overstepn.

Brit.

/ˈəʊvəstɛp/, U.S.

/ˈoʊvərˌstɛp/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, step n.¹

Etymology: < over- prefix + step n.¹, after overstep v. or to step over —— at step v. Phrasal verbs 2. Compare overstepping n.

1. An act of overstepping; a step beyond a particular limit; a large or significant step or development. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > outdoing or surpassing > [noun] > going beyond bounds

overgoinga1382

surmounting14..

supergressiona1550

exceeding1593

debordment1603

pretergression1615

transgression1623

transcension?1624

debording1635

excess1818

overstep1822

overstepping1823

overpassing1865

transcendency1902

transcendence1907

1822 J. M. Good Study Med. III. 77 This apparent overstep, be it what it may, in the march of insanity beyond that of the population of the country, is a real retrogression.

1980 Fortune (Nexis) 10 Mar. 15 He tosses off an adman's linguistic curlicue: ‘With Hill & Knowlton we can make an overstep.’

1995 Times Union (Albany, N.Y.) (Nexis) 21 Nov. b1 I really think it's an overstep of legislative bounds... It seems to me an overregulation of an industry.

2. Geology (chiefly British). In an unconformity: the truncation of older strata and burial of their edges by an overlying stratum or sequence with a different dip.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > sedimentary formation > [noun] > stratum > position or direction of strata > overstep

overstep1883

overstepping1883

1883 A. J. Jukes-Browne in Geol. Mag. 2nd Decade 10 336 In overlap the basement member of the upper series has a limited extension, while in overstep the basement bed has a continuous extension... The unconformity between the two series will generally be much greater in the case of overlap than in the case of overstep, for in the latter the beds all dip in the same direction, and the existence of an unconformity is usually only made patent by the fact of overstep.

1937 Q. Jrnl. Geol. Soc. 93 120 In the two marginal parts of the Wealden trough..there is a definite overstep, due to the fact that while the freshwater Wealden beds were being deposited in the central subsiding area the margins of the trough were being gently uptilted.

1948 Bull. Amer. Assoc. Petroleum Geologists 32 2297 The word overstep..in more than 60 years of existence..has not succeeded in gaining any recognition among American geologists and very little in England.

1990 Canad. Jrnl. Earth Sci. 27 1211/1 These..represent a shallow-marine overstep sequence to the Precambrian evolution of the Avalon composite terrane.

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

overstepv.

Brit.

/ˌəʊvəˈstɛp/, U.S.

/ˌoʊvərˈstɛp/

Forms: see over- prefix and step v.

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

Etymology: < over- prefix + step v. Compare Old High German ubarstepfen.The word apparently became obsolete at the end of the Old English period and was re-formed in the late 15th cent. With sense 2 compare overstep n. 2, overstepping n. 2.

a. transitive. To step over or across; to travel beyond or to the other side of; †to pace over (land) in order to make measurements (obsolete). Also (occasionally) intransitive. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement over, across, through, or past > [verb (transitive)] > move beyond > beyond a limit or bound

overgangeOE

overstepOE

passc1390

transgressa1620

OE Lambeth Psalter xvii. 30 Quoniam in te eripiar a temptatione et in deo meo transgrediar murum : forðan ðe on ðe ic beo alysed fram costunge & on gode minum ic oforfare vel ofersteppe weall.

OE Wærferð tr. Gregory Dialogues (Corpus Cambr.) (1900) iii. xii. 197 Hi..ymb hine gemearcodon anne hring on þære eorðan & heton, þæt he nænige þinga mid his fet þone hring ne oferstope.

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

1592 R. Greene Philomela sig. B4^v I will ouerstippe the conceit of mine own folly.

1610 in A. Shearer Extracts Burgh Rec. Dunfermline (1951) 83 That the said daillis of Davisdean be overstappit and maid equall with other in length and brad.

1633 E. Ford Montelyon iv. sig. D Sweet Fortune hath appointed this happy houre, in fauour of my true loue..which opportunity if I ouerstep, it may be I shall neuer attaine the like.

1799 T. Dutton Pizarro in Peru i. i. 13 He drew a line across the sand with his sword, and gave every one liberty to leave him that chose to over-step that line.

1847 Jrnl. Statist. Soc. 10 210 The circuit of deposit for each [savings] bank will sometimes overstep a county boundary.

1864 J. Bryce Holy Rom. Empire viii. 151 France..by the annexation of Piedmont, had overstepped the Alps.

1884 Science 19 Sept. 275/1 There are also evidences of a duplication of tracks made by the hind-feet overstepping the imprints of the fore-feet.

1905 Eng. Dial. Dict. VI. 235/2 The player may ‘toe the trig’, but may not overstep it.

1992 Daily Tel. 24 July 32/4 In the same over,..Pringle managed to bowl Ramiz, to over-step the crease three times, [etc.].

b. transitive. To go beyond (a limit, as of what is considered socially acceptable, feasible, etc.); to violate (a rule or standard of behaviour).

