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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-drīve′, v. t. & i.p. 930To drive too hard, or beyond strength.
  2. Ō'ver-drown', v. t.p. 930To drown or drench to excess; to wet or moisten excessively. Browne.
  3. ō'ver-dry', v. t.p. 930To dry too much. Burton.
  4. ō'ver-dūe', a.p. 930Due and more than due; past the time of payment; as, an overdue note.
  5. Ō'ver-dyē', v. t.p. 930To dye too much; to tinge too deeply. Shak.
  6. O'ver-ea'ger, a.p. 930Too eager; too vehement in desire. Goodman.
  7. Ō'ver-ea'ger-ly, adv.p. 930With excessive eagerness.
  8. Ō'vĕr-ea'ger-ness, n.p. 930Excess of eagerness.
  9. Ō'ver-ēar'nest, a.p. 930Too earnest.
  10. Ō'ver-ēar'nest-ness, n.p. 930Excess of earnestness.
  11. Ō'ver-ēat', v. t. & i.p. 930To eat to excess.
  12. Ō'ver-ěl'e-gant, a.p. 930Elegant to excess. Johnson.
  13. Ō/ver-ěmp'ty, v. t.p. 930To make too empty. — [Rare.] Carew.
  14. Ō'ver-ēs'ti-māte, v. t.p. 930To estimate too highly.
  15. Ō'ver-ēs'ti-mate, n.p. 930An estimate that is too high.
  16. Ō'ver-ex-çīt'ed, a.p. 930Too much excited.
  17. Ō'ver-ex-cīte'ment, n.p. 930Excess of excitement.
  18. Ō'ver-ēx'qui-sīte, a.p. 930Unduly exquisite or exact.
  19. Ō'ver-ēye', v. t.p. 930To superintend; to inspect. 2. To observe; to remark. Shak.
  20. 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.
  21. Ō'ver-fa-tigue', n.p. 930Excessive fatigue.
  22. Ō′ver-fa-tīgue′, v. t.p. 930To fatigue to excess; to weary out. Watts.
  23. Ō'ver-feed', v. t.p. 930To feed to excess.
  24. Ō'ver-fiērce', a.p. 930Excessively fierce; ferocious.
  25. Ō'ver-fĭll', v. t.p. 930To fill to excess; to surcharge.
  26. Ō/ver-flōat', v. t.p. 930To overflow; to inundate. [Rare.] Dryden.
  27. Ō'ver-flōur'ish, v. t.p. 930To make excessive display or flourish of. Collier.
  28. 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…
  29. 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.
  30. Ō'ver-flōw, n.p. 930An inundation; also, superabundance. Bacon.
  31. 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.
  32. Ō'ver-flōw'ing-ly, adv.p. 930In great abundance; exuberantly. Boyle.
  33. Ō'-ver-flūsh', v. t.p. 930To flush to excess.
  34. Ō'ver-flūt'ter, v. t.p. 930To flutter or hover over.
  35. Ō'vĕr-flŭx, n.p. 930Excess; exuberance. [Rare.] “An overflux of youth.” Ford.
  36. Ō/ver-flȳ', v. t.p. 930To pass over or cross by flight.
  37. Ō'ver-fōnd', a.p. 930Fond to excess.
  38. Ō'ver-fōnd'ly, adv.p. 930In an overfond manner; with excessive fondness.
  39. Ō'ver-fōrçe, n.p. 930Excessive force; violence. [Rare.]
  40. Ō'ver-fôr'ward, a.p. 930Forward to excess.
  41. Ō'ver-fōr'ward-ness, n.p. 930Too great forwardness — or readiness; officiousness. Hale.
  42. Ō'ver-free',, a.p. 930Free to excess; too liberal; too familiar.
  43. Ō'ver-free'ly, adv.p. 930Too freely; with too great freedom.
  44. Ō/ver-freight′, v. t.p. 930To load too heavily; to fill with too great quantity or numbers; as, to overfreight a boat.
  45. Ō'ver-frē'quent, a.p. 930Too frequent.
  46. Ō'ver-frīēze', v. t.p. 930To overlay as with a frieze. “Bonnets . . . overfriezed with flat gold of damasks.” Hall.
  47. Ō'ver-frōnt', v. t.p. 930To confront; to oppose; to withstand. [Obs.] Milton.
  48. Ō'ver-fruit'ful, a.p. 930Too fruitful; producing superabundant crops.
  49. Ō'ver-full', a.p. 930Too full.
  50. Ō'/ver-gāze', v. t. & i.p. 930To overlook. His altar the high places of the peaks Of earth's o’ergazing mountains. Byron.
  51. Ō'ver-gēt', v. t.p. 930To reach; to overtake. [Obs.]
  52. Ō'ver-gīld', v. t.p. 930To gild over; to varnish.
  53. Ō'ver-gird', v. t.p. 930To gird too closely. Milton.
  54. Ō'ver-gīve', v. t.p. 930To give over; to surrender; to yield. [Obs.] “And to the Saxons overgive their government.” Spenser.
  55. Ō'ver-glād', a.p. 930Excessively or unduly glad.
  56. Ō'ver-glănçe', v. t.p. 930To glance over; to run over — with the eye. Shak.
  57. Ō′ver-glīde′, v. t.p. 930To glide over.
  58. Ō/ver-glōom′, v. t.p. 930To cover over with gloom. “Touched and overgloomed by memories of sorrow.” De Quincey.
  59. Ō'ver-gō', v. t.p. 930To exceed; to surpass. Sidney. 2. To cover. [Obs.] Chapman.
  60. Ō′ver-gōrge′, v. t.p. 930To gorge to excess.