† overpryv.
Obsolete. rare.
transitive. To look over pryingly; to examine inquisitively.
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the mind > attention and judgement > feel curious about [verb (transitive)] > pry
overpry1566
to pry into ——1581
underfeel1600
to poke (also stick, thrust, etc.) one's nose into (also in)1611
spy1626
1566 T. Drant tr. Horace Medicinable Morall sig. Cv Not Tygille nor such alecunners My woorkes do ouerprye.
1590 R. Greene Neuer too Late i. 26 When my father like Argos setteth a hundred eies to ouerpry my actions.
1600 R. Kittowe Loues Load-starre sig. G Diana and her spotlesse darlings..holding in their hands Cypresse boughes, to shadow their beauties from the Sun-beames, ouer-pried by the gazing Forrester Actæon.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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