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单词 overesteem
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overesteemv.

Brit. /ˌəʊv(ə)rᵻˈstiːm/, /ˌəʊv(ə)rɛˈstiːm/, U.S. /ˈˌoʊvərəsˈtim/, /ˈˌoʊvərɛsˈtim/
Forms: see over- prefix and esteem v.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, esteem v.
Etymology: < over- prefix + esteem v.
transitive. To esteem too highly; to think too highly of.
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the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > misjudgement > misjudge [verb (transitive)] > over-estimate or overvalue
to make much (also little, nothing, too much, etc.) of (or on)c1395
to make of (also on)c1449
to make fair weather of1537
over-reckon1537
overmind1571
overween1588
overprize?1589
overcount1593
overvalue1597
overrate1599
wondernize1599
overhold1609
over-cess1611
overweight1613
overthinka1618
over-title1620
overcast1622
overmeasure1625
over-sum1628
overesteema1639
overproportion1642
outbid1688
overcharge1711
overestimate1797
overreach1822
overplay1835
maximize1866
maximate1881
out-reckon1898
fetishize1934
a1639 W. Whately Prototypes (1640) i. xix. 239 Pride is a vice..in this, that it causeth a man to over-esteeme himselfe.
1745 J. Mason Treat. Self-knowl. ii. ix. 185 He does not over-esteem them for those little accidental Advantages in which they excel him.
1857 E. C. Gaskell Life C. Brontë ii He grows..to over-esteem his own energy and power.
1897 Cent. Mag. July 334/1 It was a sign of weakness that he overesteemed the homage of a merely gay and fashionable set.
a1930 R. Bridges Test. Beauty i, in Poet. Wks. (1936) 591 In love of fleshly prowess Hellas overesteem'd the nobility of passion and of animal strength.
1994 D. C. Yu Relig. in Postwar China ii. 101 The reviewer thinks that Cohen has overesteemed their contributions.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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