† overmayv.

Forms: see over- prefix and may v.¹; also 1500s ouermayde (past participle).

Origin: A word inherited from Germanic.

Etymology: Cognate with or formed similarly to Middle Dutch overmogen (Dutch †overmogen ), Middle Low German ȫvermȫgen , Middle High German übermügen < the Germanic base of over- prefix + the Germanic base of may v.¹ Compare I may over at may v.¹ 1a.

Obsolete.

1. intransitive. To be more powerful or effective, to prevail.In quot. ?a1160 repetition of the verb ræveden must be understood: ‘every man who had greater power (robbed) the other’.

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OE tr. Defensor Liber Scintillarum (1969) xxiv. 191 Ne per eum qui implere rem non ualet illi qui preualet obsistas : þæt na þurh hyne se þe gefyllan þincg na mæg þam þe ofermæg wiðstande.

?a1160 Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) (Peterborough contin.) anno 1137 Hi..ræueden munekes & clerekes, & æuric man other þe ouer myhte.

2. transitive. To prevail over, overcome, or overpower (a person).

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a1225 (c1200) Vices & Virtues (1888) 13 (MED) Unþolemodnesse..benemð ðe manne ðe hie ouermai, ðat he ne mai wealden him seluen ne a þouhtes, ne on wordes, ne on weorkes.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	overmay
释义	† overmayv. Forms: see over- prefix and may v.¹; also 1500s ouermayde (past participle). Origin: A word inherited from Germanic. Etymology: Cognate with or formed similarly to Middle Dutch overmogen (Dutch †overmogen ), Middle Low German ȫvermȫgen , Middle High German übermügen < the Germanic base of over- prefix + the Germanic base of may v.¹ Compare I may over at may v.¹ 1a. Obsolete. 1. intransitive. To be more powerful or effective, to prevail.In quot. ?a1160 repetition of the verb ræveden must be understood: ‘every man who had greater power (robbed) the other’. ΚΠ OE tr. Defensor Liber Scintillarum (1969) xxiv. 191 Ne per eum qui implere rem non ualet illi qui preualet obsistas : þæt na þurh hyne se þe gefyllan þincg na mæg þam þe ofermæg wiðstande. ?a1160 Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) (Peterborough contin.) anno 1137 Hi..ræueden munekes & clerekes, & æuric man other þe ouer myhte. 2. transitive. To prevail over, overcome, or overpower (a person). ΚΠ a1225 (c1200) Vices & Virtues (1888) 13 (MED) Unþolemodnesse..benemð ðe manne ðe hie ouermai, ðat he ne mai wealden him seluen ne a þouhtes, ne on wordes, ne on weorkes. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < v.OE
随便看	to drink the koolaid to drink the koolaid of to drink the sun up to drink the three outs to drink the waters to drink the —— kool-aid to drink the —— koolaid to drink to to drink to bed to drink to one's oysters to drink to the lees to drink under the table to drink up to drink upon or in boon voyage to drink wine ape to drink with the flies to drink, drain, etc to the dregs to drink, eat, have, take, etc one's fill to drink, quaff carouse to drink, quaff pledge one carouse to drive a coach and horses through to drive a hard bargain to drive a nail into any one's coffin to drive a pen to drive a person near