▪ I. † ˈovermore, a. Obs.
[f. over adv. or a. + more adj.; used as a compar. of over: cf. innermore, outermore, etc., and see overmost.]
Upper, higher; = overer a.
| 1382 Wyclif Josh. xvi. 5 The possessioun of hem aȝens the est..vnto the ouermore [v.r. ouere; 1388 hiȝere] Betheron. 1387 Trevisa Higden (Rolls) VII. 125 William evermore i-bore awey þe overmore and þe hyȝer hond. c 1400 Mandeville (Roxb.) x. 40 Egipte, bathe þe ouermare and þe neþer mare. |
▪ II. † ˌoverˈmore, adv. Obs.
[f. over adv. + more adv.]
In addition, furthermore, moreover.
| 1390 Gower Conf. I. 155 This Maiden..hise charitees Comendeth, and seide overmore My liege lord [etc.]. 1393 Langl. P. Pl. C. ix. 35 And ȝut on poynt..ich praye ȝow ouermore. 1475 Bk. Noblesse (Roxb.) 11 And overmore the said King Edwarde first kept under subjeccion bothe Irelond, Walis, and Scotlond. a 1547 Surrey æneid ii. 813 Yet overmore, against the Trojan power He doth provoke the rest of all the gods. |
b. Further, longer.
| a 1450 Myrc 159 Tho þat bydeth ouer more, The fader & þe moder mote rewe hyt sore. |
c. ? Farther up, farther away.
| 1375 Barbour Bruce ii. 440 To this word thai assentyt all, And fra thaim walopyt owyr mar [Hart's ed. vppermere]. Ibid. vi. 632 The twa that saw sa suddanly Thair fallow fall, effrayit var And stert a litill ouirmair. |