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单词 overspring
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overspringv.

Brit. /ˌəʊvəˈsprɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈsprɪŋ/
Inflections: Past tense oversprang; past participle oversprung;
Forms: see over- prefix and spring v.1
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, spring v.1
Etymology: < over- prefix + spring v.1 Compare Middle Dutch overspringen (Dutch overspringen), Old High German ubarspringan (Middle High German überspringen, German überspringen).
Now rare (poetic in later use).
transitive. To spring or leap over. Also figurative: to surmount or surpass.
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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).
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