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overspan, v.|əʊvəˈspæn|
[over- 10, 22.]
1. trans. To extend above and across (something else) from side to side, as a bridge or the like; to span; in quot. 1513, to cross over.
1513Douglas æneis iii. iii. 19 Wnder thy gard to schip we ws addres Ourspannand [permensi] mony swelland seis salt. 1854Owen in Circ. Sc. (c 1865) II. 87/2 They overspan and protect..the..blood-vessels. 1884Expositor Feb. 100 The heavenly arch that overspans the earth.
†2. To exceed in width of span. (In quot. fig.)
1649G. Daniel Trinarch., Rich. II, cccxvi, Mighty Cæsar: Hee who overspan'd All Souldiers in his conduct.
†3. To span (a space) with an arch or crossing structure, to ‘throw’ (an arch, bridge, etc.) over a space. Also absol., in spec. use: see quot. Obs.
1703T.N. City & C. Purchaser 49 Before it is closed up at the top, it is almost filled with Wood.., and then they over-span the Arch. Ibid. 109 The Place to receive the Fuel..being over-span'd like an Arch. Ibid., Instead of Arching, they truss-over, or over-span, as they phrase it, i.e. they lay the end of one Brick about half way over the end of another, and so, till both sides meet within half a Bricks length, and then a bonding Brick at the top finishes the Arch. c1817Fuseli in Lect. Paint. xi. (1848) 541 Michelangelo,..by the perpetual use of a convex line, over⁓spanned the forms. |