单词 | overleaven |
释义 | † overleavenv. Obsolete. transitive. To leaven too much; to cause to rise or swell excessively. Chiefly figurative. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > swelling or inflation with pride > inflate with pride [verb (transitive)] swellc1200 bolnea1340 inblowc1384 blow1388 embolne1430 puff1526 inflate1530 puft1563 tympanize1593 overleaven1604 bladder1610 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). > see alsoalso refers to : † over-leavenadj. < v.1604 see also |
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