overpressv.

Brit.

/ˌəʊvəˈprɛs/, U.S.

/ˌoʊvərˈprɛs/

Forms: see over- prefix and press v.¹; also 1700s overpresing (present participle).

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, press v.¹

Etymology: < over- prefix + press v.¹ With sense 1 compare oppress v.

1. transitive. To oppress; to burden severely; to afflict. Frequently in passive. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > oppression > oppress [verb (transitive)]

ofsiteOE

forthringOE

overlayOE

ofsetOE

to tread down, under foot, in the mire, to the ground, to piecesc1175

overseta1200

defoulc1300

oppressa1382

overpressa1382

overchargec1390

overleadc1390

overliea1393

thringa1400

overcarkc1400

to grind the faces (occasionally face) ofa1425

press?a1425

downthringc1430

vicea1525

tread1526

to hold (also keep, bring, put) one's nose to the grindstonea1533

tyrannizea1533

wring1550

downpress1579

bepress1591

defoil1601

ingrate1604

crush1611

grinda1626

macerate1637

trample1646

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1959) Gen. xlvii. 13 In al þe world breed lackide & hunger ouerpresside [a1425 Corpus Oxf. oppresside; L. oppresserat] þe erþ.

c1455 Quoniam Attachiamenta c. 60, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Ourpres(s In help & subsyd of thaim that ar ourpressyt.

1496 (c1410) Dives & Pauper (de Worde) vii. xxviii. 318/2 Thou shalt not therfore..ouerpresse hym with usurye.

1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. lxxxiii. [lxxix.] 247 He wolde ouerpresse them with taxes and subsydyes.

1593 T. Lodge Life & Death William Long Beard sig. B2 The weake should to the walles, and the peny father by his power, should ouerpresse the penilesse in their pouerties.

1644 in J. Milton tr. M. Bucer Ivdgem. conc. Divorce Testimonies sig. A4^v My minde is overprest with grief.

1663 T. Jordan New Droll sig. A4^v Distracted thoughts did overpress him.

1702 C. Beaumont J. Beaumont's Psyche (new ed.) xxiii. cxcix. 355 The heavy Maid..overpress'd with Mountains of Annoy, Hung down her head.

1744 E. Haywood Female Spectator (1748) II. No. 7. 49 Her heart, overpressed beneath a weight of anguish, refused its accustomed motion.

1829 L. E. Landon Misc. Poems in Venetian Bracelet 296 How the heart, overpress'd with its own thoughts,—And what oppresses the young heart like love?

1940 W. S. Churchill Let. 29 May in F. Owen Tempestuous Journey (1955) xxxiii. 749 I have simply been so overpressed by terrible events that I have not had life or strength to address myself to it.

†2. transitive. To press (a person, etc.) with excessive physical force, so as to overcome; to crush. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > victory > make victorious [verb (transitive)] > conquer or overcome

overcomeeOE

shendc893

awinc1000

overwinOE

overheaveOE

to lay downa1225

mate?c1225

discomfitc1230

win1297

dauntc1300

cumber1303

scomfit1303

fenkc1320

to bear downc1330

confoundc1330

confusec1330

to do, put arrear1330

oversetc1330

vanquishc1330

conquerc1374

overthrowc1375

oppressc1380

outfighta1382

to put downa1382

discomfortc1384

threshc1384

vencuea1400

depressc1400

venque?1402

ding?a1425

cumrayc1425

to put to (also at, unto) the (also one's) worsec1425

to bring or put to (or unto) utterance1430

distrussc1430

supprisec1440

ascomfita1450

to do stress?c1450

victorya1470

to make (win) a conquest1477

convanquish1483

conquest1485

defeat1485

oversailc1485

conques1488

discomfish1488

fulyie1488

distress1489

overpress1489

cravent1490

utter?1533

to give (a person) the overthrow1536

debel1542

convince1548

foil1548

out-war1548

profligate1548

proflige?c1550

expugnate1568

expugn1570

victor1576

dismay1596

damnify1598

triumph1605

convict1607

overman1609

thrash1609

beat1611

debellate1611

import1624

to cut to (or in) pieces1632

maitrise1636

worst1636

forcea1641

outfight1650

outgeneral1767

to cut up1803

smash1813

slosh1890

ream1918

hammer1948

the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > have or gain mastery or superiority over [verb (transitive)] > overcome or overwhelm

