单词 | over-grieve |
释义 | over-grievev.ΚΠ a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 78 If wakinge passith mesure, it ekeþ hete and makeþ þe body lene and dryeþ þe yȝen & ouergreueþ [L. nimis grauant] þe yȝe lidders & dimmeþ & febliþ þe siȝt. 2. a. transitive. To grieve or afflict excessively. Now poetic and rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > be sorry or grieved at [verb (transitive)] > excessively over-grieve1592 1592 Countess of Pembroke tr. R. Garnier Antonius iii. sig. K2v Not ouer-glad With good estate, nor ouer-grieu'd with bad. 1610 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes (ed. 2) 1176 The citizens ouer-grieued with the insolent outrages of these men of warre. 1617 G. Webbe Pract. Quietness (ed. 2) iv. 48 Not to ouer-ioy our griefe, nor ouer-grieue our ioyes. 1868 E. H. Plumptre tr. Æschylus Eumenides in tr. Æschylus Trag. II. 199 Nay, list to me, and be not over-grieved Ye have not been defeated. 1908 M. J. Cawein Reed shaken with Wind in Poems IV. 63 Ah! over grieved my soul is, And tired and sick for sleep. b. intransitive. To grieve too much; to feel excessive grief. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > feel sorrow or grief [verb (intransitive)] > excessively over-grieve1648 1648 T. Hill Spring of Grace 11 We are apt to overgrieve or undergrieve at crosses. 1863 in W. Jenks Comprehensive Comm. Holy Bible I. 111/2 Those that find themselves over-grieving for their dead relations, must take heed of poring on their loss. 1900 J. L. Robertson Horace in Homespun 161 (title) A brother shepherd, over-grieving for the loss of his son. 1989 Los Angeles Times (Nexis) 30 July vi. 1/1 A person isn't expected by society to overgrieve, because it is strange to say you are an orphan at 45. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.a1398 |
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