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > evildoing or wrongdoing > do wrongfully or amiss [verb (transitive)] > transgress (a moral limit)

overgoOE

transgress1526

overstep1790

1790 J. White Jrnl. Voy. New S. Wales 96 The Dutch ladies here..as seldom overstep the bounds of virtue, as the women of other countries.

1798 G. H. Noehden & J. Stoddart tr. F. Schiller Don Carlos iii. x. 171 My desires would prompt me to invade the kingly privilege of inward satisfaction, to overstep the limits of my office, and..to disregard the inclinations of my Sovereign.

1840 C. Brontë Let. 10 Dec. (1995) I. 243 It is vain to limit a character like hers within ordinary boundaries—she will overstep them.

a1902 F. Norris Pit (1903) iv The water-color that pretends to be anything more than a sketch over-steps its intended limits.

1958 W. S. Churchill Hist. Eng.-speaking Peoples IV. xii. iii. 243 Johnson's opposition to Radical policies had never overstepped constitutional limits.

1991 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 19 Dec. 50/1 The unbridled improvisation of a storyteller who..oversteps the frontier of the plausible when he wants to.

c. transitive. spec. in to overstep the mark (also line).

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > excessive amount or degree > be excessive [verb (intransitive)]

overdoa1325

exceed1488

to pass, be above or beyond, God's forbodec1540

overreacha1568

overlaunch1579

overact1611

overboil1611

to overstep the mark (also line)1827

to cut it too fat1836

to break bounds1856

the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > outdoing or surpassing > outdo or surpass [verb (intransitive)] > go beyond bounds > go too far

overdoa1325

outreacha1400

overreacha1568

to overshoot the mark1583

to shoot over1605

overact1611

to outrun the constable1631

to overstep the mark (also line)1827

1827 B. Disraeli Vivian Grey IV. vi. iii. 114 The chief of Reisenburg has, in his eagerness to gain his grand ducal crown, somewhat overstepped the mark.

1852 Southern Q. Rev. Apr. 381 Our laws..require obedience only to the letter and never beyond—indeed, to fall short, rather than overstep the mark.

1888 Mrs. H. Ward Robert Elsmere vi. xxxix. 186 He knew very well that the day before he had overstepped the line.

1938 R. Warner Professor x. 227 Now he appeared like a person who fears that he has in some way overstepped the mark, has involuntarily wounded another's feelings, or alluded to some subject that were better left unmentioned.

1973 Guardian 8 Oct. 10/2 Beatrix Potter..wrote about Tommy Brock (the badger) and Mr. Todd (the fox) living on terms of toleration—until Tommy badly overstepped the mark.

2002 Sunday Tribune (Dublin) (Nexis) 15 Sept. 9 Questions as to whether the Irish media are all-too eager to overstep the line and invade the privacy of politicians.

d. intransitive. To act beyond what is proper or authorized; to transgress. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > evildoing or wrongdoing > do evil or wrong [verb (intransitive)] > transgress or offend

guiltc825

sinc825

to break a bruchec1225

trespass1303

forfeita1325

folly1357

misworka1375

transverse1377

offendc1384

mistakec1390

faulta1400

commit1449

misprize1485

transgress1526

digress1541

misdeal1573

to commit (also do, make) an offence1841

overstep1931

1931 W. Faulkner Sanctuary xvi. 144 I made a fire in the stove. I guess I over-stepped.

1978 Washington Post (Nexis) 22 Nov. a18 Only when Egypt..countered with its own unacceptable departures from the Camp David accords..did the Israelis realize they had overstepped.

2. transitive and intransitive. Geology (chiefly British). With on to. Of an upper stratum or sequence of an unconformity: to extend over (underlying strata) in such a way as to form an overstep (see overstep n. 2).

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > sedimentary formation > [verb (intransitive)] > crop out

crop1665

basset1783

skirt1806

to crop up1844

outcrop1848

to crop out1849

overstep1883

1883 J. G. Goodchild in Geol. Mag. 2nd Decade 10 227 I have found it convenient..to speak of this stratigraphical relation of unconformable beds to the various rocks immediately beneath as Overstepping. For example, I should say that the Roman Fell Beds in the neighbourhood of Melmerby overlap the Upper Old Red, while the Carboniferous formation..oversteps the older rocks there.

1937 Q. Jrnl. Geol. Soc. 93 107 Some of the older records..seem to suggest that the Gault in East Sussex oversteps the Folkestone Sands within a short distance of their outcrop.

1989 R. M. Schoch Stratigraphy iii. 87 The rocks lying immediately above the unconformity overstep or overlap the upturned..and eroded underlying beds.

