oversweeping

English

Etymology

From over- +‎ sweeping.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌəʊvəˈswiːpɪŋ/
• Hyphenation: o‧ver‧sweep‧ing

Verb

oversweeping

1. present participle and gerund of oversweep

Adjective

oversweeping (comparative more oversweeping, superlative most oversweeping)

1. (rare) Overly sweeping.
   • 1913, G. B Lancaster, The Law-bringers‎^[1], Hodder and Stoughton, page 58:

     Now, hearing the man made conreate by that virile voice, her whole nature roused to defiance and to an oversweeping desire to see him face to face.

   • 1918, John Muir, William Frederic Bodè, The Cruise of the Corwin: /journal of the Arctic Expedition of 1881 in Search of De Long and the Jeannette‎^[2], Houghton Mifflin Company, page 113:

     In this low portion there is here and there a rounded upswelling of more resist ing rock, with trends, all telling the same story of a vast oversweeping ice-flood from the north.

   • 2018, A.G. Riddle, Bart Ridgeley‎^[3], Outlook Verlag, →ISBN, page 76:

     He had never been even in a magistrate's court, but he had heard the legends and traditions of the advocates; had read that eminent fiction, Wirt's Life of Patrick Henry, and a volume of Charles Philips's speeches, and had felt that strong inner going forth of the soul that yearned to find utterance in oversweeping reach.

References

• “oversweeping”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.