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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=c. 1374}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /moɹˈoʊ.vɚ/; /mɔːˈɹəʊ.və/ ''(UK)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from the adverbs [[more]] and [[over]].^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)^(SOED 2002) SOED notes that it was originally written separately.^(SOED 2002)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ In the phrase ''and yet more over'', that is not all: about 1374 in the OED, the late 14th century in Etymonline.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Written as one word from the late 14th century,^(Etymonline) it was used at the beginning of a clause or parenthetically to introduce further information from 1382.^(OED 1989) More, in excess, was a sense from Middle English to the early 16th century.^(SOED 2002) As a preposition, besides, it was used from 1390 and is obsolete.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1374 – and yet more over.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1382 – introducing a further point.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1390 – besides (preposition, obsolete).^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # As a further matter; [[besides]]; in addition.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[more]]

+ * [[over]]

+ * [[furthermore]]

+ * [[besides]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}