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overpass(2)(dictionary)
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plenary(medicine)
plenary(dictionary)
plenary(dictionary)
PLENARY(law)

overpass(2) (iou) and plenary (iou)


overpass(2) (iou)



overpass verb. Pa. pple -passed, -past. ME.
[from OVER- + PASS verb.]
verb trans. Travel over (esp. a specified distance), move across or along. ME.
verb intrans. Pass across or overhead. ME.
verb trans. Get beyond or to the Other side of; cross. ME.
b. Rise above. LME.
verb trans. Get to the end of (a period of time, an action, etc.), esp. successfully or safely; endure. ME.
T. Hardy To consider how best to overpass a more General catastrophe.
verb intrans. Of time, an action, etc.: come to an end, be over. ME.
S. Leslie The Celebrant..hid the Host at an altar..until the storms were overpast.
verb trans. Exceed in amount, value, excellence, etc.; excel, surpass. Formerly also, (of a feeling etc.) affect, overcome. ME.
b. verb trans. Go beyond the restrictions of, transgress. LME.
c. Be in excess, be over. LME-M16.
a. verb intrans. Pass or remain unnoticed. Chiefly in let it overpass. ME-L16.
b. verb trans. Pass over, leave unnoticed, ignore. Now rare. LME.
verb trans. Pass by; come up to or alongside of and go beyond. LME-M16.

plenary (iou)



plenary adjective & noun. LME.
[Late Latin plenarius, from Latin plenus full; in sense B.2 from PLENARIUM: see -ARY1. Cf. earlier PLENAR.]
A. adjective.
Complete, entire, perfect, not deficient in any element or respect; absolute, unqualified. LME.
plenary indulgence Roman Catholic Church a complete remission of temporal punishment for sin. plenary inspiration: see INSPIRATION noun.
J. A. Froude A legate..sent with plenary powers to hear the cause.
Having all the members of an assembly etc. present; fully constituted, fully attended. M16.
plenary session a full meeting of a conference etc., the participants in which otherwise meet in smaller groups.
b. Of, presented to, or taking place at a full session of a conference etc. L20.
Law. Of an ordinary proceeding: complete, with all its formal steps. Opp. summary. E18.
Possessing full powers or authority. rare. M19.
b. noun.
ellipt.
a. = plenary indulgence above. rare. E19.
b. = plenary session above; in plenary, (of an assembly, conference, etc.) fully constituted or attended in plenary session. M20.
New Yorker In his speech to the conference plenary he appeared to be struggling.
= PLENARIUM. E20.
plenarily adverb L16.