单词 | overmarch |
释义 | overmarchv. rare. 1. transitive. To march (soldiers, etc.) too far or for too long, so as to cause exhaustion. Chiefly in passive. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > weariness or exhaustion > weary or exhaust [verb (transitive)] > with walking or running forchasea1510 forwalk1513 trachlea1578 surbate1590 walk1622 overmarch1670 1670 Baker's Chron. Kings of Eng. (new ed.) 552/2 The Prince his Horse were so overmarcht, and the Foot so beaten off their Leggs by long marches. 1823 R. Southey Hist. Peninsular War I. 707 His men had been over-marched. 1992 P. A. Hutton Custer Reader 145 Specific allegations were made of ‘overmarching and damaging the horses’ on a march not on public business. ΘΚΠ society > travel > [verb (transitive)] > cross or pass over overstyeOE overleapeOE overfareOE overgoc1225 passc1300 overpassa1382 to pass through ——a1382 overlendc1450 overmetec1480 overspana1522 cross1583 transpass1626 overwenda1649 overmarcha1805 peregrinate1835 a1805 A. Carlyle Autobiogr. (1860) iii. 143 One [division of the rebel army]..marched north towards Port-seaton..to attack our rear, but over-marched themselves, and fell in with a few companies that were guarding the baggage.., and took the whole. 1807 J. Barlow Columbiad iii. 99 They journey'd forth, o'ermarching far the mound That flank'd the kingdom on its Andean bound. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1670 |
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