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An American Dictionary of the English Language

by Noah Webster

Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)

Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865

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  1. O-vā'to-cy'l/in-drā'ceoūs, a.p. 929(Bot.) Having a form intermediate between ovate and cylindrical; ovate, but elongated so as to approach the form of a cylinder; ovate-cylindraceous. Loudon.
  2. O-vā'to-ro-tūn'date, a.p. 929(Bot.) Having a form intermediate between that of an egg and a sphere; roundly ovate. Loudon.
  3. O-vā'to-ōb'long, a.p. 929Having a form intermediate between ovate and oblong; oblong, with one end narrower than the other. Martyn.
  4. Ōv'e-al-ty or Ōv'el-ty, n.p. 929See OWELTY.
  5. Ov'en (ŭv'n), n.p. 929A place arched over with brick or stone work, for baking, heating, or drying any substance; hence, any structure, whether fixed or portable, which may be heated for baking or like uses.
  6. Ō'ver, prep.p. 929Above, in place or position;—opposed to below; as, the clouds over our heads; the smoke rises over the city. “The mercy-seat that is over the testimony.” Ex. xxx. 6. 2. Across; from side to…
  7. Ō'ver, adv.p. 929From side to side; as, a board a foot over; a tree a foot over, i. e., a foot in diameter. 2. On the opposite side; as, the boat is safe over. 3. From one to another by passing; as, to deliver over…
  8. Ō'ver, a.p. 929Upper; covering;—chiefly used in composition; as, over-shoes; over-leather.
  9. Ō'ver-a-bound', v. i.p. 929To abound more than enough; to be superabundant.
  10. Ō/ver-ăct', v. t.p. 929To act or perform to excess; as, he overacted his part. 2. To act upon unduly; to over-influence. [Obs.] The hope of inheritance overacts them, and on tongues' end enlarges their duty. Milton.
  11. Ō'ver-āct', v. i.p. 929To act more than is necessary; to go to excess in action. B. Jonson.
  12. Ō'ver-ǎc'tion, n.p. 929Performance to excess; exaggerated or excessive action.
  13. Ō'ver-af-fēct', v. t.p. 929To affect or care for unduly. [Obs.] Milton.
  14. Ō'ver-ăg'i-tāte, v. t.p. 929To agitate or discuss beyond what is expedient. Bp. Hall.
  15. Ō'ver-alls, n. pl.p. 929A kind of loose trowsers worn over others to protect them from being soiled.
  16. Ō'ver-anx-ī'e-ty, n.p. 929The state of being over-anxious; excessive anxiety.
  17. Ō'ver-ānx'ious, a.p. 929Anxious to excess.
  18. Ō'ver-ănx'ious-ly, adv.p. 929In an over-anxious manner; with excess of anxiety.
  19. Ō/ver-ärch’, v. t.p. 929To arch over; to cover with an arch.
  20. Ō’ver-ārch’, v. i.p. 929To hang over like an arch. “Brown with o’erarching shades.” Pope.
  21. Ō'ver-awe', v. t.p. 929To restrain by awe, fear, or superior influence. The king was present in person to overlook the magistrates, and overawe the subjects with the terror of his sword. Spenser.
  22. Ō'ver-āw'ful, a.p. 929Excessively impressed by feelings of awe or reverence; unduly or slavishly reverential; overawed. “To free ingenuous minds from that overawful esteem of those more ancient than trusty fathers.”…
  23. Ō/ver-bāl'ance, v. t.p. 929To weigh down; to exceed in weight, value, or importance.
  24. Ō'ver-bāl'ançe, n.p. 929Excess of weight or value; something more than an equivalent; as, an over-balance of exports.
