| 单词 |
overwin |
| 释义 |
overˈwin, v. Obs. exc. dial.
[OE. oferwinnan, f. ofer- over- 2 + win: cf. OHG. ubarwinnan, MDu. and Du. overwinnen to conquer.]
1. trans. To overcome, conquer, vanquish.
c893K. ælfred Oros. i. ii. §1 He Ninus Soroastrem Bactriana cyning..oferwann & ofsloh. c1000ælfric Hom. II. 544 Se ðe his mod ᵹewylt is betera ðonne se ðe burh oferwinð. a1300E.E. Psalter cviii. [cix.] 3 Vm-gafe þai me witerli, And ouerwonnen me selwilli. c1440York Myst. xxxii. 104 What! wenys þat woode warlowe ouerewyn vs þus lightly? 1535Coverdale 2 Esdras xi. 40 And the fourth came, and ouerwanne all the beastes that were past. a1568― Ghostly Ps. & Spir. Songs Wks. (Parker Soc.) II. 563 There was no man that coulde overwynne The power of death, nor his myght. 1876Whitby Gloss. s.v., ‘Will he owerwin, think you?’ gain his point in the matter.
†2. To gain (one) over; to persuade. [over- 11.]
1654Whitlock Zootomia 324 Seconding it with an overwinning them to Pacification.
Hence † overˈwinner, conqueror, overcomer.
1535Coverdale 1 Sam. xv. 29 The ouerwynner in Israel also shal not lye. |
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