn [a1425 L.V. borun ouer; L. transferri]. a1425 (a1382) Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Corpus Oxf.) 2 Kings xii. 13 The Lord hath ouerborn [L. transtulit] thi synne; thou shalt not die. a1425 (a1400) Northern Pauline Epist. (1916) Coloss. i. 13 (MED) Þe whiche has delyuered vs..and has ouerborn vs in to þe kyngdam of þe sone of his charite. a1500 (c1340) R. Rolle Psalter (Univ. Oxf. 64) (1884) lxxvii. 30 Transtulit austrum de celo..He ouerbare the south fra heuen..That is, the hete of the haly gast he ouerbare fra heuen in til the saules of his lufers. 2. a. transitive. To bear down, thrust, push, or drive over by weight or physical force; to overwhelm; to overcome. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > have or gain mastery or superiority over [verb (transitive)] > overcome or overwhelm overcomeeOE overgangOE overnimOE overswivec1175 foldc1275 overgoc1275 to bear downc1330 oversetc1330 outrayc1390 overleada1393 overreach?a1425 overwhelmc1425 to whelve overc1440 overruna1475 surprise1474 overpress1489 surbatea1500 overhale1531 overbear1535 overcrow1550 disable1582 surgain1586 overpower1597 overman1609 to come over ——1637 to run down1655 overpower1667 compel1697 to get over ——1784 overget1877 to grab (also take) by the balls1934 the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > have or gain mastery or superiority over [verb (transitive)] > overcome or overwhelm > specifically of things to come over ——OE accumberc1275 encumber1377 drown1398 overbear1535 to usurp on or upon1594 overact1649 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Ezek. xxvii. 26 But y^e easte wynde shal ouerbeare the in to the myddest off the sea. 1559 W. Baldwin et al. Myrroure for Magistrates Richard Dk. York f. lix^v See how force oft overbeareth right. 1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream ii. i. 91 Which, falling in the land, Hath euery pelting riuer made so proude, That they haue ouerborne their Continents. View more context for this quotation 1608 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iv. 129 Whose numbrous Arms..Haue over-born as many as with-stood. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis i, in tr. Virgil Wks. 206 Orontes Barque..From Stem to Stern, by Waves was overborn. 1719 Free-thinker No. 121. 1 The Mounds of their ancient Discipline over-born by the Inundation of foreign Luxuries. 1766 Compl. Farmer at Radish Level the surface of the ground even, observing to keep it clear from weeds, until the plants are so far advanced, as to be strong enough to over-bear and keep them down. 1841 L. Hunt Seer (1864) 25 [The fly in a tea cup] then stops, and sinks down, saturated and overborne with wateriness. 1859 Ld. Tennyson Lancelot & Elaine 484 in Idylls of King As a wild wave..overbears the bark, And him that helms it, so they overbore Sir Lancelot and his charger. 1911 J. London Mexican in Sat. Evening Post 19 Aug. 27/3 He was overborne, swept back against the ropes. 1951 S. H. Bell December Bride ii. xvii. 175 Both men reached the scarf together, closed and wrestled over it, until Frank's team-mate feeling himself overborne, put out his foot and touched the scarf. 1987 D. Potter Ticket to Ride (1988) xiii. 97 He pulled her towards the taxi, easily overbearing her struggling and her clawing. b. transitive. figurative. To overcome, put down, or repress, as by power, authority, influence, or emotional pressure; to overpower, oppress; to exercise an oppressive influence upon. Also occasionally intransitive. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > subjecting or subjugation > subject [verb (transitive)] > suppress, repress, or put down nithereOE adweschOE overtreadOE quellOE to trample or tread under foot (also feet)c1175 adauntc1325 to bear downc1330 oppressc1380 repressc1391 overyoke?a1425 quencha1425 to bear overc1425 supprisec1440 overquell?c1450 farec1460 supprime1490 downbeara1500 stanch1513 undertread1525 downtread1536 suppress1537 to set one's foot on the neck of1557 depress?a1562 overbear1565 surpress1573 trample1583 repose1663 spiflicate1749 sort1815 to trample down1853 to sit on ——1915 to clamp down1924 crack down1940 tamp1959 1565 T. Stapleton Fortresse of Faith f. 69 The vsurpers haue ouerboren the right inheritours. a1593 C. Marlowe Edward II (1594) sig. F3 The Barons ouerbeare me with their pride. 1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing ii. iii. 146 The extasie hath so much ouerborne her, that my daughter is sometime afeard shee will doe a desperate out-rage to her selfe. 1676 J. Glanvill Seasonable Refl. 180 The friends of Truth and Reason..are liable to be still over-born, and out-nois'd by the Tumult. 1705 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1885) 17 Nov. I. 82 This was overbore so y^t it came not to y^e Question. 1789 J. Bentham Introd. Princ. Morals & Legisl. ii. p. xiii The fine feelings of the soul are not to be overborne and tyrannized by the harsh and rugged dictates of political utility. 1814 J. Austen Mansfield Park III. xvi. 320 The manner in which she spoke of the crime..considering its ill consequences only as if they were to be braved or overborne by a defiance of decency. View more context for this quotation 1864 D. G. Mitchell Wet Days at Edgewood 116 They overbear one with the grand air they carry. 1879 G. Meredith Egoist II. xv. 307 There are times when there is no medicine for us in sages, we want slaves; we scorn to temporize, we must overbear. 1906 J. Galsworthy Man of Prop. 68 And again he was silent, confusedly debating how it was that this fellow, whom by habit he despised, should have overborne his own decision. 1956 W. S. Churchill Hist. Eng.-speaking Peoples II. vi. iii. 263 Coke's claim that the fundamental law of custom and tradition could not be overborne, even by Crown and Parliament together..had been extinguished in England for ever. 1992 J. M. Kelly Short Hist. Western Legal Theory viii. 317 Such as the laws inhibiting trade union activity (as tending to overbear employers and distort the terms of the labour bargains they would make if left undisturbed). †3. transitive. To surpass in importance, cogency, or significance; to outweigh. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > predominance or preponderance > [verb (transitive)] overweigh?c1225 outweigh1562 preponderate1611 preponder1624 outpoise1630 outbalance1642 overbear1712 1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 412. ¶1 The Horrour or Loathsomness of an Object may over-bear the Pleasure which results from its Greatness, Novelty, or Beauty. 1884 American 8 347 The interest of the subject is so great that it might overbear even more serious deficiencies. 4. intransitive. Horticulture. To produce too much fruit, either for the health of the plant or for the quality of the crop. Also transitive: to allow (a plant) to produce too much fruit. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > fruit or reproductive product > plant that bears fruit > be a fruit-bearing plant [verb (intransitive)] > bear fruit > bear too much overbear1763 1763 J. Mills New Syst. Pract. Husbandry IV. 347 Nothing is more injurious to young vines, than leaving too much wood upon them, or over bearing them. 1863 Horticulturalist 18 295/2 You can now point out every tree that was allowed to overbear. 1872 1st Rep. Vermont State Board Agric. 1871–2 118 The Bartlett and Louise Bonne de Jersey commence bearing young, and are inclined to over bear. 1901 Yearbk. U.S. Dept. Agric. 1900 387 It is a great mistake to allow pear trees to overbear. 1979 Washington Post (Nexis) 27 May Fruit trees tend to overbear. So do grape vines. 1992 Cent. Home Aug. 63/2 New vines should have flowers removed for the first two years. Several varieties, especially French hybrids, tend to overbear, and in order to produce larger grapes the bunches need thinning. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.OE
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