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单词 overprize
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overprizev.

Brit. /ˌəʊvəˈprʌɪz/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈpraɪz/
Forms: see over- prefix and prize v.1
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, prize v.1
Etymology: < over- prefix + prize v.1 With sense 1 compare overprice v.
1. transitive. To prize, esteem, or value too highly; to overrate.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > misjudgement > misjudge [verb (transitive)] > over-estimate or overvalue
to make much (also little, nothing, too much, etc.) of (or on)c1395
to make of (also on)c1449
to make fair weather of1537
over-reckon1537
overmind1571
overween1588
overprize?1589
overcount1593
overvalue1597
overrate1599
wondernize1599
overhold1609
over-cess1611
overweight1613
overthinka1618
over-title1620
overcast1622
overmeasure1625
over-sum1628
overesteema1639
overproportion1642
outbid1688
overcharge1711
overestimate1797
overreach1822
overplay1835
maximize1866
maximate1881
out-reckon1898
fetishize1934
?1589 T. Nashe Almond for Parrat sig. 15 You, like Midasses, haue ouerprised his musick.
1631 F. Quarles Hist. Samson 134 Samson whose lustfull view did overprize Vnlawfull beautye's punisht in his eyes.
1665 S. Patrick Parable of Pilgrim xix. 191 Over-prizing what they have already acquired, they make no further search.
1738 S. Boyse Transl. & Poems ii. 244 Grant me, indulgent Heav'n! this sole Request; Nor Life to overprize, nor Death to fear.
1761 E. Young Resignation i. xlvi Blind Error..Bids us for ever Pains deplore, Our Pleasures overprize.
1813 S. T. Coleridge Remorse i. ii. 9 I am much beholden to your high opinion, Which so o'erprizes my light services.
1852 N. Amer. Rev. 74 374 Facts thus dragged to light are apt to be overprized by their discoverer, who naturally measures their importance by the amount of labor which it has cost to obtain them.
1931 T. S. Moore Blind Thamyris in Poems 112 Nor did he much over-prize his own gift.
2002 Village Voice (Nexis) 12 Feb. 72 Maybe the dominance of the film and TV industries there leads theater audiences to overprize their marginalized art form.
2. transitive. To exceed or surpass in value. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > worth > [verb (transitive)] > surpass in value
value1528
out-prize1576
overprize1593
outvalue1600
overvalue1608
outbid1642
1593 B. Barnes Parthenophil & Parthenophe 72 Those tresses: Whose trayne..Apolloes lockes did ouerprise.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) i. ii. 92 That, which but by being so retir'd Ore-priz'd all popular rate. View more context for this quotation
1664 G. Etherege Comical Revenge v. i. 69 These tears..which for me you shed, Ore-prize the blood which I for you have bled.

Derivatives

over-prizer n. Obsolete rare
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > [noun] > flatterer
fickler?c1225
losenger1303
glothererc1325
flatterera1340
blander1340
flatter1340
glozera1420
fleecherc1425
fager1435
soother1553
smooth-boots1599
sleekstonea1610
blandisher1611
cogger1611
over-prizer1611
smoother1611
colloguer1631
dauber1642
pargetera1656
flattercap1681
whillywhaa1682
sweetener1728
proneur1809
carney1818
soft-soaper1839
soft-solderer1851
smooth-sayer1872
incenser1873
soft-mouth1881
blarneyer1882
flannel-mouth1882
oiler1883
jollier1896
smoodger1898
plámáser1919
sweet-talker1946
smarmy1957
1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. viii. iii. 392/1 To conuict these his fawning ouer-prizers.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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