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单词 overween
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overweenn.

Forms: early Middle English ouerwene.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, ween n.
Etymology: < over- prefix + ween n. Compare Old High German ubarwān , ubarwānī arrogance, pride. Compare overween v.
Obsolete. rare.
Overweening; presumption.
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the mind > emotion > pride > overweening or presumption > [noun]
presumptiona1250
overweena1300
jollitya1340
overweening1340
overhopec1390
surfeitryc1425
presumptuousnessa1450
outrecuidance?c1450
sauciness1534
presumptiousness1550
presume1590
confidence1597
assuming1602
self-assumption1609
overweeningness1621
self-assuming1644
assumingnessa1832
assumptiousness1870
hubris1884
hybris1920
a1300 (c1275) Physiologus (1991) 216 Ðerðurȝ haueð mankin Boðen nið & win..Pride & ouerwene.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

overweenv.

Brit. /ˌəʊvəˈwiːn/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈwin/
Forms: see over- prefix and ween v.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, ween v.
Etymology: < over- prefix + ween v. Compare overween n.The suggestion (by Skeat) that this word should rather be derived from wean v. is not widely accepted. Some editions of the text cited in quot. 1340 at sense 1 take ouerwene in this passage as an error for ouerwenere overweener n.
1. intransitive. To have excessively or unreasonably high expectations; to be conceited, arrogant, or presumptuous; to be too self-confident.
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the mind > emotion > pride > overweening or presumption > be or become presumptuous [verb (intransitive)]
overween1340
to take on (also upon) one(self)?1435
presumea1450
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 22 (MED) Þet is þe wone of þe proude: ouerwene þet him ne is naȝt ynoȝ to onworþi ine his herte þe oþre.
a1400 (c1303) R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne (Harl.) 5164 Holde þe euene hem betwene, Nat Ouer-drede ne ouer-wene.
?1533 G. Du Wes Introductorie for to lerne Frenche sig. Jiii To ouer wene, surcuider.
1587 T. Churchyard Worthines of Wales sig. H2 But woe is me the while, that ouerweenes in want, When world may at my boldnes smile, to see my skill so scant.
1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 iv. i. 147 Mowbray, you ouerweene to take it so. View more context for this quotation
1642 J. Milton Apol. Smectymnuus 46 Is there cause why these men should overween, and be so queasie of the rude multitude, lest their deepe worth should be undervalu'd for want of fit umpires?
1702 Eng. Theophrastus 192 We all of us naturally overwean in our own favour.
1857 J. A. Heraud Judgem. of Flood (rev. ed.) iv. x. i. 289 Yet overween ye not—nor let the pride Of man rebel: For God is jealous.
1866 J. B. Rose tr. Ovid Fasti 156 Happiest of mothers Niobe had been Had happiness not caused her to o'erween.
1977 Times 10 Oct. 10/6 [An] ego-deflater when ego threatened to overween.
1992 Financial Times (Nexis) 5 June 17 His reactions are never gross, nor seriously choleric; neither does he overween or bluster.
2. intransitive. To think too highly or hold a conceited opinion of something; to overrate something. Obsolete.
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the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > misjudgement > judge wrongly [verb (intransitive)] > overestimate or overstate
overween1554
to make a mountain (out) of a molehill1570
1554 [implied in: J. Proctor Hist. Wyates Rebellion f. 46 Suche overweninge had they of them selues. (at overweening n. 2)].
1605 W. Camden Remaines i. 94 Whatsoever some of their posteritie doe overweene of the antiquitie of their names.
1624 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy (ed. 2) Democritus to Rdr. 8 Some are too partiall, as friends to ouerweene, others come with a preiudice to carpe, vilify, detract and scoffe.
a1652 R. Brome Mad Couple Well Match'd i. i. sig. B3, in Five New Playes (1653) You should overweene that I had ability to wrastle any more with your overgratefull Unkle in your behalfe.
3. transitive. To overrate or think too highly of. Also reflexive: to have too high an opinion of oneself. Now rare.
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the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > misjudgement > misjudge [verb (transitive)] > over-estimate or overvalue
to make much (also little, nothing, too much, etc.) of (or on)c1395
to make of (also on)c1449
to make fair weather of1537
over-reckon1537
overmind1571
overween1588
overprize?1589
overcount1593
overvalue1597
overrate1599
wondernize1599
overhold1609
over-cess1611
overweight1613
overthinka1618
over-title1620
overcast1622
overmeasure1625
over-sum1628
overesteema1639
overproportion1642
outbid1688
overcharge1711
overestimate1797
overreach1822
overplay1835
maximize1866
maximate1881
out-reckon1898
fetishize1934
1588 A. Fraunce Lawiers Logike ii. ix. f. 101v The disputers..must [not] overweene themselves, or bee obstinate and singuler in conceipt.
1621 S. Ward Happinesse of Pract. (1627) Ep. Ded. It was a pride in Montanus to ouerweene his Pepuza and Tymium, two pelting Parishes in Phrygia, and to call them Hierusalem.
1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 10 To make it likely..that the doctrine of atoms is not wound up in those darknesses that some mens understandings have may-hap over-weened.
1994 Independent (Nexis) 25 Nov. 1 I would not be in the least surprised if..[his] arrogance so overweens itself that he decided he would make a better leader of the party than John Major.
4. transitive. To make or cause to be presumptuous or arrogant. Obsolete. rare.
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the mind > emotion > pride > overweening or presumption > render overweening [verb (transitive)]
overween1616
1616 Greenes Mourning Garment (new ed.) Ded. sig. A3 While wantonnesse..ouer-weaned the Niniuites, their sur-coates of bisse were all polished with gold.
1620 J. Ford Line of Life 99 Iniuries can no more discourage him, then applause can ouer-weene him.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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