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单词 overvault
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overvaultv.1

Brit. /ˌəʊvəˈvɔːlt/, /ˌəʊvəˈvɒlt/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈvɔlt/, /ˌoʊvərˈvɑlt/
Forms: see over- prefix and vault v.1
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, vault v.1
Etymology: < over- prefix + vault v.1 Compare to vault over (see vault v.1 1).
Chiefly poetic and literary.
transitive. To arch over.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > shape > curvature > types of curvature > [verb (transitive)] > curve like arch or bow > over something
overvaulta1610
enarch1611
arch1626
overarch1667
circumflex1850
overbow1855
inarch1893
a1610 J. Sempill in Sempill Ballates (1872) 242 His deere and Loving sweit Ouervoited with the vailles of balme-rebaiting trees.
1801 R. Southey Thalaba II. ix. 171 Polycarp of old..by the glories of the burning stake O'er vaulted.
1858 J. D. Burns Atlantis in Vision of Prophecy ii. 301 A luminous dome based on the quivering line Of Ocean, overvaulting the expanse Of mount and dale.
c1878 G. M. Hopkins Poems (1967) 73 Now Carisbrook keep goes under in gloom; Now it [sc. a cloud] overvaults Appledurcombe.
1909 A. C. Swinburne Ode to Mazzini in Compl. Wks. (1925–7) I. xii. 122 Whose bright sky overvaults earth's barren shade.
1943 C. De Tolnay Michelangelo 95 The broad cheeks are energetically framed by the strongly projecting chin and above by the low forehead, overvaulted by a heavy shock of hair.

Derivatives

overˈvaulted adj.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > arch > [adjective] > vaulting > vaulted
embowed1481
vaulted1552
grinded1715
cross-grindedc1720
groined1789
overvaulted1842
cross-vaulted1848
1842 Ld. Tennyson Palace of Art (rev. ed.) in Poems (new ed.) I. 139 That over-vaulted grateful gloom, Thro' which the livelong day my soul did pass.
1877 Harper's Mag. Feb. 384/1 O discords of this overvaulted cave.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

overvaultv.2

Brit. /ˈəʊvəˌvɔːlt/, /ˌəʊvəˈvɔːlt/, /ˈəʊvəˌvɒlt/, /ˌəʊvəˈvɒlt/, U.S. /ˈˌoʊvərˈˌvɔlt/, /ˈˌoʊvərˈˌvɑlt/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, vault v.2
Etymology: < over- prefix + vault v.2
transitive. To leap or spring over. Also figurative.
ΘΚΠ
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
1851 E. S. Wortley Trav. in U.S. I. xvi. 161 The humble with an ambition, that will be already practiced in ‘overvaulting itself’ and tumbling on the other side!
1886 Homilet. Rev. Aug. 119 All this comes of the endeavor to overvault deliberation.
1924–5 R. Jeffers Tower beyond Trag. in Coll. Poetry (1988) I. ii. iii. 168 Have you suddenly become…a God, brother, to over vault Agamemnon's royalty?
1983 Rev. in Amer. Hist. 11 322 His aspirations over-vault those of ordinary historians.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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