单词 | overmeasure |
释义 | overmeasuren. 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. 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). > see alsoalso refers to : † over-measureadv. < n.1591v.1625 see also |
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