“over、leaven”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

over-leaven

释义

over-leaven, v.|-ˈlɛv(ə)n|
[over- 27.]
trans. To leaven too much; to imbue to excess with some modifying element; to cause to rise or swell too much, to ‘puff up’.
1602Shakes. Ham. i. iv. 29 Some habit, that too much o'er⁓leavens The form of plausive manners.a1644Chillingw. Serm. (1664) vii. §48, I beseech you..to free yourselves from the burden and weight of other men's riches, lest they over⁓leaven and swell you so unmeasurably.1648Herrick Hesper., To Bk. (1869) 3 Come thou not neere those men, who are like bread O're-leven'd.
So † ˈover-ˈleaven a., having an excess of leaven. Obs. nonce-wd.
1648Herrick Hesper., To M. Jo. Wicks (1869) 344 Yet sho'd I chance, my Wicks, to see An over-leven look in thee, To soure the bread, and turn the beer To an exalted vineger.

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