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单词 overwin
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overwinv.

Brit. /ˌəʊvəˈwɪn/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈwɪn/
Inflections: Past tense and past participle overwon;
Forms: see over- prefix and win v.1
Origin: A word inherited from Germanic.
Etymology: Cognate with or formed similarly to Middle Dutch overwinnen (Dutch overwinnen ), Old High German ubarwinnan (Middle High German überwinnen ) < the Germanic base of over- prefix + the Germanic base of win v.1 With sense 2 compare to win over (see win v.1 9b).With overwinner compare Old English oferwinnend, in the same sense ( < overwin v. + -end suffix1).
1. transitive. To overcome; to conquer, vanquish.
ΘΚΠ
society > armed hostility > victory > make victorious [verb (transitive)] > conquer or overcome
overcomeeOE
shendc893
awinc1000
overwinOE
overheaveOE
to lay downa1225
mate?c1225
discomfitc1230
win1297
dauntc1300
cumber1303
scomfit1303
fenkc1320
to bear downc1330
confoundc1330
confusec1330
to do, put arrear1330
oversetc1330
vanquishc1330
conquerc1374
overthrowc1375
oppressc1380
outfighta1382
to put downa1382
discomfortc1384
threshc1384
vencuea1400
depressc1400
venque?1402
ding?a1425
cumrayc1425
to put to (also at, unto) the (also one's) worsec1425
to bring or put to (or unto) utterance1430
distrussc1430
supprisec1440
ascomfita1450
to do stress?c1450
victorya1470
to make (win) a conquest1477
convanquish1483
conquest1485
defeat1485
oversailc1485
conques1488
discomfish1488
fulyie1488
distress1489
overpress1489
cravent1490
utter?1533
to give (a person) the overthrow1536
debel1542
convince1548
foil1548
out-war1548
profligate1548
proflige?c1550
expugnate1568
expugn1570
victor1576
dismay1596
damnify1598
triumph1605
convict1607
overman1609
thrash1609
beat1611
debellate1611
import1624
to cut to (or in) pieces1632
maitrise1636
worst1636
forcea1641
outfight1650
outgeneral1767
to cut up1803
smash1813
slosh1890
ream1918
hammer1948
the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > have or gain mastery or superiority over [verb (transitive)] > overcome or defeat
shendc893
overwinOE
overheaveOE
mate?c1225
to say checkmatea1346
vanquishc1366
stightlea1375
outrayc1390
to put undera1393
forbeat1393
to shave (a person's) beardc1412
to put to (also at, unto) the (also one's) worsec1425
adawc1440
supprisec1440
to knock downc1450
to put to the worsta1475
waurc1475
convanquish1483
to put out1485
trima1529
convince1548
foil1548
whip1571
evict1596
superate1598
reduce1605
convict1607
defail1608
cast1610
banga1616
evince1620
worst1646
conquer1655
cuffa1657
trounce1657
to ride down1670
outdo1677
routa1704
lurcha1716
fling1790
bowl1793
lick1800
beat1801
mill1810
to row (someone) up Salt River1828
defeat1830
sack1830
skunk1832
whop1836
pip1838
throw1850
to clean out1858
take1864
wallop1865
to sock it to1877
whack1877
to clean up1888
to beat out1893
to see off1919
to lower the boom on1920
tonk1926
clobber1944
ace1950
to run into the ground1955
OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 2nd Ser. (Cambr. Gg.3.28) xxxvii. 314 Se ðe his mod gewylt is betera, ðonne se ðe burh oferwinð.
OE tr. Orosius Hist. (Tiber.) (1980) i. ii. 22 He Ninus Soroastrem Bactriana cyning..oferwann & ofsloh.
a1400 Psalter (Vesp.) cviii. 2 in C. Horstmann Yorkshire Writers (1896) II. 244 Vmgafe þai me witerli, And ouerwonnen [L. expugnaverunt] me selwilli.
a1450 York Plays (1885) 310 (MED) What! wenys þat woode warlowe ouere-wyn vs þus lightly?
1535 Bible (Coverdale) 2 Esdras xi. 40 And the fourth came, and ouerwanne all the beastes that were past.
?1535 M. Coverdale Goostly Psalmes f. xxviii There was no man that coulde overwynne The power of death nor his myght.
1606 W. Warner Continuance Albions Eng. xv. c. 394 And God alone hath vndertaine your Cause and made yee glad, May seeme of your owne Policie and strength yee ouerwinne.
a1835 J. Hogg May of Moril Glen in Wks. (1876) 101 It was not like ane prodde or pang That strength could overwin.
1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby ‘Will he owerwin, think you?’ gain his point in the matter.
a1910 W. V. Moody Briar Rose in Poems (1934) i What plains are these, so vast and dun, Ere my long way be over-won?
2001 Federal News Service (Nexis) 20 Sept. I think cooperation between the U.S. and Europe is very important to fight against terrorism. It is our common enemy, and we must, in a common way, together, overwin this enemy.
2. transitive. To win over; to persuade. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > motivation > persuasion > persuade (a person) [verb (transitive)] > win over
procurec1325
to gain over1582
bribe1592
overwork1593
overwin1600
smooth1608
overpersuade1639
spirit1656
over-entreata1661
engage1699
to bring over1724
to draw over1734
conciliate1796
to carry over1855
1600 R. Kittowe Loues Load-starre 55 The Serpent..whose wittinesse ouerwinning their wits to agree vnto that pleasure, procured an vnrecitable punishment.
1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 324 Here was an Act at first out-witting men; and then seconding it with an over-winning them to Pacification.

Derivatives

overwinner n. Obsolete rare a conqueror.
ΘΚΠ
society > armed hostility > warrior > victor or conqueror > [noun]
masterc1230
conqueror1307
victora1340
overcomerc1350
scomfitera1400
vanquisher1474
vainquer1481
conquestora1513
dauntera1522
overwhelmera1522
discomfiter1528
overwinner1535
cock1542
victorer1553
triumphant1562
triumphera1569
vanquer1570
Tamerlane?1572
defeater1582
vanqueror1583
triumphator1611
conquesor1641
conquestora1670
debellator1713
reconqueror1777
subjugator1795
conquistador1830
1535 Bible (Coverdale) 1 Sam. xv. 29 The ouerwynner in Israel also shal not lye.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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