单词 | over-reckon |
释义 | over-reckonv. Now rare. 1. a. transitive. To reckon or calculate (something) so as to arrive at too high a value; to overestimate. Also (occasionally) intransitive.In quot. 1537 perhaps: to overestimate the funds available for spending. However, the reading in this quot. may not be secure, as the MS has been corrected, and further text (perhaps ‘hi’ or ‘hy’) has been interlineated between ‘over’ and ‘rekenyd’. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > misjudgement > misjudge [verb (transitive)] > over-estimate or overvalue to make much (also little, nothing, too much, etc.) of (or on)c1395 to make of (also on)c1449 to make fair weather of1537 over-reckon1537 overmind1571 overween1588 overprize?1589 overcount1593 overvalue1597 overrate1599 wondernize1599 overhold1609 over-cess1611 overweight1613 overthinka1618 over-title1620 overcast1622 overmeasure1625 over-sum1628 overesteema1639 overproportion1642 outbid1688 overcharge1711 overestimate1797 overreach1822 overplay1835 maximize1866 maximate1881 out-reckon1898 fetishize1934 1537 J. Husee Let. 18 May in Lisle Papers (P.R.O.: SP 3/12/24) f. 25 Wher your Ladiship wryteth that you haue over rekenyd your sylff, I pray god..to send your Ladiship a most fortunat owr. a1646 J. Gregory Posthuma (1649) 290 Here the proportion of 60 Miles to a Degree, will over-reckon the Distance almost by the half. 1691 A. Gavin Observ. Journy to Naples 102 I found my share to be overreckon'd, and that the Hostess had a mind to make up the Expense of her Charity..out of my Purse. 1730 H. Fielding Rape upon Rape iv. v. 51 I must have over-reckoned my Years!—I cannot be above Forty-Nine at the most. 1836 E. W. Lane Acct. Manners & Customs Mod. Egyptians II. xv. 299 O God, if he were a doer of good, over-reckon his good deeds. 1855 Harper's Mag. June 131/2 Madame Manoël de Grandfort has over-reckoned the charms of a strolling Frenchmen upon the hearts of Kentucky ladies. 1884 Macmillan's Mag. Mar. 358/1 They..appear to have over-reckoned upon that yielding and vacillating strain which was evidently a recognisable point in his character. 2001 Riverfront Times (St. Louis, Missouri) (Nexis) 7 Feb. (Food section) Sias has overreckoned diners' yen for cranberries: Three of the four desserts we sampled were made or garnished with them. ΚΠ 1638 T. Nabbes Totenham Court iv. vii. 56 Some profit comes from hence; I have ore-reckon'd one and twenty-pence. 1705 T. Hearne Ductor Historicus (ed. 2) I. i. i. 4 In allowing six Hours every Year, he over-reckon'd eleven Minutes. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > charges > [verb (transitive)] > overcharge overchargea1400 surcharge1429 overset?1533 sauce1602 hoist1607 over-reckon1615 extortionc1650 sock1699 fleece1719 soak1895 slug1925 rob1934 1615 T. Adams Blacke Devill 74 Thus the great Parasite..now takes him in the lurch, and ouer-reckons him. a1661 W. Brereton Trav. (1844) 134 The knave tapster over-reckoned us in drink. a1680 S. Butler Genuine Remains (1759) II. 274 He over-reckons the Parish in his Accompts. 1737 H. Purefoy in Let. 22 Mar. in G. Eland Purefoy Lett. (1931) I. iii. 49 I imagine young Charles Parker, the mason of your Town, has over reckoned mee for doing the oven at my Tennent Mr Hunts. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > be great in quantity, amount, or degree [verb (transitive)] > be greater than in quantity, amount, or degree surmountc1374 passa1387 exceedc1400 to come over ——a1479 surpassa1555 outstrip1579 top1582 outnumber1598 over-reckona1635 turn1716 overgang1737 overspring1801 rise1838 overvault1851 override1867 better1873 a1635 R. Corbet Iter Boreale in Certain Elegant Poems (1647) 5 William is hee, Who, though he never saw three score and three, Ore-reckons us in age. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1537 |
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