What does overhail mean?
Overhail means (obsolete) To call or tempt away from the correct path..
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(obsolete) To call or tempt away from the correct path..
No hunter, so, but finds the breeding of the West best; The only kind of hounds for mouth and nostril That cold doth seldom fret, nor heat doth overhail; As standing in the flight, as pleasant on the trail; Free hunting, eas'ly checkt, and loving every chase; pace: Strait running, hard and tough, of reasonable Not heavy, as that hound which Lancashire dot breed;
And there is this lastly, that doth evidencee it, when one doth sin with much Deliberation and Advice, they are not overhailed by their Temptations and Lusts, and they sit down in Council to consult how such a thing may be effectuat; then had Iniqnity dominion over those that are made mention of Micah 2.1, We to them that devise iniquity upon their Beds, that sit down deliberately in the silent seasons of the night to contrive the mischievous Plots of their Hearts:
In the strength of the Lord thy God go forward, and suffer not cowardice to overhail thee.
So this star of Iacob had some staines, blemishes caft upon his light and lustre, especially in the cause of Vriah and his wife, not to be covered or alleviated any way: ótherwise he was as a guide by night, so bee the starres of heaven, in overhailed darknesse, to direct Israel in Gods wayes, and to discover dangers which might accrue.
He looked at me, and took all patiently that I spoke ; the tears overhailed his cheeks abundantly.
We are sore overhailed and troubled with watch and warding, and surely it is a great charge to us in the country.
In fact a stage has reached in Indo- nepalese relations where the pattern of Indian aid needs to be overhailed.
While planned shutdown for overhailing and maintenance is a regular feature of a power supply system, continued and unplanned outages from installed units require immediate corrective steps.
Use overhail when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Overhail means (obsolete) To call or tempt away from the correct path..
Common synonyms include overhaul.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
No hunter, so, but finds the breeding of the West best; The only kind of hounds for mouth and nostril That cold doth seldom fret, nor heat doth overhail; As standing in the flight, as pleasant on the trail; Free hunting, eas'ly checkt, and loving every chase; pace: Strait running, hard and tough, of reasonable Not heavy, as that hound which Lancashire dot breed;
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