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ˈover-ˈfar, adv.
[over- 30. In ME. and mod. dial. written as two words.]
Too far; to too great a distance, extent, or degree.
[a1300Cursor M. 4894 Ar þai ouer far be on þeir fare. c1400Destr. Troy 6123 And ouer fer on þi fose fare by þi seluyn! c1450St. Cuthbert (Surtees) 454 We won our farr fra þe wode.] 1523Ld. Berners Froiss. I. ccxxxii. 322 They durst nat aduenture ouerfarr. 1597Hooker Eccl. Pol. v. ix. §2 Such rules are not safe to be trusted ouer-farre. 1634W. Tirwhyt tr. Balzac's Lett. 154, I fear lest my zeal should over-far transport me. 1720Strype Stow's Surv. (1754) I. i. xxx. 323/2 That the poor might not go over-far to Church. [Mod. Sc. Dinna gange owre ferr.] |