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单词 overspent
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overspentadj.

Brit. /ˌəʊvəˈspɛnt/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈspɛnt/
Forms: see over- prefix and spent adj.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, spent adj.
Etymology: < over- prefix and spent adj., after overspend v. Compare earlier over-spended adj.
Now rare (somewhat literary in later use).
Completely spent; exhausted.
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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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