overmarkv.

Brit.

/ˌəʊvəˈmɑːk/, U.S.

/ˌoʊvərˈmɑrk/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, mark v.

Etymology: < over- prefix + mark v.Compare the Old English (Northumbrian) past participle form ofergemercad in an isolated attestation in sense ‘transfigured’:OE (Northumbrian) Lindisf. Gospels: Matt. (headings to readings) lx Transfiguratus in monte : ofergemercad węs in mor.

†1. transitive. To provide with too distant a target. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > competitive shooting > archery > practise archery [verb (transitive)] > furnish with too distant a mark

overmarkc1560

c1560 T. Lucy Let. in J. O. Halliwell Shakspere (1887) II. 388 Take hede that Burnell be not over-marked, for he is hable to shute no farr grounde.

2. transitive. To make a mark over or on the surface of; to superimpose a mark on.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > indication > marking > mark [verb (transitive)]

markOE

overmark1838

1838 Voice from Font 3 Drawn and rubbed out, marked and overmarked diagram upon diagram.

a1933 G. Saintsbury in Saintsbury Misc. (1947) 239 The field of thought on almost all questions has been so much trodden, the claims have been so marked and overmarked and cross-prospected, that it is not easy to secure such a position of vantage.

1976 Current Anthropol. 17 276/1 A reindeer rib with a crudely engraved anthropomorph overmarked with a zigzag motif.

1997 Brisbane News 13 Aug. 18/2 Dogs, especially males, have a strong tendency to overmark any scent left by another dog.

†3. transitive. To make (a horse) unfit by overtraining. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > [verb (transitive)] > overwork a horse

overmark1845

1845 R. S. Surtees Hillingdon Hall I. xiv. 231 You must mind and not over mark him [sc. a cob].

1866 London Rev. 28 Apr. 471/1 Sometimes..the noble animal is overmarked, and falls a victim to his own spirit and the stupidity of his owner.

1872 Chambers's Encycl. IV. 464/1 The fox-hunter must..be a judge of pace and have a good eye in ‘riding to hounds’, to avoid tiring or ‘overmarking’ his horse unnecessarily.

4. transitive. To give particular or excessive emphasis to; (Linguistics) to make excessively marked (marked adj. 1c).

ΚΠ

1872 Macmillan's Mag. Aug. 298/2 Richardson, purposing to be essentially a moral writer, overmarked the characters which he put forward either as models of bad or good.

1984 19th-cent. Fiction 39 139 For a moment this hovers as a possibility, but we dismiss it because the sentence..is so marked, if not overmarked, as epistemic.

1986 E. V. Clark Acquisition of Romance in D. I. Slobin Crosslinguistic Study Lang. Acquisition vii. 727 Children typically overmark by indicating the same semantic distinction in more than one way on a single lexical item, as in English unthaw.

5. transitive. To award too many marks to (a candidate in an examination, competition, etc.).

ΘΚΠ

society > education > educational administration > examination > examine a candidate [verb (transitive)] > mark or assess > award too many marks to

overmark1943

1943 Jrnl. Royal Statist. Soc. 106 348 We conclude that [the examiner referred to as] dx overmarks the girls.

1970 Times 5 Mar. 13 One judge admitted that she had overmarked Wood, for no good reason that I could discover other than sympathy for a champion in distress.

2002 Montreal Gaz. (Nexis) 18 Apr. e7 He asked me to overmark certain skaters and undermark other skaters.

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

单词	overmark
释义	overmarkv. Brit. /ˌəʊvəˈmɑːk/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈmɑrk/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, mark v. Etymology: < over- prefix + mark v.Compare the Old English (Northumbrian) past participle form ofergemercad in an isolated attestation in sense ‘transfigured’:OE (Northumbrian) Lindisf. Gospels: Matt. (headings to readings) lx Transfiguratus in monte : ofergemercad węs in mor. †1. transitive. To provide with too distant a target. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > competitive shooting > archery > practise archery [verb (transitive)] > furnish with too distant a mark overmarkc1560 c1560 T. Lucy Let. in J. O. Halliwell Shakspere (1887) II. 388 Take hede that Burnell be not over-marked, for he is hable to shute no farr grounde. 2. transitive. To make a mark over or on the surface of; to superimpose a mark on. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > marking > mark [verb (transitive)] markOE overmark1838 1838 Voice from Font 3 Drawn and rubbed out, marked and overmarked diagram upon diagram. a1933 G. Saintsbury in Saintsbury Misc. (1947) 239 The field of thought on almost all questions has been so much trodden, the claims have been so marked and overmarked and cross-prospected, that it is not easy to secure such a position of vantage. 1976 Current Anthropol. 17 276/1 A reindeer rib with a crudely engraved anthropomorph overmarked with a zigzag motif. 1997 Brisbane News 13 Aug. 18/2 Dogs, especially males, have a strong tendency to overmark any scent left by another dog. †3. transitive. To make (a horse) unfit by overtraining. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > [verb (transitive)] > overwork a horse overmark1845 1845 R. S. Surtees Hillingdon Hall I. xiv. 231 You must mind and not over mark him [sc. a cob]. 1866 London Rev. 28 Apr. 471/1 Sometimes..the noble animal is overmarked, and falls a victim to his own spirit and the stupidity of his owner. 1872 Chambers's Encycl. IV. 464/1 The fox-hunter must..be a judge of pace and have a good eye in ‘riding to hounds’, to avoid tiring or ‘overmarking’ his horse unnecessarily. 4. transitive. To give particular or excessive emphasis to; (Linguistics) to make excessively marked (marked adj. 1c). ΚΠ 1872 Macmillan's Mag. Aug. 298/2 Richardson, purposing to be essentially a moral writer, overmarked the characters which he put forward either as models of bad or good. 1984 19th-cent. Fiction 39 139 For a moment this hovers as a possibility, but we dismiss it because the sentence..is so marked, if not overmarked, as epistemic. 1986 E. V. Clark Acquisition of Romance in D. I. Slobin Crosslinguistic Study Lang. Acquisition vii. 727 Children typically overmark by indicating the same semantic distinction in more than one way on a single lexical item, as in English unthaw. 5. transitive. To award too many marks to (a candidate in an examination, competition, etc.). ΘΚΠ society > education > educational administration > examination > examine a candidate [verb (transitive)] > mark or assess > award too many marks to overmark1943 1943 Jrnl. Royal Statist. Soc. 106 348 We conclude that [the examiner referred to as] dx overmarks the girls. 1970 Times 5 Mar. 13 One judge admitted that she had overmarked Wood, for no good reason that I could discover other than sympathy for a champion in distress. 2002 Montreal Gaz. (Nexis) 18 Apr. e7 He asked me to overmark certain skaters and undermark other skaters. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.c1560
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