单词 | overget |
释义 | overgetv. 1. transitive. To catch up with; to overtake. Now English regional. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > move at specific rate [verb (transitive)] > gain (ground) upon > catch up or overtake betakea1000 oftakelOE overtakec1225 ofgoc1300 under-get1390 attain1393 overget?a1400 overgoc1425 gaincopec1440 overhiec1440 overhalec1540 overcatch1570 overhent1590 win1596 to grow on or upon1603 catcha1616 to fetch up1622 to fetch of, upon1659 overhaul1793 to meet up with1837 to catch up1838 to get past1857 ?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) (1996) i. 12362 If þi felawes þe ouer gete, to þam may þou þe soþe say, þe messengers went bi þis way. ?a1425 (?a1350) T. Castleford Chron. (1940) 20086 (MED) Arthur þam folghes with willes gret; He slas al þas he may ouer gete. a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll.) 821 Than the ermyte ran away, and whan sir Launcelot myght nat overgete hym, he threw his swerde aftir hym. a1500 (?c1450) Merlin 276 Thei slough and maymed alle that thei myght ouer-gete. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 648/2 I made suche dylygence that at the laste I overgate hym. 1591 J. Harington tr. L. Ariosto Orlando Furioso xxix. lxiv. 239 Orlando still doth her pursue so fast, That needs he must ou'rget her at the last. 1773 G. A. Stevens Trip to Portsmouth i. 14 I have walked myself out of breath, to overget you. 1787 F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. (at cited word) He is but a little before; you will soon over-get him. 1825 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words Overget, to overtake. 1872 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. July 27/1 I was enabled to take my leisure, having the surety of overgetting him when the next cross-road came. 1892 S. Hewett Peasant Speech Devon 109 I chell overgitee avore yü raytch Dallish Watter. ΚΠ a1460 Knyghthode & Bataile (Pembr. Cambr. 243) 2088 (MED) Til thei yelde hem, bete Hem on the bak and breeste, and ouergete Hem myghtily. 1642 in J. A. Atkinson Tracts Relating to Civil War in Cheshire (1909) 33 We heare say we have slain many men of note, Hastings is wounded, and we had him, but he overgot us in the Fight. 1885 Cassell's Encycl. Dict. V. i Overget, to get the better of; to overreach, to outwit. 3. transitive. figurative. To get over, surmount; to recover from the effects of (an illness, shock, etc.). ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > recovery > recover (health) [verb (transitive)] > recover from (an illness) recoverc1330 overseta1600 to come through ——1655 to get over ——1662 overgeta1729 overa1800 overcast1830 the world > action or operation > amending > restoration > restoration of a person > recovery from misfortune, error, etc. > [verb (transitive)] overcomea1225 recoverc1330 overputa1382 overpassa1387 passa1500 digest1577 to put over1593 outwear1598 overseta1600 to make a saving game of it1600 repassa1631 to get over ——1662 overgeta1729 overcast1788 overa1800 a1729 E. Taylor Metrical Hist. Christianity (1962) 134 In France at Tholous many yeares had not The Catalaunian blood shed over got. 1803 R. Southey Select. from Lett. (1856) I. 230 Edith cannot sleep, and till she overgets this, she cannot be better. 1862 Mrs. H. Wood Mrs. Halliburton's Troubles II. 60 She had overgot the temporary indications of illness. 1886 Charity Organis. Rev. Feb. 75 The difficulties to be overgot are great. 1895 Berrow's Worcester Jrnl. 9 Mar. 4/3 It put me about dreadful, a' an't iver overgot it. 1905 T. Auden Shrewsbury viii. 192 [Benbow] was obliged to sail to Jamaica, and though two of the offending officers were afterwards shot, he never overgot his vexation. 1926 T. Hardy Coll. Poems (ed. 2) 126 When I've overgot The world somewhat, When things cost not Such stress and strain, Is soon enough..To tell my Love I am come again. 4. transitive. To take possession of (a person); to influence. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > have or gain mastery or superiority over [verb (transitive)] > overcome or overwhelm overcomeeOE overgangOE overnimOE overswivec1175 foldc1275 overgoc1275 to bear downc1330 oversetc1330 outrayc1390 overleada1393 overreach?a1425 overwhelmc1425 to whelve overc1440 overruna1475 surprise1474 overpress1489 surbatea1500 overhale1531 overbear1535 overcrow1550 disable1582 surgain1586 overpower1597 overman1609 to come over ——1637 to run down1655 overpower1667 compel1697 to get over ——1784 overget1877 to grab (also take) by the balls1934 1877 E. Leigh Gloss. Words Dial. Cheshire 148 ‘How came you to be so drunk last night, John?’ ‘Oi wur overgot sumhow, measter,—oi conna tell how, oim sure.’ 1904 Tradesman's Price-list (Herbert Morris & Bastert) 11 Similarity of appearance so far overgets a customer as to induce him to pass us. 1953 D. D. C. P. Mould Rock of Truth xi. 193 When I had been a Catholic some time and perhaps begun to grasp some idea of what God was really like, then the fear of hell did overget me. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.?a1400 |
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