单词 | overgaze |
释义 | † overgazev. Obsolete. 1. transitive. To dazzle with gazing. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > intensity of light > [verb (transitive)] > dazzle with gazing overgaze1600 1600 N. Breton Melancholike Humours sig. E2v Oh, that..his eyes [were], not ouergazed, In Mineruas excellences. 2. transitive. To gaze over, overlook.In quot. 1816 in present participle as the second element of a compound. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > see [verb (intransitive)] > look over overgaze1816 the world > space > relative position > high position > set in a high position [verb (transitive)] > occupy a height over or dominate overstandeOE overview1564 domain1589 command1610 supervise1624 overlook1632 domineer1812 overgaze1816 see1829 dominate1833 rake1842 overbendc1886 1816 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Canto III xci. 50 His altar the high places and the peak Of earth-o'ergazing mountains. 1879 A. T. de Vere Legends Saxon Saints 41 Meadow banks, Not yet o'er-gazed by Windsor's crested steep Or Reading's tower. 1884 A. T. de Vere Poet. Wks. VI. ii. 347 She clomb a rock which over-gazed the village. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < |
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