单词 | overspring |
释义 | overspringv. Now rare (poetic in later use). transitive. To spring or leap over. Also figurative: to surmount or surpass. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > ascend (something) [verb (transitive)] > rise above overstyeOE overgoc1350 surmountc1374 overspringc1395 overrisea1400 overmounta1425 surpassa1649 top1774 the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > be great in quantity, amount, or degree [verb (transitive)] > be greater than in quantity, amount, or degree surmountc1374 passa1387 exceedc1400 to come over ——a1479 surpassa1555 outstrip1579 top1582 outnumber1598 over-reckona1635 turn1716 overgang1737 overspring1801 rise1838 overvault1851 override1867 better1873 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > leaping, springing, or jumping > cause to jump [verb (transitive)] > leap, spring, or jump over leapc900 overleapeOE freea1578 overjump1604 jump1609 overskip1629 fly1719 top1735 spring?a1775 clear1791 overbound1813 over1837 overspring1847 leap-frog1872 vault1884 c1395 G. Chaucer Franklin's Tale 1060 That fyue fadme at the leeste it ouersprynge The hyeste rok. 1569 W. Samuel Abridgem. Olde Test.: Ezek. xxxii. sig. X.iij Pharo that was King, Who should be slain, and riuer ful of blood should ouer spring. 1779 H. Cowley Albina ii. 24 She..Now sudden, like a panting fawn, o'ersprings The fence. 1801 W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. 12 583 An Arabian wildness of fancy,..which seldom shakes off the costume, or oversprings the range of Arabian idea. 1802 Americana v. 126 I'd leave old fortune and her rubbish there! I'd overspring the heap of diadems, and fly away! 1847 R. W. Emerson Hafiz in Wks. (1906) I. 479 Bring wine, that I overspring Both worlds at a single leap. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.c1395 |
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