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单词 overmeasure
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overmeasuren.

Brit. /ˌəʊvəˈmɛʒə/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈmɛʒər/
Forms: see over- prefix and measure n.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, measure n.
Etymology: < over- prefix + measure n. Compare over-measure adv. N.E.D. (1904) also gives the pronunciation (ōu·vəɹme·ʒiŭɹ) /ˈəʊvəˈmɛʒ(j)ʊə(r)/.
A measure above what is ordinary, sufficient, or expected; an excessive share, allocation, etc.; excess, surplus.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > excessive amount or degree > [noun] > excess, redundancy, or superfluity
un-i-fohOE
surfeita1393
superfluitya1398
over-micklea1400
overmucha1400
nimiety1542
superfluous1552
redundance1572
overflowing1574
overflush1581
overflow1589
overmeasure1591
redundancy1601
a too-much1604
pleonasm1616
overfloat1619
overmuchnessa1637
supernumerariness1652
plusa1721
supervacaneousness1730
supersaturate1860
too-muchness1875
1591 H. Savile tr. Tacitus Ende of Nero: Fower Bks. Hist. ii. 67 An ouer measure if fortune hapned to go on their side.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) iii. i. 143 Enough, with ouer measure . View more context for this quotation
1641 J. Milton Of Reformation 90 Where they..shall clasp inseparable Hands with joy, and blisse in overmeasure for ever.
1710 S. Palmer Moral Ess. Prov. 294 They rarely fail of over-measure in the return of an injury.
1833 H. Ellison Madmoments I. 470 Stand at the Streetcorners and pray loud, Then rob the Orphan of his scanty Mite To swell your Overmeasure!
1851 R. C. Trench Poems 77 [God] had answered all her prayers With such an overmeasure of his grace.
1912 Jrnl. Royal Statist. Soc. 75 194 The practice very common in some districts, of giving the ‘long pull’, i.e., a considerable amount of over-measure.
1994 L. de Bernières Capt. Corelli's Mandolin i. 2 It was Stamatis as a toddler, with the same gnarled face, the same stoop, the same overmeasure of aural hair.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

overmeasurev.

Brit. /ˌəʊvəˈmɛʒə/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈmɛʒər/
Forms: see over- prefix and measure v.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, measure v.
Etymology: < over- prefix + measure v. Compare overmeasure n.
1. transitive. To measure or reckon above the true or proper amount.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > misjudgement > misjudge [verb (transitive)] > over-estimate or overvalue
to make much (also little, nothing, too much, etc.) of (or on)c1395
to make of (also on)c1449
to make fair weather of1537
over-reckon1537
overmind1571
overween1588
overprize?1589
overcount1593
overvalue1597
overrate1599
wondernize1599
overhold1609
over-cess1611
overweight1613
overthinka1618
over-title1620
overcast1622
overmeasure1625
over-sum1628
overesteema1639
overproportion1642
outbid1688
overcharge1711
overestimate1797
overreach1822
overplay1835
maximize1866
maximate1881
out-reckon1898
fetishize1934
1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 169 That neither by Ouer-measuring their Forces, they leese themselues in vaine Enterprises; Nor..by vnderualuing them, they descend to Fearefull and Pusillanimous Counsells.
1833 Times 24 June 3/5 The last theatre..was equally overmeasured for the purposes of the legitimate drama.
1856 F. L. Olmsted Journey Seaboard Slave States vi. 435 The driver who marks it out, has to remain on the ground until it is finished, and has no interest in over-measuring it.
1993 Demography 30 138 The effects of some of the above factors were probably over-measured somewhat.
2. transitive. literary. To travel over, traverse. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement over, across, through, or past > [verb (transitive)]
thoroughfareeOE
overrunOE
through-goOE
through-gangOE
passc1300
traverse?a1400
go1483
transcur1528
sweep1600
oversweep1612
supermeate1656
percur1835
overmeasure1896
1896 Chicago Advance 18 June 905/2 Their gloomy shadow would twice have over-measured our country's expanse.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

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