单词 | overtravail |
释义 | † overtravailv. Obsolete. transitive. To cause or force to work too hard; to exhaust or oppress with excessive work. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > weariness or exhaustion > weary or exhaust [verb (transitive)] > esp. through labour fortravailc1305 overtravaila1382 overdrivea1450 over-labour1530 overwork1530 defatigate?1533 toil1549 forspend1571 out-toil1603 overtoil1607 slave1864 society > occupation and work > working > [verb (transitive)] > set (person) to work > overwork overtravaila1382 slave1699 sweat1821 haze1840 drudge1847 horse1867 slave-drive1878 rawhide1895 the world > action or operation > manner of action > effort or exertion > [verb (transitive)] > put the limbs or faculties to abnormal exertion > excessively overtravaila1382 overstrain1578 exceed1596 overtask1628 excel1667 overtax1692 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1959) Exod. i. 11 He..putte to hem maysters of werkis þat þey schulden ouertrauailen [a1425 L.V. turmente; L. affligerent] hem with birþens. c1440 (?a1396) W. Hilton in G. G. Perry Eng. Prose Treat. (1921) 18 He..ouertrauells by ymagynacionns his wittes. a1450 Pater Noster Richard Ermyte (Westm. Sch. 3) (1967) 51 He þat his hors ouertraueliþ in þe mornyng, he schal not..good iourny make. 1565 A. Golding tr. Caesar Martiall Exploytes in Gallia vii. f. 203v Ouertrauelling oure men wyth continuall toyle. 1590 W. Clever Flower of Phisicke 125 Except the strength of our nature ouertrauell the danger thereof. 1604 T. Bodley in Lett. to T. James (1926) 116 Yow also complained of want of Exercise, and leasure to take physicke, being ouertrauelled with the Librarie buisnesse. 1614 G. Markham Cheape & Good Husbandry 22 Pissing blood..cometh with ouer-trauelling a Horse. a1641 T. Heywood & W. Rowley Fortune by Land & Sea (1655) i. i. 5 Alass my Father's dead too gentle Sir, help to retire his spirits over-travell'd with age and sorrow. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2019). > see alsoalso refers to : † over-travailn. < v.a1382 see also |
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