O'ver-cāst', v. t.

v. t. [imp. & p. p. OVERCAST; p. pr. & vb. n. OVERCASTING.] 1. To cover with gloom; to cloud; to darken. The clouds that overcast our morn shall fly. Dryden. 2. To cast or compute at too high a rate; to rate too high. The king, in his account of peace and calms, did much overcast his fortunes. Bacon. 3. To sew by running the thread over a rough edge; to sew over and over; to oversew.