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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Ō′ver-prŏmpt′, a. p. 932Too prompt; too ready or eager.Ō'ver-prōmpt'ness, n. p. 932Excessive promptness; precipitation.Ō'ver-pro-pōr'tion, v. t. p. 932To make of too great proportion.Ō'ver-proud', a. p. 932Exceedingly or unduly proud. “Overproud of his victory.” Milton.Ō'ver-prōv'i-dent, a. p. 932Too provident; lavish.Ō'ver-pro-vōke', v. t. p. 932To provoke excessively.Ō'ver-quēll′, v. t. p. 932To gain power over; to quell; to subdue. [Rare.] What champion now shall tame the power of hell, And the unruly spirits overquell? Bp. Hall.Ō'ver-quī'et-ness, n. p. 932Too much quietness.Ō'ver-rāke', v. t. p. 932(Naut.) To break in upon, as a ship; as, when the waves break in upon a ship at anchor, with her head to the sea, it is said, they over-rake her, or she is over-raked.Ō'ver-rānk', a. p. 932Too rank or luxuriant. Mortimer.Ō'ver-rāte', v. t. p. 932To rate at too much; to estimate at a value beyond the truth.O'ver-rāte, n. p. 932An excessive estimate or rate. [Rare.] “At what an overrate I had made purchase.” Massinger.Ō'/ver-rēach', v. t. p. 932To reach beyond in any direction; to rise above; to extend beyond. 2. To deceive or get the better of by cunning, artifice, or sagacity; to cheat.O'ver-rēach', v. i. p. 932To strike the toe of the hind foot against the heel or shoe of the fore foot, as horses are apt to do.Ō'ver-rēach', n. p. 932The act of striking the heel of the fore foot with the toe of the hind foot.Ō'ver-reach'er, n. p. 932One who overreaches; one who deceives.Ō'ver-rēad', v. t. p. 932To read over; to re-peruse. [Obs.]O'ver-rēad'i-ly, adv. p. 932With too much readiness.O'ver-rēad'i-ness, n. p. 932Excess of readiness.Ō'ver-rēad'y, a. p. 932Too ready.O'ver-rĕck'on, v. t. p. 932To reckon, compute, or estimate too highly.Ō'ver-rĕd', v. t. p. 932To smear with a red color. [Obs.]O'ver-rēnt', v. t. p. 932To rent for too high a price; to demand too much rent for.Ō'ver-rīch', a. p. 932Excessively rich.Ō'/ver-rīde', v. t. p. 932To ride over, as a country. [Obs.] Chaucer. 2. To ride too much; to ride beyond the strength of the horse. 3. To ride too far, or beyond; to pass; to out-ride. I overrode him on the way. Shak. 4. To…Ō/ver-right'eous, a. p. 932Pretending to great righteousness; austerely or rigidly upright.Ō'ver-rĭg'id, a. p. 932Too rigid; excessively strict.Ō'ver-rig'or-oūs, a. p. 932Excessively rigorous.Ō'ver-rīpe', a. p. 932Matured to excess.Ō'ver-rīp'en, v. t. p. 932To make too ripe.Ō/ver-rōast', v. t. p. 932To roast too much. Shak.Ō/ver-rūle′, v. t. p. 932<br>1. To influence or control by predominant power; to subject to superior authority.<br>His passion and animosity overruled his conscience. Clarendon.<br>2. Hence, to control in such a way as to…Ō/ver-rūle’, v. i. p. 932To rule with superior or supreme power; to reign. 2. To rule so as to effect or accomplish one's own designs.Ō'ver-rul'er, n. p. 932One who controls, directs, or governs. Sidney.Ō/ver-rul'ing, p. a. p. 932Exerting superior and controlling power; as, an overruling Providence.Ō'ver-rūl'ing-ly, adv. p. 932Controllingly.Ōʹver-rūnʹ, v. t. p. 932To run or spread over in a prolific manner or in excess; to grow all over; — said especially of that which is noxious; as, the Canada thistle is overrunning the northern parts of New England, as it…Ō'ver-rūn', v. i. p. 932To become excessive or superabundant; to run over; to overflow. 2. (Print.) To extend beyond its due or desired length; as, a line or page overruns.Ō'ver-rūn'ner, n. p. 932One that overruns.Ō'ver-sät'ū-rāte, v. t. p. 932To saturate to excess.Ō/ver-sāy', v. t. p. 932To say over; to repeat. [R.] Ford.Ō/ver-scent'ed, a. p. 932Scented excessively or unduly. 2. Covered over or concealed by a different odor. Sanders himself having the stink of his railing tongue over-scented with the fragrant ointment of this prince's…Ō'ver-scru'pu-lōs'i-ty, n. p. 932Excessive scrupulousness; overscrupulousness.Ō/ver-scru'pu-lōus, a. p. 932Scrupulous to excess.Ō/ver-scru'pu-lōus-ness, n. p. 932Excess of scrupulousness.Ō'ver-sēa, a. p. 932Foreign; from beyond sea. [Obs.]Ō'ver-sēa, adv. p. 932Abroad. “Notes were sent overseas for supply of arms.” Milton.Ō/ver-sēarch’, v. t. p. 932To search through or over; to look over; to examine thoroughly.Ō'ver-sēa'son, v. t. p. 932To season too highly.Ō/ver-see', v. t. p. 932To inspect so as to direct and control; to superintend; to overlook. 2. To pass unheeded; to omit; to neglect; to overpass. [Rare.] Hudibras.Ō/ver-see′, v. i. p. 932To see too far; to overreach one's self; to overshoot the mark. [Obs.] The most expert gamesters may sometimes oversee. Fuller. 2. To be blinded or mistaken. [Obs.] Your partiality to me is much…ō/ver-seer′, n. p. 932One who overlooks; a superintendent; a supervisor. 2. An officer who has the care of the poor, or of an idiot, &c.Ō'ver-seer'ship, n. p. 932The office of an overseer.ō'ver-seethe', v. t. p. 932To seethe or boil over; to overflow. P. Fletcher.Ō'ver-sĕll', v. t. p. 932To sell for a higher price than; to go at a higher rate; to surpass. One whose beauty Would oversell all Italy. Beau. & Fl.Ō'ver-sĕt', v. t. p. 932To turn from the proper position, foundation, or point of support; to turn upon the side, or to turn bottom upward; as, to overset a coach, a ship, or a building. 2. To subvert; to overthrow; as, to…Ō'ver-sĕt', v. i. p. 932To turn or be turned over; to turn or fall from the basis or bottom.Ō'ver-sĕt, n. p. 932An upsetting; ruin; overturn. 2. An excess; superfluity. [Obs.] With this overset of wealth and pomp . . . they became lazy and negligent in all the true concerns of the church. Burnet.Ō'ver-sew', v. t. p. 932To sew over and over; to sew, as two edges together, by drawing the needle through them and then passing it over the edge back to the side where the needle was previously inserted; to overcast.Ō'ver-shāde', v. t. p. 932To cover with shade; to cover with any thing that causes darkness; to render dark or gloomy. Dryden.