† 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.)
| 971 Blickl. Hom. 159 Cweþende þæt his sæd oferweoxe ealle þas woruld. c 1000 ælfric 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.
| 1382 Wyclif 2 Thess. i. 3 Ȝoure feith ouerwexith [Vulg. supercrescit]. 1413 Pilgr. Sowle i. xx. (Egerton MS. 615), And if thi conscience had be more streite, this taile ne schuld haue be so ouerwaxen. c 1450 R. 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. |