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

单词	overstep
释义	overstepn. Brit. /ˈəʊvəstɛp/, U.S. /ˈoʊvərˌstɛp/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, step n.¹ Etymology: < over- prefix + step n.¹, after overstep v. or to step over —— at step v. Phrasal verbs 2. Compare overstepping n. 1. An act of overstepping; a step beyond a particular limit; a large or significant step or development. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > outdoing or surpassing > [noun] > going beyond bounds overgoinga1382 surmounting14.. supergressiona1550 exceeding1593 debordment1603 pretergression1615 transgression1623 transcension?1624 debording1635 excess1818 overstep1822 overstepping1823 overpassing1865 transcendency1902 transcendence1907 1822 J. M. Good Study Med. III. 77 This apparent overstep, be it what it may, in the march of insanity beyond that of the population of the country, is a real retrogression. 1980 Fortune (Nexis) 10 Mar. 15 He tosses off an adman's linguistic curlicue: ‘With Hill & Knowlton we can make an overstep.’ 1995 Times Union (Albany, N.Y.) (Nexis) 21 Nov. b1 I really think it's an overstep of legislative bounds... It seems to me an overregulation of an industry. 2. Geology (chiefly British). In an unconformity: the truncation of older strata and burial of their edges by an overlying stratum or sequence with a different dip. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > sedimentary formation > [noun] > stratum > position or direction of strata > overstep overstep1883 overstepping1883 1883 A. J. Jukes-Browne in Geol. Mag. 2nd Decade 10 336 In overlap the basement member of the upper series has a limited extension, while in overstep the basement bed has a continuous extension... The unconformity between the two series will generally be much greater in the case of overlap than in the case of overstep, for in the latter the beds all dip in the same direction, and the existence of an unconformity is usually only made patent by the fact of overstep. 1937 Q. Jrnl. Geol. Soc. 93 120 In the two marginal parts of the Wealden trough..there is a definite overstep, due to the fact that while the freshwater Wealden beds were being deposited in the central subsiding area the margins of the trough were being gently uptilted. 1948 Bull. Amer. Assoc. Petroleum Geologists 32 2297 The word overstep..in more than 60 years of existence..has not succeeded in gaining any recognition among American geologists and very little in England. 1990 Canad. Jrnl. Earth Sci. 27 1211/1 These..represent a shallow-marine overstep sequence to the Precambrian evolution of the Avalon composite terrane. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). overstepv. Brit. /ˌəʊvəˈstɛp/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈstɛp/ Forms: see over- prefix and step v. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, step v. Etymology: < over- prefix + step v. Compare Old High German ubarstepfen.The word apparently became obsolete at the end of the Old English period and was re-formed in the late 15th cent. With sense 2 compare overstep n. 2, overstepping n. 2. 1. a. transitive. To step over or across; to travel beyond or to the other side of; †to pace over (land) in order to make measurements (obsolete). Also (occasionally) intransitive. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement over, across, through, or past > [verb (transitive)] > move beyond > beyond a limit or bound overgangeOE overstepOE passc1390 transgressa1620 OE Lambeth Psalter xvii. 30 Quoniam in te eripiar a temptatione et in deo meo transgrediar murum : forðan ðe on ðe ic beo alysed fram costunge & on gode minum ic oforfare vel ofersteppe weall. OE Wærferð tr. Gregory Dialogues (Corpus Cambr.) (1900) iii. xii. 197 Hi..ymb hine gemearcodon anne hring on þære eorðan & heton, þæt he nænige þinga mid his fet þone hring ne oferstope. 1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan Bk. Fayttes of Armes i. xii. sig. Bviii^v They ouerpresse and ouerstep one ouer that other. 1592 R. Greene Philomela sig. B4^v I will ouerstippe the conceit of mine own folly. 1610 in A. Shearer Extracts Burgh Rec. Dunfermline (1951) 83 That the said daillis of Davisdean be overstappit and maid equall with other in length and brad. 1633 E. Ford Montelyon iv. sig. D Sweet Fortune hath appointed this happy houre, in fauour of my true loue..which opportunity if I ouerstep, it may be I shall neuer attaine the like. 1799 T. Dutton Pizarro in Peru i. i. 13 He drew a line across the sand with his sword, and gave every one liberty to leave him that chose to over-step that line. 1847 Jrnl. Statist. Soc. 10 210 The circuit of deposit for each [savings] bank will sometimes overstep a county boundary. 1864 J. Bryce Holy Rom. Empire viii. 151 France..by the annexation of Piedmont, had overstepped the Alps. 1884 Science 19 Sept. 275/1 There are also evidences of a duplication of tracks made by the hind-feet overstepping the imprints of the fore-feet. 1905 Eng. Dial. Dict. VI. 235/2 The player may ‘toe the trig’, but may not overstep it. 1992 Daily Tel. 24 July 32/4 In the same over,..Pringle managed to bowl Ramiz, to over-step the crease three times, [etc.]