  25. Ō'ver-bār'ren, a.p. 929Excessively barren; very unproductive. “A plain moderately dry, but yet not overbarren or sandy.” Bacon.
  26. Ō'ver-băt'tle, a.p. 930Too 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…
  27. Ō/ver-beâr’, v. t.p. 930To bear down; to repress; to subdue. The point of reputation, when the news first came of the battle lost, did overbear the reason of war. Bacon. Yet fortune, valor, all is overborne By numbers.…
  28. Ō'ver-beâr', v. i.p. 930To bear or produce fruit or offspring to excess.
  29. Ō'ver-beâr'ing, p. a.p. 930Haughty and dogmatical; tending to repress or subdue by insolence or effrontery.
  30. Ō'ver-beâr'ing-ly, adv.p. 930In an overbearing manner; haughtily; dogmatically.
  31. O'ver-bênd', v. t.p. 930To bend or stretch to excess.
  32. Ō'ver-bĕnd', v. i.p. 930To bend over.
  33. O'ver-bīd', v. i.p. 930— To bid or offer more than an equivalent.
  34. Ō'ver-bĭd', v. t.p. 930To bid or offer beyond; to bid - more than.
  35. Ō'ver-blōw', v. i.p. 930(Naut.) To blow with too much violence; to blow with so much violence that the topsails can not be used. 2. To blow over, or be past its violence. [Rare.]
  36. Ō'ver-blōw', v. t.p. 930To blow away; to dissipate by wind. “And when this cloud of sorrow’s overblown.” Waller.
  37. Ō'ver-bōard', adv.p. 930Over the side of a ship; hence, out of a ship or from on board; as, to fall overboard.
  38. Ō′ver-boil′, v. i.p. 930To boil over, or unduly. Nor is it discontent to keep the mind Deep in its fountain, lest it overboil In the hot throng. Byron.
  39. Ō'ver-bōld', a.p. 930Excessively bold; impudent.
  40. Ō'ver-bôld'ly, adv.p. 930In an overbold manner; impudently.
  41. Ō'ver-book'ish, a.p. 930Excessively bookish; unduly given to books. You must forsake This overbookish humor. Ford.
  42. Ō'ver-boun'te-ōŭs, a.p. 930Bounteous to excess.
  43. Ō'ver-bow′, v. t.p. 930To bend or bow over. [Obs.] “ That old error . . . that the best way to straighten what is crooked is to overbow it.” Fuller.
  44. Ō'ver-breed', v. t.p. 930To breed to excess, or more than is necessary.
  45. Ō'ver-brīm',, v. i.p. 930To be so full as to overflow; to flow over the brim.
  46. Ō′ver-brĭmmed′, a.p. 930Furnished with an excessive brim. “Overbrimmed blue bonnet.” W. Scott.
  47. Ō'ver-brow', v. t.p. 930To hang over like a brow. Did with a large projection overbrow Large space beneath. Wordsworth.
  48. Ō'ver-buĭlt', a.p. 930Built over. Milton. 2. Built too much; having too many buildings; — as, an overbuilt part of a town.
  49. Ō'ver-bûlk', v. t.p. 930To oppress by bulk. [Obs. and rare.] Shak.
  50. Ō'ver-bûr'den, v. t.p. 930To load with too great weight. Sidney.
  51. Ō'ver-bûr'den-sōme, a.p. 930Excessively burdensome.
  52. Ō'ver-bûrn', v. t.p. 930To burn too much. Mortimer.
  53. Ō'ver-bûrn', v. i.p. 930To burn unduly.
  54. O'ver-bus'y, a.p. 930Too busy; officious.
  55. O'ver-buy', v. t.p. 930To buy at too dear a rate. Dryden.
  56. O'ver-cân'o-py, v. t.p. 930To cover as with a canopy.
  57. O'ver-cā'pa-ble, a.p. 930Excessively capable; — with of; prone to; exposed to. “Credulous and over-capable of such pleasing errors.” R. Hooker.
  58. O'ver-câre, n.p. 930Excessive care or anxiety. Dryden.
  59. O'ver-câre'ful, a.p. 930Careful to excess.
  60. O'ver-cārk'ing, a.p. 930Too full of care; over-anxious. “Solicitously overcarking for the future.” Fuller.