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† ˈoverest, a., n., adv. Obs.
[Superlative of over adj. and adv.: cf. OHG. obarôst, MHG. oberest, Ger. oberst; also the Eng. utterest.]
A. adj.
1. Highest in position, uppermost; outermost, covering all the rest.
1382Wyclif Exod. xxxix. 21 And thei maden..a hode in the ouerest [1388 hiȝere, Vulg. superiori] parti aȝens the myddel. c1386Chaucer Prol. 290 Ful thredbare was his ouereste courtepy. 1481Caxton Godeffroy cv. 161 The ouerste part of hym fyl to the ground and that other parte abode styll syttyng on the hors. 1483― Gold. Leg. 81 b/1 Anon she wente in to ouerest parte of her hows.
2. fig. Highest in station, quality, etc.
1481Caxton Reynard (Arb.) 68 Who that wylle taste of the ouerest wysehede..he muste faste and make hym redy ayenst the hye festes. 1567Gude & Godlie B. (S.T.S.) 43 They straif quha suld be ouerest. [1894F. S. Ellis Reynard 214 For they who overest wisdom love, Must fast against the festals high.]
B. n.
1. The uppermost part or region.
a1300E.E. Psalter ciii. 3 Þat hiles with watres overestes [L. superiora] his. 14..Stockh. Med. MS. i. 137 in Anglia XVIII. 298 Scome of þe ouerest twye or thrye, And þanne late it stonde kole & drye.
2. A person supreme over others; a ruler.
1474Caxton Chesse iii. ii. (1883) 88 As sone as the masse is doon he deliuerith hit to his ouerest or procuratour. 1483― Gold. Leg. 376 b/1 By the commaundemente of his oueryst and requeste of the kynge he was sente in to..Englond.
C. adv. In the highest or uppermost place; over all, so as to cover all the rest.
a1450Le Morte Arth. 846 An Appille ouereste lay on lofte, There the poyson was in dighte. a1450Cov. Myst. (Shaks. Soc.) 307 (Stage Direct.) Thei xal don on Ihesus clothis, and overest a whyte clothe. |