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单词 over-number
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over-numbern.

Brit. /ˈəʊvəˌnʌmbə/, U.S. /ˈoʊvərˌnəmbər/
Forms: see over- prefix and number n.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, number n.
Etymology: < over- prefix + number n.
Now rare.
(a) An additional number. (b) An excessive number.
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the world > relative properties > number > plurality > great number, numerousness > [noun] > excessive number
over-numbera1450
society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > group with special function or duty > [noun] > reinforcements
succour?c1225
over-numbera1450
supplies1488
supplement1548
re-enforce1618
recrew1619
recruit1635
reinforcement1641
enforcement1643
reinforce1648
sustainer1708
re-enforcement1718
supporter1796
stiffening1900
a1450 ( tr. Vegetius De Re Militari (Douce) f. 82 (MED) Art þou in greet perel but þou haue strong ouer-noumbre of fiȝteres, wiþ whiche þou mayst wiþsette þe strengþe of þyn enemy.
1595 R. Parry Moderatus v. sig. F2v In attempting alone to encounter with three..it were great pitie she should miscarrie, being charged with an ouer-number.
1599 Sir E. Watson in Buccleuch MSS (Hist. MSS Comm.) (1899) I. 234 The over number of people.
1681 Whole Duty of Nations 50 In such a proportion of number..that the principal Duties may not be defeated by the over-number.
1992 St. Louis (Missouri) Post-Dispatch (Nexis) 6 Apr. 1 People fear ‘there will be an over-number of disabled people applying for jobs and coming to their doors, but that's not going to happen’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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