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单词 overstraiten
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overstraitenv.

Forms: see over- prefix and straiten v.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, straiten v.
Etymology: < over- prefix + straiten v. Compare earlier over-strait adj.
Obsolete. rare.
transitive. To make too narrow; to close up too much.
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the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > breadth or width > lack of breadth or narrowness > make narrow [verb (transitive)] > excessively
overstraiten1736
1736 Philos. Trans. 1735–6 (Royal Soc.) 39 58 To prevent the Juice, that re-unites the Wound..from overstreightening the Canal.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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