单词 | overesteem |
释义 | overesteemv. transitive. To esteem too highly; to think too highly of. ΘΚΠ 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). < v.a1639 |
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