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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-great'ness, n.p. 931Excessive greatness; too great size.
  2. Ō'ver-greed'y, a.p. 931Excessively greedy.
  3. Ō'ver-grōss', a.p. 931Excessively gross.
  4. 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.…
  5. Ō'ver-grōw', v. i.p. 931To grow beyond the fit or natural size; as, a huge, overgrown ox. L'Estrange.
  6. O'ver-grōwth, n.p. 931Exuberant or excessive growth.
  7. O'ver-hāll', v. t.p. 931The same as OVERHAUL. [Obs.]
  8. Ō'ver-hale', v. t.p. 931The same as OVERHAUL. [Obs.]
  9. Ō'ver-hānd', n.p. 931The upper hand; superiority; advantage. He had gotten thereby a great overhand on me. Sir T. More.
  10. Ō'ver-hăn'dle, v. t.p. 931To handle too much; to mention too often. Shak.
  11. Ō'ver-hăng', v. t.p. 931To impend or hang over. 2. To jut or project over.
  12. O'ver-hăng', v. i.p. 931To jut over.
  13. Ō'ver-hăp'py, a.p. 931Exceedingly happy; too happy.
  14. Ō'ver-här'den, v. t.p. 931To harden too much; to make too hard. Boyle.
  15. Ō′ver-här′dy, a.p. 931Too hardy, bold, or confident.
  16. Ō'ver-hāste', n.p. 931Too great haste; precipitation.
  17. Ō'ver-hāst'i-ly, adv.p. 931In too much haste.
  18. Ō'ver-hāst'i-ness, n.p. 931Too much haste; precipitation.
  19. Ō'ver-hāst'y, a.p. 931Too hasty; precipitate.
  20. Ō'ver-haul', v. t.p. 931To draw or drag over. 2. To turn over for examination; to examine thoroughly with a view to repairs. 3. (Naut.) To gain upon in a chase; to overtake.
  21. Ō'ver-haul' or Ō'ver-haul'ing, n.p. 931A strict examination with a view to correction or repairs.
  22. Ō'ver-head', adv.p. 931Aloft; above; in the zenith or ceiling; in the story or upon the floor above.
  23. Ō'ver-hēar', v. t.p. 931To hear more than was intended or proper; to hear by accident, or without the consent of the speaker.
  24. Ō′ver-hēat′, v. t.p. 931To heat to excess.
  25. Ō'ver-hēav'y, a.p. 931Excessively heavy.
  26. Ō'ver-hēle', v. t.p. 931To cover over. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
  27. Ō'ver-hĕnd', v. t.p. 931To overtake. [Obs.] Spenser.
  28. Ō'ver-hīgh', a.p. 931Too high.
  29. Ō'ver-hīgh'ly, adv.p. 931Too highly; to an excessive degree.
  30. Ō/ver-hĭp', v. t.p. 931To hop or leap over; hence, to overpass. [Obs.] “When the time is overhipt.” Holland.
  31. Ō’ver-hŏn’est-ly, adv.p. 931With excessive or fastidious honesty; with too scrupulous regard for the appearance of honesty. Dryden.
  32. Ō'ver-in'flu-ence, v. t.p. 931To influence in an excessive degree; to have too much influence over.
  33. Ō'ver-in-fōrm', v. t.p. 931To exceed the dimensions of; to be more than sufficient to fill. “Wit so exuberant, that it overinforms its tenement.” Johnson.
  34. Ō'ver-is'sūe, n.p. 931An issuing to excess; as, the overissues of bank-notes; an issuing, as of notes, beyond the capital stock, or beyond the public wants.
  35. Ō'ver-is'sue, v. t.p. 931To issue in excess.
  36. Ō'ver-jéal'ous, a.p. 931Excessively jealous; too jealous.
  37. O'ver-joy′, v. t.p. 931To make excessively joyful; to please too highly. 2. Hence, to give great joy to; to transport with gladness.
  38. Ō'ver-joy, n.p. 931Joy to excess; transport.
  39. Ō′ver-jŭmp′, v. t.p. 931To jump over; hence, to pass over; to let pass. We can not so lightly overjump his death. Marston.
  40. Ō'ver-kind', a.p. 931Excessively kind.
  41. Ō/ver-kīnd'ness, n.p. 931Excess of kindness.
  42. Ō'ver-knōw'ing, a.p. 931Too knowing or cunning.
  43. Ō'ver-lā'bor, v. t.p. 931To harass with toil. Dryden. 2. To execute with too much care; to labor to excess. W. Scott.
  44. Ō/ver-lāde', v. t.p. 931To load with too great a cargo or other burden.
  45. Ō'ver-lānd', a.p. 931Made or performed upon or across the land; as, an overland journey.
  46. O'ver-lānd'er, n.p. 931One who travels over lands or countries; a traveler.
  47. Ō'ver-läp', v. t. or i.p. 931To extend so as to lie or rest upon; to lap over.
  48. Ō'ver-lār'ger, a.p. 931Too large; too great.
  49. Ō′ver-lär′ge′ness, n.p. 931Excess of size.
  50. Ō'ver-lāsh', v. i.p. 931To exaggerate. Barrow. 2. To proceed to excess. Boyle.
  51. Ō'ver-lāsh'ing-ly, adv.p. 931With exaggeration. [Obs.]
  52. Ō'ver-lāte', a.p. 931Too late; very late.
  53. Ō'ver-lāve', v. t.p. 931To lave, wash, or bathe. [Obs.]
  54. Ō'ver-lăv'ish, a.p. 931Lavish to excess.
  55. Ō/ver-lāy′, v. t.p. 931To lay over; to spread over; to cover completely; as, specifically, (a.) To occupy fully. “When any country is overlaid by the multitude which live in it.” Raleigh. (b.) To conceal with a superficial…
  56. Ō'ver-lāy'er, n.p. 931One who overlays; that which overlays or is laid over any thing.
  57. Ō'ver-lēap′, v. t.p. 931To leap over; to pass or move from side to side by leaping; as, to overleap a ditch or a fence.
  58. Ō'ver-lēarn'ĕd-ness, n.p. 931The state of being too learned; excess of learning.
  59. Ō'ver-lēath'er, n.p. 931The leather which forms, or is intended to form, the upper part of a shoe; that which is over the foot; the upper-leather.
  60. Ō'ver-lēav'en, v. t.p. 931To leaven too much; to cause to rise and swell too much. B. Jonson. 2. To mix too much with; to corrupt. Shak.