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ˌover-ˈkeep, v. [over- 27, 18.] trans. a. To keep or observe too strictly. b. To keep too long. Hence ˈover-ˈkept ppl. a.
1608Bp. Hall Pharisaism Wks. (1627) 410 God would haue a Sabbath kept: they ouer-keepe it. 1679O. Heywood Diaries (1881) II. 265 It [flesh] was good for nothing being over-kept. 1816Sporting Mag. XLVIII. 258 If birds are overkept their legs will be dry. 1837Lockhart Scott xli, An over-kept haunch of venison. |