overcomeeOE

overgangOE

overnimOE

overswivec1175

foldc1275

overgoc1275

to bear downc1330

oversetc1330

outrayc1390

overleada1393

overreach?a1425

overwhelmc1425

to whelve overc1440

overruna1475

surprise1474

overpress1489

surbatea1500

overhale1531

overbear1535

overcrow1550

disable1582

surgain1586

overpower1597

overman1609

to come over ——1637

to run down1655

overpower1667

compel1697

to get over ——1784

overget1877

to grab (also take) by the balls1934

1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan Bk. Fayttes of Armes i. xii. sig. Bviii^v They ouerpresse and ouerstep one ouer that other.

1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. ccxxxvii. 338 He was closed in amonge his enemyes, and so sore ouerpressed that he was felled downe to the erthe.

1612 M. Drayton Poly-olbion viii. 116 His valiant Britans slaine..(o'represt with Roman power).

1656 Ld. Orrery Parthenissa V. iii. iv. 210 He and all that followed him, overpressed with multitudes, were every one kill'd or taken.

1700 T. Brown Amusem. Serious & Comical iv. 46 He is at the farther end of the Hall, I call to him, he strives to come to me, but his Breath fails him, the Crowd over-presses him.

3. transitive. To overburden, overload. Now: spec. to expose (a vessel) to too great a force of wind by using too much sail.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > properties of materials > weight or relative heaviness > weight [verb (transitive)] > make heavy > add weight to > excessively or weigh down

overchargea1325

overcarkc1330

overladea1387

chargea1398

laden1514

overburden1532

ladea1538

overload1553

overpressa1577

overweigh1576

surcharge1582

to weigh back, on one side, to the earth1595

overpoise1598

overweight1811

a1577 G. Gascoigne Hundred Flowers in Wks. (1587) 169 I sawe the boat was overprest.

1624 High Court of Admiralty Exam. (MS.) 28 Apr. That their shippe might..not bee overpressed with saile to the wrongeinge of her.

a1661 W. Brereton Trav. (1844) 5 The ship..was heavy laden with merchants' goods, and more overpressed with passengers.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis ix, in tr. Virgil Wks. 491 Two tall Oaks.., overpress'd with Nature's heavy load, Dance to the whistling Winds.

1727 J. Swift Atlas in J. Swift et al. Misc.: Last Vol. iii. 87 A Pedlar overprest Unloads upon a Stall to rest.

1768 J. Cremer Mem. x, in R. R. Bellamy Ramblin' Jack (1936) 129 Our Ship never made any watter, but when over-presing her with Saile uppon a wind everey Voage Soe.

1987 Los Angeles Times (Nexis) 25 Feb. (Sports section) 15/5 Keep your mainsail full, but don't overpress your little ship, sail or power.

1998 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 27 June 13 While they were all piling on the sail..and ended up damaging sails and gear—when the going got really tough we eased back a bit and tried not to overpress the boat.

†4. transitive. To overcome by persuasion; to persuade too much. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1818 H. J. Todd Johnson's Dict. Eng. Lang. Overpress, to overcome by entreaty; to press or persuade too much.

5. transitive. To press or insist on (a point, etc.) unduly.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > statement > pressure or urgency > press or urge [verb (transitive)] > unduly

overpress1865

1865 M. Arnold Ess. Crit. ix. 291 The motives of reward and punishment have come..to be strangely over-pressed by many Christian moralists.

1869 R. D. Blackmore Lorna Doone xxii. 304 All my sense of modesty, and value for my dinner, were against my over pressing all the graceful hints I had given about Lorna.

