overkeepv.

Brit.

/ˌəʊvəˈkiːp/, U.S.

/ˌoʊvərˈkip/

Inflections: Past tense and past participle overkept;

Forms: see over- prefix and keep v.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, keep v.

Etymology: < over- prefix + keep v.

Now rare.

1. transitive. To keep or observe more strictly than necessary. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > agreement > observance > observe [verb (transitive)] > too strictly

overkeep1608

1608 Bp. J. Hall Pharisaisme & Christianity 25 God would haue a Sabbath kept; they ouer-keep it.

1943 E. Thompson Making of Indian Princes 231 He behaved quite well, and the promise was kept, and overkept.

2. transitive. To keep for too long. Usually in passive. Now rare.

ΚΠ

1679 O. Heywood Autobiogr., Diaries, & Event Bks. (1881) II. 265 It [sc. flesh] was good for nothing being over-kept.

1816 Sporting Mag. 48 258 If birds are overkept their legs will be dry.

1869 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Agric. 1868 442 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (40th Congr., 3rd Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc.) XV He sent them [sc. pears] to New York, where they were overkept, and he realized only $1,000 for them.

1889 Cent. Mag. July 381/1 So he went on, still likening the life of a man to the wares of a shopkeeper, worth to him only what they can be sold for and a loss if overkept.

1999 Statesman (India) (Nexis) 2 Apr. ‘The teachers will be accountable for overkeeping books,’ said Dr Sugato Hazra. Interestingly, 14,000 books have been returned to the central library in the last fortnight.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	overkeep
释义	overkeepv. Brit. /ˌəʊvəˈkiːp/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈkip/ Inflections: Past tense and past participle overkept; Forms: see over- prefix and keep v. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, keep v. Etymology: < over- prefix + keep v. Now rare. 1. transitive. To keep or observe more strictly than necessary. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > agreement > observance > observe [verb (transitive)] > too strictly overkeep1608 1608 Bp. J. Hall Pharisaisme & Christianity 25 God would haue a Sabbath kept; they ouer-keep it. 1943 E. Thompson Making of Indian Princes 231 He behaved quite well, and the promise was kept, and overkept. 2. transitive. To keep for too long. Usually in passive. Now rare. ΚΠ 1679 O. Heywood Autobiogr., Diaries, & Event Bks. (1881) II. 265 It [sc. flesh] was good for nothing being over-kept. 1816 Sporting Mag. 48 258 If birds are overkept their legs will be dry. 1869 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Agric. 1868 442 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (40th Congr., 3rd Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc.) XV He sent them [sc. pears] to New York, where they were overkept, and he realized only $1,000 for them. 1889 Cent. Mag. July 381/1 So he went on, still likening the life of a man to the wares of a shopkeeper, worth to him only what they can be sold for and a loss if overkept. 1999 Statesman (India) (Nexis) 2 Apr. ‘The teachers will be accountable for overkeeping books,’ said Dr Sugato Hazra. Interestingly, 14,000 books have been returned to the central library in the last fortnight. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1608
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