† overswayingn.

Forms: see over- prefix and swaying n.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: oversway v., -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < oversway v. + -ing suffix¹. Compare earlier oversway n., overswaying adj.

Obsolete. rare.

The action of oversway v.; an instance of this.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > motivation > persuasion > [noun]

leadinga1300

suasionc1374

persuasionc1384

inducingc1480

induction1490

persuading1530

persuade1590

persuase1599

overswaying1611

inducementa1616

moral suasion1642

sales pitchery1968

1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. ix. 539/2 Permitting the depredation of himselfe and his whole kingdome by Papall ouer-swayings.

1665 J. Webb Vindic. Stone-Heng Restored 15 As if Time and Tempests..could not unsettle Stones, or such ponderous Masses be subject to overswaying.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

overswayingadj.

Brit.

/ˌəʊvəˈsweɪɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˌoʊvərˈsweɪɪŋ/

Forms: see over- prefix and swaying adj.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: oversway v., -ing suffix².

Etymology: < oversway v. + -ing suffix². Compare slightly later oversway n. and later overswaying n.

Now rare.

That oversways (something or someone); dominant, overriding, pre-eminent.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > [adjective] > having superior or predominant authority

moreeOE

overc1175

surmontantc1400

upper1477

predominant1575

predominate1591

overswaying1601

predominated1800

1601 W. Cornwallis Disc. Seneca sig. A7^v When any affection in the minde..vsurps an ouer-swaying authoritie.

1629 F. Quarles Argalus & Parthenia iii. 135 The gods would be vniust,..if they should but command Or vrge me, with an ouerswaying hand.

1705 in W. S. Perry Hist. Coll. Amer. Colonial Church: Virginia (1870) I. 150 Now deliver'd from that Mighty overswaying Power.

1724 A. Z. in J. Henley et al. tr. Pliny the Younger Epist. & Panegyrick I. ii. xi. 76 The tender Inclination shall make vigorous Efforts at first, and yet vanish afterwards, by a gradual Submission, to the overswaying Dictates of Reason.

1855 Putnam's Monthly Mag. Sept. 270/2 An apparent divinity in..the overswaying might of their moral power.

1856 J. Townley Illustr. Biblical Lit. II. 102 Such was the overswaying authority of the inquisition, that the inquisitor general interposed..inhibiting the printing of the said Bible in the English language.

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

单词	overswaying
释义	† overswayingn. Forms: see over- prefix and swaying n. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: oversway v., -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < oversway v. + -ing suffix¹. Compare earlier oversway n., overswaying adj. Obsolete. rare. The action of oversway v.; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > motivation > persuasion > [noun] leadinga1300 suasionc1374 persuasionc1384 inducingc1480 induction1490 persuading1530 persuade1590 persuase1599 overswaying1611 inducementa1616 moral suasion1642 sales pitchery1968 1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. ix. 539/2 Permitting the depredation of himselfe and his whole kingdome by Papall ouer-swayings. 1665 J. Webb Vindic. Stone-Heng Restored 15 As if Time and Tempests..could not unsettle Stones, or such ponderous Masses be subject to overswaying. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2021). overswayingadj. Brit. /ˌəʊvəˈsweɪɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈsweɪɪŋ/ Forms: see over- prefix and swaying adj. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: oversway v., -ing suffix². Etymology: < oversway v. + -ing suffix². Compare slightly later oversway n. and later overswaying n. Now rare. That oversways (something or someone); dominant, overriding, pre-eminent. ΘΚΠ society > authority > [adjective] > having superior or predominant authority moreeOE overc1175 surmontantc1400 upper1477 predominant1575 predominate1591 overswaying1601 predominated1800 1601 W. Cornwallis Disc. Seneca sig. A7^v When any affection in the minde..vsurps an ouer-swaying authoritie. 1629 F. Quarles Argalus & Parthenia iii. 135 The gods would be vniust,..if they should but command Or vrge me, with an ouerswaying hand. 1705 in W. S. Perry Hist. Coll. Amer. Colonial Church: Virginia (1870) I. 150 Now deliver'd from that Mighty overswaying Power. 1724 A. Z. in J. Henley et al. tr. Pliny the Younger Epist. & Panegyrick I. ii. xi. 76 The tender Inclination shall make vigorous Efforts at first, and yet vanish afterwards, by a gradual Submission, to the overswaying Dictates of Reason. 1855 Putnam's Monthly Mag. Sept. 270/2 An apparent divinity in..the overswaying might of their moral power. 1856 J. Townley Illustr. Biblical Lit. II. 102 Such was the overswaying authority of the inquisition, that the inquisitor general interposed..inhibiting the printing of the said Bible in the English language. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1611adj.1601
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