out-reckonv.
/ˌaʊtˈrɛk(ə)n/, U.S. /ˌaʊtˈrɛk(ə)n/ rare.† 1. transitive. To exceed (in some quality that can be counted); to complete (in numerical terms). Obsolete.
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the world > relative properties > number > enumeration, reckoning, or calculation > number, calculate, or reckon [verb (transitive)] > count beyond
overtellc1610
out-reckona1625
out-tella1625
a1625 J. Fletcher Valentinian i. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Aaaaaaa/2 A power that can preserve us after ashes, And make the names of men out-reckon ages.
1868 C. Lofft Ernest (ed. 2) ii. 28 My spendthrift life Foamed over, and failed, wastefully for-done, Ere half out-reckoned: were that all—would t'were!
2. transitive. To make a higher estimate than; to overestimate.
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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
1698 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 20 141 It [sc. the opossum] has Four or Five Young Ones at a time, saith Hernandez..and Cardan says, it has Seven. But Jul. Cæs. Scaliger..out-reckons them all.
1898 T. Hardy Wessex Poems 154 But though, your powers outreckoning, You hold you dead and dumb.
1928 Cent. Mag. May 15/2 His work was bearing fruit and proving he had not out-reckoned his strength.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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