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单词 overknow
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overknowv.

Brit. /ˌəʊvəˈnəʊ/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈnoʊ/
Inflections: Past tense overknew; past participle overknown;
Forms: see over- prefix and know v.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, know v.
Etymology: < over- prefix + know v. Compare earlier overknowing adj.
transitive. To know or recognize too well.
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the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > perceive [verb (transitive)] > too much
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1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre iii. xiv. 133 His humility was admirable; as being neither ignorant of his greatnesse, nor over-knowing it.
a1882 D. G. Rossetti Wks. (1911) 101 Which most or least impelled its [sc. thought's] onward way, Those unknown things or these things overknown.
1928 H. Belloc Many Cities xxi. 156 There are many places which..become overknown.
2000 Chicago Tribune (Nexis) 25 Mar. 1 ‘Sometimes you can overknow them,’ Keady said.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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