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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. Ō'ver-ěl'e-gant, a.p. 930Elegant to excess. Johnson.
  2. Ō/ver-ěmp'ty, v. t.p. 930To make too empty. — [Rare.] Carew.
  3. Ō'ver-ēs'ti-māte, v. t.p. 930To estimate too highly.
  4. Ō'ver-ēs'ti-mate, n.p. 930An estimate that is too high.
  5. Ō'ver-ex-çīt'ed, a.p. 930Too much excited.
  6. Ō'ver-ex-cīte'ment, n.p. 930Excess of excitement.
  7. Ō'ver-ēx'qui-sīte, a.p. 930Unduly exquisite or exact.
  8. Ō'ver-ēye', v. t.p. 930To superintend; to inspect. 2. To observe; to remark. Shak.
  9. Ō'ver-fall', n.p. 930A cataract; the fall of a river. [Obs.] Raleigh. 2. (Naut.) A dangerous bank or shoal lying near the surface of the sea. Craig.
  10. Ō'ver-fa-tigue', n.p. 930Excessive fatigue.
  11. Ō′ver-fa-tīgue′, v. t.p. 930To fatigue to excess; to weary out. Watts.
  12. Ō'ver-feed', v. t.p. 930To feed to excess.
  13. Ō'ver-fiērce', a.p. 930Excessively fierce; ferocious.
  14. Ō'ver-fĭll', v. t.p. 930To fill to excess; to surcharge.
  15. Ō/ver-flōat', v. t.p. 930To overflow; to inundate. [Rare.] Dryden.
  16. Ō'ver-flōur'ish, v. t.p. 930To make excessive display or flourish of. Collier.
  17. Ō′ver-flōw′, v. t.p. 930To flow over; to spread over, as water; to inundate; to cover with water or other fluid; to fill beyond the brim. 2. Hence, to deluge; to overwhelm; to cover, as with numbers. The northern nations…
  18. Ō'ver-flōw', v. i.p. 930To run over; to swell and run over the brim or banks. 2. To be abundant; to abound; to exuberate; as, overflowing plenty. Rogers.
  19. Ō'ver-flōw, n.p. 930An inundation; also, superabundance. Bacon.
  20. Ō'ver-flōw'ing, n.p. 930Exuberance; copiousness. He was ready to bestow the overflowings of his full mind on any body who would start a subject. Macaulay.
  21. Ō'ver-flōw'ing-ly, adv.p. 930In great abundance; exuberantly. Boyle.
  22. Ō'-ver-flūsh', v. t.p. 930To flush to excess.
  23. Ō'ver-flūt'ter, v. t.p. 930To flutter or hover over.
  24. Ō'vĕr-flŭx, n.p. 930Excess; exuberance. [Rare.] “An overflux of youth.” Ford.
  25. Ō/ver-flȳ', v. t.p. 930To pass over or cross by flight.
  26. Ō'ver-fōnd', a.p. 930Fond to excess.
  27. Ō'ver-fōnd'ly, adv.p. 930In an overfond manner; with excessive fondness.
  28. Ō'ver-fōrçe, n.p. 930Excessive force; violence. [Rare.]
  29. Ō'ver-fôr'ward, a.p. 930Forward to excess.
  30. Ō'ver-fōr'ward-ness, n.p. 930Too great forwardness — or readiness; officiousness. Hale.
  31. Ō'ver-free',, a.p. 930Free to excess; too liberal; too familiar.
  32. Ō'ver-free'ly, adv.p. 930Too freely; with too great freedom.
  33. Ō/ver-freight′, v. t.p. 930To load too heavily; to fill with too great quantity or numbers; as, to overfreight a boat.
  34. Ō'ver-frē'quent, a.p. 930Too frequent.
  35. Ō'ver-frīēze', v. t.p. 930To overlay as with a frieze. “Bonnets . . . overfriezed with flat gold of damasks.” Hall.
  36. Ō'ver-frōnt', v. t.p. 930To confront; to oppose; to withstand. [Obs.] Milton.
  37. Ō'ver-fruit'ful, a.p. 930Too fruitful; producing superabundant crops.
  38. Ō'ver-full', a.p. 930Too full.
  39. Ō'/ver-gāze', v. t. & i.p. 930To overlook. His altar the high places of the peaks Of earth's o’ergazing mountains. Byron.
  40. Ō'ver-gēt', v. t.p. 930To reach; to overtake. [Obs.]
  41. Ō'ver-gīld', v. t.p. 930To gild over; to varnish.
  42. Ō'ver-gird', v. t.p. 930To gird too closely. Milton.
  43. Ō'ver-gīve', v. t.p. 930To give over; to surrender; to yield. [Obs.] “And to the Saxons overgive their government.” Spenser.
  44. Ō'ver-glād', a.p. 930Excessively or unduly glad.
  45. Ō'ver-glănçe', v. t.p. 930To glance over; to run over — with the eye. Shak.
  46. Ō′ver-glīde′, v. t.p. 930To glide over.
  47. Ō/ver-glōom′, v. t.p. 930To cover over with gloom. “Touched and overgloomed by memories of sorrow.” De Quincey.
  48. Ō'ver-gō', v. t.p. 930To exceed; to surpass. Sidney. 2. To cover. [Obs.] Chapman.
  49. Ō′ver-gōrge′, v. t.p. 930To gorge to excess.
  50. O'ver-grāçe', v. t.p. 931To honor above measure. That you think to overgrace me with The marriage of your sister, troubles me. Beau. & Fl.
  51. Ō'ver-grāssed’, a.p. 931Overstocked with grass; overgrown with grass. [Obs.] Spenser.
  52. Ō'ver-grēat', a.p. 931Too great.
  53. Ō'ver-great'ness, n.p. 931Excessive greatness; too great size.
  54. Ō'ver-greed'y, a.p. 931Excessively greedy.
  55. Ō'ver-grōss', a.p. 931Excessively gross.
  56. Ō'ver-grōw', v. t.p. 931To cover with growth or herbage. The green used to be close shaved and rolled till it was as smooth as a velvet mantle; now it is rough and overgrown. W. Scott. 2. To grow beyond; to rise above.…
  57. Ō'ver-grōw', v. i.p. 931To grow beyond the fit or natural size; as, a huge, overgrown ox. L'Estrange.
  58. O'ver-grōwth, n.p. 931Exuberant or excessive growth.
  59. O'ver-hāll', v. t.p. 931The same as OVERHAUL. [Obs.]
  60. Ō'ver-hale', v. t.p. 931The same as OVERHAUL. [Obs.]