单词 | overspent |
释义 | overspentadj. Now rare (somewhat literary in later use). Completely spent; exhausted. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ceasing > [adjective] ysesseda1387 ceased1556 stoppeda1586 stayedc1595 overspent1597 ended1598 arrested1611 checked1793 discontinued1886 shut-off1933 the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > end or conclusion > [adjective] > come or brought to an end past1340 consummatea1500 determined1581 finished1582 overpassed1582 overspent1597 ended1598 spent1609 expired1631 terminate1639 winded1642 petered-out1971 1597 C. Middleton Famous Hist. Chinon iii. 34 At length with many wearie steps he attains the toppe: from whose height hee might againe looke backe at his ouerspent iourney. 1766 H. Brooke Fool of Quality I. v. 173 Slowly leading their overspent horses. 1839 J. A. Hillhouse Percy's Masque i. i, in Dramas, Discourses & Other Pieces 230 They halted in a brook, Full in the beam, to counsel, and to breathe Their o'erspent steeds. 1871 W. E. Channing Hermit in Wanderer 32 Mere straws or stems, some o'erspent Johnswort flowers, And quaint anomaly of pitch-pine cones. 1909 A. Bennett Old Wives' Tale iii. vii. 409 His attitude had the unconsidered and violent prostration of an overspent dog. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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