1904 N.E.D. (at cited word) He sometimes overpresses his point.

1955 H. Butterfield Man on his Past iv. iii. 22 Some of them overpressed the thesis concerning the primacy of foreign policy.

2000 Agence France Presse (Nexis) 13 Nov. We cannot overpress the issue at the moment.

6. transitive. To put too much pressure on (a person); to overwork or overburden.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > types or manners of hindrance > hinder in specific manner [verb (transitive)] > encumber > burden > excessively

overbidc1175

chargea1398

overburden1532

overload1553

overweigh1576

over-Atlas1593

overpoise1599

out-Atlas1603

superonerate1607

overfreight1711

overweight1811

overpress1886

1886 C. Browne in Pall Mall Gaz. 16 Sept. 11/2 To educate a half-starved child at all is to over-press it.

1943 L. W. Holborn War & Peace Aims U.N. iii. i. 252 Our first duty as Britishers is to our own people so to organize our economy and our resources as to give them a decent and happy standard of life..and to see that none are overpressed in making their individual contribution to our production effort.

1993 B. Watson Effective Teaching Relig. Educ. (BNC) 50 All teachers are over-pressed with regard to what is expected of them, and none more so than those doing RE.

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

单词	overpress
释义	overpressn. Brit. /ˈəʊvəprɛs/, U.S. /ˈoʊvərˌprɛs/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: overpress v. Etymology: < overpress v. Compare earlier overpressure n. Excessive pressure; an excessive burden. Cf. overpressure n. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > types or manners of hindrance > [noun] > encumberment > burdensomeness > overburdening or being overburdened overchargingc1460 suffocation1567 overburdening1580 overpressure1644 overpress1846 overtaxation1881 overweightedness1895 1846 E. Forbes Let. in G. Wilson & A. Geikie Mem. E. Forbes (1861) xii. 394 This weather, and the overpress of work..impede a fair recovery. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Crabbing to it, carrying an overpress of sail in a fresh gale, by which a ship crabs or drifts sideways to leeward. 1871 Daily News 6 Jan. Horses which had succumbed under overpress of work. a1924 M. Ghose Orphic Myst. & Immortal Eve in Coll. Wks. (1970) 82 Blithe Aphrodite..goes..To lop earth's overpress, Her teeming burgeon. 1992 P. O'Brian Clarissa Oakes v. 139 I like to think it was the stern-chaser I had just fired that cut the backstay but it was more likely an absurd overpress of sail. 2000 Newsday (Nexis) 27 Nov. a51 Hill, a former NBA coach in his second season at Fordham, may start to feel the pressure to succeed. The Rams ignore the overpress... ‘We don't want to get caught up in the hype.’ This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). overpressv. Brit. /ˌəʊvəˈprɛs/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈprɛs/ Forms: see over- prefix and press v.¹; also 1700s overpresing (present participle). Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, press v.¹ Etymology: < over- prefix + press v.¹ With sense 1 compare oppress v. 1. transitive. To oppress; to burden severely; to afflict. Frequently in passive. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > oppression > oppress [verb (transitive)] ofsiteOE forthringOE overlayOE ofsetOE to tread down, under foot, in the mire, to the ground, to piecesc1175 overseta1200 defoulc1300 oppressa1382 overpressa1382 overchargec1390 overleadc1390 overliea1393 thringa1400 overcarkc1400 to grind the faces (occasionally face) ofa1425 press?a1425 downthringc1430 vicea1525 tread1526 to hold (also keep, bring, put) one's nose to the grindstonea1533 tyrannizea1533 wring1550 downpress1579 bepress1591 defoil1601 ingrate1604 crush1611 grinda1626 macerate1637 trample1646 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1959) Gen. xlvii. 