单词 | overhie |
释义 | overhiev. Now Scottish and English regional (northern) and rare. 1. a. transitive. Chiefly Scottish. To overtake by hastening after; to catch up with. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > move at specific rate [verb (transitive)] > gain (ground) upon > catch up or overtake betakea1000 oftakelOE overtakec1225 ofgoc1300 under-get1390 attain1393 overget?a1400 overgoc1425 gaincopec1440 overhiec1440 overhalec1540 overcatch1570 overhent1590 win1596 to grow on or upon1603 catcha1616 to fetch up1622 to fetch of, upon1659 overhaul1793 to meet up with1837 to catch up1838 to get past1857 c1440 Prose Life Alexander (Thornton) (1913) 12 (MED) Pansamy persued after hym and ouerhied hym. c1475 (?c1425) Avowing of King Arthur (1984) l. 290 He prekut oute prestely, And aurehiet him radly. 1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) iii. 737 Bot the kingis folk that war Deliuer off fute, thaim gan our-hy. a1578 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) I. 300 [He] passit fercelie efter the..committaris of the said cryme and ower hyit thame at Lythgow. 1614 W. Lithgow Most Delectable Disc. Peregrination sig. L4 The Venetian Consull..informed me, that the Carauan staied at Beerchak on Euphrates..and willed me to hire a Ianisary, and three Souldiers to ouer-hy them. 1652 T. Urquhart Εκσκυβαλαυρον Ep. Lininary sig. a1v Which of us should overhye other in celerity. 1672 in W. G. Scott-Moncrieff Rec. Proc. Justiciary Court Edinb. (1905) II. 86 He..having taken a shorter way did overhye [printed overlye] the said boat. 1749 in W. Crookshank Hist. Church Scotl. II. 18 At last one of the best mounted overhighed the Postilion. 1817 J. Hogg Profligate Princes ii. vii, in Dramatic Tales II. 85 The swiftest steed that neighs within your stalls Could not o'erhie him on his native steep. 1834 Fraser's Mag. 9 276 Angus..with his long strides began to overhie Campbell. 1876 J. Armstrong Wanny Blossoms 26 By auld gray stell and mossy stane, There I o'erhied the Scottish Lassie. 1900 in Sc. National Dict. at Owerhie v I'll sit on my doup and owerhie ye yet. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > move at specific rate [verb (transitive)] > gain (ground) upon > catch up or overtake > outstrip > by hastening on overhiea1625 a1625 J. Fletcher Wild-goose Chase (1652) i. i. 2 Within this eight houres, I took leave of him, And over-eyd him, having some slight busines That forc'd me out o' th' way. ΘΚΠ the world > time > [verb (intransitive)] overgoeOE agoeOE goOE forthgoOE runOE overdrivea1275 farea1325 overmetea1325 walka1325 passc1330 slidec1374 yern1377 to pass overa1382 wastec1385 waive1390 to pass awaya1400 overseyc1400 drive?c1450 to drive ona1470 slevea1510 to roll awaya1522 to roll overa1522 to wear out, forth1525 flit1574 to pass on1574 to run on1578 overhie1582 wear1597 overslip1607 spend1607 travel1609 to go bya1616 elapsea1644 to come round1650 efflux1660 to roll round1684 lapse1702 roll1731 to roll around1769 to roll by1790 transpire1824 to come around1829 tide1835 elabe1837 tick1937 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis iii. 51 Not yeet was mydnight ouerhyed, when that Palinurus, From bed nimblye fleeth. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.c1440 |
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