overtellv.

Brit.

/ˌəʊvəˈtɛl/, U.S.

/ˌoʊvərˈtɛl/

Inflections: Past tense and past participle overtold;

Forms: see over- prefix and tell v.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, tell v.

Etymology: < over- prefix + tell v.

†1. transitive. To exaggerate in reckoning; to overcount. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > exaggeration, hyperbole > exaggerate [verb (transitive)] > in expression

amplifya1400

overtell1511

over-English1600

overspeak1611

stretch1674

romance1730

oversay1790

overstate1792

1511 in W. H. Turner Select. Rec. Oxf. (1880) 3 Thomas Foster dyd overtell hymselfe in the gȝyld hall xx^ti voyces.

1639 Deloney's Gentile Craft: 2nd Pt. (rev. ed.) ii. ix. 68 Nay there you faile quoth his Mistris, and over-tell forty, for three and foure is but seaven.

a1645 W. Browne Third Song in Wks. (1868) 29 The feathred houres fiue times were ouer-told, And twice as many floods and ebbs had rold.

†2. transitive. To count out or over. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > number > enumeration, reckoning, or calculation > number, calculate, or reckon [verb (transitive)] > count beyond

overtellc1610

out-reckona1625

out-tella1625

c1610 S. Rowlands Terrible Battell 11 We came vnto a Marchant in this towne That mighty bags of money ouer-tels.

3. transitive. To exaggerate in narration; to tell too much or too often. Also occasionally intransitive.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > exaggeration, hyperbole > exaggerate [verb (transitive)] > in representation

paintc1390

fucate1535

flatter1581

embroider1614

over-picturea1616

heighten1731

overpaint1749

overtell1755

overcolour1811

overdrawa1817

dramatize1823

sensationalize1863

overdress1866

1755 T. Amory Mem. Ladies 355 There may be somethings overtold,..that would bear mitigation.

1800 T. P. Lathy Reparation ii. 32 His poor, lost, degraded sister will rise from the grave to shame him, ‘with all her faults, by envy twice o'ertold’.

1886 W. Alexander Old Volume of Serm. in St. Augustine's Holiday 39 And this love-strain is never over-told. When God Himself is our musician, say, Wilt thou correct Him to a strain less bold, And teach the mighty Master how to play?

1894 J. Davidson Bruce iv. iv. 189 The gloss and colour fade From some love-story, overtold and stale.

1909 Daily Chron. 7 Apr. 3/3 The tale, told with spirit, is rather over-told.

1971 Jrnl. Mod. Hist. 43 330 He is handicapped by the fact that his story has been overtold and oversold in the half-century of polemics following Apostolicae Curae.

1992 Atlanta Jrnl. & Constit. (Nexis) 6 Apr. 9 Presentations by committees tend to overtell and undersell.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	overtell
释义	overtellv. Brit. /ˌəʊvəˈtɛl/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈtɛl/ Inflections: Past tense and past participle overtold; Forms: see over- prefix and tell v. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, tell v. Etymology: < over- prefix + tell v. †1. transitive. To exaggerate in reckoning; to overcount. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > exaggeration, hyperbole > exaggerate [verb (transitive)] > in expression amplifya1400 overtell1511 over-English1600 overspeak1611 stretch1674 romance1730 oversay1790 overstate1792 1511 in W. H. Turner Select. Rec. Oxf. (1880) 3 Thomas Foster dyd overtell hymselfe in the gȝyld hall xx^ti voyces. 1639 Deloney's Gentile Craft: 2nd Pt. (rev. ed.) ii. ix. 68 Nay there you faile quoth his Mistris, and over-tell forty, for three and foure is but seaven. a1645 W. Browne Third Song in Wks. (1868) 29 The feathred houres fiue times were ouer-told, And twice as many floods and ebbs had rold. †2. transitive. To count out or over. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > enumeration, reckoning, or calculation > number, calculate, or reckon [verb (transitive)] > count beyond overtellc1610 out-reckona1625 out-tella1625 c1610 S. Rowlands Terrible Battell 11 We came vnto a Marchant in this towne That mighty bags of money ouer-tels. 3. transitive. To exaggerate in narration; to tell too much or too often. Also occasionally intransitive. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > exaggeration, hyperbole > exaggerate [verb (transitive)] > in representation paintc1390 fucate1535 flatter1581 embroider1614 over-picturea1616 heighten1731 overpaint1749 overtell1755 overcolour1811 overdrawa1817 dramatize1823 sensationalize1863 overdress1866 1755 T. Amory Mem. Ladies 355 There may be somethings overtold,..that would bear mitigation. 1800 T. P. Lathy Reparation ii. 32 His poor, lost, degraded sister will rise from the grave to shame him, ‘with all her faults, by envy twice o'ertold’. 1886 W. Alexander Old Volume of Serm. in St. Augustine's Holiday 39 And this love-strain is never over-told. When God Himself is our musician, say, Wilt thou correct Him to a strain less bold, And teach the mighty Master how to play? 1894 J. Davidson Bruce iv. iv. 189 The gloss and colour fade From some love-story, overtold and stale. 1909 Daily Chron. 7 Apr. 3/3 The tale, told with spirit, is rather over-told. 1971 Jrnl. Mod. Hist. 43 330 He is handicapped by the fact that his story has been overtold and oversold in the half-century of polemics following Apostolicae Curae. 1992 Atlanta Jrnl. & Constit. (Nexis) 6 Apr. 9 Presentations by committees tend to overtell and undersell. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1511
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