| 单词 |
overmete |
| 释义 |
▪ I. † overˈmete, a. and adv. Obs.
[OE. ofermǽte adj. excessive, f. ofer over adv. + mǽte measured, moderate, ablaut deriv. of met-an to measure.]
A. adj. Above measure; immoderate, excessive.
c893K. ælfred Oros. i. vii. §2 God..hyra ofermætan ofermetto ᵹenyðerode. c897― Gregory's Past. C. lxiii. 459 Moyses behelede ða ofermætan bierhto his ondwlitan. c1200Ormin 10720, & tiss meocnesse iss oferrmett Swa þatt itt oferfloweþþ. c1200Trin. Coll. Hom. 137 Wiðteo þi lichame fro orguil, and idel and ouer mete wede.
B. adv. Immoderately, excessively.
a1225Ancr. R. 296 So sone so þu euer ivelest þet þin heorte mid luue ualle touward eni monne, ouermete.
▪ II. † overˈmete, v. Obs.
[f. over- 4, 10 + mete v., OE. metan to measure, traverse, pass over.]
a. intr. To pass over, pass by, elapse.
b. trans. To pass over, cross, traverse; = overmeasure v. b.
c1250Gen. & Ex. 1665 Quanne a moneð was ouer-meten. c1375Sc. Leg. Saints xxxi. (Eugenia) 461 As I sal prowe it is alsa Be Iugment of yrne hat... And scho on it with fet bare But abaysing it ouremet, Vnhurt or hafand ony lat. |
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