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单词 overbrood
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overbroodv.

Brit. /ˌəʊvəˈbruːd/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈbrud/
Forms: see over- prefix and brood v.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, brood v.
Etymology: < over- prefix + brood v. Compare to brood over (see brood v.).
poetic. Now rare.
transitive. To brood or hover over.
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the world > existence and causation > occurrence > future events > [verb (transitive)] > prefigure or foreshadow
portendc1429
foreshadow1577
threatena1616
overbrood1818
the world > space > relative position > high position > overhanging > overhang [verb (transitive)] > hover over
overhovec1390
overbrood1818
1558 T. Phaer tr. Virgil Seuen First Bks. Eneidos vi. sig. R.ii Then comes the foulest feend, and all their deynties ouerbroodes.
1793 W. Wordsworth Descr. Sketches 5 Where Silence, on her night of wing, o'er-broods Unfathom'd dells and undiscover'd woods.
1818 H. H. Milman Samor v. 115 To rise..and o'er-brood The dim and desert beacon of revenge.
1865 J. G. Whittier Eternal Goodness 25 Ye see the curse which overbroods A world of pain and loss.
a1892 J. G. Whittier Summer by Lakeside in Poet. Wks. (1894) I. 27 O isles of calm! O dark, still wood! And stiller skies that overbrood Your rest with deeper quietude!
1910 F. W. Bourdillon Ode Def. Matterhorn 2 Death, That jealous lover whose dark wing o'erbroods Thy silver solitudes!
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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