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overfret

verb

Etymology

From over- + fret. Compare Middle English overfreten, ovirfretyn (past participle).

  1. derived from *h₃enh₂-✻
  2. derived from -āre
  3. derived from -er
  4. derived from *bʰreg-✻
  5. derived from *frangō✻
  6. derived from frangō
  7. derived from fret
  8. derived from freté
  9. inherited from frēten — “to decorate”
  10. formed as overfret — “over- + fret”

Definitions

  1. To fret excessively.

    • But now come down from your pedestal, and do not overfret yourself, because your hand, or your mind, or your soul, will not fulfil all that you would have it.

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