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单词 overbound
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overboundv.1

Forms: late Middle English ouerbound.
Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: overabound v.
Etymology: Either < overabound v., with loss of medial vowel, or (as suggested by Middle Eng. Dict. at overabounden) a transmission error for overabound v. Compare later bound v.3
Obsolete. rare.
intransitive. = overabound v. 1.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > excessive amount or degree > be excessive [verb (intransitive)] > superabound
suraboundc1400
overabound?a1425
superabounda1425
overbounda1500
overflowa1522
redound1612
a1500 tr. Lanfranc Sci. Cirurgie (Wellcome) f. 16v (MED) Of Malancoly that ouerboundethe.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

overboundv.2

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, bound n.1
Etymology: < over- prefix + bound n.1
Obsolete. rare.
transitive. To go beyond the bounds of; to exceed.
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1778 H. Laurens Let. 6 July in Papers (1873) II. 473 I have a feeling of joy respecting your General which..seems to overbound all other joy.
1872 J. P. Curran Speeches 128 If anyone is bold enough to tell them they over-bound their duty, they may be tortured into rectitude.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online September 2018).

overboundv.3

Forms: 1800s o'erbound.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, bound v.2
Etymology: < over- prefix + bound v.2
Obsolete. rare.
transitive. To leap over, overcome.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > leaping, springing, or jumping > cause to jump [verb (transitive)] > leap, spring, or jump over
leapc900
overleapeOE
freea1578
overjump1604
jump1609
overskip1629
fly1719
top1735
spring?a1775
clear1791
overbound1813
over1837
overspring1847
leap-frog1872
vault1884
1813 P. B. Shelley Queen Mab ii. 21 All-prevailing wisdom..o'erbounds Those obstacles, of which an earthly soul Fears to attempt the conquest.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

overboundv.4

Brit. /ˌəʊvəˈbaʊnd/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈbaʊnd/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, bound v.1
Etymology: < over- prefix + bound v.1 Compare earlier overbounded adj.
1. transitive. Mathematics. To set an upper bound to (a result, function, etc.).
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1959 Bell Syst. Techn. Jrnl. 38 639 First, we overbound Ω(θ)/Ω(θ1) using (21).
1980 Operations Res. 28 520 This result overbounds the Poisson approximation in the deterministic case.
2003 M. J. Rycroft Satellite Navigation Syst. 253 The Signal In Space Accuracy..can be defined as a prediction of the minimum standard deviation (1-sigma) of the unbiased Gaussian distribution, which overbounds the signal-in-space error (SISE) distribution for all possible user locations.
2. transitive. Chiefly Geography. To set the bounds of something larger than is appropriate, or larger than the minimum necessary; to draw a boundary so as to include too large an area, category, etc.
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1964 Demography 1 185/1 One trend clearly visible in Japan's urbanization from 1920 to 1955 is the increasing tendency to ‘overbound’ urban areas.
1981 A. H. Hawley & S. M. Mazie Nonmetropolitan Amer. in Transition ii. 81 The use of a thirty-mile ring around a central city to indicate a metro area may overbound or underbound the metro areas.
1991 Jrnl. Marriage & Family 53 942/2 Sex ratio effects may go undetected when the sex ratio is measured for units such as the nation or region that overbound marriage markets.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

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