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单词 overfreight
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overfreightn.

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: overfreight v.
Etymology: < overfreight v.
Obsolete.
Overload; an instance of this.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > properties of materials > weight or relative heaviness > [noun] > property of being heavy > excessive heaviness
overladinga1513
overweighta1577
overburden1579
over-heaviness1622
overfreight1850
1850 R. Browning Christmas-eve xiv. 48 The while ascends..Step by step, deliberate Because of his cranium's over-freight..The hawk-nosed, high-cheek-boned Professor.
1883 Pall Mall Gaz. 27 Sept. 11/2 He..had for above thirty years to fight without result against an overfreight of 50 lb. of fat.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

overfreightv.

Brit. /ˌəʊvəˈfreɪt/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈfreɪt/
Forms: see over- prefix and freight v.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, freight v.
Etymology: < over- prefix + freight v. Compare slightly earlier overfraught v.
transitive. To overload. In later use chiefly in passive. Also figurative.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > excessive amount or degree > do (something) to excess [verb (transitive)] > apply in excess
overladea1387
overseta1398
overfreightc1475
overburden1532
overload1553
cumulate1570
load1577
heap1582
overcharge1616
overdose1727
overstress1889
society > travel > travel by water > transportation by water > transport by water [verb (transitive)] > load or unload cargo > load a ship or a cargo > excessively
overfreightc1475
the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > types or manners of hindrance > hinder in specific manner [verb (transitive)] > encumber > burden > excessively
overbidc1175
chargea1398
overburden1532
overload1553
overweigh1576
over-Atlas1593
overpoise1599
out-Atlas1603
superonerate1607
overfreight1711
overweight1811
overpress1886
c1475 (?a1440) B. Burgh Distichs of Cato (Rawl. C.48) 855 in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen (1906) 116 25 The litell boot and barge Wol drench a-non, whan it is ouer-freiht [?a1475 Trin. Dub. ouerfraught, a1500 Rawl. Poet. 32 ouerfreht].
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 648/1 I overfreyt a shyppe, je surcharge.
1602 R. Carew Surv. Cornwall ii. f. 107v A boat ouer-fraighted with people..was by the extreme weather, sunk.
1664 Duchess of Newcastle Poems & Phancies ii. 84 My Breast will ake, to swim against the Tide; And greedy Merchants may me Over-fraight, Then should I Drowned be with my own weight.
1711 Ld. Shaftesbury Characteristicks III. Misc. v. iii. 300 They themselves are over-fraighted with this Merchandize of Thought.
1823 W. Tennant Cardinal Beaton v. viii. 174 I scarce can bear the load Of gladsomeness that overfreights me so.
1890 Proc. Soc. Psychical Res. 1889–90 6 654 I dropped my inquiries..for a period of about two years,..being over-freighted with time-consuming duties.
1935 Amer. Lit. 7 230 A book containing all the salient details.., yet not overfreighted with dust from the archives.
1999 Guardian 15 May 5/6 Widely touted as the next Goodness Gracious Me, Yes Sir, I Can Boogie (Radio 4), comes overfreighted with the expectation that it will do for disability what GGM did for Anglo-Asians.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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