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单词 overstays
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overstaysadv.

Forms: 1600s overstayes.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, stay n.1
Etymology: < over- prefix + the plural of stay n.1
Scottish. Obsolete. rare.
Over to the other tack. In quots. figurative: into a new or different direction; with a completely changed mind.
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the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > change of opinion > [adverb]
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1637 G. Gillespie Dispute against Eng.-Popish Ceremonies ii. iii. 17 Are their mindes so aliened from us? and must we be altogither drawne overstayes to them?
1637 G. Gillespie Dispute against Eng.-Popish Ceremonies ii. vii. 27 When they had both spoken and disputed against them; what drew them overstayes to contend for them?
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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