单词 | overmore |
释义 | † overmoreadj.n. Obsolete. Upper, higher. Also as n.: the upper part or region. Cf. overer n.1 and adj. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > high position > [adjective] > in higher position overeOE ovewardeOE higherOE overmorec1350 overhighera1382 overerc1400 upper1467 superior1632 overriding1883 c1350 Psalter (BL Add. 17376) in K. D. Bülbring Earliest Compl. Eng. Prose Psalter (1891) ciii. 14 (MED) Dewand þe mounteines of þyn ouermor [L. superioribus], þerþe shal be fulfild of þe frut of þy werkes. a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) Josh. xvi. 5 Þe possessioun of hem aȝeyns þe est..unto þe ouermore [v.r. ouere; a1425 L.V. hiȝere] betheron. c1410 tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1879) VII. 125 William..evermore i-bore awey þe overmore and þe hyȝer hond [L. superiorem..manum]. ?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (Hunterian) f. 65 (MED) Þe ouermer orifice moste be larger. ?a1425 Mandeville's Trav. (Egerton) (1889) 40 (MED) Egipte, bathe þe ouermare and þe neþer mare [Fr. de Egipte, la haute et la basse]. c1440 Prose Life Alexander (Thornton) (1913) 105 (MED) In þe ouermare party of þe chayere he gart putt mete for þe grippes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2021). overmoreadv. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > space > distance > distance or farness > [adverb] > to or by a greater distance > to or at a greater distance furthermorec1175 overmorec1175 farc1200 fartherc1330 farthermorec1380 yondera1387 furtherc1400 lengerc1425 furtherlya1513 yondermair1513 yonderward1513 furtherfortha1542 still1602 c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 1715 All þiss icc seȝȝde ȝuw littlær. Her uferrmar alitell. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) vi. 632 The twa that saw sa suddanly Thair fallow fall, effrayit var And stert a litill ouirmair. 1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) ii. 440 To this word thai assentyt all, And fra thaim walopyt owyr mar [1616 vppermere]. c1580 ( tr. Bk. Alexander (1927) III. ii. 5227 Syne ourmare [Fr. en sus] I sal me draw. 2. In addition; furthermore, moreover. ΚΠ a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) 2 Par. x. 13 He brac þe maundement of þe lord þat he hadde comaundid & kepte it not, but ouermore also he conseilede a wicche & hopede not in þe lord. a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) i. 127 This Maiden..hise charitees Comendeth, and seide overmore: My liege lord [etc.]. c1400 (?a1387) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Huntington HM 137) (1873) C. ix. 35 (MED) And ȝut on poynt..ich praye ȝow oueremore. c1450 (?a1400) Long Charter of Christ, B Text (Calig.) 182 (MED) Y, ihesu..That borne was yn bedleem, Ouer-more offred yn-to iherusalem, The kyngus sone of heuen aboue. c1475 (?c1451) Bk. Noblesse (Royal) (1860) 11 And overmore the said King Edwarde first kept under subjeccion bothe Irelond, Walis, and Scotlond. a1547 Earl of Surrey tr. Virgil Certain Bks. Aenæis (1557) ii. sig. Ciiiv Yet ouermore, against the Troyan powr, He doth prouoke the rest of all the Gods. 1567 A. Golding tr. Ovid Metamorphosis (new ed.) vii. f. 82v Least the chaunted weedes the which she had him giuen before Should faile at neede, a helping charme she whispred ouermore. 1866 E. C. Gaskell Wives & Daughters I. xxvii. 308 He detested all foreigners, and over-more held all Roman Catholics in dread. 1867 Good Words Feb. 124/2 There's one [shilling] apiece, and overmore A silver groat for Ben. 1995 Xinhua News Agency (Nexis) 13 Mar. Overmore, France will also help the Mozambican police to set up two training centres. ΘΚΠ the world > time > duration > [adverb] > for a long time > for a longer time moeOE lengc1000 lengerc1200 overmorea1450 farther1548 no mo'1855 a1450 (?a1390) J. Mirk Instr. Parish Priests (Claud.) (1974) 159 Tho þat bydeth ouer-more, The fader & þe moder mote rewe hyt sore. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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