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单词 overfret
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overfretv.1

Forms: see over- prefix and fret v.2
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, fret v.2
Etymology: < over- prefix + fret v.2
Chiefly Scottish. Obsolete.
transitive. To adorn richly all over. Chiefly in passive. Also figurative.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautify [verb (transitive)] > ornament
dightc1200
begoa1225
fay?c1225
rustc1275
duba1300
shrouda1300
adorna1325
flourishc1325
apparel1366
depaintc1374
dressa1375
raila1375
anorna1382
orna1382
honourc1390
paintc1390
pare1393
garnisha1400
mensk?a1400
apykec1400
hightlec1400
overfretc1440
exornc1450
embroider1460
repair1484
empare1490
ornate1490
bedo?a1500
purfle?a1500
glorify?1504
betrap1509
broider1509
deck?1521
likelya1522
to set forth1530
exornate1539
grace1548
adornate1550
fardc1550
gaud1554
pink1558
bedeck1559
tight1572
begaud1579
embellish1579
bepounce1582
parela1586
flower1587
ornify1590
illustrate1592
tinsel1594
formalize1595
adore1596
suborn1596
trapper1597
condecorate1599
diamondize1600
furnish1600
enrich1601
mense1602
prank1605
overgreen1609
crown1611
enjewel1611
broocha1616
varnish1641
ornament1650
array1652
bedub1657
bespangle1675
irradiate1717
gem1747
begem1749
redeck1771
blazon1813
aggrace1825
diamond1839
panoply1851
society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > fashion with artistic skill or decoration [verb (transitive)] > cover with ornamental work
fret1340
lay?a1366
overfretc1440
to work over1542
parget1576
encrust1641
incrustate1728
c1440 Sir Degrevant (Thornton) (1949) 642 (MED) Scho come in a veluet, With white perle ouerfret.
a1500 Lancelot of Laik (1870) 2480 Natur the erth of many diuers hew Our-fret.
a1522 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid (1959) vii. Prol. 162 In the chil wyntir cald, Quhen frostis doith ourfret baith firth and fald.
1575 J. Rolland Treat. Court Venus i. f. 2v With Emeraudis sa michtelie ouirfret.
1599 A. Hume Hymnes sig. D2 Our West Horizon..Is all with..Rosis reid ou'rfret.
a1600 ( W. Stewart tr. H. Boece Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) III. 232 And all the feild with fynest gold ouirfret.
1827 W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd 200 The gifts o' Cardinals and Paips, Owr-fret wi' spanglet gowden-caps.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2020).

overfretv.2

Brit. /ˌəʊvəˈfrɛt/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈfrɛt/
Forms: see over- prefix and fret v.1
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, fret v.1
Etymology: < over- prefix + fret v.1
transitive and intransitive. To wear down with fretting; to worry excessively. Also reflexive.In quot. 1445: to corrode.
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the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being upset or perturbed > worry > [verb (reflexive)]
fretc1290
overfret1445
solicita1450
turmoil?1529
moila1560
to fret one's gizzard1755
to worry (oneself), be worried, sick1952
1445 tr. Claudian's De Consulatu Stilichonis in Anglia (1905) 28 275 (MED) Shares that were with rust ovirfretyn, with labour he makith to shyne.
1534 R. Pitts Let. 26 Jan. in Lisle Papers (P.R.O.: SP 3/13/60) f. 67 Y cane not haue yowe gane..by cause hyt ys so sore ouer set wt horsys..& when y do say to yower schaplyne..yt thay schal not so ouer fret hyt: thay say yt y schall mele wt no thyng but only wt yower dere.
1563 T. Sackville in W. Baldwin et al. Myrrour for Magistrates (new ed.) Buckingham xl Yet was his hart wyth wretched cares orefret.
1821 J. Banim & R. L. Sheil Damon & Pythias i. ii. 12 Damon, you let The commonwealth o'erfret you.
1851 A. Helps Compan. Solitude x. 201 Do not overfret yourself.
1875 M. J. Preston Cartoons 218 As if I let Unreasoning foretastes overfret My soul unduly.
1953 J. B. Nash Philos. Recreation & Leisure xii. 170 Few men overwork; probably none. Many overeat, overworry, overfret and overdrink.
2002 Washington Post (Nexis) 1 Sept. h5 Because we have overplanned and overfretted about it, hopefully it will be very seamless.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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