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单词 overwade
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overwadev.

Brit. /ˌəʊvəˈweɪd/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈweɪd/
Forms: see over- prefix and wade v.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, wade v.
Etymology: < over- prefix + wade v. Compare to wade over (see wade v. 3a). Compare Middle Dutch overwaden, Old High German uberwaten (Middle High German überwaten).
Now archaic and rare.
transitive. To wade across (water). Also (occasionally) intransitive.
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the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > walk upon or tread [verb (transitive)] > walk through liquid
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society > travel > aspects of travel > going on foot > traverse on foot [verb (transitive)] > through liquid
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eOE tr. Orosius Hist. (BL Add.) ii. iv. 43 Ða gebeotode Cirus..þæt hie mehte wifmon be hiere cneowe oferwadan, þær heo ær wæs nigon mila brad.
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 185 Alswa istrong wint & inswifte watteres þe me mot ouerwaden [a1300 Caius ower waden].
a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 1799 And iordan he dede ouer-waden.
c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Ezek. xlvii. 5 Deep waters of the streme of reyn wexiden grete, whiche may not be ouer wad [a1425 L.V. waad ouer; L. transvadari].
c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 34 He suld mak that ryuer sa lytill, yat a wyf..suld nocht wete hir kneis till ourwade jt.
1906 C. M. Doughty Dawn in Brit. I. ii. 99 All day, rife mingled companies overwade.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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