overcarryv.
/ˌəʊvəˈkari/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈkɛri/ΘΚΠ
society > travel > transport > [verb (transitive)] > across
overcarrya1382
to set overc1540
to put over1569
to take over1573
traject1635
put1636
cross1804
to pass over1832
to get across1909
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) Wisd. x. 18 He bar þem ouer þurȝ þe rede se, & he ouercariede [a1425 L.V. bar..ouer] þem thurȝ ful myche water.
a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1959) vi. xi. 30 How mony seis ourcareit in thi barge.
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the mind > will > motivation > motivate [verb (transitive)] > incite or instigate > drive, impel, or incite > into error, excess, etc.
overcarry1579
1579 G. Fenton tr. F. Guicciardini Hist. Guicciardin vii. 386 Publike respects fell not so strongly in consideration, but they were ouercaried with interests priuate.
1608 S. Hieron Helpe vnto Deuotion in Wks. (1620) I. l. 724/2 How easilie am I ouer-caried with this humour of newfanglednesse.
a1617 S. Hieron Penance for Sinne in Wks. (1620) II. 275 Zeale, not guided by knowledge, may soone ouer-carry.
1648 Bp. J. Hall Select Thoughts 260 Their appetite over-carries them to a misconceit of a particular good.
a1693 Z. Boyd Sel. Serm. (1989) vi. 288 Such stubborne soules are ouercaried by the violent streame of their corruptions.
3. transitive. To carry (action or proceedings) too far, to overdo; to carry (a point, etc.) too forcibly or to unnecessary length. Also intransitive: to carry on too long.
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the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > outdoing or surpassing > outdo or surpass [verb (transitive)] > go beyond (bounds) > carry too far
overcarry1606
overdoa1640
to run into the ground1836
1606 W. Birnie Blame of Kirk-buriall vi. sig. B4 According to the forked foly vsed in buriall, which either is contemned, or else ouercaried in pomp.
1823 T. Chalmers Statem. Pauperism Glasgow 26 The point has not only been carried, but greatly over-carried.
1978 J. Updike Coup (1979) iv. 150 He shook my hand with too much force, overcarrying.
4. transitive. To carry or convey physically beyond the proper point, or further than required.
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society > travel > transport > [verb (transitive)] > beyond the proper point
overcarry1897
1897 [see overcarried adj. at Derivatives].
1904 N.E.D. (at cited word) (Railway Guard) ‘Are you the gentleman that was over-carried to Louth this evening?’
1972 M. Mead Blackberry Winter xi. 148 The National Research Council had insisted on mailing my checks to me, and the next boat overcarried the mail. This meant that for six weeks I had no money.
1990 Sports Illustr. 4 June 53/1 Cam Neely, a 55-goal scorer, overcarried the puck in trying to do too much.
Derivatives
ˌoverˈcarried adj.
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society > travel > transport > [adjective] > transported beyond proper point
overcarried1897
the world > movement > transference > [adjective] > relating to conveying or transporting > conveyed beyond
overcarried1897
1897 M. Kingsley Trav. W. Afr. 193 We stop to pick up cargo, or discharge over-carried cargo.
1903 R. Kipling Five Nations 25 The galloping breakers stride, And their overcarried spray is a sea—a sea on the landward side.
1996 Lloyd's List (Nexis) 6 May 8 Such ships..often chalked up 20 years on a trade with no more by way of casualties than the second engineer falling off the gangway after a particularly good run ashore and some overcarried cargo.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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