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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-ăg'i-tāte, v. t. p. 929To agitate or discuss beyond what is expedient. Bp. Hall.Ō'ver-alls, n. pl. p. 929A kind of loose trowsers worn over others to protect them from being soiled.Ō'ver-anx-ī'e-ty, n. p. 929The state of being over-anxious; excessive anxiety.Ō'ver-ānx'ious, a. p. 929Anxious to excess.Ō'ver-ănx'ious-ly, adv. p. 929In an over-anxious manner; with excess of anxiety.Ō/ver-ärch’, v. t. p. 929To arch over; to cover with an arch.Ō’ver-ārch’, v. i. p. 929To hang over like an arch. “Brown with o’erarching shades.” Pope.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.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.”…Ō/ver-bāl'ance, v. t. p. 929To weigh down; to exceed in weight, value, or importance.Ō'ver-bāl'ançe, n. p. 929Excess of weight or value; something more than an equivalent; as, an over-balance of exports.Ō'ver-bār'ren, a. p. 929Excessively barren; very unproductive. “A plain moderately dry, but yet not overbarren or sandy.” Bacon.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…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.…Ō'ver-beâr', v. i. p. 930To bear or produce fruit or offspring to excess.Ō'ver-beâr'ing, p. a. p. 930Haughty and dogmatical; tending to repress or subdue by insolence or effrontery.Ō'ver-beâr'ing-ly, adv. p. 930In an overbearing manner; haughtily; dogmatically.O'ver-bênd', v. t. p. 930To bend or stretch to excess.Ō'ver-bĕnd', v. i. p. 930To bend over.O'ver-bīd', v. i. p. 930— To bid or offer more than an equivalent.Ō'ver-bĭd', v. t. p. 930To bid or offer beyond; to bid - more than.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.]Ō'ver-blōw', v. t. p. 930To blow away; to dissipate by wind. “And when this cloud of sorrow’s overblown.” Waller.Ō'ver-bōard', adv. p. 930Over the side of a ship; hence, out of a ship or from on board; as, to fall overboard.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.Ō'ver-bōld', a. p. 930Excessively bold; impudent.Ō'ver-bôld'ly, adv. p. 930In an overbold manner; impudently.Ō'ver-book'ish, a. p. 930Excessively bookish; unduly given to books. You must forsake This overbookish humor. Ford.Ō'ver-boun'te-ōŭs, a. p. 930Bounteous to excess.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.Ō'ver-breed', v. t. p. 930To breed to excess, or more than is necessary.Ō'ver-brīm',, v. i. p. 930To be so full as to overflow; to flow over the brim.Ō′ver-brĭmmed′, a. p. 930Furnished with an excessive brim. “Overbrimmed blue bonnet.” W. Scott.Ō'ver-brow', v. t. p. 930To hang over like a brow. Did with a large projection overbrow Large space beneath. Wordsworth.Ō'ver-buĭlt', a. p. 930Built over. Milton. 2. Built too much; having too many buildings; — as, an overbuilt part of a town.Ō'ver-bûlk', v. t. p. 930To oppress by bulk. [Obs. and rare.] Shak.Ō'ver-bûr'den, v. t. p. 930To load with too great weight. Sidney.Ō'ver-bûr'den-sōme, a. p. 930Excessively burdensome.Ō'ver-bûrn', v. t. p. 930To burn too much. Mortimer.Ō'ver-bûrn', v. i. p. 930To burn unduly.O'ver-bus'y, a. p. 930Too busy; officious.O'ver-buy', v. t. p. 930To buy at too dear a rate. Dryden.O'ver-cân'o-py, v. t. p. 930To cover as with a canopy.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.O'ver-câre, n. p. 930Excessive care or anxiety. Dryden.O'ver-câre'ful, a. p. 930Careful to excess.O'ver-cārk'ing, a. p. 930Too full of care; over-anxious. “Solicitously overcarking for the future.” Fuller.Ō'ver-cär'ry, v. t. p. 930To carry too far; to carry or urge beyond the proper point. Hayward.O'ver-cāst', v. t. p. 930To 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…Ō'ver-cătch', v. t. p. 930To overtake. “In the very door him overcaught.” Spenser.Ō'ver-cau'tioŭs, a. p. 930Cautious or prudent to excess.Ō'ver-cau'tioŭs-ly, adv. p. 930Cautiously to excess.Ō'ver-chānġe', n. p. 930Too much or too frequent change; fickleness. [Rare.] Beau. & Fl.Ō'ver-chärġe', v. t. p. 930To load with too heavy a charge or weight; to burden; to oppress; to cloy. “The heavy load of abundance with which we overcharge nature.” Raleigh. 2. To fill too full; to crowd. Our language is…Ōʹver-chärgeʹ, v. i. p. 930To make excessive charges.Ō'ver-chärge', n. p. 930An excessive load or burden. 2. A charge in an account of more than is just. 3. An excessive charge, as of a gun.Ō'ver-elēan', v. t. p. 930To clean to excess.Ō'ver-elēan'ing, n. p. 930Excessive cleaning. “A knife and fork which had not been worn out by overcleaning.” W. Scott.Ō'ver-climb', v. t. p. 930To climb over.Ō'ver-cloud', v. t. p. 930To cover or overspread with clouds; to becloud.