单词 | overfret |
释义 | † overfretv.1 Chiefly Scottish. Obsolete. transitive. To adorn richly all over. Chiefly in passive. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautify [verb (transitive)] > ornament dightc1200 begoa1225 fay?c1225 rustc1275 duba1300 shrouda1300 adorna1325 flourishc1325 apparel1366 depaintc1374 dressa1375 raila1375 anorna1382 orna1382 honourc1390 paintc1390 pare1393 garnisha1400 mensk?a1400 apykec1400 hightlec1400 overfretc1440 exornc1450 embroider1460 repair1484 empare1490 ornate1490 bedo?a1500 purfle?a1500 glorify?1504 betrap1509 broider1509 deck?1521 likelya1522 to set forth1530 exornate1539 grace1548 adornate1550 fardc1550 gaud1554 pink1558 bedeck1559 tight1572 begaud1579 embellish1579 bepounce1582 parela1586 flower1587 ornify1590 illustrate1592 tinsel1594 formalize1595 adore1596 suborn1596 trapper1597 condecorate1599 diamondize1600 furnish1600 enrich1601 mense1602 prank1605 overgreen1609 crown1611 enjewel1611 broocha1616 varnish1641 ornament1650 array1652 bedub1657 bespangle1675 irradiate1717 gem1747 begem1749 redeck1771 blazon1813 aggrace1825 diamond1839 panoply1851 society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > fashion with artistic skill or decoration [verb (transitive)] > cover with ornamental work fret1340 lay?a1366 overfretc1440 to work over1542 parget1576 encrust1641 incrustate1728 c1440 Sir Degrevant (Thornton) (1949) 642 (MED) Scho come in a veluet, With white perle ouerfret. a1500 Lancelot of Laik (1870) 2480 Natur the erth of many diuers hew Our-fret. a1522 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid (1959) vii. Prol. 162 In the chil wyntir cald, Quhen frostis doith ourfret baith firth and fald. 1575 J. Rolland Treat. Court Venus i. f. 2v With Emeraudis sa michtelie ouirfret. 1599 A. Hume Hymnes sig. D2 Our West Horizon..Is all with..Rosis reid ou'rfret. a1600 ( W. Stewart tr. H. Boece Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) III. 232 And all the feild with fynest gold ouirfret. 1827 W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd 200 The gifts o' Cardinals and Paips, Owr-fret wi' spanglet gowden-caps. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2020). overfretv.2 transitive and intransitive. To wear down with fretting; to worry excessively. Also reflexive.In quot. 1445: to corrode. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being upset or perturbed > worry > [verb (reflexive)] fretc1290 overfret1445 solicita1450 turmoil?1529 moila1560 to fret one's gizzard1755 to worry (oneself), be worried, sick1952 1445 tr. Claudian's De Consulatu Stilichonis in Anglia (1905) 28 275 (MED) Shares that were with rust ovirfretyn, with labour he makith to shyne. 1534 R. Pitts Let. 26 Jan. in Lisle Papers (P.R.O.: SP 3/13/60) f. 67 Y cane not haue yowe gane..by cause hyt ys so sore ouer set wt horsys..& when y do say to yower schaplyne..yt thay schal not so ouer fret hyt: thay say yt y schall mele wt no thyng but only wt yower dere. 1563 T. Sackville in W. Baldwin et al. Myrrour for Magistrates (new ed.) Buckingham xl Yet was his hart wyth wretched cares orefret. 1821 J. Banim & R. L. Sheil Damon & Pythias i. ii. 12 Damon, you let The commonwealth o'erfret you. 1851 A. Helps Compan. Solitude x. 201 Do not overfret yourself. 1875 M. J. Preston Cartoons 218 As if I let Unreasoning foretastes overfret My soul unduly. 1953 J. B. Nash Philos. Recreation & Leisure xii. 170 Few men overwork; probably none. Many overeat, overworry, overfret and overdrink. 2002 Washington Post (Nexis) 1 Sept. h5 Because we have overplanned and overfretted about it, hopefully it will be very seamless. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1c1440v.21445 |
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