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单词 overleaven
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overleavenv.

Forms: see over- prefix and leaven v.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, leaven v.
Etymology: < over- prefix + leaven v.
Obsolete.
transitive. To leaven too much; to cause to rise or swell excessively. Chiefly figurative.
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the mind > emotion > pride > swelling or inflation with pride > inflate with pride [verb (transitive)]
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inblowc1384
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tympanize1593
overleaven1604
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hufflea1652
bloat1677
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being mixed or blended > mix or blend [verb (transitive)] > add as ingredient to a mixture > qualify by admixture > to excess
overleaven1604
overdose1727
1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet i. iv. 18 + 13 Some habit, that too much ore-leauens The forme of plausiue manners.
1639 R. Freeman Imperiale v. ii The Slave being overleaven'd with his favour Hath made himselfe starke drunke.
a1644 W. Chillingworth Serm. (1664) vii. §48 I beseech you..to free yourselves from the burden and weight of other men's riches, lest they over~leaven and swell you so unmeasurably.
1648 R. Herrick Hesperides sig. B2 Come thou not neere those men, who are like Bread O're-leven'd.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2019).

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