overhearv.

Brit.

/ˌəʊvəˈhɪə/, U.S.

/ˌoʊvərˈhɪ(ə)r/

Inflections: Past tense and past participle overheard;

Forms: see over- prefix and hear v.

Origin: A word inherited from Germanic.

Etymology: Cognate with or formed similarly to Middle Dutch overhoren to listen in, not to listen (Dutch overhooren to examine (students)), Middle Low German ȫverhȫren not to listen, to listen in, Middle High German überhoeren to question, not to listen (German überhören not to listen, to fail to hear), Danish overhøre to question, examine, to fail to hear < the Germanic base of over- prefix + the Germanic base of hear v.Compare Old Frisian overhēre, Middle Low German ȫverhȫre undutiful behaviour, Old Dutch ovirhōrig sinful, Middle Dutch overhorich, (Dutch †overhoorig), Middle Low German ȫverhȫrich, Middle High German überhoeric (German †überhörig) disobedient, all based on the notion of not listening to orders.

†1. transitive. Not to listen to; to disregard, disobey. Obsolete.With dative object.

ΚΠ

eOE tr. Orosius Hist. (BL Add.) iii. x. 75 Swa he ær unweorðlice þara goda biscepun oferhirde.

eOE tr. Orosius Hist. (BL Add.) iv. xii. 111 Hie þa Romane for his cidinge & þurh his lare oferhierdon þæm godum.

†2.

a. transitive. To hear; to hear (a recitation, etc.) through. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > hear [verb (transitive)]

overheareOE

yherec825

hearc950

beheara1600

eOE tr. Orosius Hist. (BL Add.) i. xii. 34 Eac þæt se æþeling ægðer hæfde, ge his plegan ge his gewill, þonne he þara manna tintrego oferhierde.

OE Wulfstan Consecration of Bishop (Cleo.) 242 Swa swa ge sylfe swutele gesawon & eac oferhyrdan þa bletsunge ealle.

c1300 Childhood Jesus (Laud) 443 in C. Horstmann Altengl. Legenden (1875) 1st Ser. 17 (MED) His Maister schal beo Zacharie, Þat him schal techen of clergie; Al ore lawe he hauez ouer herd; Of him he may beo wel i lered.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 11332 For gladnes he gaf a cri þat all ouerherd [a1400 Gött. ouer herde] þat stode him bi.

c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy 11004 Pantasilia the pride of Pirrus ouer-herd.

b. transitive. To hear again. Obsolete.Apparently an isolated use.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > hear [verb (transitive)] > hear again

overhear1598

rehear1789

1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost v. ii. 95 I stole into a neighbour thicket by, And ouer hard, what you shall ouer heare.

3. transitive. To hear (words spoken, a person speaking, etc.) contrary to the intention or without the knowledge of the speaker. Also intransitive.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > hear [verb (transitive)] > overhear

ofhearOE

overhear1549

underhearc1570

1549 H. Latimer 2nd Serm. before Kynges Maiestie 4th Serm. sig. Mii^v He [sc. Ld. Seymour before his execution] turnes me to the leuetenauntes Seruaunte, and sayeth, Byd my seruaunt spede the thyng that he wottes of. Wel, the worde was ouer hearde.

1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 844 Cato ouerheard them, for in deede his hearing was not very quicke.

1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost iv. iii. 128 I should blush..To be ore-hard [1623 ore-heard] .

a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) iii. i. 162 Son, I haue ouer-heard what hath past between you & your sister.

1660 F. Brooke tr. V. Le Blanc World Surveyed 312 I fell into lamentations, till my Brother-in-law over-heard me.

1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 422. ⁋2 He whispered a Friend the other Day, so as to be overheard by a young Officer.

1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue Queer rooster, an informer that pretends to be sleeping, and thereby overhears the conversation of theives in night cellars.

1858 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (ed. 2) III. xv. 310 The English government had agents in Rome whose business was to overhear conversations.

1883 R. N. Cust Sketch Mod. Langs. Afr. II. xii. 330 Rebman..employed..a slave, whom he imagined to be a Swahili, but he overheard him speaking a totally different language.

1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. vi. [Hades] 111 Mr Bloom, chapfallen, drew behind a few paces so as not to overhear.

