overshakev.
/ˌəʊvəˈʃeɪk/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈʃeɪk/ a. transitive. To shake off or away; to dispel. Obsolete.
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the world > space > place > removal or displacement > remove or displace [verb (transitive)] > remove or take away > by shaking
to shake out?c1225
forshakea1300
overshakec1330
to shake off1393
off-shake1576
shog1949
c1330 (?c1300) St. Patrick's Purgatory (Auch.) in Englische Studien (1877) 1 103 (MED) Alle þat pain he haþ ouerschaken.
?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) ii. 224 Þei had Lyncoln taken, Þe Juerie misferd, þer tresorie ouerschaken.
c1430 (c1380) G. Chaucer Parl. Fowls 681 Now welcome, somer, with thy sonne softe, That hast this wintres wedres overshake, And driven away the longe nyghtes blake!
a1450 (c1412) T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum (Harl. 4866) (1897) 1655 (MED) Whan hir luste is ouerschake..þere-with wole hir loues hete asswage.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 649/2 I overshake, je secous.
b. intransitive. To be shaken off; to abate, disappear. Obsolete.
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the world > existence and causation > existence > non-existence > be non-existent [verb (intransitive)] > end or cease to exist
tirec725
endOE
forfareOE
goc1175
fleec1200
to wend awayc1225
diea1240
to-melta1240
to pass awaya1325
flit1340
perishc1350
vanisha1375
decorre1377
cease1382
dispend1393
failc1400
overshakec1425
surcease1439
adrawc1450
fall1523
decease1538
define1562
fleet1576
expire1595
evanish1597
extinguish1599
extirp1606
disappear1623
evaporatea1631
trans-shift1648
annihilate1656
exolve1657
cancela1667
to pass off1699
to burn out, forth1832
spark1845
to die out1853
to come, go, etc. by the board1859
sputter1964
c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) ii. 4000 (MED) Wherfor, I rede, to letyn ouer-shake [a1420 Augustus slake] Al heuynes.
a1450 (?1420) J. Lydgate Temple of Glas (Tanner) (1891) 614 (MED) Alas, when wil þis turment ouershake [v.r. overslake]?
a1500 tr. La Belle Dame sans Mercy (Cambr.) 726 in F. J. Furnivall Polit., Relig., & Love Poems (1903) 107 (MED) Of your disease ye may haue a-legeaunce; And as for myn, I lat hit ouer-schake.
2. transitive. To shake too much or too vigorously. rare.
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the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > oscillation > vibration > vibrate [verb (transitive)] > shake > excessively
overshake1634
1634 W. Tirwhyt tr. J. L. G. de Balzac Lett. 40 The Pope, a body over-shaken, and trembling with age.
1965 F. Sargeson Mem. Peon iv. 74 I got the dust when he vigorously over-shook them [sc. mats].
1997 Times (Nexis) 13 Sept. A smaller [cocktail] shaker gives best results and you should never overshake—about five to ten seconds is enough.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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