13 In al þe world breed lackide & hunger ouerpresside [a1425 Corpus Oxf. oppresside; L. oppresserat] þe erþ. c1455 Quoniam Attachiamenta c. 60, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Ourpres(s In help & subsyd of thaim that ar ourpressyt. 1496 (c1410) Dives & Pauper (de Worde) vii. xxviii. 318/2 Thou shalt not therfore..ouerpresse hym with usurye. 1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. lxxxiii. [lxxix.] 247 He wolde ouerpresse them with taxes and subsydyes. 1593 T. Lodge Life & Death William Long Beard sig. B2 The weake should to the walles, and the peny father by his power, should ouerpresse the penilesse in their pouerties. 1644 in J. Milton tr. M. Bucer Ivdgem. conc. Divorce Testimonies sig. A4^v My minde is overprest with grief. 1663 T. Jordan New Droll sig. A4^v Distracted thoughts did overpress him. 1702 C. Beaumont J. Beaumont's Psyche (new ed.) xxiii. cxcix. 355 The heavy Maid..overpress'd with Mountains of Annoy, Hung down her head. 1744 E. Haywood Female Spectator (1748) II. No. 7. 49 Her heart, overpressed beneath a weight of anguish, refused its accustomed motion. 1829 L. E. Landon Misc. Poems in Venetian Bracelet 296 How the heart, overpress'd with its own thoughts,—And what oppresses the young heart like love? 1940 W. S. Churchill Let. 29 May in F. Owen Tempestuous Journey (1955) xxxiii. 749 I have simply been so overpressed by terrible events that I have not had life or strength to address myself to it. †2. transitive. To press (a person, etc.) with excessive physical force, so as to overcome; to crush. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > victory > make victorious [verb (transitive)] > conquer or overcome overcomeeOE shendc893 awinc1000 overwinOE overheaveOE to lay downa1225 mate?c1225 discomfitc1230 win1297 dauntc1300 cumber1303 scomfit1303 fenkc1320 to bear downc1330 confoundc1330 confusec1330 to do, put arrear1330 oversetc1330 vanquishc1330 conquerc1374 overthrowc1375 oppressc1380 outfighta1382 to put downa1382 discomfortc1384 threshc1384 vencuea1400 depressc1400 venque?1402 ding?a1425 cumrayc1425 to put to (also at, unto) the (also one's) worsec1425 to bring or put to (or unto) utterance1430 distrussc1430 supprisec1440 ascomfita1450 to do stress?c1450 victorya1470 to make (win) a conquest1477 convanquish1483 conquest1485 defeat1485 oversailc1485 conques1488 discomfish1488 fulyie1488 distress1489 overpress1489 cravent1490 utter?1533 to give (a person) the overthrow1536 debel1542 convince1548 foil1548 out-war1548 profligate1548 proflige?c1550 expugnate1568 expugn1570 victor1576 dismay1596 damnify1598 triumph1605 convict1607 overman1609 thrash1609 beat1611 debellate1611 import1624 to cut to (or in) pieces1632 maitrise1636 worst1636 forcea1641 outfight1650 outgeneral1767 to cut up1803 smash1813 slosh1890 ream1918 hammer1948 the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > have or gain mastery or superiority over [verb (transitive)] > overcome or overwhelm overcomeeOE overgangOE overnimOE overswivec1175 foldc1275 overgoc1275 to bear downc1330 oversetc1330 outrayc1390 overleada1393 overreach?a1425 overwhelmc1425 to whelve overc1440 overruna1475 surprise1474 overpress1489 surbatea1500 overhale1531 overbear1535 overcrow1550 disable1582 surgain1586 overpower1597 overman1609 to come over ——1637 to run down1655 overpower1667 compel1697 to get over ——1784 overget1877 to grab (also take) by the balls1934 1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan Bk. Fayttes of Armes i. xii. sig. Bviii^v They ouerpresse and ouerstep one ouer that other. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. ccxxxvii. 338 He was closed in amonge his enemyes, and so sore ouerpressed that he was felled downe to the erthe. 1612 M. Drayton Poly-olbion viii. 116 His valiant Britans slaine..(o'represt with Roman power). 1656 Ld. Orrery Parthenissa V. iii. iv. 210 He and all that followed him, overpressed with multitudes, were every one kill'd or taken. 