单词 | overwax |
释义 | † overwaxv. Obsolete. 1. transitive. To overgrow, grow over. ΚΠ OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 1st Ser. (Royal) (1997) xxxiv. 468 Ðæs muntes cnol wiðutan is sticmælum mid wuda oferweaxen. OE Blickling Homilies 159 Cweþende þæt his sæd oferweoxe ealle þas woruld. c1450 (c1405) Mum & Sothsegger (BL Add. 41666) (1936) 177 (MED) Thus is trouthe doune y-troode..Y-bete and y-bounde..And is ouer-woxe with wrong and wickid wedes. 2. intransitive. To grow considerably; to grow too large or too much. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > expansion or enlargement > expand or enlarge [verb (intransitive)] > excessively overwaxc1384 the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [verb (intransitive)] > exceedingly overwaxc1384 inflate1984 c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) 2 Thess. i. 3 Ȝoure feith ouerwexith [v.r. euer-waxith; L. supercrescit]. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 89 Whan þis moisture ouer waxiþ & comeþ, þan comeþ a feuere þat hatte putrida. 1448 Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Arms) 482 (MED) In a too of his foot, the naile groweth ouer to the flesshe, and in harme to the foot hugeliche ouerwexethe. a1500 ( Pilgrimage of Soul (Egerton) (1953) i. xx. f. 15 And if thi conscience had be more streite, this taile ne schuld have be so ouerwaxen. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < v.OE |
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