Ō'ver-băt'tle, a.

a. [Perhaps from the root of batten, to fatten.] Too fruitful; exuberant. [Obs.]

In the church of God it sometimes cometh to pass as in overbattle grounds: the fertile disposition whereof is good, yet, because it exceedeth due proportion, it bringeth abundantly, through too much rankness, things less profitable. Hooker.