| 单词 |
over-wax |
| 释义 |
† over-ˈwax, v. Obs. [OE. oferweaxan, f. ofer- over- 8 + weaxan to grow, wax: = OHG. uberwahsen, Ger. überwachsen. See also over- 25, 27.] 1. trans. To overgrow, grow over. (OE.)
971Blickl. Hom. 159 Cweþende þæt his sæd oferweoxe ealle þas woruld. c1000ælfric Hom. I. 508 Þæs muntes cnoll wiðutan is sticmælum mid wuda oferwexen. 2. intr. a. To wax or grow exceedingly. b. To grow too large, to overgrow.
1382Wyclif 2 Thess. i. 3 Ȝoure feith ouerwexith [Vulg. supercrescit]. 1413Pilgr. Sowle i. xx. (Egerton MS. 615), And if thi conscience had be more streite, this taile ne schuld haue be so ouerwaxen. c1450R. Gloucester's Chron. (1724) 482/1 note (MS. Coll. Arms) In a too of his foot the naile groweth ouer to the flesshe, and in harme to the foot hugeliche ouerwexethe. |

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