1700 T. Brown Amusem. Serious & Comical iv. 46 He is at the farther end of the Hall, I call to him, he strives to come to me, but his Breath fails him, the Crowd over-presses him. 3. transitive. To overburden, overload. Now: spec. to expose (a vessel) to too great a force of wind by using too much sail. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > weight or relative heaviness > weight [verb (transitive)] > make heavy > add weight to > excessively or weigh down overchargea1325 overcarkc1330 overladea1387 chargea1398 laden1514 overburden1532 ladea1538 overload1553 overpressa1577 overweigh1576 surcharge1582 to weigh back, on one side, to the earth1595 overpoise1598 overweight1811 a1577 G. Gascoigne Hundred Flowers in Wks. (1587) 169 I sawe the boat was overprest. 1624 High Court of Admiralty Exam. (MS.) 28 Apr. That their shippe might..not bee overpressed with saile to the wrongeinge of her. a1661 W. Brereton Trav. (1844) 5 The ship..was heavy laden with merchants' goods, and more overpressed with passengers. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis ix, in tr. Virgil Wks. 491 Two tall Oaks.., overpress'd with Nature's heavy load, Dance to the whistling Winds. 1727 J. Swift Atlas in J. Swift et al. Misc.: Last Vol. iii. 87 A Pedlar overprest Unloads upon a Stall to rest. 1768 J. Cremer Mem. x, in R. R. Bellamy Ramblin' Jack (1936) 129 Our Ship never made any watter, but when over-presing her with Saile uppon a wind everey Voage Soe. 1987 Los Angeles Times (Nexis) 25 Feb. (Sports section) 15/5 Keep your mainsail full, but don't overpress your little ship, sail or power. 1998 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 27 June 13 While they were all piling on the sail..and ended up damaging sails and gear—when the going got really tough we eased back a bit and tried not to overpress the boat. †4. transitive. To overcome by persuasion; to persuade too much. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1818 H. J. Todd Johnson's Dict. Eng. Lang. Overpress, to overcome by entreaty; to press or persuade too much. 5. transitive. To press or insist on (a point, etc.) unduly. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > pressure or urgency > press or urge [verb (transitive)] > unduly overpress1865 1865 M. Arnold Ess. Crit. ix. 291 The motives of reward and punishment have come..to be strangely over-pressed by many Christian moralists. 1869 R. D. Blackmore Lorna Doone xxii. 304 All my sense of modesty, and value for my dinner, were against my over pressing all the graceful hints I had given about Lorna. 1904 N.E.D. (at cited word) He sometimes overpresses his point. 1955 H. Butterfield Man on his Past iv. iii. 22 Some of them overpressed the thesis concerning the primacy of foreign policy. 2000 Agence France Presse (Nexis) 13 Nov. We cannot overpress the issue at the moment. 6. transitive. To put too much pressure on (a person); to overwork or overburden. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > types or manners of hindrance > hinder in specific manner [verb (transitive)] > encumber > burden > excessively overbidc1175 chargea1398 overburden1532 overload1553 overweigh1576 over-Atlas1593 overpoise1599 out-Atlas1603 superonerate1607 overfreight1711 overweight1811 overpress1886 1886 C. Browne in Pall Mall Gaz. 16 Sept. 11/2 To educate a half-starved child at all is to over-press it. 1943 L. W. Holborn War & Peace Aims U.N. iii. i. 252 Our first duty as Britishers is to our own people so to organize our economy and our resources as to give them a decent and happy standard of life..and to see that none are overpressed in making their individual contribution to our production effort. 1993 B. Watson Effective Teaching Relig. Educ. (BNC) 50 All teachers are over-pressed with regard to what is expected of them, and none more so than those doing RE. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1846v.a1382
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overpressn.

overpressv.