over-watchn.

Brit.

/ˈəʊvəwɒtʃ/, U.S.

/ˈoʊvərˌwɑtʃ/

Forms: see over- prefix and watch n.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, watch n.

Etymology: < over- prefix + watch n. N.E.D.'s sense b ‘a person who watches over another’ is spurious, based on a misreading of euer waches in Eger & Grime (1867 ed., I. 383).

The action of overwatch v.; an instance of this.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > vigilance > [noun] > excessive

over-watchc1475

overwatchingc1475

hypervigilance1887

the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > vigilance > keeping watch > [noun] > surveillance > one who watches over another

over-watchc1475

overwatcher1846

c1475 (c1399) Mum & Sothsegger (Cambr. Ll.4.14) (1936) iii. 282 And euere shall þou fynde..wisdom and ouere-wacche wonneth fer asundre.

a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. clxx. f. clxxxxvii^v Tyred..wyth ouer watche and laboure.

1875 L. Larcom Idyl of Work viii. 107 For those who needed her caress, her close And separate overwatch of yearning care.

1901 Science 20 Sept. 445/2 Where proper facilities for sex separation are wanting, or the overwatch is not strict, there is to be found a continual increase of feeble-mindedness.

1986 Jrnl. Operational Res. Soc. 37 1165 A variety of possible attack routes, and overwatch and defence positions.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	over-watch
释义	over-watchn. Brit. /ˈəʊvəwɒtʃ/, U.S. /ˈoʊvərˌwɑtʃ/ Forms: see over- prefix and watch n. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, watch n. Etymology: < over- prefix + watch n. N.E.D.'s sense b ‘a person who watches over another’ is spurious, based on a misreading of euer waches in Eger & Grime (1867 ed., I. 383). The action of overwatch v.; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > vigilance > [noun] > excessive over-watchc1475 overwatchingc1475 hypervigilance1887 the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > vigilance > keeping watch > [noun] > surveillance > one who watches over another over-watchc1475 overwatcher1846 c1475 (c1399) Mum & Sothsegger (Cambr. Ll.4.14) (1936) iii. 282 And euere shall þou fynde..wisdom and ouere-wacche wonneth fer asundre. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. clxx. f. clxxxxvii^v Tyred..wyth ouer watche and laboure. 1875 L. Larcom Idyl of Work viii. 107 For those who needed her caress, her close And separate overwatch of yearning care. 1901 Science 20 Sept. 445/2 Where proper facilities for sex separation are wanting, or the overwatch is not strict, there is to be found a continual increase of feeble-mindedness. 1986 Jrnl. Operational Res. Soc. 37 1165 A variety of possible attack routes, and overwatch and defence positions. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1475
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