1986 R. Carver Elephant (1988) 99 It was as if somebody were trying to say something over the phone and this somebody were taking pains not to be overheard.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	overhear
释义	overhearv. Brit. /ˌəʊvəˈhɪə/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈhɪ(ə)r/ Inflections: Past tense and past participle overheard; Forms: see over- prefix and hear v. Origin: A word inherited from Germanic. Etymology: Cognate with or formed similarly to Middle Dutch overhoren to listen in, not to listen (Dutch overhooren to examine (students)), Middle Low German ȫverhȫren not to listen, to listen in, Middle High German überhoeren to question, not to listen (German überhören not to listen, to fail to hear), Danish overhøre to question, examine, to fail to hear < the Germanic base of over- prefix + the Germanic base of hear v.Compare Old Frisian overhēre, Middle Low German ȫverhȫre undutiful behaviour, Old Dutch ovirhōrig sinful, Middle Dutch overhorich, (Dutch †overhoorig), Middle Low German ȫverhȫrich, Middle High German überhoeric (German †überhörig) disobedient, all based on the notion of not listening to orders. †1. transitive. Not to listen to; to disregard, disobey. Obsolete.With dative object. ΚΠ eOE tr. Orosius Hist. (BL Add.) iii. x. 75 Swa he ær unweorðlice þara goda biscepun oferhirde. eOE tr. Orosius Hist. (BL Add.) iv. xii. 111 Hie þa Romane for his cidinge & þurh his lare oferhierdon þæm godum. †2. a. transitive. To hear; to hear (a recitation, etc.) through. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > hear [verb (transitive)] overheareOE yherec825 hearc950 beheara1600 eOE tr. Orosius Hist. (BL Add.) i. xii. 34 Eac þæt se æþeling ægðer hæfde, ge his plegan ge his gewill, þonne he þara manna tintrego oferhierde. OE Wulfstan Consecration of Bishop (Cleo.) 242 Swa swa ge sylfe swutele gesawon & eac oferhyrdan þa bletsunge ealle. c1300 Childhood Jesus (Laud) 443 in C. Horstmann Altengl. Legenden (1875) 1st Ser. 17 (MED) His Maister schal beo Zacharie, Þat him schal techen of clergie; Al ore lawe he hauez ouer herd; Of him he may beo wel i lered. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 11332 For gladnes he gaf a cri þat all ouerherd [a1400 Gött. ouer herde] þat stode him bi. c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy 11004 Pantasilia the pride of Pirrus ouer-herd. b. transitive. To hear again. Obsolete.Apparently an isolated use. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > hear [verb (transitive)] > hear again overhear1598 rehear1789 1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost v. ii. 95 I stole into a neighbour thicket by, And ouer hard, what you shall ouer heare. View more context for this quotation 3. transitive. To hear (words spoken, a person speaking, etc.) contrary to the intention or without the knowledge of the speaker. Also intransitive. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > hear [verb (transitive)] > overhear ofhearOE overhear1549 underhearc1570 1549 H. Latimer 2nd Serm. before Kynges Maiestie 4th Serm. sig. Mii^v He [sc. Ld. Seymour before his execution] turnes me to the leuetenauntes Seruaunte, and sayeth, Byd my seruaunt spede the thyng that he wottes of. Wel, the worde was ouer hearde. 1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 844 Cato ouerheard them, for in deede his hearing was not very quicke. 1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost iv. iii. 128 I should blush..To be ore-hard [1623 ore-heard] . View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) iii. i. 162 Son, I haue ouer-heard what hath past between you & your sister. View more context for this quotation 1660 F. Brooke tr. V. Le Blanc World Surveyed 312 I fell into lamentations, till my Brother-in-law over-heard me. 1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 422. ⁋2 He whispered a Friend the other Day, so as to be overheard by a young Officer. 1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue Queer rooster, an informer that pretends to be sleeping, and thereby overhears the conversation of theives in night cellars. 1858 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (ed. 2) III. xv. 310 The English government had agents in Rome whose business was to overhear conversations. 1883 R. N. Cust Sketch Mod. Langs. Afr. II. xii. 330 Rebman..employed..a slave, whom he imagined to be a Swahili, but he overheard him speaking a totally different language. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. vi. [Hades] 111 Mr Bloom, chapfallen, drew behind a few paces so as not to overhear. 1986 R. Carver Elephant (1988) 99 It was as if somebody were trying to say something over the phone and this somebody were taking pains not to be overheard. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.eOE
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