† overˈshake, v. Obs.
[over- 4, 27.]
1. trans. To shake off or away; to dispel.
| c 1330 R. Brunne Chron. (1810) 224 Þe Juerie misferd, þer tresorie ouerschaken. c 1412 Hoccleve De Reg. Princ. 1655 Whan hir luste is ouerschake, And þere-with wole hir loues heteasswage. 1530 Palsgr. 649/2, I overshake, je secous. |
b. intr. To become shaken off, pass away, abate.
| 1412–20 Lydg. Chron. Troy iii. xiii. (1513) H vj b/2 Wherfore I rede to let ouershake All heuynesse. a 1415 ― Temple of Glas 614 Alas when wil þis turment ouershake [v.r. overslake]? |
2. trans. To shake overmuch. [over- 27.]
| 1634 W. Tirwhyt tr. Balzac's Lett. 40 The Pope, a body over-shaken, and trembling with age. |