单词 | overabound |
释义 | overaboundv.ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > abundance > abound [verb (intransitive)] > more overaboundc1384 superabound1447 superbound1561 c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) 1 Tim. i. 14 Sothli the grace of oure Lord ouer habounde [L. superabundavit; v.rr. haboundide, haboundeth; a1425 L.V. ouer aboundide, 1526 Tyndale was more aboundaunt]. 1574 St. Avstens Manuell in Certaine Prayers S. Augustines Medit. sig. Qvjv Whereas sinne hath abounded, there hath grace ouerabounded. 1604 T. Wright Passions of Minde (new ed.) v. §4. 237 As Saint Paul witnesseth..where sinne abounded, grace over-abounded [Vulg. Rom. v. 20 superabundavit gratia]. 2. intransitive. To abound too much with or in something; †(of things) to be too abundant or plentiful (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > excessive amount or degree > be excessive [verb (intransitive)] > superabound suraboundc1400 overabound?a1425 superabounda1425 overbounda1500 overflowa1522 redound1612 ?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 119 Whatsom euer particulez ouerhabunde [?c1425 Paris ben to mykel or to manye; L. superabundant] after nature, þe takyng away of hem is an heleful cause. 1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. lxxii. 213 As the world ouer aboundeth with malice. 1620 J. Ford Line of Life 98 Hee is a Physitian..by purging such as ouer-abound. 1709 A. Pope Let. 7 May (1956) I. 56 The Learned,..never over-abounding in transitory Coine, shoud not be discontented. 1768 W. Hamilton Let. 4 Oct. in Observ. Vesuvius (1772) 50 The Solfaterra..has ceased erupting, for want of metallic particles, and over-abounding with sulphur. 1818 J. Morier Second Journey through Persia xviii. 277 The lands..which on our first passage through them we had found over-abounding in grass, having now become a brown and dusty waste. 1877 J. Morley Crit. Misc. 2nd Ser. 9 Diderot, in every page of his work,..abounds and overabounds in those details. 1923 J. V. Morley Burke iv. 79 The Reflections on the French Revolution over-abounds in declamation. 1958 Amer. Hist. Rev. 63 672 It is a solid and pioneering study–if somewhat overabounding in names and details. 1999 LA Weekly (Nexis) 26 Feb. (Film section) 51 They..make a break for the French border, a journey that somewhat overabounds in clever and romantic twists. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > abundance > make abundant [verb (transitive)] > be more abundant with superabound1565 overabound1583 1583 A. Conham in G. Babington Very Fruitfull Expos. Commaundem. To Rdr. sig. ¶¶¶¶2 The haruest ouer-abounded his labour, and exceeded his hope. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > presence > be present at [verb (transitive)] > be present all over (something) overabound1612 1612 R. Sheldon 1st Serm. after Conversion 28 O damnable custome ouerflowing Italy! O wretched practise ouer-abounding Spaine! This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.c1384 |
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