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单词 overwhile
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overwhileadv.

Forms: late Middle English ouerwhile, late Middle English ouerwile.
Origin: Apparently formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: over adv., while adv.
Etymology: Apparently < over adv. + while adv., perhaps after otherwhile adv.
Obsolete.
At one time or another; at times; now and then.
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a1450 (c1400) in D. M. Grisdale 3 Middle Eng. Serm. (1939) 36 But ȝit, tei it be so þat a lest ouer-while a bow or a tweyene, ȝit for þe most part..þe rotis abide euermor.
c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 30 (MED) If prestis ouerwile exort or monest þe peple.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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