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单词 over-picture
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over-picturev.

Forms: see over- prefix and picture v.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, picture v.
Etymology: < over- prefix + picture v.
Obsolete. rare.
1. transitive. To surpass in depiction; to depict or describe with exaggeration.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > exaggeration, hyperbole > exaggerate [verb (transitive)] > in representation
paintc1390
fucate1535
flatter1581
embroider1614
over-picturea1616
heighten1731
overpaint1749
overtell1755
overcolour1811
overdrawa1817
dramatize1823
sensationalize1863
overdress1866
a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) ii. ii. 207 She did lye In her Pauillion, cloth of Gold, of Tissue, O're-picturing that Venus, where we see The fancie out-worke Nature. View more context for this quotation
1856 F. L. Olmsted Journey Slave States 406 The beautiful rural cemetery..which Willis has..a little over-pictured.
2. transitive. To cover with pictures. (In quot. 1850 figurative.)
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > [verb (transitive)] > cover with pictures
porturec1535
over-picture1850
1850 ‘S. Yendys’ Roman vii. 120 The future years..with the unborn dead o'er-pictured.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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