单词 | overstays |
释义 | † overstaysadv. Scottish. Obsolete. rare. Over to the other tack. In quots. figurative: into a new or different direction; with a completely changed mind. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > change of opinion > [adverb] overstays1637 round1788 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). < adv.1637 |
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