. b. transitive. To go beyond (a limit, as of what is considered socially acceptable, feasible, etc.); to violate (a rule or standard of behaviour). ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > evildoing or wrongdoing > do wrongfully or amiss [verb (transitive)] > transgress (a moral limit) overgoOE transgress1526 overstep1790 1790 J. White Jrnl. Voy. New S. Wales 96 The Dutch ladies here..as seldom overstep the bounds of virtue, as the women of other countries. 1798 G. H. Noehden & J. Stoddart tr. F. Schiller Don Carlos iii. x. 171 My desires would prompt me to invade the kingly privilege of inward satisfaction, to overstep the limits of my office, and..to disregard the inclinations of my Sovereign. 1840 C. Brontë Let. 10 Dec. (1995) I. 243 It is vain to limit a character like hers within ordinary boundaries—she will overstep them. a1902 F. Norris Pit (1903) iv The water-color that pretends to be anything more than a sketch over-steps its intended limits. 1958 W. S. Churchill Hist. Eng.-speaking Peoples IV. xii. iii. 243 Johnson's opposition to Radical policies had never overstepped constitutional limits. 1991 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 19 Dec. 50/1 The unbridled improvisation of a storyteller who..oversteps the frontier of the plausible when he wants to. c. transitive. spec. in to overstep the mark (also line). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > excessive amount or degree > be excessive [verb (intransitive)] overdoa1325 exceed1488 to pass, be above or beyond, God's forbodec1540 overreacha1568 overlaunch1579 overact1611 overboil1611 to overstep the mark (also line)1827 to cut it too fat1836 to break bounds1856 the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > outdoing or surpassing > outdo or surpass [verb (intransitive)] > go beyond bounds > go too far overdoa1325 outreacha1400 overreacha1568 to overshoot the mark1583 to shoot over1605 overact1611 to outrun the constable1631 to overstep the mark (also line)1827 1827 B. Disraeli Vivian Grey IV. vi. iii. 114 The chief of Reisenburg has, in his eagerness to gain his grand ducal crown, somewhat overstepped the mark. 1852 Southern Q. Rev. Apr. 381 Our laws..require obedience only to the letter and never beyond—indeed, to fall short, rather than overstep the mark. 1888 Mrs. H. Ward Robert Elsmere vi. xxxix. 186 He knew very well that the day before he had overstepped the line. 1938 R. Warner Professor x. 227 Now he appeared like a person who fears that he has in some way overstepped the mark, has involuntarily wounded another's feelings, or alluded to some subject that were better left unmentioned. 1973 Guardian 8 Oct. 10/2 Beatrix Potter..wrote about Tommy Brock (the badger) and Mr. Todd (the fox) living on terms of toleration—until Tommy badly overstepped the mark. 2002 Sunday Tribune (Dublin) (Nexis) 15 Sept. 9 Questions as to whether the Irish media are all-too eager to overstep the line and invade the privacy of politicians. d. intransitive. To act beyond what is proper or authorized; to transgress. rare. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > evildoing or wrongdoing > do evil or wrong [verb (intransitive)] > transgress or offend guiltc825 sinc825 to break a bruchec1225 trespass1303 forfeita1325 folly1357 misworka1375 transverse1377 offendc1384 mistakec1390 faulta1400 commit1449 misprize1485 transgress1526 digress1541 misdeal1573 to commit (also do, make) an offence1841 overstep1931 1931 W. Faulkner Sanctuary xvi. 144 I made a fire in the stove. I guess I over-stepped. 1978 Washington Post (Nexis) 22 Nov. a18 Only when Egypt..countered with its own unacceptable departures from the Camp David accords..did the Israelis realize they had overstepped. 2. transitive and intransitive. Geology (chiefly British). With on to. Of an upper stratum or sequence of an unconformity: to extend over (underlying strata) in such a way as to form an overstep (see overstep n. 2). ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > sedimentary formation > [verb (intransitive)] > crop out crop1665 basset1783 skirt1806 to crop up1844 outcrop1848 to crop out1849 overstep1883 1883 J. G. Goodchild in Geol. Mag. 2nd Decade 10 227 I have found it convenient..to speak of this stratigraphical relation of unconformable beds to the various rocks immediately beneath as Overstepping. For example, I should say that the Roman Fell Beds in the neighbourhood of Melmerby overlap the Upper Old Red, while the Carboniferous formation..oversteps the older rocks there. 1937 Q. Jrnl. Geol. Soc. 93 107 Some of the older records..seem to suggest that the Gault in East Sussex oversteps the Folkestone Sands within a short distance of their outcrop. 1989 R. M. Schoch Stratigraphy iii. 87 The rocks lying immediately above the unconformity overstep or overlap the upturned..and eroded underlying beds. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1822v.OE
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