单词 | overhent |
释义 | † overhentv. Obsolete. transitive. To lay hold of, take possession of; to overtake. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > seizing > catching or capture > catch or capture [verb (transitive)] i-lecchec1000 fang1016 hentOE takeOE alatchlOE catchc1275 wina1300 to take ina1387 attain1393 geta1400 overhent?a1400 restay?a1400 seizea1400 tachec1400 arrest1481 carrya1500 collara1535 snap1568 overgo1581 surprise1592 nibble1608 incaptivate1611 nicka1640 cop1704 chop1726 nail1735 to give a person the foot1767 capture1796 hooka1800 sniba1801 net1803 nib1819 prehend1831 corral1860 rope1877 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. 8998 Whan alle was slayn þey mot ouerhent [a1450 Lamb. hent], to Wynchester sir Vter went. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. x. sig. X6v But she so fast pursewd, that him she tooke..Als his faire Leman, flying through a brooke, She ouerhent. 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene v. x. sig. X The hindmost in the gate he ouerhent . View more context for this quotation 1714 ‘N. Ironside’ Orig. Canto Spencer xxv When Phœbus..clears the Sky with Vapours overhent. 1787 J. Thelwall Poems Var. Subj. 148 Ah me! my heart is overhent with woe, To think how thou wert ravish'd from my arms. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < v.?a1400 |
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